VMware

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    Update VMware vSAN Witness Appliance

    I noted a warning on my home lab VMware vSAN environment noting a missing critical patch with vSAN and deduplication environments. The patch was referencing the VMware KB article for all-flash clusters with deduplication enabled. This fit my environment in…

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    VMware vSAN Witness Host Not Found

    In continuing to work with the 2-node VMware vSAN stretched cluster in the home lab, I ran into a little issue with the network showing as partitioned and the witness host showing it was in STANDALONE mode when I could…

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    Configure vSAN Error Disk with VSAN uuid failed to appear in CMMDS

    In configuring a 2-node VMware vSAN cluster with a Witness host I ran into a strange issue that took a bit of head scratching and Googling to figure out. However, the solution was actually fairly simple. In attempting to configure…

  • A-look-at-the-configured-virtual-hardware-for-the-VMware-vSAN-Witness-Appliance

    Install and Configure VMware vSAN Witness Appliance in VMware Workstation

    Update 1.30.2018 – Password issues with the vSAN Witness Appliance on legacy VMware Workstation versions One of the really great features starting in VMware vSAN 6.1 was the introduction of the the new 2-node and stretched cluster implementations of vSAN.ย …

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    What is VMware NSX Guest Introspection and how is it configured?

    VMware NSX provides powerful insight into network traffic and it allows administrators to handle traffic based on very powerful criteria, including the user that is logged into a resource. Now in VMware NSX 6.4, this insight has even been turned…

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    VMware NSX 6.4 Released New Features and Upgrade

    VMware NSX is certainly a VMware product that garners much excitement from admins much as other software defined VMware technologies such as VMware vSAN do as well.ย  VMware has really knocked it out of the park with NSX 6.4.ย  As…

  • Roll-Back-VMware-Meltdown-and-Spectre-Microcode-Patch

    Roll Back VMware Meltdown and Spectre Microcode Patch

    Update 1.24.2018 with William Lam PowerCLI code link The last several days have certainly been a rollercoaster ride for VMware administrators and others who have been keeping a close eye on the latest news related to Meltdown and Spectre. There…

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    Configure VMware vSphere Encryption Key Management Server Cluster

    One of the exciting features with vSphere 6.5 is the ability to perform virtual machine encryption. We have already taken a look at Hytrust KeyControl as a great way to perform virtual machine encryption. When thinking about virtual machine encryption…

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    Delete VMware Distributed Virtual Switch The Resource Is In Use

    Recently, in working with the home lab environment, moving hosts around, playing around with various networking, etc, I ran into an issue with a distributed virtual switch (DVS) I had configured. The problem started with a host that was forcibly…

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    VMware Performance Impact of Meltdown and Spectre Patches

    Update 3.20.2018 – VMware has released vSphere 6.5 U1G which has a newly released microcode update Update 1.17.2018 – Firmware Updates and Initial Performance Data for Data Center Systems Update 1.13.2018 – Due to recent Intel sighting VMware now recommending…