Webinar | Secure Your Private Cloud Against…

Secure Your Private Cloud Against AI-Driven Exploits with VMware vDefend Multi-Layer Defense | Join this webinar to learn how our experts can help you implement the steps necessary to mitigate the escalating risk associated with the tsunami of AI-driven exploits. Webinar | Secure Your Private Cloud Against… Join this webinar to learn how our experts … Read more

VCF 9.1 On VxRAIL 9.1.000 – Walkthrough (Part2:…

VCF 9.1 On VxRAIL 9.1.000 – Walkthrough (Part2: VI WLD) – #vExpert David Ring VCF 9.1 On VxRAIL 9.1.000 – Walkthrough (Part2:… Note: this is an example for reference only please use the VxRail installation procedures & services provided by Dell. This is the second in a series of posts covering VCF 9.1 On VxRail … Read more

VCF 9.1 On VxRAIL 9.1.000 – Walkthrough (Part1:…

VCF 9.1 On VxRAIL 9.1.000 – Walkthrough (Part1: Management WLD) | #vExpert David Ring VCF 9.1 On VxRAIL 9.1.000 – Walkthrough (Part1:… Note: this is an example for reference only please use the VxRail installation procedures & services provided by Dell. This is the first in a series of posts covering VCF 9.1 On VxRail … Read more

Zero to VCAP: Building a VCF 9.1 Workload…

Zero to VCAP: Building a VCF 9.1 Workload Domain, Screen by Screen – Humbled Geeks Zero to VCAP: Building a VCF 9.1 Workload… So this post does exactly what I promised at the end of Part 1: I take the remaining four Cisco UCS B200 blades in the same UCS 5108 chassis and turn them … Read more

VCF 9.1 – Auditing VCF Management Services…

VCF 9.1 – Auditing VCF Management Services (VCFMS) IP Pool Usage VCF 9.1 – Auditing VCF Management Services… As part of deploying the new VCF Management Services (VCFMS) component, a pool of IP addresses is provided to support the automatic deployment and scale-out of additional worker nodes for Day-N services such as Log Management and … Read more

Rightsizing and Reclamation Exclusions using…

Rightsizing and Reclamation Exclusions using vSphere Tags in VCF Operations 9.1 – #vExpert Brock Peterson Rightsizing and Reclamation Exclusions using… If you’re running VCF Operations 9.1 you’ll notice this small (but very powerful) new feature, allowing us to exclude VMs from the Rightsizing and/or Reclamation engines, here’s what it looks like.Selecting EXCLUSION SETTINGS presents the … Read more

The Biggest Mistakes I See During Disaster…

The Biggest Mistakes I See During Disaster Recovery Testing – #vExpert Krzysztof Salwa The Biggest Mistakes I See During Disaster… Disaster Recovery testing is one of the most valuable activities an organization can perform to validate its resilience strategy. Most enterprises invest heavily in backup solutions, replication technologies, and recovery infrastructure. However, many still discover … Read more

Configuring Email Alerts in Data Services…

Configuring Email Alerts in Data Services Manager version 9.1 – Cormac Hogan Configuring Email Alerts in Data Services… I was recently asked to assist with some troubleshooting of the Email Alerting mechanism in Data Services Manager (DSM). The first thing to note is that there are different types of alerts that can be raised and … Read more

How to Upgrade to VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1

It’s never been more important to keep your VCF environment current. As frontier AI models demonstrate an unprecedented ability to chain complex vulnerabilities together, regular updates to your VCF environment are essential to shrink your attack surface and harden your defense-in-depth architecture. This blog walks through the typical process that VCF Professional Services uses to … Read more

Clarifying Minimum Required ESX Hosts for VCF…

Clarifying Minimum Required ESX Hosts for VCF Deployments | William Lam Clarifying Minimum Required ESX Hosts for VCF… The VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.x Installer includes a built-in resource calculator that automatically determines the required compute and storage resources, along with the estimated number of ESX hosts needed to support the selected deployment configuration. Understanding … Read more