Not so far back we have pointed a scenario which was destined for VMware administrators willing to use local disks (or Direct Attached Storage – DAS) to install StarWind Virtual SAN. 2-Node scenarios are very popular because of their efficiency and cost. No need for shared storage because we have a StarWind Mirror. Today’s post is […]
VCP6.5-DCV Study Guide – Free PDF Download
Over the past couple of months, I’ve been working on new VCP6.5-DCV Study Guide and there is a good news today. This guide, which so far was accessible through all those individual blog posts covering each exam topic, is now available as a free PDF. Thanks to Nakivo who stepped in to sponsor this PDF. You […]
How To Run VMs in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure via Ravello Service on Separate Cloud Hosts
As you know Ravello (now part of Oracle) cloud infrastructure is an easy entry point for VMware (and KVM) admins to test and then run VMs in the cloud without any re-configurations. We have demonstrated in our previous post that you can be up and running fairly quickly. We had migrated 2 Jenkins VMs to […]
VMware PowerCLI 10 Released
VMware PowerCLI has been around for ages and at first, the name was vSphere PowerCLI. But over the years, VMware went and added more and more modules which can also managed other VMware Products. That’s why with the release 10 of PowerCLI the name changes to VMware PowerCLI. VMware PowerCLI 10 Released. PowerCLI is an executable […]
What to do when you have Duplicate MAC address within VMware vSphere Environment?
Sometimes you have an environment, which shows up with duplicate MAC addresses. You can see the alarms within in your vCenter server web client, and even worse, you won’t be able to power On a virtual machine (VM) which is in MAC address conflict with another VM. In this post, we will look at possible reasons […]
VMware vSphere and HyperConverged 2-Node Scenario from StarWind – Step By Step
An excellent resource PDF providing step-by-step configuration of VMware vSphere StarWind Virtual SAN has been released by our friends at StarWind. In fact, by following those steps, you’ll be able to configure easily your VMware vSphere and HyperConverged 2-Node Scenario from StarWind. It is the simplest scenario as you only need 2 servers with local storage. […]
Top 5 Useful VMware ESXi CLI Commands
When working with VMware ESXi and vSphere, there is a time when you have to go into the CLI and fix problems, look for details which you don’t get through the UI or those details would be many clicks away. During those times you might appreciate to know and learn our selection of Top 5 Useful VMware […]
Runecast Analyzer 1.7 Adds VMware vSAN Support and More Visibility into Virtual Infrastructures
Runecast just released a new version of their flagship product – Runecast Analyzer 1.7. An interesting new vSAN support and new widget in the dashboard which allows you to see the issues by different layers (Management, VM, Compute, network or storage). The product runs in a lab, where I’m running a 2-Node vSAN cluster. Third […]
How To Test Network Connectivity with a vmkping command in VMware environments
A simple quick post this Friday, for people willing to quickly test network connectivity by using the vmkping command. If you’re new to VMware vSphere, you might be not aware of vmkping command or do not know exactly what’s the purpose and use cases. VMKping command is useful when testing network connectivity for vmkernel adapters, used […]
StarWind Proactive Support for Virtual SAN
StarWind Virtual SAN which is a cost-effective hyper-converged software solution can be used across Hyper-V, vSphere, KVM and XenServer environments. The solution can be used with native integration (Windows) or running as a VM. We have detailed many times the architecture (see links below article), so today we’ll look a little bit closer to StarWind ProActive […]
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