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Boot IGEL UD Pocket – Required BIOS/UEFI Settings
The IGEL UD Pocket allows IGEL OS to run directly from a USB device without replacing the operating system installed on the computer.
2026-08-14 · posts/how-to-igel-ud-pocket-bios-uefi-settings.md · 542 words · 3 min · valentina-cicmak
Fix Workspace ONE Admin Assistant Parsing Failures on macOS
When using Omnissa Workspace ONE Admin Assistant on macOS, parsing can fail even if the application file itself is valid. One possible cause is a missing macOS privacy permission.
2026-08-07 · posts/how-to-fix-workspace-one-admin-assistant-parsing-failed-macos.md · 260 words · 1 min · valentina-cicmak
ExaGrid – secure and immutable backup storage
ExaGrid works exclusively on secure, fast backup storage appliances. The goal is that your backup data is available whenever you need it.
2026-07-31 · posts/exagrid.md · 507 words · 3 min · patrick-pletscher
Authenticate with the vSphere Supervisor API
Have you always wondered how to log in directly to the vSphere Supervisor API to communicate directly with the Kubernetes API without having to rely on kubectl-vsphere or vcf-cli command line tool?
2026-07-29 · posts/how-to-authenticate-with-the-vsphere-supervisor-api.md · 257 words · 1 min · matthias-grasmueck
Enterprise Wipe vs. Device Wipe vs. Unenroll vs. Delete Device in Workspace ONE UEM
Workspace ONE UEM provides several actions for removing management, corporate resources, or data from a device.
2026-07-21 · posts/how-to-enterprise-wipe-vs-device-wipe-vs-unenroll-vs-delete-device-in-workspace-one-uem.md · 744 words · 4 min · valentina-cicmak
Intelligent Hub on macOS Not Synchronizing After an Active Directory User Name Change
After changing a user's name in Active Directory, the new information may already be visible in Workspace ONE UEM and Omnissa Access while Intelligent Hub on the Mac still displays the old name.
2026-07-14 · posts/how-to-intelligent-hub-macos-not-synchronizing-after-active-directory-user-name-change.md · 261 words · 1 min · valentina-cicmak
Enroll Windows Server 2025 in Omnissa Workspace ONE UEM
Windows Server is managed through Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub and does not use the standard Windows OMA-DM management channel.
2026-07-07 · posts/how-to-enroll-windows-server-2025-in-omnissa-workspace-one-uem.md · 757 words · 4 min · valentina-cicmak
Send Workspace ONE Hub Notifications to All Users
In this guide, you will learn how to send a notification to users through Workspace ONE Hub Services.
2026-06-29 · posts/send-workspace-one-hub-notifications.md · 307 words · 2 min · valentina-cicmak
Build a Test Environment for OPSWAT MetaDefender Managed File Transfer
In this guide, you will build a simple test environment for OPSWAT MetaDefender Managed File Transfer, also known as MFT.
2026-06-24 · posts/how-to-build-a-test-environment-for-opswat-metadefender-managed-file-transfer.md · 1295 words · 6 min · valentina-cicmak
Fix Windows Server Internet Access When the Default Route Points to Itself
A Windows Server can lose internet access even though the network settings look correct.
2026-06-09 · posts/how-to-fix-windows-server-internet-access-when-the-default-route-points-to-tself.md · 572 words · 3 min · valentina-cicmak
Fix Static Windows Network Settings Reset After Reboot
If you ended up on this blog, you are probably dealing with the issue that your network settings keep getting lost after a reboot.
2026-06-01 · posts/how-to-fix-fix-static-windows-network-settings-reset-after-reboot.md · 265 words · 1 min · valentina-cicmak
VCF full stack from October 2027 – myth or truth?
A myth that will not go away, and one VMware's competitors are happy to repeat: “from October 2027 a full-stack VCF implementation is mandatory”. It simply is not true.
2026-05-18 · posts/vcf-full-stack-ab-oktober-2027-mythos-oder-wahrheit.md · 282 words · 1 min · daniel-stadelmann
Microsoft Secure Boot certificates expire in June 2026
Microsoft is refreshing the Secure Boot certificates originally issued in 2011, so Windows systems keep verifying trusted boot software. The old ones expire in June 2026.
2026-05-07 · posts/ms-secure-boot-cert-expiry-2026.md · 525 words · 3 min · yannick-gerber
VLR Appliance 9.0.4 – HBR-Agent can't be installed
You installed VLR Appliance 9.0.4 and it will not install the Host Based Replication Agent for ESX. If you run a vSAN stretched cluster, there is a workaround.
2025-12-12 · posts/how-to-vlr-9-0-4-bugfix.md · 263 words · 1 min · daniel-stadelmann
Fix NSX to Re-Import ESX into VCF
If you stumble upon this blog chances are you are working on VMware Cloud Foundation 9.x.
2025-10-11 · posts/how-to-fix-nsx-to-re-import-esx-into-vcf.md · 587 words · 3 min · dario-doerflinger
vSAN Witness Appliance 9.0
You have probably run into the same problem I did: a freshly deployed 9.0 Witness Appliance that ignores its configuration and reports an expired licence.
2025-09-15 · posts/how-to-vsan-witness-9-0.md · 187 words · 1 min · daniel-stadelmann
VMware Explore Las Vegas – Hackathon 2025
The VMware Code Hackathon is a special event that took place during this year's Explore in Las Vegas. Whenever I am allowed to go to an Explore I'm excited if there is a Hackathon.
