Virtualization

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    vSAN NFS Share Configuration in VMware vSphere 7.0

    VMware vSAN 7.0 has brought forward a powerful set of new features and capabilities that will take HCI in your environment to the next level. VMware vSAN 7.0 is the most capable vSAN to date and it contains really great…

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    Ansible Deploy Multiple VM from Template VMware

    Ansible is a tremendously powerful tool for automation across the board. When it comes to VMware, Ansible has a large array of modules that allow you to effectively interact with your vSphere environment. This includes managing VMware vSphere virtual machines.…

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    VMware NSX-T Global Manager Appliance Install

    One of the really great new features of NSX-T 3.0 and higher is the introduction of the Global Manager appliance. With the global manager appliance, you have access to the really cool new features in NSX-T 3 such as NSX…

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    VMware Workstation 20H2 Tech Preview VCTL Containers

    Just a day ago, VMware posted news that a new Tech Preview had been released – Workstation 20H2. This release contains major new features and improvements. The biggest new feature with this Tech Preview is containers. That’s right, with this…

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    VMware vRealize Network Insight Install Guide

    If you have a VMware NSX-powered softwared-defined networking infrastructure, you have an incredibly capable platform for delivering next generation networking for your environment. However, understanding how your traffic flows, having vsibiility to the ins and outs of your now “abstracted”…

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    VMware NSX Layer 7 Firewall Features

    Since VMware NSX-T 2.4, VMware has introduced the ability with NSX to be able to pinpoint application identity, FQDN and URL whitelisting and provides the identity based firewall. All of these features of NSX-T since 2.4 take the platform to…

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    Backup Virtual Machines with Shared Multi-Writer Disks

    There are several different use cases for using a multi-writer disk on a virtual machine. I have used these for a number of different reasons. You can take a look at my post here of how to provision a “poor…

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    What is VMware vSphere 7 Assignable Hardware?

    VMware has introduced some serious innovation with VMware vSphere 7 across the board. One of the new features that I think is extremely powerful that isn’t getting the same attention as some of the other fetaures is the new VMware…

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    Apply New ESXi 7.0 updates with vSphere Lifecycle Manager vLCM

    If you are like me you have been waiting for updates to be released for ESXi 7 so you could try out the vSphere Lifecycle Manager vLCM tool to apply those updates to your ESXi 7 vSphere cluster. The new…

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    What is vSphere Lifecycle Manager vLCM?

    You may have noticed that one of the major new features with the VMware vSphere 7 release was the vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM). It is a great new tool that provides a new declarative model in keeping your hosts in…