NSX-T 2.4.1: Configure NSX-T Manager Cluster
NSX-T 2.4.x manager is an appliance with 3 built-in roles: policy manager, manager, and controller. The management plane contains the policy and the manager roles. The central control plane includes…
NSX-T: Migrate VMKernel Ports from VSS/VDS to N-VDS
It has been a while I didn’t write any blog due to my short time handling multiple PSO projects with a lot of traveling. Today I am going to share…
NSX Application Platform Part 1: Environment Overview
January 4, 2022 NSX Application Platform Part 1: Environment Overview Lab Architecture, Resources, and Software This will be a four part blog series detailing the deployment of NSX Application Platform…
Delete a vSAN Datastore after a failed VCSA Bootstrap Installation
So, I was recently deploying vCenter server appliance VCSA 6.7 while bootstrapping the installation onto one of the ESXi hosts. I faced an issue with the VCSA installation which left…
Step-by-Step: Deploy and Configure VMware Cloud Director 10.3.1
It has been a while I didn’t have time to write due to my relocation with my family to Dubai with all what it means from starting a new life…
VCD 10.3.1: Cross-Cluster Workload Migration within the same elastic PVDC
I came into a scenario recently where we need to decommission a cluster from a provider PVDC where that cluster also contains workloads already provisioned by the customer through the…
ASUS NUC 14 Pro Review // Best Intel NUC for Home Lab?
The Intel NUC started the mini PC craze across the world several years ago and the NUC brand is still synonymous with performance-driven mini PCs. However, now with Intel no…
Mini Gaming PC that Home Labs // GMKtec Nucbox M7 Pro Review
We take a powerful little mini PC for a spin, the GMKtec Nucbox M7 Pro. This is an interesting little mini PC that packs a punch for both gaming, with…
CPU C States for Massive Home Lab Power Efficieny // VMware ESXi and Proxmox
I have been on a quest to shrink the footprint of power consumption in the home lab as energy prices continue to go up around the world. There is a…
Beelink SEi14 Mini PC Review with Core Ultra Processor // MS-A1 Giveaway Winner announced!!!
We take a look at a really great mini PC with a lot of options and nice hardware, the Beelink SEi14. I look at it in the context of running…
Goodbye VMware, Hello Proxmox!
It’s taken a long time to get here. Perhaps longer than it should have to decide which direction to take my #homelab and 2GT’s infrastructure. Now the wait is over!…
Quadruple your Mini PC Memory with VMware NVMe Memory Tiering!
4x your Mini PC Memory // VMware NVMe Memory Tiering We take a deep dive look at VMware’s new NVMe memory tiering feature found in VMware vSphere 8.0 update 3….
How to Configure vSphere Replication 8 Step by Step | Mastering VMware
In the previous post, we learned how to install vSphere Replication 8 in your VMware vSphere Environment. Post Installation you have to configure the vCenter Server into vSphere Replication Appliance….
VMware NSX-T 3.x: Second NSX Manager Deployment Failed – VMDK Transfer Error – vExpert Consultancy
During VMware NSX Manager cluster deployment, and after the OVA deployment of the first NSX manager and adding the vCenter server as a compute manager, you may encounter the below…