Yesterday, while I was working on a project remotely, I received an email that interrupted my focus for a moment. To be honest, I couldn’t believe the news it contained. I immediately told the customer that I would be present at VMware Explore in the coming year! I have always enjoyed participating in events like VMware Explore. Despite having moved […]
Today, as part of setting up my new VCF lab, I needed to renew all the ESXi certificates in my home lab. Typically, you can regenerate the self-signed certificates on each ESXi host using SSH with the following commands: However, I didn’t want to manually connect to each host via SSH and run the commands. Instead, I looked for a […]
This is part of the VMware vSAN guide post series. You can access and explore more objectives from the VMware vSAN study guide using the following link. There are several tools available to achieve this purpose, and it is necessary to be familiar with these tools in order to facilitate faster troubleshooting. In the previous post, I walked through vSAN […]
This is part of the VMware vSAN guide post series. You can access and explore more objectives from the VMware vSAN study guide using the following link. Up to this point of vSAN study guide, I’ve primarily discussed configuration, settings, features, and the process of running a vSAN cluster, along with keeping it updated. So far, everything’s been working good! […]
This is part of the VMware vSAN guide post series. You can access and explore more objectives from the VMware vSAN study guide using the following link. In this post, I want to update my vSAN Cluster from version 8 to version 8 Update 2. Updating vSAN is a multistage process. You must update vCenter first, then ESXi, and finally […]
This is part of the VMware vSAN guide post series. You can access and explore more objectives from the VMware vSAN study guide using the following link. During several reboots of hosts in my lab, the vCLS virtual machine became inaccessible. However, a new one has been created, but old objects still exist in the vSAN. I see inaccessible objects […]
This is part of the VMware vSAN guide post series. You can access and explore more objectives from the VMware vSAN study guide using the following link. One of the cool features of vSAN is the Shutdown Cluster Wizard, which assists you in shutting down the vSAN cluster for maintenance or troubleshooting. Previously, these steps had to be performed manually […]
I was upgrading a customer’s vCenter Server from version 6.7 to 8. While the upgrade is supported, I encountered warnings (but no errors) during the pre-checks in stage 2. I ignored these warnings and proceeded, which resulted in an upgrade error. It is similar to this KB but I have checked DNS again and it was not a DNS problem. […]
This is part of the VMware vSAN guide post series. You can access and explore more objectives from the VMware vSAN study guide using the following link. In my earlier post, I covered various vSAN security features. You can find the post here. Now, I’d like to illustrate how to activate security features and adjust parameters within a vSAN cluster. […]
Aria Operations is a powerful platform for monitoring, managing, and optimizing your VMware infrastructure. It provides valuable insights into the performance, capacity, and health of your virtual environment. One of its key features is its alerting system, which notifies administrators of potential issues or anomalies within the infrastructure. However, there are scenarios where you may need to exclude certain resources […]
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