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Configure BGP on a UniFi Dream Machine (UDM)…

I previously blogged that you can install and enabled FRR on a UniFi UDM (or UDM SE) running UniFi OS 3.0.x. which gives you the ability to run BGP; in my case I was using it to talk to my NSX-T Tier-0 Edge. I noticed I started getting some weird issues after the first 3.1.x was installed […]

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vSphere UI behavior change for VM Disk I/O Shares & Limits in vSphere 8.x

vSphere UI behavior change for VM Disk I/O…

If you use the vSphere UI to configure individual virtual disk I/O shares or limits for a Virtual Machine, it looks like this functionality has been removed in vSphere 8.x in favor of using VM Storage Policies, which has been around for almost a decade now. Prior to vSphere 8.x, you could configure both disk […]

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vVols VASA to vSphere Matrix

vVols VASA to vSphere Matrix

To help understand what features are associated with a specific VASA version and what vSphere release supports which VASA version(s).

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Carbon Black Office Hours: Introduction to…

Carbon Black Senior Technical Marketing Architect Joshua Knox speaks about the risks that containers and Kubernetes introduce to your organization, where to start with security, and how to automate compliance and manage risk at scale without impacting business agility. He answers customers’ […]

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vSphere ML Accelerator Spectrum Deep Dive…

vSphere allows assigning GPU devices to a VM using VMware’s (Dynamic) Direct Path I/O technology (Passthru) or NVIDIA’s vGPU technology. The NVIDIA vGPU technology is a core part of the NVIDIA AI Enterprise suite (NVAIE). NVAIE is more than just the vGPU driver. It’s a complete technology stack […]

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Converting VirtualBox VDI (Virtual Disk Image) to VMDK for use with ESXi 8.x

Converting VirtualBox VDI (Virtual Disk Image)…

If you are converting an Oracle VirtualBox VDI (Virtual Disk Image) to a VMDK for use with VMware ESXi, you might come across the following error: Unsupported or invalid disk type 2 for ‘scsi0:0’. Ensure that the disk has been imported The invalid disk type 2 is typically a giveaway that the VMDK was mostly […]

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Will this Arm SoC work with ESXi-Arm?

Will this Arm SoC work with ESXi-Arm?

The number of Arm-based hardware kits has grown significantly in the last couple of years. Today, there are many more options to choose from including different form factors and even hardware from some of the more traditional x86 vendors, which also demonstrates the market opportunity and the demand for Arm-based workloads. Running ESXi-Arm is definitely […]

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