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    Add iSCSI Shared Storage to VMware ESXi-Arm

    One of the exciting things in the home lab as of late is the ESXi-ARM fling that I have installed on my Raspberry Pi 4 test box. After installing the ESXi-ARM Fling on the Raspberry Pi 4, of course, I…

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    Install ESXi-Arm Step by Step on Raspberry Pi 4

    Well, it seems like it wasn’t long ago that we saw ESXi-Arm demonstrated at VMworld. I think all of us were wondering when we could get our hands on this release of ESXi as the potential very cool and exciting…

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    Manually Remove disconnected vSphere template from vCenter

    Recently, I got in a situation with a VMware vSphere template that left me in a precarious position in the lab environment.ย ย In the haste of rebuilding a lab environment, I had vMotioned all VMs off an ESXi host in the…

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    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 and updates in your ESXi environment. With the release of…

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    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 great features and enhancements that are well worth the upgrade…

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    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 in production. I came across a new issue for me…

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    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 with Intel CPUs majorly affected by the design flaw that…

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    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 of getting the infrastructure stack provisioned so that you can…

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    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 Cloud Foundation to support SmartNIC technology for increased performance,…

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    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 that help to address the needs of the current distributed…