I recently deployed the Local Consumption Interface (LCI) which is a new vSphere IaaS (formerly vSphere with Tanzu) Control Plane Service that was just introduced with the release of vSphere 8.0 Update 3 into my homelab. Successfully deployed the new vSphere IaaS (formally vSphere w/Tanzu) Local Consumption Interface (LCI) Service https://t.co/1fbTUiNjJd Needed to refer to…
Month: July 2024
Exploring the new vSAN Data Protection API in vSphere 8.0 Update 3
I have been spending some time with the new vSAN Data Protection (DP) capability that was just introduced with the latest vSphere 8.0 Update 3 release and if you are interested in what you can do with this new functionality, Duncan Epping has recently published a blog post on this exact topic that you should…
Quick Tip – Updating Intel ixgben driver enables Multi-gigabit (2.5gbE / 5GbE) selection in ESXi
Here is a nice protip from one of my readers, Peter, who recently came across an issue with an Intel x550 network adaptor and ESXi not listing any of the Multi-gigabit (2.5GbE or 5GbE) options even though his underlying physical network was setup as 2.5GbE, only 100MBps, 1GbE and 10GbE was available. After a bit…
Incorrect guestOS type for Nested ESXi causes vCLS issues with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Holodeck Toolkit
Several months back, I started noticing an increase number of folks reporting problems powering on their vSphere Cluster Services (vCLS) VM when using the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Holodeck Toolkit solution and the following workaround can be applied, which came directly from the Holodeck developers. While a workaround exists including vCLS script located at C:\VLC\VLC-Holo-Site-1\vclsfix,…
Automating deployment of vSAN Data Protection OVA with PowerCLI
vSphere 8.0 Update 3 introduces a new vSAN Data Protection capability for the vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) and it is currently delivered as a standalone VMware OVA (see Duncan’s post in case you are wondering where to download) which, once deployed and configures, enables a new vSphere UI plugin as shown in screenshot below….
vSAN Data Protection, what can you do with it today?
Last week I posted a blog about how to get vSAN Data Protection up and running, but I never explained why you may want to do this in the first place? Before we dive into it, it probably is smart to also mention that vSAN Data Protection leverages the new snapshotting capability which is part…
VM snapshot retention-based removal in vSphere 8.0 Update 3
VM snapshots are an extremely useful feature in vSphere but they can also be miss-used and retained for much longer than they should, sometimes weeks, months and even years! Sadly, having a forgotten VM snapshot for a year or longer is not actually as rare as you might expect and I have definitely heard some…