Pre-ESXi 8.0 Update 1, if you needed to modify the default ESXi HTTP(s) Reverse Proxy Ports, you would simply edit the HTTP reverse proxy configuration file, which I have previously blogged about HERE (pre-ESXi 8.0) and HERE (ESXi 8.0). For ESXi 8.0 Update 1, the process is slightly diffrent as all ESXi configurations including configuration…
Month: July 2023
vSphere 8.0 Update 1c resolves Windows VBS performance & Hyper-V Generation 2 Nested VM running on AMD CPU
🆕 vSphere 8.0 Update 1c is now available! Includes support for TKr 1.25.7 🥳 📔RNVC https://t.co/4y2s91PcKYESXi https://t.co/RYI0gz7vtfTKr https://t.co/KiarKzkQs0 💿 DLVC https://t.co/w0cyBErTiCESXi https://t.co/MuCPqieXY3 — William Lam (@lamw.bsky.social | @*protected email*) (@lamw) July 28, 2023 vSphere 8.0 Update 1c was just released and one of the resolved issues mentioned in the ESXi release notes is the following:…
Quick Tip – Retrieving the vSAN Rekey Interval using PowerCLI
Since the release of vSAN 6.5.1, the PowerCLI team has introduced a number of high level vSAN cmdlets (current list HERE) that can be used to automate a variety of tasks. While the existing vSAN cmdlets are quite extensive and continues to get updated with new functionality, it will never be able to cover the…
Creating a custom VIB for ESXi 8.x
Back in 2012, a VMware Fling was released called VIB Author, which allowed users to create their own custom vSphere Infrastructure Bundles (VIB) that typically would include configuration changes that was not possible when using the vSphere API such as enabling custom ESXi firewall ports or even bundling up custom utilities that could run within…
Configuring TLS Cipher Suites in ESXi 8.0 Update 1
For organizations that mandate specific TLS cipher suites for compliance purposes, you may have used the instructions outlined in this VMware KB 79476 to modify the ESXi Reverse Proxy Configuration File to select the desired supported TLS cipher suites prior to ESXi 8.0 Update 1. As of ESXi 8.0 Update 1, all configurations including configuration…
Building custom Tanzu Kubernetes Releases (TKR) for vSphere with Tanzu
Right before going on PTO, I caught this really interesting tweet from my buddy Robert Guske that we now support building your own custom Tanzu Kubernetes Releases (TKR), the Kubernetes software distributions that is signed and supported by VMware, which is typically provided by VMware through the online TKR Content Library. Dear vSphere with Tanzu…
VMware Explore 2023, my personal top recommended sessions!
This year I wasn’t planning on creating a list with my personal favorite sessions at Explore, it just takes so much time to go through the agenda, read the outlines and then pick what I feel would be interesting for me personally. However, this week I had a handful of people asking if I was…
Unexplored Territory #049 and #050, all about multi-cloud and cloud native workloads!
I was working on my VMware Explore presentations so I forgot to post #049, figured I would post both at the same time for those who hadn’t seen these yet. In episode 049 we had two guests for the very first time, Gerrit Lehr and Andrea Siviero. Andrea and Gerrit talked us through the Multi-Cloud…
Six fundamentals for advancing your career (Virtual VMUG Keynote) recording!
I recorded this keynote presentation for the Virtual VMUG which was in June 2023. In this presentation, I discussed my career path at VMware and my personal journey in the world of IT (and computers in general) and share with you the six fundamental learnings which accelerated my personal development and career growth. I didn’t…