Daniel Micanek virtual Blog – Like normal Dan, but virtual.
vCenter Server Identity Federation with Authentik Identity Provider
While answering a recent question on the VMware Reddit Community, I came to learn about Authentik, an open source identity provider (IdP), which is pretty feature rich and best of all, you can self-host the Authentik IdP solution. While Authentik is not one of the officially supported Identity Providers for vCenter Server Identity Federation such […]
Learn about NVMe memory tiering in VMware vSphere 8.0 Update 3, how to configure it, and my thoughts after using it for months now.
My homelab was in need of some more serious storage and during this exercise I gained interesting insights that I will share in this post.
I have been tuning my Home Lab network during my vacation. Private AI/ML, vGPU and VDI requires a fast Home Lab setup. I tweaked my Switch (Dell EMC S4112T-ON), UDM Pro, ESXi hosts, and also […]
Learn how to update your upstream DNS servers in a VCF Holodeck lab environment.
Happy 2025! 🎉 Here is a fun one to kick off the New Year ☺️ Last year, I demonstrated a method for customizing the SMBIOS hardware string using Nested ESXi, but the solution was not perfect and required hacking up a VM ROM file and it was also limited to using the BIOS firmware for […]
Whether you’re an experienced architect, a budding engineer, or a home lab enthusiast, our 12 Days will guide you through essential VMware Cloud Foundation topics with a daily focus on practical learning, hands-on challenges, and curated resources.
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I am currently working a lot with VMware Aria Operations and the matching Dell Management Packs that are available. One of the most interesting is the integration of PowerEdge Servers, from which you can view various alarms about: This is exactly the information I want to integrate into VMware […]
In both Microsoft Windows 10 and 11, Virtualization Based Security (VBS) is enabled by default and this capability uses Hyper-V under the hood, which is a form of Nested Virtualization. If you are using VMware Workstation and you attempt to power on a Nested ESXi VM, you probably will see one […]
