Quick Tip – Using PowerCLI to query VMware…
Quick Tip – Using PowerCLI to query VMware… One of the most powerful and versatile VM management capability in vSphere is the Guest Operations API, providing a rich…
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Quick Tip – SSH Server, Client & Authorized Key…
Quick Tip – SSH Server, Client & Authorized Key Configurations for ESXi 7.0 Update 1 and later Quick Tip – SSH Server, Client & Authorized Key… The general…
Intel Skylake and ESX 9: Skylake-SP Supported in Deprecated Mode for VCF 9.x, Not Beyond
Is Intel Skylake supported in ESX 9? Skylake-SP runs in Deprecated mode for all VCF 9.x (KB 428874), not beyond. Skylake-W stays discontinued.
Cisco UCS VMware-v2 Adapter Policy (UCSM 4.3(4a)): Values, VIC Support and When to Use It
What the UCSM 4.3(4a) VMware-v2 adapter policy sets on Cisco VIC (1 TX, 8 RX, 4096 rings, RSS) and when to use it vs VMWare or VMWarePassThru.
ESXi Live Patch: Patching ESXi Without a Reboot (8.0 U3, 9.0, 9.1) and Which Updates Qualify
ESXi Live Patch applies eligible patches with no reboot or maintenance mode. Requirements, limits, and which 8.0 U3, 9.0 and 9.1 releases are live-patchable.
vSphere Client Instability After vCenter 8.0.3.00200 (8.0 U3b): Moved
This note moved. The full article covers the vCenter 8.0 U3b idle session bug, KB 377734, the 8.0 U3c fix and vCenter session timeout settings.
Quick Tip – Monitoring ESXi remote syslog…
Quick Tip – Monitoring ESXi remote syslog… When an ESXi host is unable to forward its logs to a remote syslog server, a VMkernel Observation (VOB) is automatically…
ESXi on ASUS NUC 14 Pro (Revel Canyon)
ESXi on ASUS NUC 14 Pro (Revel Canyon) The ASUS NUC 14 Pro (formally known as Revel Canyon) is the first ASUS-based NUC since the acquisition of the…
Useful NVMe Tiering reporting using vSphere 8.0…
Useful NVMe Tiering reporting using vSphere 8.0 Update 3 APIs For the current thresholds and a sizing calculator, see my VCF memory tiering resource. Useful NVMe Tiering reporting…
LLM Inference Sizing and Performance Guidance
LLM Inference Sizing and Performance Guidance When planning to deploy a chatbot or simple Retrieval-Augmentation-Generation (RAG) pipeline on VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA (PAIF-N) [1], you may…