2025-09-12 · posts/vmware-explore-las-vegas-hackathon-2025.md · 433 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
Get Online Depot working in VCF 9
In VMware Cloud Foundation 9 we can configure a Online Depot to get access to the Binaries for the Management as well as the Instance Components.
2025-09-02 · posts/how-to-get-online-depot-working-in-vcf-9.md · 396 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
VCF Operations for Logs 9.0
You upgraded VCF Operations to 9.0, lost the link to VCF Operations for Logs, found there is no upgrade path for it, rebuilt it, and now want the connection back.
2025-08-22 · posts/how-to-vcf-ops-for-logs.md · 349 words · 2 min · daniel-stadelmann
DSM 9.0 – MS SQL as a Service
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 brought VMware Data Services Manager (DSM) 9.0 with it. Alongside many improvements, the largest new feature is support for Microsoft SQL Server (tech preview).
2025-06-26 · posts/dsm-9-0-mssql-support.md · 442 words · 2 min · yannick-gerber
VVF 9.0 Supervisor with the Foundation Load Balancer
The 9.0 release of VMware vSphere Foundation brings new ways to deploy the vSphere Supervisor. One of them is the built-in Foundation Load Balancer.
2025-06-24 · posts/vvf-9-0-supervisor-mit-foundation-load-balancer.md · 501 words · 3 min · marco-mattei
ESX 9.0 NVMe Memory Tiering
The NVMe memory tiering feature in ESX lets local NVMe SSDs be used as RAM, so cheap NVMe devices carry workload memory instead of expensive DRAM.
2025-06-23 · posts/esx-90-nvme-memory-tiering.md · 567 words · 3 min · yannick-gerber
VCF and VVF 9.0 Installer – first look
The VMware Cloud Foundation Installer installs a VCF (VMware Cloud Foundation) or VVF (vSphere Foundation) infrastructure. It is the Cloud Builder's successor, and a considerably better one.
2025-06-23 · posts/vmware-cloud-foundation-90-installer.md · 361 words · 2 min · yannick-gerber
vSphere 7 retires: end of support in October 2025
It is now definitely time to say goodbye to vSphere 7. Security updates and support end on 2 October 2025.
2025-06-05 · posts/announcing-end-of-support-life-for-vsphere-7-0.md · 120 words · 1 min · daniel-stadelmann
VMware Explore 2025 Las Vegas – soulTec will be there
VMware Explore, the big cloud event for VMware technologies, goes to Las Vegas in 2025, from 25 to 28 August at the Venetian Convention and Expo Center.
2025-05-24 · posts/vmware-explore-2025-las-vegas-soultec-dabei.md · 384 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
Renew the STS Signing Root Certificate in vCenter
I recently had a call from a customer that received multiple alerts about their ESXi Hosts certificate was about to expire.
2025-05-23 · posts/how-to-renew-the-sts-signing-root-certificate-in-vcenter.md · 357 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
Create a password hash for vSphere Configuration Profile
Configuration Profiles have emerged as the modern successor to VMware's legacy Host Profiles, bringing enhanced automation and streamlined management to your vSphere environment.
2025-05-22 · posts/how-to-create-a-password-hash-for-vsphere-configuration-profile.md · 265 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
HPE VM Essentials – Part 2
Part 1 covered where VME stood in mid-February. A few weeks on, a fair amount has changed, and we built a three-node VME cluster in our lab.
2025-05-06 · posts/hpe-vm-essentials-part-2.md · 578 words · 3 min · patrick-pletscher
Broadcom Download Token
From now on your vCenter or SDDC Manager needs a unique token. Without it, from the end of April 2025, no patches for VMware software will download any more.
2025-04-14 · posts/how-to-broadcom-download-token.md · 176 words · 1 min · daniel-stadelmann
soulTec reaches the highest Omnissa partner status
We have reached Platinum, the highest partner status in the newly introduced Omnissa partner programme.
2025-04-01 · posts/soultec-ag-erreicht-hochsten-omnissa-partnerstatus.md · 599 words · 3 min · michael-steg
VMware by Broadcom – License Changes
There is a fair amount of misinformation going round about the VMware by Broadcom licence changes, particularly the 72-core minimum. Here is what is actually true.
2025-04-01 · posts/vmware-license-changes-2025.md · 332 words · 2 min · yannick-gerber
Monitor vSphere Supervisor and Guest Clusters with VCF Operations
Monitoring vSphere Supervisor Cluster and Kubernetes Guest Cluster with the Kubernetes Management Pack in VCF (Aria) Operations. The Monitoring is a great alternative to prometheus and grafana.
2025-03-26 · posts/how-to-monitor-vsphere-supervisor-and-guest-clusters-with-aria-operations.md · 298 words · 1 min · yannick-gerber
vSAN Data Protection
vSAN 8 Update 3 brought the Data Protection feature, which closes the last gap against conventional block storage. You can now snapshot workloads on production storage directly.
2025-03-13 · posts/vsan-data-protection.md · 281 words · 1 min · daniel-stadelmann
HPE VM Essentials – Part 1
HPE's own hypervisor, HPE VM Essentials, has been available in Europe since mid-February. Through the Morpheus Data acquisition, HPE has a proven KVM-based hypervisor.
2025-02-26 · posts/hpe-vm-essentials-part1.md · 631 words · 3 min · patrick-pletscher
vSAN Snapshot Service Appliance for vSAN Data Protection
VMware released with vSAN 8 Update 3 the data protection feature which enables based on the tremendous power of ESA's snapshotting engine an all new levels of data protection and agility.
