A few weeks ago, I saw a request come in that was looking for the ability to determine which Linux hard disk a specific vmdk residing on a VMware vVol. This can be quite a task when there are several disks that are the same size. My colleague Cody Hosterman blogged about how to do… Read More »
Before coming to the vendor space years ago, I worked in an environment where we hosted applications over various banks, credit unions, and other lenders across North America. We sold and also hosted our own software, which gave our customers the ability to service (review/approve/deny) loans for a wide variety of things such as homes,… Read More »
I was part of the 2020 VMware Reduction in Force (RIF). My time at VMware While I was a bit caught off guard, the response from the community has been beyond humbling. I never imagined so many people that directly knew, as well as even more I didn’t directly know, would reach out to me… Read More »
I haven’t posted here in a while, but I figure this is the best spot a very quick post on for this given it isn’t officially supported. With the release of the vSAN 6.7 P01 Witness Appliance, the OVA now prompts for OVF properties. These additional settings are read upon boot up, and automatically configure… Read More »
Stretched Cluster and 2 Node vSAN configurations require a vSAN Witness Host prevent split-brain scenarios when sites are isolated from each other due to loss of connectivity or other outage. The Stretched Cluster Guide and 2 Node Guide state that any physical vSphere host with appropriate RAM and storage devices can be used, or the… Read More »