For years, VMware administrators have relied on VMware Update Manager (VUM) to keep ESXi hosts secure, consistent, and up to date. VUM worked well, but it was based on baseline…
This upgrade isn’t just another patch cycle — it’s a strategic pivot. VMware, now under Broadcom, has made it clear: the NSX-T embedded load balancer is deprecated and will be…
To resolve a 502 or 503 error on an SDDC Manager and free up disk space, you can troubleshoot log rotation issues and clean up unnecessary files. First, verify that…
The upgrade of VMware vCloud USage meter has always been straightforward, meaning: mounting the downloaded ISO, run the script and you’re ready. However, as of version 9, the product name…
Keeping your Aria Operations environment up to date is crucial for maintaining performance, stability, and access to the latest features. In this post, we’ll walk through the process of applying…
With VMware downloads now hosted on the Broadcom Support Portal, users need to adapt to a new process for accessing product files. Broadcom provides a script-driven method to retrieve download…
Maintaining the health and resilience of a vSAN Stretched Cluster requires keeping the vSAN Witness Hosts up to date. In this post, we’ll cover the steps to safely and efficiently…
As you are probably aware of, a Distributed Switch is a virtual switch structure that is centrally managed and distributed through vCenter Server. It offers easier configuration, some interesting features…
In this blog we will guide you through the process of implementig a flexible BOM Upgrade, as VMware/Broadcom likes to call it. Actually it is the process of installing one…
On a regular basis, the ESXi hypervisors in your environment are updated. When updating to major updates (e.g. ESXi 8.0U3), you have the option to update your vSAN On-Disk Format…
Even though I have performed these steps numerous times, the VMware Cloud Director update has never been written down, at least not by me in this blog. Despite there are…
This blog post shows the steps required to implement an async patch with SDDC Manager (5.2.0.0). Previously, you were able to download async patches using a CLI procedure, which I…
