FOSS Weekly #25.01: 2 New Free Books, Homelab Dashboards, Plan 9 and More
Oh, that would be something. 🤌 ✨💬 Let’s see what else you get in this editionAnkush’s favorite distro of 2024 is one that you might not have expected.What was your…
NSX T 3 Edge Cluster Failover Scenario | LAB2PROD
In NSX-T 3.0 the edges require an active BFD session in order to remain in an up/active state. When you have two edge virtual machines in a cluster, they create…
Rediscovering Plan9 from Bell Labs
During a weekend of tidying up – you know, the kind of chore where you’re knee-deep in old boxes before you realize it. Digging through the dusty cables and old,…
The BEST AliExpress X99 Motherboard for Servers! – Cloud Star CS612 NAS Build
Thanks to ServerPartDeals for sponsoring today’s video. Visit https://ServerPartDeals/CraftComputing to get $5 off your next order! Grab yourself a Pint Glass at https://craftcomputing.store I’m no stranger to AliExpress X79 and…
Deployment of NSX Edge Failed
Scenario: So, I was full of energy completing one of my NSX 6.3.5 deployments. Everything was straight forward deploying NSX Manager, Controllers, preparing hosts, configuring VXLAN, … etc, until I…
New vSAN Cluster has 0 Bytes in Datastore | LAB2PROD
OTHER August 26, 2020 New vSAN Cluster has 0 Bytes in Datastore | LAB2PROD A quick tip to resolve a new vSAN Datastore having 0 bytes in it. If you…
VCSA6.5 – Failed to Upload Files to Datastore or Deploy NSX Manager OVA
Introduction: From my opinion, setting up a lab and trying to break and fix the deployment is the best way to learn about the product before implementing a production environment….
Christmas Gift – VSAN Essentials 6.2 Available for Free
Recently I was engaged in multiple VSAN deployments, I have read multiple references like “VMware vSAN Design and Sizing Guide 6.6” and “VMware VSAN Network Design” but I always wanted…
9 Dashboard Tools to Manage Your Homelab Effectively
Smashing is a dashboard like no other. Formerly known as Dashing, it’s designed for those who want a widget-based experience with real-time updates. I host nearly all the services I…
Multisite Deployment of NSX-T Data Center Part 2| LAB2PROD
September 18, 2020 Multisite Deployment of NSX-T Data Center Part 2| LAB2PROD NSX-T Active-Active Multisite in a Single Region and Failover to a Secondary Region Part 2 This article will…
Get Your “VMware vSphere 6.5 Host Resources Deep Dive” eBook
This is my first time I attended VMWorld Barcelona 2017. What an amazing event !!! During my visit, I grabbed a hard copy of the “VMware vSphere 6.5 Host Resources Deep…
FOSS Weekly #24.52: Holiday Special Tuxmas Days
Follow us on Google News and stay updated in your News feed.As we end this memorable year, let’s take a look back at some of the most notable Linux applications and…
9 Major Annoyances With Linux That Look Like a Thing of the Past in 2025
Fortunately, that has changed since long, and if you have not tried Linux for a while, you would not know that. So, let me highlight some of those to help…
vExpert 2018 Applications are Now Open
Applications for the 2018 vExpert program are now open. Applications will be accepted until January 19th at midnight PDT. The vExpert 2018 announcement will be on February 16th 2018. The…
Multisite Deployment of NSX-T Data Center Part 1| LAB2PROD
September 18, 2020 Multisite Deployment of NSX-T Data Center Part 1| LAB2PROD NSX-T Active-Active Multisite in a Single Region and Failover to a Secondary Region Part 1. A client required…
vSAN Architecture 100 Video Series
vSAN Architecture 100 series playlist includes educational vSAN videos to help you learn more about product architecture, features, and benefits. This is a great set of beginner videos prepared by…
Absolute Essentials You Need to Know to Survive Vi Editor
You could enter this mode by pressing the letter:Among all the terminal based text editors, I prefer the Vi ecosystem. vi your_file.txt Vi modes It was developed in 1976 by…
MTU Change on a vSphere Environment
A jumbo frame is an Ethernet frame with a payload greater than the standard maximum transmission unit (MTU) of 1,500 bytes. Jumbo frames allow ESXi to send larger frames out onto the physical network . Jumbo Frames can…