2025-02-19 · posts/how-to-deploy-vsan-snapshot-service-appliance.md · 430 words · 2 min · daniel-stadelmann
VMware Data Services Manager – DBaaS
VMware Data Services Manager (DSM) provisions databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and MinIO S3 buckets simply, and takes care of their lifecycle, backup, monitoring and alerting.
2025-02-03 · posts/vmware-data-services-manager.md · 508 words · 3 min · yannick-gerber
An overview of Omnissa Horizon for Citrix customers
A guide for Citrix administrators who want to understand how Horizon is put together, and how its components map onto a Citrix environment.
2025-01-31 · posts/ubersicht-omnissa-horizon-fur-citrix-kunden.md · 1756 words · 9 min · michael-steg
Leaving Citrix behind, with Omnissa Horizon and soulTec
Wondering how to move off your existing Citrix environment without interrupting operations? More and more of our customers are looking at it because Citrix keeps getting more expensive.
2025-01-24 · posts/wie-du-citrix-hinter-dir-lasst-mit-omnissa-horizon-und-soultec-den-perfekten-umstieg-meistern.md · 737 words · 4 min · michael-steg
Scality ARTESCA
ARTESCA from Scality is scalable, secure object storage delivered as a software-defined storage solution.
2025-01-21 · posts/how-to-scality-artesca.md · 1106 words · 6 min · patrick-pletscher
Disaster recovery with VMware Live Cyber Recovery
VMware Live Cyber Recovery protects your virtual machines against data loss in a disaster and in a cyber attack, and gets them back quickly.
2025-01-17 · posts/how-to-disaster-recovery-mit-vmware-live-cyber-recovery.md · 564 words · 3 min · daniel-stadelmann
VMware Hackathon 2024 Project
The VMware Code Hackathon is a special event that runs alongside VMware Explore. Since 2016, I've been fortunate to participate in both the main event and hackathon most years.
2025-01-06 · posts/vmware-hackathon-2024-project.md · 391 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
vSphere Supervisor Services
Supervisor Services run Kubernetes deployments directly on a vSphere namespace, so no Kubernetes guest cluster is needed and the pods run on the ESXi host through the vSphere CRX runtime.
2024-12-22 · posts/how-to-vsphere-supervisor-services.md · 755 words · 4 min · yannick-gerber
Securing the Horizon connection – part 2
Part 1 covered how locked.properties secures the connection between Horizon Connection Servers and clients, mainly through balancedHost. There are cases where that causes trouble.
2024-12-11 · posts/how-to-horizon-verbindung-absichern-teil-2.md · 305 words · 2 min · raphael-thommen
IaaS Control Plane – wrong NSX edge cluster for T1 placement
After upgrading an IaaS Control Plane environment to vSphere 8.0.3, the T1 SR instances of the vSphere namespaces stopped landing on the edge cluster they were meant to.
2024-12-04 · posts/iaas-control-plane-wrong-nsx-edge-cluster-for-t1-placement.md · 873 words · 4 min · matthias-grasmueck
VMware Private AI Foundation: we bring the AI to your data
VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA (PAIF-N) lets companies run AI workloads securely and efficiently on their own infrastructure.
2024-11-26 · posts/vmware-private-ai-foundation-intro.md · 1274 words · 6 min · yannick-gerber
Free for everyone – VMware Fusion and Workstation
Homelab enthusiasts, students and commercial users: VMware has made Fusion and Workstation free for everyone.
2024-11-13 · posts/kostenlos-fur-alle-vmware-fusion-und-workstation.md · 295 words · 1 min · michael-steg
IaaS Control Plane – API inaccessible
After upgrading the Supervisor cluster of our IaaS Control Plane platform to vSphere 8.0 Update 3, kubectl access to the Kubernetes clusters stopped working.
2024-11-12 · posts/iaas-control-plane-api-inaccessible.md · 951 words · 5 min · matthias-grasmueck
VMware Explore 2024 Barcelona: a detailed look back
VMware Explore 2024 in Barcelona ran from 4 to 7 November and was one of the largest events in IT infrastructure and cloud technology.
2024-11-08 · posts/vmware-explore-2024-barcelona-eine-detaillierte-ruckschau-auf-das-highlight-event-der-it-welt.md · 821 words · 4 min · michael-steg
Partner Technical Leadership Forum
We are live in Barcelona at VMware Explore 2024, the first VMware Explore since the acquisition by Broadcom was finalised. A lot has changed and a lot has stayed the same.
2024-11-06 · posts/partner-technical-leadership-forum.md · 428 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
VMware Security Advisory
Broadcom has disclosed a new vulnerability, covered by VMware Security Advisory 2024-0019. The issues are rated 7.5 to 9.8 on the CVSS scale.
2024-09-18 · posts/vmware-security-advisory.md · 133 words · 1 min · daniel-stadelmann
Unrecognized requests in the Horizon Console XML API log
The Horizon Console dashboard shows a warning about unrecognized requests on the XML API protocol connection. Usually these have no direct effect on user sessions.
2024-09-14 · posts/unrecognized-requests-xml-api.md · 326 words · 2 min · raphael-thommen
NVIDIA L40s: Horizon cannot provision desktop pools with vGPU profiles
A customer recently bought several NVIDIA L40s cards to extend their Horizon environment. Provisioning failed for every desktop pool using an L40s vGPU profile.
