New steps to use HyTrust KMIP with vSAN Encryption
I'm back in the lab this week, looking at some of the newer features around vSAN. As part of this, I needed vSAN Encryption enabled, so I downloaded the latest HyTrust KeyControl appliance as this has an easy to use KMIP Server. This new version is 4.2.1, and it has a few new steps compared to the previous versions I used, which were a little confusing to [...]
VMworld 2018 vSAN Roundup – Monday, Aug 27th
VMworld is now officially underway, and as usual, day 1 is full of new announcements. vSAN is no exception. There have been announcements around the next release of vSAN [...]
Vendors I plan to check out at #VMworld 2018
It's here. VMworld 2018 is underway. I've just spent a great week in Nashville, a place I have wanted to visit for the longest time. Now it's almost time to head to the [...]
Kubernetes on vSphere – Virtually Speaking Podcast Episode #86
I was delighted to be asked along to the latest Virtually Speaking podcast last week. I was invited to attend alongside the very smart Frank Denneman. Also joining us was [...]
vSAN Stretched Cluster and Horizon View interop update
This question has come up a number of times in the past. However, there have been some updates that I personally was not aware of until last week. To cut to the chase, Horizon [...]
VASA – Error while removing an entry for the provider in the providerCache
Some time ago, I hooked our Virtual Volume (VVol) capable storage array up to a vSphere 6.5 cluster. I did a few preliminary tests, such as adding the VASA (vSphere APIs for [...]
Catch me at a Northern England VMUG – September 2018
A short post today. There are two upcoming VMware User Group (VMUG) events to bring to your attention next month, both in the north of England. I've been asked to speak at [...]
Using PowerCLI SPBM cmdlets to create VMs with storage policy
Recently I was looking for a way to consume the Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM) cmdlets in PowerCLI. I wanted to see if I could provision a VM from a Template onto my [...]