VMware VCF and changing DNS server
I was trying to change DNS servers in an VMware Cloud Foundation environment, but I ran into some problems. The first problem was that the customer already had removed access to the old DNS server, so the SDDC Manager could not talk to the vCenter. I tried to make the change in the OVF properties…
VMware vSphere 8.0 Update 3 Release
VMware by Broadcom has released vCenter 8.0 update 3, ESXi 8.0 Update 3 and vSAN 8.0 Update 3. NOTES June 25th, 20224: Before updating, check if all you system that connects to vSphere are compatible with this new release, like backup, operations, automation and other. NOTES June 25th, 20224: vCenter is GA but ESXi is…
VMware has released Aria Automation 8.17
VMware has released Aria Automation 8.17 and Aria Automation Orchestrator 8.17. There are some changes that you should be aware of: What’s new: See the full release notes here.
VMware Aria Automation forms and complex/composite types
I have a colleague that had a problem with using the multi value picker in a form for a XaaS service workflow. The case was that we need to have a list of string a use the “multi value picker” for the user to select some stings that the workflow needed. This did not work…
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1.1 Released
VMware by Broadcom has released VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1.1, the major new is VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA, that offers a simpler way to manage On-Prem Generative AI solutions. This was announced at 2024 GTC AI Conference, and there after VMware by Broadcom posted a blog about this here. What’s new: See the full…
VMware Aria Automation 8.16.2 Released
VMware Has released Aria Automation 8.16.2, Aria Automation Orchestrator 8.16.2 and Aria Automation Config 8.16.2. Aria Automation 8.16.2/Aria Automation Config 8.16.2 What’s new: See the full Release notes here. Aria Automation Orchestrator 8.16.2 What’s new: See the full Release notes here.
VMware VMs and USB Controller
The latest security patch for the VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion is for the USB Controller in the VM give access to the hypervisor (on ESXi it can only access the VMX Sandbox, not all of the ESXi host). https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2024-0006.html This is not the first time that the USB has a security bug,…
VMware Cloud Foundation and vSAN ESA (no internet connection)
I was doing at installation of VMware Cloud Foundation at a customer. This installation does not have any internet connection, Which is something that I see as a growing requirement for VMware Infrastructure at customer. This installation was with VMware Cloud foundation 5.1, and customer had purchased some vSAN ESA Ready nodes for the installation…
VMware vSphere 8.0 Update 2b Released
VMware by Broadcom has released vSphere 8.0 Update 2b, ESXi 8.0.2b, vCenter 8.0.2b, vSphere Replication 8.8.0.3 . This fixes the CBT bug and many other problems. I think this also introduces support for the new license model. There is nothing in the release notes about this. vCenter 8.0.2b What’s new: See the full release notes…
VMware VCF and Holodeck 2.0
VMware has a way you deploy a full VCF environment on a single host as nested environment, the current version deploys a VCF 5.0 enviroment. I was playing around with this and after deploying this I was doing as I would normally do, I shutdown the Cloud Builder VM after this, the environment did not…