2024-07-17 · posts/nvidia-l40s-horizon-provisioning-error.md · 412 words · 2 min · raphael-thommen
Broadcom Support Portal – Quick Links
A collection of links into the Broadcom Support Portal, so you get to the right product download or the right portal quickly.
2024-06-19 · posts/how-to-broadcom-support-portal-quick-links.md · 132 words · 1 min · yannick-gerber
VMware Security Advisory
VMware has disclosed a new vulnerability, covered by VMware Security Advisory 2024-0012. The issues are rated 7.8 to 9.8 on the CVSS scale.
2024-06-19 · posts/vmware-security-advisory-vmsa-2024-0012.md · 129 words · 1 min · daniel-stadelmann
Broadcom Support Portal Challenge
The VMware tools moved to the Broadcom portals on 6 May. Since then there has been disillusion and, in places, bewilderment. A lot of accounts are simply empty.
2024-06-03 · posts/broadcom-support-portal.md · 264 words · 1 min · daniel-stadelmann
Storage performance testing with vdbench
IOmeter is quick, but its data patterns do not suit a modern storage array. vdbench is the better tool, and this is how to configure it.
2024-05-21 · posts/how-to-storage-performance-test-mit-vdbench.md · 2195 words · 11 min · patrick-pletscher
Securing the Horizon connection – part 1
Recent Horizon releases tighten the connections between agents and connection servers. Several of those settings are driven by the locked.properties file.
2024-05-08 · posts/how-to-horizon-verbindung-absichern.md · 329 words · 2 min · raphael-thommen
Distributed Network & Security Services
Virtualised networks have been running on hypervisor platforms in data centres for more than 20 years. What has changed is what they now have to cover: automation and security together.
2024-05-07 · posts/distributed-network-security-services.md · 822 words · 4 min · matthias-grasmueck
Integrating Antrea into NSX
Registering a Kubernetes cluster running Antrea with the NSX management and central control plane, so groups, policies and trace flows are managed in one place.
2024-04-16 · posts/antrea-nsx-integration.md · 1425 words · 7 min · matthias-grasmueck
Working out the VCF core count for VCSP
As an existing VMware VCPP partner you now face joining a VCSP partner under a white-label model, unless you can deliver the 3500 cores yourself. We offer that white labelling.
2024-03-18 · posts/vcf-core-anzahl-ermitteln-fur-vcsp.md · 329 words · 2 min · daniel-stadelmann
Infrastructure assessment with HPE CloudPhysics
Replacing your virtual infrastructure and unsure which resources are actually being used, and therefore needed next time round? CloudPhysics ends the guessing.
2024-03-01 · posts/infrastructure-assessment-mit-hpe-cloudphysics.md · 519 words · 3 min · patrick-pletscher
Monitor Cronjobs with Aria Operations
On a professional services project the customer wanted the VMware SRM backup monitored automatically, with a warning raised if the backup job ever failed. Here is how I did it.
2024-02-22 · posts/howto-monitor-cronjobs-with-aria-operations.md · 407 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
VMware Hackathon 2023 Project
The VMware Code Hackathon is a special event that runs alongside VMware Explore. Since 2016, I've been fortunate to participate in both the main event and hackathon most years.
2024-02-15 · posts/vmware-hackathon-2023-project.md · 306 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
Storage performance testing with IOmeter
Every successful storage project ends with a storage performance test during system acceptance, checking the array, the storage area network and the hosts.
2024-02-12 · posts/storage-performance-test-mit-iometer.md · 608 words · 3 min · patrick-pletscher
vSphere with Tanzu and NSX Advanced Load Balancer – avi-secret not found
An interesting behaviour turned up during a functional test of a vSphere with Tanzu container runtime platform combined with the VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer.
2024-02-09 · posts/vsphere-with-tanzu-und-nsx-advanced-load-balancer-avi-secret-not-found.md · 854 words · 4 min · matthias-grasmueck
vSphere with Tanzu and NSX Advanced Load Balancer with a private CA
From vSphere 8.0 Update 2 you can deploy vSphere with Tanzu using NSX as the networking stack and NSX Advanced Load Balancer as the integrated L4 load balancer. With a private CA it fails.
2024-02-05 · posts/lessons-learned-vsphere-with-tanzu-und-nsx-advanced-load-balancer-integration-mit-private-ca.md · 609 words · 3 min · matthias-grasmueck
End of support for the classic Teams client in VDI
The classic Teams client in VDI reaches end of support on 30 June 2024. This guide covers installing the new client in a VDI.
2024-02-05 · posts/supportende-classic-teams-client-in-vdi.md · 616 words · 3 min · raphael-thommen
PowerShell Script to test multiple IP Addresses
This small scriptlet reads a CSV with a column called “IPaddress” and pings its way through the addresses. In a lot of projects I have to confirm that a set of IPs is free.
2024-02-04 · posts/powershell-script-to-test-multiple-ip-addresses.md · 107 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
redfishlib.cpp:264 :: In executeRedfishCall()
On a current project we run vSphere Lifecycle Manager together with HPE OneView and HPE OneView for vCenter, so a cluster image can carry the firmware as well.
2024-01-31 · posts/redfishlib-cpp264-in-executeredfishcall.md · 293 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
iSCSI Datastore Not Consumed
On a customer project running current vSphere 8.0 U2, some hosts recognised their iSCSI devices but reported them as “not consumed”, so the ESXi host saw no iSCSI datastores at all.
2024-01-24 · posts/iscsi-datastore-not-consumed.md · 245 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
Health check: a new default in the advanced settings
We run a lot of health checks. One advanced setting changed its default in vSphere 8, and it turned up in our reports as a deviation that was not one.
