Category: Technology
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ESX Host Memory Sharing
Introduction So first off, why did I call a host ESX in 2024? Well, because Broadcom changed the name back to ESX this year in October. However, as with many branding name changes, the User Interfaces (UI) don’t necessarily catch up right away. You will still see me refer to the ESXi Host Client in…
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VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), and VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (ALB) (Avi)
Overview So besides all the variations of product names in play, pre-Broadcom acquisition and post, there is something that has been baffling me for quite some time. How to create the globalenvironment in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle using VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (ALB) (Avi) as the load balancer. Installation Issues Things I am still…
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iXsystems TrueNAS CORE and VMware
Overview iXsystems publishes a White Paper, titled TrueNAS for VMware, which provides Best Practices for VMware. In this post, I am going to breakdown each of the best practices with an example. Hopefully this will help others, newcomers and experts, alike, at an optimally configured TrueNAS. For me, it will help ease the pain of…
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Networking with Nested ESXi Hosts
Overview I recently had to add an additional host to my lab as I was running out of compute (thank you VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and all the things…Aria Suite (specifically the clustered VMware Identity Manager), NSX, Avi Load Balancer). In addition to getting the additional host, I was fortunate enough to also upgrade the…