Quick Tip - Retry VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) deployment with modified...
During a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) bringup, where VMware Cloud Builder is performing deploying the VCF Management Domain, unforeseen issues can occur. Within the Cloud Builder UI or API, if a...
View ArticleHeads Up - Performance Impact with VMware Workstation on Windows 11 with...
There have been some recent reports from users observing performance issues when running VMware Workstation on Windows 11 along with using recent Intel (12th Gen and later) Hybrid CPUs, which...
View ArticleCustom vSAN HCL JSON for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.1 and vSAN ESA using...
One of the exciting new features in the latest VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.1 release is the support for the vSphere 8.0 Update 2 and the new vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA), which can be...
View ArticleIs there a vSphere REST API for ...
Up until vSphere 8.0, there were two primary sets of vSphere APIs: vSphere Web Services (SOAP) API vSphere Automation (REST) API Note: Technically, there are other vCenter Server API endpoints...
View ArticleESXi 8.0 Update 2 not detecting Apple NVMe on Apple Mac Mini 2018
While official support for running ESXi on Apple Hardware (Mac Pro and Mac Mini) has concluded with ESXi 7.x, it certainly has not discourage users from experimenting with newer ESXi releases. In fact,...
View ArticlevSphere Code Capture is your ChatGPT for vSphere Automation
Have you ever tried to automate a specific vSphere operation but were sure which vSphere API to use or if known, how to actually use it? This is something I frequently see and get asked about quite...
View ArticleDynamically generate custom vSAN ESA HCL JSON for VMware Cloud Foundation...
I recently shared on how you can deploy the latest VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.1 release with vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) using Nested ESXi and leveraging a custom vSAN ESA HCL JSON...
View ArticleVMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) using USB Network Adaptor
To deploy VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), your physical or virtual ESXi host must have at least two network adaptors to be able to migrate to Distributed Virtual Switch (VDS), which is configured as...
View ArticleESXi on iKOOLCORE R2
I first wrote about the tiny palm size iKOOLCORE R1 back in Spring of this year, I was pretty impressed at how capable the R1 was, especially given the tiny footprint that is slightly taller than a...
View ArticleVMware Flings are back!
In addition to the big announcements from yesterday on major simplification of the new VMware by Broadcom offers and licensing model and the new chapter for the VMware Desktop Hypervisor products, I...
View ArticleAutomating counting cores & TiBs for new VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) and...
Happy New Year! 🥳🎉🥂 At the end of 2023, we announced two new offerings called VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) that drastically simplifies our overall vSphere-based...
View ArticleQuick Tip - New method to mark HDD to SSD in ESXi 7.x and 8.x using ESXCLI
I recently helped a colleague who wanted to mark an HDD device in ESXi to show up as an SSD, which may be needed if the storage device was not correctly detected or if you are using Nested ESXi and the...
View ArticleWhat's in the new VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) and VMware Cloud Foundation...
Since the announcement of the two new VMware offerings: VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) at the end of 2023, I have been trying to wrap my head around the new offers...
View ArticleExperimenting with ESXi CPU affinity and Intel Hybrid CPU Cores
After debugging a recent issue with using VMware Workstation and Intel Hybrid CPUs, it gave me an idea about an experiment to try with ESXi and Intel Hybrid CPUs. As a refresher, starting with the...
View ArticleQuick Tip - Verifying vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) Backup Status
I recently found out that my vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) scheduled backups had been failing for some time but I was not aware. While there is a default vCenter Server alarm for failed VCSA backups,...
View ArticleGoogle Chat space notification for failed vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA)...
It is always good idea to verify that your vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) backups are occurring and if there are any failures, you are notified about them immediately! As alluded to at the end of that...
View ArticlePreserving VM snapshot hierarchy across vCenter Servers
On occasion, you might find yourself needing to take multi-level VM snapshots for various testing or development purposes, not an uncommon task for IT administrators. In the past, if you needed to move...
View ArticleTips & Tricks for deploying VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) using Holodeck
The VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Holodeck Toolkit has become quite popular amongst our field teams for quickly spinning up a fully self-contained VCF environment, running on just a single physical...
View ArticleAutomated Lab Deployment Script updated to support VMware Cloud Foundation...
I finally got some time to update my Automated VMware Cloud Foundation Lab (VCF) Deployment script to support the latest VCF 5.1 release as this has been requested by a number of folks both internally...
View ArticleGet notified when VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Bringup has completed
While updating and testing my Automated Lab Deployment Script for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), I often found myself checking whether the bringup process has completed or not using the Cloud Builder...
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