2024-01-03 · posts/health-check-neuer-standard-bei-advanced-settings.md · 391 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
Block specific Notifications in Windows 10 & 11
In a VDI environment there is nothing more irritating for a user than getting the same notifications and popups at every logon, none of which interest them.
2023-09-10 · posts/block-specific-notifications-in-windows-10-11.md · 280 words · 1 min · raphael-thommen
Tanzu default storage class
I was recently playing with Helm charts on Tanzu Kubernetes clusters and ran into a few problems. Here is a quick tip if you hit something similar.
2023-07-17 · posts/tanzu-default-storage-class.md · 743 words · 4 min · marco-mattei
Install vCenter without DNS
A lot of people believe you cannot install vCenter without a DNS server in the environment. Not quite. It is not ideal, but it works.
2023-06-19 · posts/how-to-install-vcenter-without-dns.md · 314 words · 2 min · marco-mattei
Build your own Homelab – Part 2
In this installment, I will walk you through the initial steps of configuring the basic infrastructure required for my nested vSphere homelab with NSX and Tanzu.
2023-05-08 · posts/how-to-build-your-own-homelab-part-2.md · 785 words · 4 min · marco-mattei
Workspace ONE security standards
VMware has raised the security standards of Workspace ONE. For military, federal and government bodies, and for insurers and banks, this is an essential requirement of their IT.
2023-05-02 · posts/workspaceone-sicherheitsstandards.md · 976 words · 5 min · michael-steg
iTernity iCAS FS
iCAS FS from iTernity is a software-defined storage solution for secure, reliable, fast and scalable file, object and archive storage.
2023-04-26 · posts/icas-fs.md · 1051 words · 5 min · patrick-pletscher
VMware Partner Leadership Summit 2023
We were invited to this year's VMware Partner Leadership Summit in the USA as one of the core partners in EMEA.
2023-04-24 · posts/vmware-partner-leadership-summit-2023.md · 617 words · 3 min · michael-steg
The iTernity iCAS FS solution
Companies face a lot at once in the digital age: exponential data growth, a shortage of IT staff, ransomware, data loss, compliance rules and retention management.
2023-04-21 · posts/iternity-icas-fs.md · 446 words · 2 min · rene-pfister
Software-Defined WAN
SD-WAN uses software and cloud-based functions to deliver internet connectivity simply, quickly, at good quality and securely.
2023-03-29 · posts/vmware-software-defined-wan.md · 1004 words · 5 min · dario-doerflinger
Solution Designer
The Solution Designer Fling provides a foundation for managing custom VMware solutions. What does it do? Building a custom VMware solution involves many challenging tasks.
2023-03-18 · posts/vmware-solution-designer.md · 448 words · 2 min · raphael-thommen
RAID controllers
If you have configured an HPE ProLiant server, you have almost certainly met a Smart Array or SmartRAID controller. Since Gen10 there is another option: the MegaRAID controllers.
2023-03-13 · posts/raid-controller.md · 640 words · 3 min · patrick-pletscher
VMware Master Services Competencies
Our small team takes on large things. Within our first year we reached the top and are now among the leading VMware partners in Switzerland.
2023-03-08 · posts/vmware-master-service-competencies.md · 1413 words · 7 min · dario-doerflinger
Customer Success specialization
We are the first VMware partner in Switzerland to hold the VMware Partner-Led Customer Success Specialization, and are now officially a VMware Customer Success Partner.
2023-03-07 · posts/customer-success-spezialisierung.md · 599 words · 3 min · michael-steg
Build your own Homelab – Part 1
In this blog series, I want to take you on the adventures I undertook to build my own nested NSX & Tanzu homelab. This endeavor encountered some issues, as expected from a nested configuration.
2023-03-03 · posts/how-to-build-your-own-homelab-part-1.md · 550 words · 3 min · marco-mattei
VMware Aria
VMware Aria is an intelligent multi-cloud management solution that runs applications, infrastructure and platform services from one platform with a shared data model.
2023-02-15 · posts/vmware-aria.md · 570 words · 3 min · michael-steg
Hybrid office and flexibility at work
I am writing this from my home office, at my corner desk, in front of the large monitor, with a view across the city from the ninth floor.
2023-02-01 · posts/hybrid-office-und-flexibilitat-am-arbeitsplatz.md · 455 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
Certified Kubernetes Administrator – CKA
soulTec has something to celebrate. Three of our engineers passed the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam.
2023-01-15 · posts/certified-kubernetes-administrator-cka.md · 2734 words · 14 min · dario-doerflinger
VCSA IP Change
Have you ever thought about moving your ESXi servers into a different network segment? Reconnecting a host after an IP change can take up to 30 minutes. It does not have to.
2023-01-10 · posts/vcsa-ip-change.md · 311 words · 2 min · norbert-hamm
How to spell VMware like a Pro
VMware is our bread and butter. Our IT existence is simply unimaginable without VMware. For this reason, VMware has a high priority within soulTec.
2023-01-09 · posts/vmware-how-to-spell-vmware-like-a-pro.md · 208 words · 1 min · michael-steg
VMware Security Advisory
VMware has disclosed new vulnerabilities, covered by VMware Security Advisory 2022-0030 and 2021-0025. They are rated 7.1 to 7.5 on the CVSS scale.
2022-12-09 · posts/vmware-security-advisory-vmsa-2022-0030.md · 128 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
soulTec becomes Switzerland's preferred PSO partner
We won the tender and are now the preferred VMware PSO partner in Switzerland for the next two years, just short of a year after founding the company.
