Install CSE 3.1.1 with Cloud Director 10.3.1
In this article I will demonstrate how you can install Container Service Extension 3.1.1 (CSE 3.1.1) with VMware Cloud Director 10.3.1. CSE is a VMware Cloud Director extension that helps tenants create and work with Kubernetes clusters. CSE brings Kubernetes as...
vExpert 2022 applications are open
The vExpert 2022 applications are open again and there was an interesting blog post written on how to apply.One of the things in the blog was about people sharing why the joined the vExpert program and I thought that is a great Idea so I am sharing my ideas as well....
VMware Security and Ransomware Protection
Today I will talk about VMware Security and Ransomware Protection and give some hints and tips you can use in your daily operations to protect your environments. During the COVID19 pandemic we have seen a huge increase in cyber threats. Ransomware is not only about...
Add and Remove NTP servers from your NSX-T Manager
In this article, I will demonstrate how you can add and remove NTP servers from your NSX-T Manager. List current configured NTP source(s) Connect to the NSX-T Manager via SSH and log on with your admin credentials. If you want to see the existing time configuration...
Install a Lets Encrypt Wildcard SSL certificate on VMware Cloud Director 10.3
In this article I will demonstre how you can request and install a Wildcard SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt on VMware Cloud Director 10.3. The reason for writing this article is that the procedures for installing SSL certificates on VMware Cloud Director has...
Setting up VMware Tanzu Community Edition on MacOS
In my previous post about the announcements made at VMworld 2021 I talked about the VMware Tanzu Community edition. Today I will show you how to set it up on MacOS First of all I am using a Mac running MacOS 11.6 and its running on an Intel Mac (I know I also want the...
VMworld 2021 announcements
Today I want to give you an overview of some of the announcements made at VMworld 2021. VMware Cross-Cloud Services Vmware announced a updated strategy to help customers and businesses navigate the multi-cloud capabilities we have today with VMware Cross-Cloud...
VMware Virtual volumes or vVols
So today I will talk about VMware Virtual volumes or vVols. vVols are somewhat confusing sometimes so let's dig in. What are VMware Virtual Volumes? First of all a vVol is nothing like a a traditional VMware datastore (VMDK or NFS). vVols work completely different and...
vSphere 7 Update 3 – What’s new
vSphere 7 Update 3 has been announced by VMware so in this blog I will go over vSphere 7 Update 3 and see What's new. New innovations Here is a short overview of the topics I will discuss today: vSphere Lifecycle, Upgrade and PatchingvSphere with TanzuAI &...
VMworld 2021 Imagine that
Next week VMworld 2021 Imagine that will kick off virtually again. This is the second year virtual and even though I miss meeting colleague's, partners and customers in real life VMware is really making a push for another great effent.In this blog I share some really...
How to deploy an OVA in Cloud Director
Yesterday I was in a call with a customer and we discussed uploading OVA's into Cloud Director. I said sure that is no problem at all. Well then I started thinking how are you supposed to deploy an OVA in Cloud Director because I do not even remember how this is...
DaaS – Login Failure: General authentication error
So the other day I was preparing to demo VMware horizon DaaS I was supposed to give the demo to a customer when I ran into some issues. I was welcomed with a nice Login failure: General authentication error.Well that is a bummer. Let me tell you how I fixed the...
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