VMware Explore – registration is open
Heading to VMware Explore 2026?
Registration is now open.
See you there August 31 – September 3, The Venetian, Las Vegas, NV
Memory Tiering in vSphere 9 – why aren’t you doing it?
With the cost of RAM making us all shudder….
Yes, I’ve gone on and on about NVMe Memory tiering (in vSphere 8 and VCF 9)
…and there is currently a part 7 to this
Now, VMware has the new page dedicated to it.
There is no way you should be buying new hardware without exploiting this capability….RAM is just too expensive….
VMware Memory Tiering Resource Hub Blog Post is here.
Danny Alvarez has posted my thoughts perfectly….
Performance vs Density…..
What are you designing for?
HPE no longer offering VMware ISO with Vendor Add-Ons
They are just publishing add-ons (as always).
So…how do you get an HPE custom ESX ISO? (read the next entry)
HPE Support doc is here.
Create ESX ISO with Vendor Add-Ons in vCenter / PowerCLI
Looking for a customer vendor ESXi installation ISO?
Build you own, in vCenter, and export to ISO!
“To use the vLCM UI, you need to create a dummy vSphere cluster, enable vLCM, and compose a new image with the desired components. Then, you can export the image as an iso file from the vLCM UI.“
Broadcom documentation on how to use vCenter UI for this.
Broadcom documentation on how to use PowerCLI for this.
McGraw Hill get breached
Another 14 million users’ info exposed.
Is security in your sights?
Bleeping Computer post is here.
Nutanix AOS – Persistent Metadata changes
Most of us don’t always read the technical details that are under the covers.
The change in the way metadata is being transitioned is completely abstracted from us, but here is what is going on behind the scenes.
But the benefit to us? Reduced CPU cycles.
Nutanix Dev post is here
Free Learning – GitHub Repo
AWS Workshops
KodeKloud
Nutanix University
Nutanix Next 2027– March 30 – April 1, Las Vegas, NV
PluralSight
vBrownBag
VMware Hands On Labs
VMware Explore 2026 – August 31 – September 3, Las Vegas, NV
VMware Explore 2025 Sessions (William Lam’s easier to search list version)