2022-09-15 · posts/bevorzugter-vmware-pso-partner.md · 529 words · 3 min · dario-doerflinger
VMware Workspace ONE UEM Cloud 2206
VMware Workspace ONE UEM Cloud 2206 has been available to shared SaaS customers since 26 July 2022, and the rollout for shared SaaS environments is complete.
2022-09-06 · posts/vmware-workspace-one-uem-cloud-2206.md · 382 words · 2 min · michael-steg
Morpheus Cloud Management Platform
As a Morpheus partner with certified specialists on the team, we want to take a moment to show what Morpheus is and how it makes your life in your infrastructure easier.
2022-09-01 · posts/morpheus-cloud-management-plattform.md · 364 words · 2 min · uemit-senguel
HCI with StorMagic
StorMagic SvSAN is a software-defined storage solution that suits small virtualisation environments with two nodes, turning the SSDs, disks and memory of two servers into a virtual SAN.
2022-08-18 · posts/hci-mit-stormagic.md · 705 words · 4 min · patrick-pletscher
HPE InfoSight for servers
HPE InfoSight for Servers gives HPE customers a cloud-based platform for analysing, evaluating and monitoring their servers.
2022-08-15 · posts/hpe-infosight-fur-server.md · 678 words · 3 min · patrick-pletscher
Secure backups with Blocky for Veeam
Backup data is generally treated as the last line of defence, which makes protecting it properly that much more important.
2022-08-11 · posts/sichere-backups-mit-blocky-for-veeam.md · 457 words · 2 min · patrick-pletscher
vSphere with Tanzu 50% Discount
Run Kubernetes on the same VMware vSphere infrastructure as your VMs, using vSphere with Tanzu Basic.
2022-08-09 · posts/vsphere-with-tanzu-50-discount.md · 107 words · 1 min · michael-steg
Veeam and S3 storage with ARTESCA
Ransomware attacks have become a persistent nuisance. Beyond securing network, servers and clients, the backup data has to be protected from tampering as the last line of defence.
2022-08-08 · posts/veeam-und-s3-storage-mit-artesca.md · 657 words · 3 min · patrick-pletscher
VMware Security Advisory
VMware has disclosed new vulnerabilities in VMware Security Advisory 2022-0021. They are rated 4.7 to 9.8 on the CVSS scale.
2022-08-05 · posts/vmware-security-advisory-2022-021.md · 107 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
Cloud on AWS
VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC on AWS) brings the familiar VMware infrastructure software straight into the AWS cloud.
2022-04-26 · posts/vmware-cloud-on-aws.md · 969 words · 5 min · dario-doerflinger
Secure your DMZ with a proxy
How to secure your DMZ with a proxy. Security is becoming ever more important. Securing the on-premise infrastructure is a top priority for many of our customers and we're here to help.
2022-04-13 · posts/how-to-secure-your-dmz-with-a-proxy.md · 944 words · 5 min · norbert-hamm
14 of 14 solution competencies
soulTec achieved 14 of 14 VMware solution competencies! We are proud to announce this latest achievement. We have now acquired all VMware solution capabilities that are currently available.
2022-03-25 · posts/soultec-14-of-14-solution-competencies.md · 200 words · 1 min · michael-steg
MSC: VMware Cloud on AWS
The VMware Cloud on AWS Master Services Competency signifies expertise in delivering hybrid cloud solutions based on VMware Cloud on AWS.
2022-03-04 · posts/soultec-msc-vmware-cloud-on-aws.md · 345 words · 2 min · michael-steg
Automatically deleting VMware VM snapshots
Automatically deleting VMware VM snapshots with vRealize Operations Manager (vROPs) is very easy to implement.
2022-02-24 · posts/vmware-automatically-deleting-vmware-vm-snapshots.md · 1430 words · 7 min · dario-doerflinger
MSC: Digital Workspace
Digital Workspace characterizes a partner's organizational expertise in developing, deploying and supporting the ongoing management of customer applications, data and virtual desktop solutions.
2022-02-08 · posts/soultec-achives-second-msc-in-digital-workspace.md · 406 words · 2 min · michael-steg
MSC: Cloud Management and Automation
soulTec AG achieves top VMware certification in cloud management and automation.
2022-01-20 · posts/msc-cloud-management-and-automation.md · 335 words · 2 min · michael-steg
VMware Horizon What's New
VMware Horizon 2111 – What's new?
2022-01-20 · posts/vmware-vmware-horizon-what-is-new.md · 572 words · 3 min · michael-steg
VM News Collector 1.0
A new fling to keep up to date On January 4th 2022 VMware has released a new Fling: VM News Collector.
2022-01-11 · posts/vmware-vm-news-collector.md · 171 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
Securing your data with Veeam SureBackup
How secure is your backup? Have you ever asked yourself if your daily backups really deliver what they promise?
2022-01-07 · posts/securing-your-data-with-veeam-surebackup.md · 458 words · 2 min · patrick-pletscher
Setting up a small DNS server for your Homelab
Setting up a small DNS server for your home lab Setting up a small DNS server for your Homelab is actually quite simple.
2021-12-28 · posts/homelab-setting-up-a-small-dns-server-for-your-homelab.md · 731 words · 4 min · dario-doerflinger
Up to 50% discount on Horizon Subscription Licenses
Up to 50% discount on VMware Horizon subscription licenses soulTec offers a discount of up to 50% or more for VMware Horizon License Upgrades to VMware Horizon subscription.
