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vSphere 7 – ESXi System Storage Changes

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We’ve reviewed and changed the lay-out for ESXi system storage partitions on its boot device. This is done to be more flexible, and to support other VMware, and 3rd party solutions. Prior to vSphere 7, the ESXi system storage lay-out had several limitations. The partition sizes were fixed and the partition numbers were static, limiting Read more...
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vSphere 7 – vSphere Pods Explained

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In this blog post I’m going to dive into what makes up a “vSphere Pod”. If you read my previous blog on the vSphere Pod Service, I touched on the different components that make up the service. One of those components was the vSphere Pod itself. Let’s dive in! What is a vSphere Pod? It’s Read more...
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Join Us for an Exciting Announcement About Running AI/ML Workloads with vSphere 7

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vSphere 7 is already here but are adding even more value to the platform. Are you running AI/ML (Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning workloads)? Let VMware show you how to create an optimized and efficient infrastructure for these workloads that leverages hardware accelerators like GPUs. We are very excited about this milestone. Please attend our special Crowdchat Read more...
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vSphere 7 – A Closer Look at the VM DRS Score

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With vSphere 7, we released the greatly improved Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) logic. We received numerous requests from customers to provide more information about the VM DRS Score. This blog post details the new DRS algorithm, with a focus on the VM DRS Score. DRS works to ensure that all workloads in a cluster are Read more...
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Introducing the 2nd Generation of VMware Cloud on Dell EMC

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It’s been a busy couple of years for VMware Cloud on Dell EMC.  We announced the concept as Project Dimension at VMworld 2018 and then announced VMware Cloud on Dell EMC’s initial availability at Dell World last year.  The focus has always been to deliver a cloud experience to customers on-premises.  This gives customers the Read more...
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Answer Your Questions in the VMware Communities

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Beyond the documentation and opening an official support case, VMware has quite a few resources available to our customers who are looking for answers to questions. One of the oldest resources is the VMware Communities forums, where there are years of archives, thousands of customers, and dedicated support engineers that monitor the discussions and contribute Read more...
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Tweet Chat Recap: vForum Online Featuring Team #vSAN

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In the spirit of integration and cross-collaboration, we hosted another vSphere Chat with our friends over at vSAN to discuss the ins and outs of vForum Online. Joining us on this adventure through vForum Online were resident VMware experts, Bob Plankers and Mike Foley for Team vSphere, Sonali Desai for Team VMware Cloud on AWS, Read more...
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vSphere 7 – Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) Deprecation

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Readers of the vSphere 7.0 release notes have noticed that, in the “Product Support Notices” section, Integrated Windows Authentication is listed as deprecated. Naturally, there are quite a few questions about this, especially in the wake of all the changes Microsoft has been suggesting to Active Directory. Let’s try to answer some of these! What Read more...