Bits, Bytes, & Radio Waves

A quiet journey through discovery and understanding.

Author: Aaron Rombaut

  • VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Troubleshooting

    Overview Most of the time, when I am troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) bring-up, networking comes into play. Whether it be NTP, DNS, or other various ports, networking is probably the most important thing to get right for a successful bring-up. Subnets, network borders, Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU), VLANs, trunks, tags, i.e.

  • VMware Cloud Director: Deployment and Initial Configuration

    Overview I stood up a nested VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) lab and decided to delve into the world of VMware Cloud Director. I ran into a couple issues and wanted to make sure that I documented them here so that I do not run into them again in the future. I have a good feeling…

  • The Frugal Administrator: A Minimal Nested VMware VCF Lab

    Overview I have other posts on my site here for more built out installations of VMware VCF. However, while I was researching a build script for a recent nested installation I was building, I came across a post on William Lam’s website about a single host VMware VCF install. This surely piqued my interest and…