2021-12-24 · posts/soultec-up-to-50-discount-on-horizon-subscription-licenses.md · 290 words · 1 min · michael-steg
12 Days of Kubernetes
Welcome to the 12 Days of Kuberetes. The buzzwords “Docker, Kubernetes, App Modernization, VMware Tanzu, etc.” dominate our everyday IT life.
2021-12-20 · posts/tanzu-12-days-of-kubernetes.md · 161 words · 1 min · michael-steg
Critical gaps in IBM Spectrum Protect
Critical gaps in IBM Spectrum Protect. There are currently several critical vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect that you should address immediately. Patches are already available for all gaps.
2021-12-14 · posts/ibm-critical-gaps-in-ibm-spectrum-protect.md · 102 words · 1 min · norbert-hamm
How to get around “your connection is not private”
This little post is about how to get around the “Your connection is not private” message.
2021-12-10 · posts/how-to-get-around-your-connection-is-not-private.md · 286 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
vSphere Update 3 releases withdrawn
VMware has withdrawn all vSphere 7.0 Update 3 releases.
2021-11-19 · posts/vmware-vsphere-update-3-releases-withdrawn.md · 208 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
Getting started at our StartUp
The first of November marked a new stage in my career. Together with four good colleagues, I started at soulTec AG.
2021-11-11 · posts/soultec-getting-started-at-our-startup.md · 192 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
How to skip vSAN HCL Checks for ESXi Upgrades
A short blog about how one can disable vSAN HCL Checks in VCF SDDC manager.
2021-10-08 · posts/vmware-cloud-foundation-how-to-skip-vsan-hcl-checks-for-esxi-upgrades.md · 417 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
First Steps
I learn how the newly released vRealize Automation 8.0 works. I am documenting what I learn as I go by doing a Series of blog posts about this. Stay tuned.
2019-10-21 · posts/vrealize-automation-8-0-first-steps.md · 1325 words · 7 min · dario-doerflinger
vRO Masterclass
This post is about my experience from this week's VMware Livefire training about vRealize Orchestrator that took place at the VMware offices in Zurich.
2019-10-18 · posts/vmware-livefire-vro-masterclass.md · 699 words · 3 min · dario-doerflinger
Lisbon
In my third week working I was sent to the VMware EMPOWER Partner Conference in Lisbon.
2019-05-21 · posts/vmware-empower-2019-lisbon.md · 2294 words · 11 min · dario-doerflinger
2019: I'm in!
Good news! Made it into the program once more. A small thank you post with an outlook of things to come on my blog.
2019-03-07 · posts/vexpert-2019-im-in.md · 264 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
Moving VMs into resource pools based on a tag
A script which automates the assignment of VMs into resource pools based on tags. Has some added functionality to make sure all VMs have tags.
2019-03-05 · posts/powercli-moving-vms-into-resource-pools-based-on-a-tag.md · 674 words · 3 min · dario-doerflinger
Assigning Tags based on VM Notes
Addressing the problem with not finding VMs based on information in the notes when using the HTML5 client.
2019-02-21 · posts/powercli-assigning-tags-based-on-vm-notes.md · 953 words · 5 min · dario-doerflinger
How To make sure your USB Device always gets passed through to your VM
A short story about a support request that involved VMware workstation, a Windows XP VM and a custom keyboard for a perfectly good use case.
2019-02-13 · posts/how-to-make-sure-your-usb-device-always-gets-passed-through-to-your-vm.md · 1333 words · 7 min · dario-doerflinger
Releasing my vCheck Fork
I have been working on a lot of improvements to the popular PowerCLI HTML Framework script “vCheck Daily Report” which was originally developed by Alan Renouf and has been enhanced by the VMware Code
2019-02-05 · posts/powercli-releasing-my-vcheck-fork.md · 291 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
Setting Resource Pools right
I wrote a script to set resource pools right.
2019-01-09 · posts/powercli-setting-resource-pools-right.md · 444 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
Changing default Backup location for MSSQL database
Just yesterday I upgraded Zerto from 6.0 U2 to 6.5 at a customer site.
2018-09-21 · posts/changing-default-backup-location-for-mssql-database.md · 235 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
Progress report
Today I want to share an update about my VCDX journey. In the past weeks I have intensified my efforts towards the goal of achieving the VCDX-DCV certification.
2018-08-15 · posts/vcdx-journey-progress-report.md · 936 words · 5 min · dario-doerflinger
HA Admission Control Cluster Resource Percentage Misconception
Today I was working on my VCDX design and came across HA admission control. With VMware vSphere 6.5 a new feature introduced was “Cluster resource percentage”.
2018-08-13 · posts/vmware-ha-admission-control-cluster-resource-percentage-misconception.md · 415 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
Breaking and Fixing
Today I realized that my GitLab server was severely out of date and the underlying ubuntu (17.10) was end-of-life.
2018-08-09 · posts/breaking-and-fixing-gitlab.md · 622 words · 3 min · dario-doerflinger
Moving VCSA&PSC across data centers
Today I was at one of our customers that use Zerto as their BC/DR software. The customer is in the process of migrating his workloads into two new data center locations.
2018-08-08 · posts/moving-vcsapsc-across-data-centers.md · 795 words · 4 min · dario-doerflinger
9 Free NSX eBooks to download
Last year I was fortunate enough to go to VMworld in Barcelona. One of the coolest “goodies” that I brought back was a small NSX book about automating NSX using PowerNSX.
