VMware Cloud on AWS is becoming a more and more popular choice to host VMware workloads in the Cloud. It is a VMware managed environment based on a SDDC solution including NSX,…
Tag: vSphere
How to update a stand alone ESXi host
This article demonstrates how to update a stand alone ESXi host to the latest available version.In this example I will upgrade ESXi from Version 7.0.2 Build 17867351 to ESXi 7.0.3 Build 20328353….
Use Windows 11 Credential Manager for PowerCLI credentials
This article demonstrates how to leverage the built-in Credential Manager in Windows 11 for storing your credentials in PowerShell / PowerCLI scripts. The story behind this article is that I wanted to…
VMware vSphere+
In this blog post I will give a short introduction into VMware vSphere+. At the end of the blog I included some links to more information on VMware vShpere+ On-promises workloads We…
VMFS versus NFS datastores
Today I want to talk a bit about VMFS versus NFS datastores. There are more options available to you to chose from like vVol’s on which I wrote a blog post a…
vSphere VAAI – What is it?
So today I want to talk a little bit about VMware vSphere API’s and specifically VAAI or VMware vSphere Api Array Integration. In this blog I will try to answer the question…
Import-VApp An error occurred while sending the request
Something to remember, because in the end it looks so simple 😉 I tried to import a OVA from a unified access gateway (UAG). But it failed with these error message In…
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…
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…
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…