SDDC in pocket – virtualization, cloud, networking, storage, devops, cloudops
Hi vAdmins, Today I started preparing for my VMUG session “Stay Certified: Overview into all new VMware’s VCP certifications and training” and I noticed that there was an update posted on the VMware Education Services – Certification website for the current VCP-VCF Administrator certification. […]
Today, I had a storage issue, and all my VMs crashed. One of those VMs was my VMware Cloud Director (vCD). After resolving the storage problem and rebooting the VM, I noticed that vCD did not start properly. Checking the services, I found that some failed with errors, preventing vCD from […]
My home lab…I love learning by doing (hands-on experience), and because of this, having a home lab is a must for me. It allows me to experiment, learn new things, and implement or suggest improvements in my work. One thing I can say for sure—the freedom to break, rebuild, and test anything […]
In an effort to downsize even more my home lab from Shuttle PCs that were (in the past) considered compact I decided to explore the impressive, powerfull and small GMKTec mini PCs. With NVMe drives there is no longer need for space for spinning 3.5″ drives. The following were my requirements […]
VMware Cloud Director 10.6.1 is the latest release of VMware Cloud Director. It includes a number of new features and enhancements, as well as some known issues and workarounds. Sure, here is a blog post based on the VMware Cloud Director 10.6.1 Release Notes: VMware Cloud Director 10.6.1 […]
Learn about the best homelab networking ecosystem options including Unifi, Mikrotik, Omada, Engenius, and Meraki Go
A list of compatible mini PCs with 128 GB RAM. Mini PCs that I have tested or know that others have tested with Crucial 128 GB of RAM
I had a customer that recently reached out asking how they could easily audit their entire ESXi infrastructure to determine which hosts was still booting using the legacy BIOS firmware, which has been deprecated and will be removed in a future vSphere release, in favor of the industry standard […]
This is session #2 of our Study Group. Covered areas are listed below:
