ESXi Network Tools | Scanda 🙂
Sometimes it happens to troubleshoot an ESXi host for network problems. Over time I created a small guide to help me remember the various commands, I share it hoping it will be useful to everyone 🙂
Category: VMware
Quick Tip – Verifying vCenter Server Appliance…
Quick Tip – Verifying vCenter Server Appliance…
I recently found out that my vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) scheduled backups had been failing for some time but I was not aware. While there is a default vCenter Server alarm for failed VCSA backups, however it is only visible when you have selected the vCenter Server inventory object […]
Revamp your VMware ESXCLI experience with a…
Revamp your VMware ESXCLI experience with a…
Today, we are thrilled to introduce a game-changer!: a custom ChatGPT assistant tailored specifically for VMware ESXi command-line interface (esxcli) queries and troubleshooting. Before diving into the specifics of this innovative tool, let’s briefly explore the concept of creating your own […]
Enabling AI: Announcing the Ray on Open-Source…
Enabling AI: Announcing the Ray on Open-Source…
In the last year, there has been an explosive amount of progress in machine learning and artificial intelligence. High-quality generative AI solutions like ChatGPT have ushered in a public interest that has carried over to the business world. Organizations and individuals alike are considering […]
Experimenting with ESXi CPU affinity and Intel…
Experimenting with ESXi CPU affinity and Intel…
After debugging a recent issue with using VMware Workstation and Intel Hybrid CPUs, it gave me an idea about an experiment to try with ESXi and Intel Hybrid CPUs. As a refresher, starting with the Intel 12th Generation (Alder Lake) CPU, a new hybrid big.LITTLE CPU architecture was introduced […]
Empowering the Community: VMware’s…
Empowering the Community: VMware’s…
Embracing the spirit of open collaboration, VMware is taking up the mantle, actively sharing our instruction-tuned models to empower the community, address those critical challenges, and enable a formidable network of open-source contributors. In this article, we explore the significance of open …Read More
Unexplored Territory Podcast #064 – Homelabs…
VMware recently released vSphere and vSAN 8.0 Update 3, and of course, we had to invite Feidhlim, Jason, and Pete back on the show to discuss what’s new in these releases. There’s awesome new functionality released and some great enhancements, so make sure to listen to the full episode.
Key Takeaways:
- vSphere 8.0 update 3 introduces the vSphere Live Patch Update Path, which allows for patching ESXi hosts without evacuating VMs or entering full maintenance mode.
- Improvements in GPU functionality include the ability to use two DPUs in an ESXi host for availability, better support for VGPUs with different profiles and memory sizes, and simplified activation of GPU mobility with DRS.
- The vSphere cluster service (VCLS) has been re-architected to reduce resource consumption and improve rollback mechanisms.
- The 8.0 update 3 introduces stretched VVols, which customers have been asking for, and support for stretched fault tolerance.
- There are enhancements in VVols, including unmapped support for NVMe over fabrics.
- The updates in NVMe over Fabrics provide faster data migration and cloning.
- NFS enhancements include VMK port binding and support for NFS version 4.1.
- vSAN 8.0 U3 introduces new features and enhancements in flexible topologies, agile data protection, and enhanced management.
- The support for stretch cluster arrangement in VCF allows customers to take full advantage of ESA and improve performance, storage efficiency, and resilience.
- The full support of vSAN Max as principal storage within a workload domain enables customers to maintain a centralized shared storage model while leveraging the capabilities of vSAN.
- vSAN data protection allows users to create snapshots based on groups of VMs, set snapshotting schedules, and easily recover VMs without them being part of the inventory.
- Enhancements in alerting capabilities for NVMe storage devices and proactive hardware management provide better visibility and intelligence about the health and well-being of storage devices.
Unexplored Territory Podcast #064 – Homelabs…
New VMware Cloud Foundation & vSphere…
New VMware Cloud Foundation & vSphere…
VMware is here to shake things up with their latest offerings, VMware Cloud Foundation and VMware vSphere Foundation! With VMware Cloud Foundation, managing your cloud infrastructure has never been easier, providing a unified platform for seamless deployment and management of applications […]
PowerCLI 13 installation hurdles on Linux
PowerCLI 13 installation hurdles on Linux
In November 2022, I wrote a post on my endeavor about installing PowerCLI on my Windows box. I needed PowerCLI 13, which was the only way to create custom ISO images for ESXi 8. Check these posts […]
What’s in the new VMware vSphere Foundation…
What’s in the new VMware vSphere Foundation…
Since the announcement of the two new VMware offerings: VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) at the end of 2023, I have been trying to wrap my head around the new offers and to better help me understand the next level of details, I have put together several diagrams […]