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vSAN
Replacing VMware vSAN Cache Disk and Resyncing vSAN Objects
In the previous post, VMware vSAN Home Lab Hardware Failure and Resiliency, I covered my first hardware failure in my vSAN home lab environment. The environment has been up and running now for around a year on an all flash,…
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vSAN
VMware vSAN Home Lab Hardware Failure and Resiliency
Lab Gopher is a great tool to find home lab hardware
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Networking
Physical Device Microsegmentation with Extreme Networks Policy
One of the powerful security mechanisms that we hear about in today’s infrastructure is microsegmentation. Microsegementation is talked about a lot with VMware NSX and other software-defined network technologies that are on the market. VMware NSX is extremely powerful and provides…
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VDI
Manage and Configure Raspberry Pi Citrix VDI thin clients with Praim Agile4Pi
Raspberry PI devices have become increasingly popular among enthusiasts and enterprises alike. They are increasingly seen used in various use cases, all the way from home projects or appliances to enterprise appliances that are used in production. The are an…
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vSphere 6.7
Securing VMware Virtual Machines with Encryption VBS and vTPM
Security is on everyone’s mind today. In fact, if you aren’t thinking about security, you most likely don’t work in technology. Security is no longer a “bolt on” affair or afterthought. It is part of the overall picture of today’s…
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Pivotal Container Service (PKS)
Installing Pivotal Container Service PKS Ubuntu Workstation for Managing Kubernetes
In the home lab, I have still been playing around with a PKS installation and getting a Kubernetes cluster up and running on top of my vSphere 6.7 Update 1 vSAN environment. The Pivotal Container Service is a great way…
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Backup Software
NAKIVO Backup and Replication v8.1 Beta Released with Policy-Based Data Protection
Around the time of VMworld, most data protection vendors are ramping up with new releases to showcase. NAKIVO Backup & Replication is a great data protection solution that I have been keeping up with for a while now. NAKIVO maintains…
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Pivotal Container Service (PKS)
Configuring Pivotal Container Service PKS in PCF Ops Manager Dashboard
In the previous post, we took a look at getting started with VMware Pivotal Container Service PKS PCF Ops Manager Install. We looked at deploying the PCF Ops Manager appliance into vSphere and getting the BOSH Director connected to a VMware…
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Pivotal Container Service (PKS)
Getting Started with VMware Pivotal Container Service PKS PCF Ops Manager Install
There is certainly major interest in running containers in today’s infrastructure, even if it is only for dev/test environments or simply to proof of concept the use of containers in production. Most organizations today are looking at how to quickly…
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VMware
VMware ESXi Successful VM Escape at GeekPwn2018 Security Patch
So VM escape is one of those subjects that has been written about for years and the possibility of being able to access the hypervisor host from within a virtual machine. However, up until just a few days ago, no…