Let’s be real for a second, nobody wakes up excited to tackle an identity management upgrade. Juggling directory syncs, configuring SSO, and migrating users without […]
Say Goodbye to Midnight Reboots: Why I’m Loving the New ESXi Live Patching
Let’s be real for a second, nobody enjoys weekend maintenance windows. Juggling host evacuations, watching progress bars, and holding your breath during host reboots is […]
Say Goodbye to Maintenance Windows: vSAN 9.1 Brings “Hot-Extend”
Let’s be real, taking down a highly available application cluster just to expand a shared disk has always felt completely backwards. You spend all this […]
Squeezing Every Last Byte: Inside vSAN 9.1’s Massive Space Efficiency Upgrades
If you have been managing vSAN environments for a while, you know that the holy grail of storage is maximizing your capacity reductions without sacrificing […]
Massive CAPEX Reductions: Exploring the New vSAN Hardware Requirements
Welcome back, everyone! If you are a true follower of Broad-Cloud.NL, you are probably familiar with my recent posts diving into increased hardware costs and […]
Troubleshoot Like a Pro: Real-Time Metrics and Notes in VCF Operations 9.1
Maintaining a healthy and high-performing cloud environment requires rapid identification and resolution of issues. With VCF 9.1, the troubleshooting process has been fundamentally enhanced, providing […]
Stop Overspending on DRAM: Maximize Capacity with Enhanced NVMe Memory Tiering
Let’s be honest, trying to scale virtual workloads by just jamming more and more expensive DRAM into servers is completely dead. It’s an inefficient, unsustainable […]
Unifying Desired State Across Automatic Remediation, vSAN, and Memory Tiering
Following up on my previous post about Configuration Drift I would like take a fresh look at additional functionality. Maintaining configuration compliance across a constantly […]
The VCF 9 Deployment Trap: Don’t Let Licensing Catch You Off Guard!
Hi vAdmins and consultants, I’ve been talking with more and more customers lately who are eagerly making the adoption to VMware Cloud Foundation 9. Whether […]
Introduction to the VMware vDefend Security Services Platform
Hi vAdmins and platform engineers, As a vAdmin or platform security engineer, you’re well aware of the challenge: over time, managing a distributed firewall inevitably […]