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  • High level view of the VMware vSAN stretched cluster

    vSAN Witness Appliance Deployment

    One of the powerful deployments of VMware vSAN is the vSAN stretched cluster configuration. With vSAN stretched cluster, the vSAN data nodes have a vSAN stretched cluster datastore between them, making your data highly available at both locations or fault…

  • VMware vRealize Automation overview

    VMware vRealize Automation 8.9 Released New Features with Kubernetes Automation

    Automation is king today in the enterprise data center to get things done consistently, quickly, and in a way that can be versioned. New application development is a growing trend in the enterprise as organizations adopt and use new modern…

  • Software defined networking capabilities in VMware NSX

    VMware NSX-T 4.0.0.1 has a new name and new features!

    In case you missed the announcement a few days back, the latest release of VMware NSX-T has landed with new features and functionality and also a new name for VMware NSX-T. Let’s take a look at the new version of…

  • Configure the ESXi hostname in the DCUI

    ESXi Change Hostname with GUI and Command Line

    When it comes to the day-to-day management of VMware ESXi hosts, there are many activities a VI admin may need to carry out with ESXi hosts in the environment. While changing the hostname of an ESXi host in the environment…

  • Fast Encryption option when creating a new VM in VMware Workstation 22H2

    VMware Workstation 22H2 New features including Windows 11 and Fast Encryption

    Workstation virtualization solutions are powerful in what they can allow you to do in the home lab, production environments, development, and other areas. Recently, VMware just announced VMware Workstation 22H2. It provides really great new features and compatibility offerings as…

  • SaltStack Config during the installation

    vRealize Automation SaltStack Config Installation using vRSLCM

    Back in VMworld 2020, VMware announced the acquisition of SaltStack, the enterprise offering of the Salt automation platform. Since then, it has been integrated with the vRealize Automation solution with SaltStack Config. You can still download the free CLI Salt…

  • Verifying the version of the vCenter Server after the upgrade completes

    What’s new in VMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3f and ESXi 7.0 Update 3f

    Guys heads up. There is a new vCenter Server update and ESXi hosts update to take note of. The new vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3f release and ESXi 7.0 Update 3f release take care of quite a few security vulnerabilities.…

  • The process to upgrade vRealize Automation with vRSLCM begins and progresses

    Upgrade vRealize Automation with vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager vRSLCM

    I have been doing a bit of upgrading and updating the home lab environment recently. One of the solutions that I run in my VMware-powered home lab environment is vRealize Automation. I have this, and my vRealize Operations Manager environments…

  • VMware vSphere and vSAN will help customers adopt multi cloud technologies

    VMware vSphere+ and vSAN+ announced new features

    Today, VMware is announcing major news with the release of VMware vSphere+ and vSAN+. These new enhanced versions of vSphere and vSAN will allow VMware customers to realize the full potential of their on-premises environments and have the best that…

  • Enabling the execInstalledOnly security option in VMware ESXi

    Protect against Black Basta ESXi ransomware

    We have all known that we need to employ good security tactics with our VMware vSphere ESXi servers and ensure we do our diligence to keep these secure. However, the stakes get exponentially higher when you consider the danger of…