PowerCLI automation for VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA (PAIF-N)
With the release of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.1.1, customers can now take advantage of the new VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA (PAIF-N) solution, providing an optimized and validated...
View ArticleDisable IPv6 in ESXi Kickstart without additional reboot
ESXi supports dual stack networking (IPv4 and IPv6) by default, however users can also configure just IPv4 or IPv6, which requires a system reboot for the changes to go into effect. Recently, I...
View ArticleQuick Tip - Character Limits for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Objects
Similar to my blog post on character limits for the different types of vSphere Inventory Objects, here is a quick look on some VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Objects and their respective character...
View ArticleMinimum vSphere privileges to install or remove patch from ESXi
I recently got a question from our field inquiring about the minimum vSphere privileges that would be required to either install or remove a patch (VIB/Component) from an ESXi host. The customer was...
View ArticleIdentifying vSphere with Tanzu Managed VMs
With an increasing number of customers enabling the vSphere with Tanzu capability, which is included in both VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), more and more Virtual...
View ArticleSupport my fundraising for Tour de Cure 2024
It has been a LONG time since I have done any serious cycling, especially with two younger kids, I no longer have the luxury of riding for hours across the beautiful trails in the bay area. With that...
View ArticleUseful Links for VMware by Broadcom Day 2 Transition
While today, May 6th, 2024 marks the completion of the "Day 2" transition where VMware's backend system has been migrated to Broadcom's backend system, it may still take a few days for all the new...
View ArticleQuick Tip - Automating cpuUniformityHardCheckPanic configuration for ESXi...
To prevent ESXi from PSOD'ing when an Intel Hybrid Consumer CPU is detected with non-uniform capabilities, a workaround can be applied to ignore the uniformity miss-match which is needed before the...
View ArticleTips for navigating and downloading from new Broadcom Support Portal
The Broadcom Support Portal (BSP) is most likely a new interface for many including myself after the planned VMware by Broadcom Day 2 Transition, which was completed on May 6th, 2024. The BSP is used...
View ArticleUpdating handshakeTimeoutMs setting for ESXi 7.x & 8.x using configstorecli
With the introduction of the ESXi Configuration Store back in vSphere 7.0 Update 1, all ESXi configuration changes should be managed using either the configstorecli for an individual ESXi host or...
View ArticleNested ESXi Virtual Appliances are now back under VMware Flings Community!
I know many of our internal teams (field, engineering, support, etc.), customers and partners have heavily relied on my Nested ESXi Virtual Appliances (VA) over the years which makes it seamless to...
View ArticleNo entitlements needed for these popular VMware downloads on Broadcom Support...
As users are getting more familiar with the new Broadcom Support Portal (BSP), especially for downloading VMware software, an active entitlement is required for most downloads. Note: If you are new to...
View ArticleESXi on Protectli Vault Pro 6650/6670
I always love hearing about new and interesting hardware vendors from our VMware community, which is exactly how I came to learn about Protectli back in 2021 from fellow vExpert Trevor Smith. It was in...
View ArticleCreating an offline VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Depot for multiple VCF...
By default, SDDC Manager uses the online VMware Depot for downloading all software updates (security, patch, upgrade) for life-cycling a single VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) instance. SDDC Manager can...
View ArticleQuick Tip - Workaround for unsupported processor error in Windows 11 for Arm...
This morning I came across an intriguing post on the VMware Reddit channel where a user had ran into an issue while attempting to upgrade their Windows 11 on Arm VM, running VMware Fusion on an Apple...
View ArticleCustomizing SMBIOS strings (hardware manufacturer and vendor) for Nested ESXi
Nested ESXi continues to be an invaluable resource that I use on almost a daily basis from solution prototyping, customer reproduction to automated lab deployments supporting both VMware Cloud...
View ArticleUsing Nested ESXi for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Workload Domain fails...
As of VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1.0, you can now use the new vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) when deploying a VCF Workload Domain where as in earlier releases, only the vSAN Original Storage...
View ArticleRetrieving VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) version from vCenter Server?
Have you ever worked on something before and several years later, you have totally forgotten about it!? That is exactly the story behind this recent question on finding the VMware Cloud Foundation...
View ArticleQuick Tip - Retrieving NSX segment information from vCenter Server
Since vSphere 7.0, it has been much simpler to correlate between an NSX network segment defined in NSX Manager and its representation as a vSphere Distributed Virtual Portgroup (DVG) in vCenter Server...
View ArticleDecoding vSphere (vCenter/ESXi), vSAN & Tanzu License Keys
For most users, you probably have a large collection of vSphere license keys that have been provisioned over the years and keeping track of the product SKU, entitled features and capacity can be a...
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