Welcome to part 4 of the VCF-9.1 home lab series. The previous post in this series discussed the pre-deployment planning and checklist. In this post, I will demonstrate setting up an offline depot for deploying a VCF 9.1 fleet. The
Welcome to part 5 of the VCF-9.1 home lab series. The previous post in this series discussed setting up an offline depot. In this post, I will demonstrate deploying the VCF 9.1 management domain. After you configure the depot settings
Welcome to part 3 of the VCF-9.1 home lab series. The previous post in this series discussed the VCF 9.1 high-level design and lab best practices. In this post, I will discuss the planning and preparation for deploying a VCF
VCF 9.1 was released last week and created quite a buzz in the VMware community worldwide. If VCF 9.0 was the architectural reset, 9.1 is the optimization layer — the release where the new constructs introduced in 9.0 get hardened,
VCF 9 is finally out, so the big question is, how do we upgrade our existing environment to take advantage of the new features The upgrade for this is significantly more complicated than a vSphere 7 –> 8 upgrade normally
Introduction VMware snapshots provide a point-in-time representation of a virtual machine’s virtual disk state. They are useful for short-term testing, maintenance, and controlled change operations. However, snapshots are not intended to replace backups and should not be left active indefinitely.
Introduction Keeping ESXi hosts and vSphere components current is an important part of infrastructure maintenance. Updates can provide security improvements, bug fixes, hardware compatibility, and new capabilities. However, upgrades should be carefully planned to minimize operational risk. INFO Always validate
Introduction Performance problems in virtualized environments can originate from CPU, memory, storage, networking, or application-level workloads. Effective troubleshooting requires a structured approach rather than immediately changing configuration values. This guide provides a practical process for identifying common ESXi performance issues.
Introduction vMotion allows running virtual machines to move between compatible ESXi hosts with minimal service interruption. It is commonly used for maintenance, workload balancing, and resource management. Successful vMotion operations depend on compatible hosts, reliable networking, and appropriate VM configuration.
Introduction Virtual machine availability is a critical requirement for many VMware environments. vSphere High Availability helps protect workloads by automatically restarting affected virtual machines when an ESXi host becomes unavailable. This guide explains the basic HA architecture and the key
Welcome to part 4 of the VCF-9.1 home lab series. The previous post in this series discussed the pre-deployment planning
Welcome to part 5 of the VCF-9.1 home lab series. The previous post in this series discussed setting up an
Welcome to part 3 of the VCF-9.1 home lab series. The previous post in this series discussed the VCF 9.1
VCF 9.1 was released last week and created quite a buzz in the VMware community worldwide. If VCF 9.0 was
VCF 9 is finally out, so the big question is, how do we upgrade our existing environment to take advantage
Introduction VMware snapshots provide a point-in-time representation of a virtual machine’s virtual disk state. They are useful for short-term testing,
Introduction Keeping ESXi hosts and vSphere components current is an important part of infrastructure maintenance. Updates can provide security improvements,
Introduction Performance problems in virtualized environments can originate from CPU, memory, storage, networking, or application-level workloads. Effective troubleshooting requires a
Introduction vMotion allows running virtual machines to move between compatible ESXi hosts with minimal service interruption. It is commonly used
Introduction Virtual machine availability is a critical requirement for many VMware environments. vSphere High Availability helps protect workloads by automatically