VMware

  • The VMware Identity Manager Upgrade request completes successfully

    Upgrade VMware Identity Manager with vRLCM

    With the release of the vRealize Cloud Suite 2019 8.6 releases across the board, I have been getting my vRealize environment upgraded in the home lab. One of the key components of the vRealize Cloud Suite is VMware Identity Manager.…

  • Automated Windows 11 installation with autounattend and Packer

    Automated Windows 11 Installation with autounattend and Packer

    With Windows 11 now out among the masses, you are probably looking at deploying your Windows 11 installation in an automated way. Automated installations allow Windows 11 to be installed automatically which allows installing the operating system consistently, and for…

  • Running the VMware OS Optimization Tool in Windows 11

    Speed up Windows 11 with VMware OS Optimization Tool

    The VMware OS Optimization Tool is a tool that Horizon and VDI administrators have known and loved for years now. It takes the heavy lifting out of optimizing the OS and can literally change hundreds of settings in a matter…

  • Tanzu Community Edition standalone cluster installation completes successfully

    Install Kubernetes in Windows using Tanzu Community Edition

    One of the announcements that I was personally excited about coming from VMworld 2021 is the release of Tanzu Community Edition (TCE). You can read my blog post covering Tanzu Community Edition here. One of the great things you can…

  • What is VMware Skyline Pro

    What is VMware Skyline Advisor Pro?

    VMware has had a product for a while now called VMware Skyline that provides proactive monitoring, analysis, and support for your VMware environment. It monitors your VMware installation and will notify you when issues arise. However, one of the interesting…

  • What is VMware Project Arctic

    What is VMware Project Arctic?

    With the announcements coming from VMworld today, it is obvious that VMware is all about the cloud. There are many announcements coming from that space today as VMware positions itself as a modern cloud company providing the solutions businesses need…

  • VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Community Edition released

    VMware releases Tanzu Kubernetes Community Edition and NVIDIA GPU support

    It is no surprise, this VMworld is all about Tanzu. VMware is edging into the Kubernetes space like never before and is “all-in” on providing a platform to commoditize Kubernetes for the masses. Today VMware has announced VMware Tanzu Community…

  • Use file and block based persistent volumes in vSphere with Tanzu

    VMware vSAN 7 Update 3 New Features

    With the release of VMware vSphere 7 Update 3, this also means there is a new version of vSAN as well. VMware vSAN has been trailblazing in the world of HCI for several years now and with over 30,000 customers…

  • Kingston SSD mounted in drive adapter

    SD Card and USB boot no longer supported in ESXi easy migration to SSD

    Recently there have been a few blogs and KB that have caught my attention. VMware has now deprecated SD Card and USB device support as a standalone boot device. The days of booting your ESXi server from an SD Card…

  • NVIDIA AI Enterprise Suite

    vSphere 7 Update 3 Released with new features

    As VMware has done a few times right before VMworld, they have released a new version of VMware vSphere to the masses – vSphere 7 Update 3. It is the most fully-featured and “cool” vSphere release to date with massive…