Short answer, yes 2-node configurations with vSAN 8.0 ESA support Nested Fault Domains. Meaning that when you have a 2-node configuration you can also protect your data within each host with RAID-1, RAID-5, or RAID-6! The configuration of this is pretty straightforward. You create a policy with “Host Mirroring” and select the protection you want…
Month: October 2022
How to install Windows 11 Arm with a vTPM using ESXi-Arm v1.11
The ESXi-Arm team has just released v1.11 of the ESXi-Arm Fling and one of the most exciting new capability is that you can now run Windows 11 Arm using an ESXi VM! There is also a TON of new features, so definitely check out the official ESXi-Arm Blog post announcement for more details. One of…
Unexplored Territory Podcast 29 – What is vSphere Distributed Services Engine? Featuring Parag Chakraborty!
At VMware Explore I was very intrigued by the sessions on vSphere Distributed Services Engine. After the session I briefly was in touch with Parag Chakraborty, Senior Product Line Manager for vSphere Distributed Services Engine (Project Monterey), and asked him if he wanted to join our podcast. Parag was enthusiastic and that is noticeable in…
Using vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) to remediate Nested ESXi host with CPU on the host is not supported
If you are running a Nested ESXi VM on top of a physical ESXi host that does not have a supported CPU and you are using vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM), the pre-check and/or remediation will fail due to the following error: The CPU on the host is not supported by this image The solution is…
vSAN 8.0 ESA and Compression by default?
Starting with vSAN 8 ESA (Express Storage Architecture) how data services have been implemented has changed significantly compared to the Original Storage Architecture. In vSAN OSA compression (and deduplication) happens before the data is stored on disk on each of the hosts the data is stored on. With vSAN 8.0 ESA this has changed completely….
NSX Alarms in vCenter Server using vSphere Events in vSphere 8
I recently learned about a really cool capability that is part of the NSX Easy Install feature that was initially introduced back in vSphere 7.0 Update 3, allowing administrators to easily deploy, configure and manage NSX directly from vCenter Server using the vSphere UI. Here is a demo of this feature in action by fellow…
Quick Tip – TPM 2.0 connection cannot be established after upgrading to ESXi 8.0
There has been several reports from folks internally and within the community that after upgrading to ESXi 8.0, they are now seeing the following TPM error message: TPM 2.0 device detected but a connection cannot be established. The common theme between all the reported cases that I have seen is that they are using an…
Automated enablement of vSphere with Tanzu using vSphere Zones in vSphere 8
vSphere Zones is just one of the the many exciting new Tanzu capabilities that is now part of vSphere 8. My buddy Cormac Hogan did a nice write-up on vSphere Zones, which I highly recommend folks check it out get more details. This blog post will focus on using the new vCenter Server REST API…
Quick Tip – Automating ESXi 8.0 install using allowLegacyCPU=true
For those looking to install ESXi 8.0 but have an unsupported CPU, the following kernel boot option allowLegacyCPU=true can be added which would bypass the installer pre-check as shown in the screenshot below. When the ESXi installer bypass happens, instead of an error which forces you to reboot, you will get a warning message and…
Demo of VMware Cloud Consumption Interface (CCI)
I recently blogged about the new VMware Cloud Consumption Interface (CCI) service, which folks should definitely check out first to learn more about the new cloud service and how you can participate in the early access beta. I had also recorded a short demo that I had shared with internal teams to showcase how end…