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Changing the hardware resources on a running VM

21 February 2019
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Reading Time: 11 minutesThe last week I’ve realized an article for the StarWind blog and focused on the how is possible change the different hardware settings on a VM running on VMware vSphere (see Changing the hardware resources on a running VM). Each Virtual Machine is a collection of resources provided by the infrastructure layer, usually organized in a pool of resources and assigned dynamically (or in some case statically) to each VM. Read the rest of the article on StarWind blog: Changing the hardware resources on a running VM

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VMware vSphere upgrade note about the build versions

14 February 2019
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Reading Time: 3 minutesVMware vSphere upgrade process is usually an easy process to execute, due to the vSphere Update Manager simplicity, but it requires a careful planning and attention on the different compatibility and interoperability matrix. An important note is about the different build versions (or the Update releases) of the different components.

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VMware vSAN release catalog up-to-date

13 February 2019
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Reading Time: 2 minutesThe VMware vSAN release catalog provides critical information to vSAN build recommendation engine. It will be updated when there are new releases or critical patches and, of course, it’s very important to keep the local copy up-to-date. The vSAN health check feature, will periodically ensure that the local copy of vSAN release catalog is up-to-date.

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ESXi Host TPM attestation alarm

6 January 2019
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Reading Time: 2 minutesOne of the new feature of VMware vSphere 6.7 is the full support for Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 devices both at host and VM level. But when you are using a TPM 2.0 device on an ESXi host, the host might fail to pass the attestation phase.

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VMware Tools 10.3.x may require a Windows reboot

3 January 2019
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Reading Time: 3 minutesStarting with vSphere 5.1, the VMware Tools update procedure was no more requiring a Windows VM reboot to finalize the process (see also VMware Tools unattended upgrade). But there were some cases where a reboot was still necessary (see VMware Tools 5.1 upgrade may restart your Windows VM).

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VMware NSX Data Center books

31 December 2018
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Reading Time: 8 minutesDuring holidays, reading some books could be a pleasure but also a moment of growth and deepening. And if you want to learn more on VMware NSX-v or NSX-T which book could be used?

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Manage firmware update with vSAN

27 December 2018
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Reading Time: 2 minutesWith VMware vSAN you can use VMware vSphere Update Manager (VUM) to update all the software part, but it can also be useful to manage some hardware related updates. Usually you have to check BIOS version (for example for Spectre and Meltdown bugs), but also the other firmware.

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