Designing for FTT=1 and STT=1 Without Creating Hidden Risk vSAN Stretched Clusters are often positioned as the pinnacle of on‑premises availability design: two active data centers, synchronous storage replication, and automated recovery. Yet in practice, many stretched clusters fail not…
Designing a modern VMware availability and disaster recovery strategy often feels like a forced choice between two competing priorities: achieving near-zero downtime or protecting workloads across long geographic distances. VMware Stretched Clusters are exceptionally effective at delivering continuous availability across…
As virtualization continues to mature and hybrid cloud models become the norm, one architectural principle consistently proves itself essential for both resilience and security: the separation of workload and management. In VMware environments—whether traditional vSphere, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), or hybrid…
At VMware Explore, I attempted to take a VCF certification as it was free of charge, so why not? I have no working experience with the product, so it went as expected. I have to study and retry. However, i…
This is my first VMware conference. I want you to know that I have no idea how the previous ones have been. It is obvious to me that we are standing at a “fork in the path”. VMware is fully…
I am working on a project that requires gathering configurations. This script will log into the vCenter and export the Network configuration to a CSV.
Some scripts that I use to manage vSphere Turn off SSH if running Count the number of VMs that are in each vSphere cluster List the 10 largest VMs per cluster Per RAM Example output Export to CSV as well…
ESXi Lockdown Mode is a security feature in VMware ESXi that restricts direct access to the ESXi host, allowing access only through vCenter Server. This feature is designed to enhance security by preventing unauthorized users from modifying the ESXi host…
