Author: James

We Live in the Cloud

Home Lab 2024: A Snapshot of its Current State

Home Lab 2024: A Snapshot of its Current State Servers: TOTAL:CPU 144 Core/ 288 + 16 CoreRAM 1.6 TB + 128 GBNVMe 89.44 TBSSD 4.4 TBHDD 4.5 TBNetwork 100 GbE + 10 GbE AI/ML/vGPU Server CPU: Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8490H 60 Core 120THCPU Cooler: […] VMware Social Media Advocacy


3rd February 2024 0

Extending Aria Operations Actions

Extending Aria Operations Actions Embarking on our journey toward a self-healing infrastructure, today’s focus is on amplifying the actions within VMware Aria Operations through VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflows. VMware Social Media Advocacy


2nd February 2024 0

Tips & Tricks for deploying VMware Cloud…

Tips & Tricks for deploying VMware Cloud… The VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Holodeck Toolkit has become quite popular amongst our field teams for quickly spinning up a fully self-contained VCF environment, running on just a single physical ESXi host for educational and hands on experience. Internally, we have a Holodeck Google Space […] VMware Social…
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2nd February 2024 0

CMTY Podcast 678 – VMUG & Broadcom with Brad…

CMTY Podcast 678 – VMUG & Broadcom with Brad… FRIDAY this week! 2/2, noon Pacific –> VMUG enters UserCon and Virtual Event season, multiple events with the new Broadcom Division and moving forward. We are excited to talk with Brad and Molly to let everyone know VMUG is stronger then ever. VMware Social Media Advocacy


2nd February 2024 0

📆 Save the Date for VMware Explore 2024

📆 Save the Date for VMware Explore 2024 Save the dates for an exclusive opportunity to engage with cutting-edge technology, gain valuable insights, and network with industry experts. Don’t miss out on this must-attend event. We’re back in vibrant Las Vegas and beautiful Barcelona. We’re excited to announce the next event dates and […] VMware…
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2nd February 2024 0

VMware Horizon 2312 adds lossless support in…

VMware Horizon 2312 adds lossless support in… Introduction | You may have read VMware Horizon 2312 adds lossless support in the Blast protocol in the Release Notes. But before we get started on how to enable it; what is lossless support? The VMware documentation states: “You can activate the VMware Blast display protocol to use…
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2nd February 2024 0

Containerized Diagnostics For Unified Access…

Containerized Diagnostics For Unified Access… As part of the UAG Troubleshooter solution, I’ve recently developed UAG Local Troubleshooter, a container based diagnostic utility run within the UAG console. Since Photon OS has built-in support for Docker this […] VMware Social Media Advocacy


2nd February 2024 0

Automated Lab Deployment Script updated to…

Automated Lab Deployment Script updated to… I finally got some time to update my Automated VMware Cloud Foundation Lab (VCF) Deployment script to support the latest VCF 5.1 release as this has been requested by a number of folks both internally and externally. In addition to updating some of the new resource requirements such as…
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1st February 2024 0

10 Big New Benefits of vSphere That You…

10 Big New Benefits of vSphere That You… Yes, this is the VMware vSphere session you’ve been looking for! vSphere is the enterprise workload platform that ushers in the era of heterogeneous computing by bringing DPUs into the fold along with CPUs and GPUs—making the future of modern infrastructure accessible to all enterprises. […] VMware…
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1st February 2024 0

Micrometer: The Gold Standard in Observability

Micrometer: The Gold Standard in Observability In the dynamic realm of observability frameworks, one name stands out as the unspoken gold standard with the ability to guide developers through the intricacies of monitoring and data collection. Let’s look at the heart of open-source technologies and uncover the essence of a tool that has […] VMware…
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