As I mentioned in the last article, I will write a new article about a disaster-avoidant solution I am deploying where it makes sense. Disaster avoidance in this setting means that we have a platform that is able to absorb…
To enable the vSphere Native Key Provider on vSphere 8, you can follow these steps. The vSphere Native Key Provider allows encryption-related functionality without needing an external Key Management Server (KMS). The Key provider service is easy to set up…
What is TPM? TPM is an industry-wide standard for secure cryptoprocessors. Since vSphere 6.7 VMware has supported TPM v2.0 A Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is a specialized microcontroller designed to secure hardware through integrated cryptographic keys. It is embedded either…
I work in a manufacturing organization. I design and build systems to support the production of Biologicals that will be injected into patients. Unplanned downtime impacts our ability to deliver products to the market. The biologicals go through maturing phases…
In my continued search to understand how CPU allocation really works in VMware I came across this PodCast – It is really educational and I really recommend you to listen to it. “Unexplored Territory” talking to Richard Lu about NUMA.…
Typically, setting up a Distributed switch is something you do the first time you install, and then you create a host profile to duplicate it to other hosts. So it is one of the things that is good to know…
Last blogpost was on vSAN ESA, so it makes good sense to now look at OSA. OSA stands for Original Storage Architecture. This design provides a two-tier architecture with caching and capacity tiers. It is the original architecture, and it…
In VMware vSAN 8, we are introduced to the option of two different storage architectures. OSA – Original Storage Architecture ESA – Express Storage Architecture What is ESA vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) uses a file system called Log-Structured File…
