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  • Getting Started with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

    calendar Apr 11, 2020 · 11 min read · k8s vsphere  ·
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    Getting Started with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

    After VMworld US 2019 when the Tanzu portfolio was announced, there was naturally a lot of excitement for what VMware was doing around modern application development. Fast forward a couple months when more things were announced, names were changed, and Pivotal became part of VMware, and what Tanzu actually is and what …


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  • Behind the Scenes with Cluster API Provider vSphere

    calendar Apr 8, 2020 · 8 min read · k8s vsphere  ·
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    The verdict is in and Kubernetes has proven a great success in its ability to deploy and manage containerized applications. And in that regard, it is now seen as the de facto platform for running cloud-native applications. A somewhat more recent project has emerged which seeks to apply that same system of desired state …


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  • Why Kubernetes on Virtual Machines?

    calendar Jan 17, 2020 · 8 min read · k8s vsphere  ·
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    One of the arguments or debates (depending on how generous you are) that continues to rage in the world of Kubernetes is the old "bare metal versus virtual machines" subject. Some people seem to be all in on bare metal while you have those staunch opponents (as well as some hilarious memes) who advise not even …


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  • Optimize-VMwarePKS: A PowerShell script for all your VMware PKS deployment needs

    calendar Apr 3, 2019 · 8 min read · pks k8s powershell vsphere  ·
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    Ever since VMware PKS (now called Enterprise PKS) came onto the market over a year ago, it’s been a big hit. With it, you get upstream Kubernetes, NSX-T, an enterprise-class container registry, automation of the entire K8s cluster creation process, and lots more all on top of the de facto private cloud platform of …


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  • How to Cleanly Remove a vSphere Datastore

    calendar Jan 6, 2018 · 3 min read · vsphere  ·
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    Removal of datastores is one of those things that seems like it would be simple, and it’s not complex, but there a few steps and you have to do them in the correct order to produce the best result. There are also some KB articles out there that are rather outdated, have mixed information, and don’t cover the graphical …


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  • vCSA File Backup Fails

    calendar Dec 9, 2017 · 2 min read · vsphere  ·
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    I encountered this issue in my home lab recently whereby vCSA 6.5 U1c was failing the file-based backup through the VAMI with the message “BackupManager encountered an exception. Please check logs for details.” A very generic error message to be sure, and not at all helpful. I checked the log responsible at …


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  • Detecting PSC Replication Failure with Log Insight

    calendar Nov 29, 2017 · 7 min read · vsphere log insight vrealize  ·
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    In vSphere 6, the Platform Services Controller (PSC) contains a number of pieces of functionality including the SSO components, certificates, licensing, and other core parts that make vCenter function. Because of its importance, it is possible to join external PSCs that share the same SSO domain in a replication …


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  • Upgrading vSphere through migration

    calendar Nov 27, 2017 · 13 min read · vsphere  ·
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    Introduction The topic of vSphere upgrades is a hot one with every new release of VMware’s flagship platform. Architectures change, new features are introduced, old ones are removed, and so everyone is scrambling to figure out how to move to the next version and what process they should use. There are generally two …


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  • New Orchestrated Restarts in vSphere 6.5

    calendar Nov 13, 2017 · 7 min read · vsphere  ·
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    vSphere 6.5 was released at the end of 2016 and so, at this point, has been on the market for about a year. VMware introduced several new features in vSphere 6.5, and several of them are very, very useful however sometimes people don’t take the time to really read and understand these new features to solve problems …


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  • Replicating vRA Templates Easily with Veeam

    calendar Nov 2, 2017 · 11 min read · vsphere veeam vra vrealize  ·
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    For those who use vRealize Automation (vRA), you’re probably all too familiar with vSphere templates and how they are the crux of your service catalog. Unless you’re creating machine deployments anew from another build tool, you’re probably using them, and it’s likely you have at least two, sometimes many more. Using …


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