VMware

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    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 the problems and challenges that have existed with traditional networks…

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    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 the global pandemic, many organizations have been scrambling to accelerate…

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    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, manageability, and many other benefits to your enterprise data center.…

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    VMware Cloud Foundation 4.1 New Features and Improvements

    VMware this week has made some major announcements when it comes to the major products in their portfolio. If you are wondering about the general announcement, take a look at my post here covering the vSphere 7 Update 1 as…

  • VMware-vSAN-7-Update-1-Features-and-Improvements

    VMware vSAN 7 Update 1 Features and Improvements

    Yesterday, VMware made some huge announcements as related to the next release of their flagship products across the board. This included vSphere 7 Update 1, vSAN 7 Update 1, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 4.1, vSphere 7 with Tanzu, and Tanzu…

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    vRealize Operations Manager Dashboards Adding and Customizing

    If you have access to vRealize Operations Suite, it is an awesome product to have running in your vSphere environment. With vRealize Operations Manager, you have a tremendously powerful tool to keep an eye on your vSphere environment. With vRealize…

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    VMware LACP Load Balancing Mode in vSAN

    When it comes to VMware vSAN and any other hyperconverged infrastructure, the network is vitally important. I have been doing some reworking of the home lab vSAN environment with the upgrade of my 10 gig network switch. I have been…

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    VMware vSAN Stretched Cluster Failover

    If you are like me, what is the purpose of spinning up a stretched cluster in the home lab without being able to intentionally break things (queue the Tim Allen grunt). I really like doing this as it helps to…

  • VMware-vSAN-7-Witness-host-successfully-added-to-vCenter-Server

    Configure VMware vSAN 7 Stretched Cluster

    One of the coolest features in my opinion with VMware vSAN is the vSAN stretched cluster. The stretched cluster allows you to have an environment that is extremely resilient to failure and where you have all of your data on…

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    VMware vSAN Home Lab 10 gig Network Switch Upgrade

    Like any virtualized architecture, the network is an extremely integral part of VMware vSAN. With the software-defined architecture of vSAN, all storage activities take place across the network for the most part. If you are running an all-flash vSAN environment,…