Upgrade to ESXi 7 Update 1 using vSphere Lifecycle Manager VLCM
One of the great new features that was included starting in vSphere 7 is the new vSphere Lifecycle Manager (VLCM) tool. The new tool provides a declarative approach to upgrades…
Category: Virtualization
VMware vSphere 7 Update 1 GA Released for Download
Today is beautiful news to the ears of all vSphere administrators who have been longingly awaiting the availability of vSphere 7 Update 1. The vSphere 7 U1 release contains many…
vSAN Daemon Liveness Check Failed – vSAN 7
***UPDATE*** Fix is detailed in the VMware KB below. One of the great things about running the home lab is you get to triage issues just like you would see…
AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization-Encrypted State (SEV-ES) in VMware vSphere 7.0 U1
Most of us remember how January 2018 began. Must like how the first of this year began with unexpected events, 2018 saw the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerability come to light…
VMware Cloud Foundation Design and Best Practices
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is a powerful, automated solution to deploy the full stack of VMware solutions to deliver an SDDC in your environment. It takes the heavy lifting out…
VMware Project Monterey Unveiled with ESXi on SmartNIC
An exciting new announcement was unveiled at VMworld today that will help to re-imagine hybrid cloud architecture supporting next-generation applications. The new initiative sets out to extend the functionality of…
VMware Secure Access Edge (SASE) Platform announced
Well, we are finally here, VMworld kicked off today with VMware making some major announcements that help to bolster the productivity of remote workers. Today, VMware announces future-ready workforce solutions…
VMware NSX-T 3.1 Project Antrea and SmartNics Support Announced
Today at VMworld, VMware is announcing enhancements to the their future-ready networking stack they are noting as advancements in Virtual Cloud Network Innovations that will help to solve many of…
VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload Announced
VMware has certainly been on a mission to deliver intrinsic security across all platforms. This has never been a more pertinent discussion than it is today. Since the onset of…
What is VMware vSAN HCI Mesh?
If you have used VMware vSAN, you would probably agree it is one of the coolest storage technologies in the enterprise. It brings a tremendous amount of flexibility, scalability, performance,…