PCIe Switch and SAS Expander support for VMware vSAN

PCIe Switch and SAS Expander support for VMware…

I’ve received several questions from customers about using PCIe switches for vSAN. I would like to provide some clarity as well as also bring up the close compatriot of the internal PCIe switch, the SAS expander. What do I mean when I say PCIe switch? I’m referring to adapters such as Lenovo’s 1610-8 that connects The post PCIe Switch and SAS Expander support for VMware vSAN appeared first on Virtual Blocks.

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ESXi-Arm Licensing Options

The the adoption of the ESXi-Arm Fling has skyrocketed since its initial launch back in October and has already surpassed over 10K+ downloads in its first month of release! Just got an update from the @vmwflings team that the #ESXionARM Fling has already surpassed 10K+ downloads since its […]

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VMware vSphere with Tanzu Hands-on Lab

Register for VMware vSphere with Tanzu Hands-on Lab Trial.

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Introduction to Script Runtime Service (SRS)…

PowerCLI is the preferred automation strategy for vSphere administrators. More organizations are moving to an event-driven datacenter, and want to utilize the investment they’ve made in PowerCLI to orchestrate datacenter operations. This usually requires a remote execution host to be setup for […]

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Introduction to VMware vSphere Encrypted vMotion

Introduction to VMware vSphere Encrypted vMotion

VMware vSphere Encrypted vMotion secures workload data that is transferred with vSphere vMotion with high-performance and low-overhead encryption on the network connection used to live-migrate VMs between hypervisors. Join Bob Plankers for a brief look at how this works and what you need — and don’t need — to set it up.

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Sharing my vSAN 7.0 U1 webinar, watch it now!

I recorded a webinar a while back. It was streamed last week, and I figured that as I have the recording here, I may as well share it with you. In this webinar I discuss many of the new features which were introduced as part of vSAN 7.0 U1, features like HCI Mesh, IO Insight, […]

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NSX-T Ports and Protocols

In most cases, the infrastructure components (vcenter, esxi, nsx, etc.) reside on the same network. Then they communicate with each other within the same subnet without having to cross routers and firewalls. Normally this is the case … but if you operate within large enterprise it is likely […]

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core.vmware.com: A New Site for Technical Information

core.vmware.com: A New Site for Technical…

This past summer the technical marketing teams behind VMware Cloud Foundation, vSAN, and vSphere came together under one hypothetical “roof” inside VMware. Just like with roommates or relationships, when people move in together one big question is “where does all the stuff go?” So, we started a new site, core.vmware.com, just for all of our The post core.vmware.com: A New Site for Technical Information appeared first on VMware vSphere Blog.

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Check VMware Host Uptime in 3 Ways

It is often handy to know how long your VMware ESXi host has been running, either for troubleshooting purposes, to diagnose stability issues, or to maintain a record of maintenance and other information regarding your VMware ESXi hosts making up VMware vSphere clusters. In this quick post, we […]

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Getting Started with NSX-T: Logical Routing and…

This primer on NSX-T helps you understand the capabilities and features of NSX-T, how to configure and manage NSX-T, and integrate NSX-T with other software. The book is the first in a series that will teach you the basics of NSX-T, which is an update of VMware’s original software-defined […]

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VMware Horizon Home Lab Build

I wanted to detail the basics of what you will need for a VMware Horizon home lab build that will allow you to get familiar with the architecture and how the solution works, even with a residential Internet connection ingress traffic.

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NSX-T 3.0 Operation Guide

Find the NSX-T 3.0 Operation Guide in .pdf format in the VMware Technology Network.

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Úvod | VMware Xmas Experience Day 2020 (CZ a SK)

Vážení obchodní přátelé, přijměte, prosím, pozvání na VMware Xmas Experience Day, další ze série online setkání, který bude streamovat živě 8. prosince 2020 od 9:00 Více informací naleznete na adrese: https://www.eventvmware.cz/xmas/ Těšit se můžete na technické přednášky s našimi experty […]

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vSAN File Service SMB capability not showing up…

I had two customers who ran into this issue the last week. They ran into the situation where the UI did not show the SMB capabilities after upgrading to vSphere/vSAN 7.0 Update 1. You can solve this pretty quickly by upgrading vSAN File Service as well. Just go to the vSAN Services page, go to […]

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Intel NUC with 512GB memory

Intel NUC with 512GB memory

Yes, you read that correctly. 512 gigabytes of memory on an Intel NUC. Not only is this pretty 🤯 but this is actually possible today with an already released Intel NUC! A few months back, I was made aware of some really cool technology from Intel called Intel Memory Drive Technology (IMDT) which leverages Intel […]

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