Matt YeoAug 17, 2021VxRail Provided vCenterVxRail is a VMware vSphere and vSAN HCI appliance. A vCenter is required to manage the cluster or clusters. Customers have a choice of...
Todd DayJul 16, 2021Dell EMC VxRail Hyperconverged Infrastructure and Kubernetes Your WayVxRail is Built for VMware, with VMware, to enhance VMware The level of customer and field interest in understanding the Tanzu portfolio...
Ed SpaenijJun 25, 2021Hosting a KMS on the encrypted VxRail cluster, with Key PersistenceIn my previous post (VxRail cluster encryption with the vSphere Native Key Provider) I spoke about how to encrypt your VxRail cluster...
Jeremy MerrillJun 25, 2021VxRail 7.0.13x – Networking Flexibility One of the biggest changes we’ve added to the VxRail 7.0 code release is around the networking. In previous VxRail releases, we could...
David RingJun 16, 2021VCF on VxRail 4.2 - Walkthrough (Part 2: VI Workload Domain)This is the second in a series of posts covering VCF On VxRail 4.2. The following detailed post provides an example walkthrough covering...
Amanda HayesJun 2, 2021VxRail Technical Overview – Part 2 CTO Advisor PoCDell Technologies GEOS team member Joe Mauer participated in the CTO Advisor technical analysis of the value of VMware Cloud Foundation...
Ed SpaenijJun 2, 2021VxRail Cluster Encryption with the vSphere Native Key ProviderVMware has recently introduced the vSphere Native Key Provider (NKP). This is a way to enable data-at-rest protections straight from...
Steve HegartyJun 2, 2021VCF 4 on VxRail Architecture DiagramsThis post contains some sample high-level, non-official VCF 4 on VxRail architecture diagrams and notes that I have put together for...
David RingJun 2, 2021VCF on VxRail 4.2 - Walkthrough (Part 1: Bring Up)This is the first in a series of posts covering VCF On VxRail 4.2. The following detailed post provides an example walkthrough covering...
Nick RubinMay 21, 2021VxRail and Intel OptaneThere are many who are not aware of what Intel Optane is and in turn not aware that VxRail supports Intel Optane media. It's not just a...
David RingMay 14, 2021VCF 4.2 On VxRail - Validate ThumbprintsIn order to prevent the opportunity of a Man In The Middle (MiTM) attack VMware have introduced a security feature which validates the...
Cliff CahillMay 13, 2021VxRail Multi vDS – System Traffic SeparationContinuing from my previous post with the theme of network flexibility that is present in the 7.0.130 VxRail release. This post will look...
Cliff CahillMay 13, 2021VCF on VxRail 4.1 to 4.2 Upgrade – My ExperiencePreviously we looked at the 4.0 to 4.1 upgrade. This is a continuation of the next iteration of VCF Upgrades. I can’t stress this enough...
Amanda HayesMay 7, 2021VxRail Proof of Concept - SaaS Controller SurpriseOur own, Curtis Edwards, provides feedback into the SAAS MultiCluster Controller with the CTO Advisor team during their analysis of...
Amanda HayesApr 24, 2021CTO Advisor VxRail Proof of ConceptOur own, Jeremy Merrill, spoke with the CTO Advisor on the strength and benefits of Dell/VMware/Intel integration. The target audience is...
Ed SpaenijApr 22, 2021VxRail – Secure Boot and AttestationSecurity is a key focus these days. For the security conscious customers, you can even configure your VxRail nodes so that upon booting...
David RingApr 22, 2021VxRail - Single vCenter Managing Multiple VxRail Clusters‘Can a single vCenter server support/manage multiple VxRail clusters?’ Let me first explain the two methods of deploying a vCenter server...
Amanda HayesApr 16, 2021Find us on YouTubeThe GEOS have started a new YouTube channel to deliver more content for you. Be sure to go follow us so you don't miss us. Check out our...
Amanda HayesApr 15, 2021VxRail Monitoring & AlertingCheck out our own Steve Hegarty on the VMware CMTY podcast discussing VxRail Monitoring and Alerting.
David RingApr 15, 2021VxVerify – Pre-upgrade Health Check ToolVxVerify is an incredibly useful tool to have at your disposal while working with VxRail.