Introduction So first off, why did I call a host ESX in 2024? Well, because Broadcom changed the name back to ESX this year in October. However, as with many branding name changes, the User Interfaces (UI) don’t necessarily catch up right away. You will still see me refer to the ESXi Host Client in…
Overview I have a couple other posts on my site regarding this tool. The documentation in the wild is…well wild. Unfortunately, the vendor doesn’t make the instructions very clear, at least for the paths to use when uploading to SDDC Manager. This could be just me, but I have a suspicion that more than a…
Introduction Here we go again with this utility…still a hot mess and not well documented. When you download the Bundle Transfer Utility from the Broadcom Support site, the filename will be lcm-tool-prod.tar.gz. When you actually use the tool (I am using Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS), it will present the name OBTU, which I assume is Offline…
Overview So besides all the variations of product names in play, pre-Broadcom acquisition and post, there is something that has been baffling me for quite some time. How to create the globalenvironment in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle using VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (ALB) (Avi) as the load balancer. Installation Issues Things I am still…
Overview iXsystems publishes a White Paper, titled TrueNAS for VMware, which provides Best Practices for VMware. In this post, I am going to breakdown each of the best practices with an example. Hopefully this will help others, newcomers and experts, alike, at an optimally configured TrueNAS. For me, it will help ease the pain of…