What’s the story with Optane?
Intel is winding down Optane. What it means if you use Optane SSDs in a homelab (e.g. TrueNAS ZIL/L2ARC) or Optane with ESXi.
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Maxtang’s NX 6412 NUC – update ESXi 8.0a
Update a Maxtang NX6412 NUC to ESXi 8.0a (CVE-2022-31705 fix): build a custom ESXi 8.0a ISO with the USB Network Native Driver.
vSphere 8 Lab with Cohesity and VMware vExpert gift – Maxtang’s NX 6412 NUC
Building a vSphere 8 lab on the Maxtang NX6412 NUC (vExpert gift): custom ESXi ISO with the USB Network Native Driver because there are no onboard NICs.
How to create a bootable ESXi Installer USB Flash Drive
Make a bootable ESXi installer USB drive on Windows with Rufus: GPT + UEFI settings, ESP mode for custom OEM ISOs, and where to download ESXi ISOs today.
New ESXCLI Commands Details in vSphere 8.0
New ESXCLI namespaces in ESXi 8.0 vs 7.0 U3 with --help output: daemon entitlement, storage osdata, nvme config, vsan storagepool, plus 7.0 U2/U3 additions.
Only a few short days until our Multi-Cloud…
Only a few short days until our Multi-Cloud… We’re officially starting the 5️⃣ day left countdown to our Multi-Cloud Briefing launching on Monday, December 5th! Tune in to…
Take a Journey to the Center of the Multi-Cloud…
Take a Journey to the Center of the Multi-Cloud… After VMware Explore Europe, thousands of attendees in Barcelona got inspired to implement new strategies, skillsets, and tools for…
Virtually Speaking Podcast: VMware Explore with…
Virtually Speaking Podcast: VMware Explore with… This year at VMware Explore the Virtually Speaking Podcast caught up with Google Distinguished Engineer Kelsey Hightower. Kelsey discusses the secure software…
vSphere 8 productizes Community Networking…
vSphere 8 productizes Community Networking… Back in July with the release of vSphere 7.0 Update 3f, I had shared that all Intel i219 devices from the Community Networking…
Quick Tip – Changes to building custom ESXi…
Quick Tip – Changes to building custom ESXi… Historically, when a new version of ESXi is released, customers will use vSphere Image Builder either through the vSphere Image…