2018-08-06 · posts/nsx-free-nsx-ebooks-to-download.md · 303 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
First time vExpert!
This morning I got a very cool e-Mail: I was accepted as vExpert 2018. This is a great honor for me and I am very excited about it. Becoming a vExpert is actually not that difficult.
2018-08-03 · posts/first-time-vexpert.md · 111 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
Success Story with Coop Switzerland
After an open RFP for a BC/DR solution from a well known retail company in switzerland we answered with Zerto and won the RFP. I am proud to share the success story following this project.
2018-07-25 · posts/success-story-zerto-and-coop-switzerland.md · 229 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
Copying my scripts to Github
I have been blogging for almost 4 years now. After a slow start back in 2014 and some quiet months every now and then I have published quite a lot of powershell code on here over the years.
2018-06-28 · posts/copying-my-scripts-to-github.md · 158 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
Automating VPG journal limit changes
I helped one of our customers implement Zerto in their environment.
2018-06-06 · posts/zerto-automating-vpg-journal-limit-changes.md · 727 words · 4 min · dario-doerflinger
Change Admission Control Percentages
I was recently asked by a customer to explain some of the vSphere 6.5 features that would be interesting for his environment.
2018-06-05 · posts/powercli-change-admission-control-percentages.md · 1158 words · 6 min · dario-doerflinger
Getting the Usage of a cluster
Our customers sometimes call us in to check their environment. Because this happens quite often we created a basic checklist on what checks we do when we start.
2018-06-04 · posts/powercli-getting-the-usage-of-a-cluster.md · 340 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
Reporting the duration of snapshots
One of our customers had a problem with VMs losing network connectivity while the backup was running. Their backup solution was based on VMware snapshots.
2017-10-10 · posts/powercli-reporting-the-duration-of-snapshots.md · 587 words · 3 min · dario-doerflinger
Checking ESXi Hosts Advanced Settings against VMware's default
Over the years and releases from VMware the best practices change sometimes.
2017-10-05 · posts/powercli-checking-esxi-hosts-advanced-settings-against-vmwares-default.md · 508 words · 3 min · dario-doerflinger
Adding a disk to a VM
Recently I stumbled upon a stubborn vSphere Client at a customer. It just would not let me add a disk a VM.
2017-10-04 · posts/powercli-adding-a-disk-to-a-vm.md · 899 words · 4 min · dario-doerflinger
Setting up a greenfield vSAN cluster on 6.5 Update 1
Recently I had the pleasure of doing a vSAN project for one of our customers. The project scale was very small but nonetheless very interesting.
2017-09-07 · posts/setting-up-a-greenfield-vsan-cluster-on-6-5-update-1.md · 423 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
Getting Started with Clarity UI
As you know when you read my blog, I like to develop and script a lot of things. One things that was always hard for me was the design of the user interface.
2017-09-04 · posts/getting-started-with-clarity-ui-from-vmware.md · 314 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
Find and disconnect CD Drives on your VMs
One of the things that regularly pops up in our health checks in VMware environments are connected CD Drives that prevent DRS from functioning properly or prevents a host from entering maintenance
2017-07-31 · posts/powercli-find-and-disconnect-cd-drives-on-your-vms.md · 153 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
vSphere 6.5 Update 1
A couple of days ago VMware released version 6.5 Update 1 for some of their products: vCenter Server: Link ESXi: Link, Link to HPE Custom Image Site Recovery Manager (SRM): Link I was waiting for
2017-07-31 · posts/vmware-releases-6-5-update-1.md · 334 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
Cannot power on VMs after deleting resource pools
One of my colleagues had a problem the other night. He was called to troubleshoot a VMware View environment which was not running as expected.
2017-07-27 · posts/cannot-power-on-view-vms-after-deleting-resource-pools.md · 164 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
Tips and Tricks for vSAN troubleshooting
Today I attended a Web-Session from VMware with the topic vSAN troubleshooting tips and tricks and I wanted to share those tips and tricks with you.
2017-07-27 · posts/tips-and-tricks-for-vsan-troubleshooting.md · 602 words · 3 min · dario-doerflinger
Testing your networks
If you are knee-deep in a troubleshooting session with a customer you want to be able to have some tools ready that do some tests for you.
2017-07-26 · posts/powercli-testing-your-networks.md · 2732 words · 14 min · dario-doerflinger
a fast and awesome way to protect your vms
First off: This article is not sponsored by zerto in any way. I got to know zerto in-depth during a PoC we did for one of our customers and I fell in love with it.
2017-07-26 · posts/zerto-a-fast-and-awesome-way-to-protect-your-vms.md · 802 words · 4 min · dario-doerflinger
Backing up Fault-Tolerance protected VMs (the operation is not supported on the object)
How to get rid of the error “the operation is not supported on the object”
2017-07-25 · posts/backing-up-fault-tolerance-protected-vms-the-operation-is-not-supported-on-the-object.md · 257 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
Find Zombie Files on Datastores
Everyone who works in our industry is familiar with RVTools. It's a great tool that achieves a lot in short time in terms of infrastructure checks. I would not want to do my job without it.
2017-07-25 · posts/powercli-find-zombie-files-on-datastores.md · 661 words · 3 min · dario-doerflinger
Automating VMware Tools and Hardware Upgrades
A couple of years ago I struggled with VMware Update Manager in a large environment. The Use case was to update about a 1000 VMs to the latest VMware Tools and VM Version (hardware).
2017-07-24 · posts/powercli-automating-vmware-tools-and-hardware-upgrades.md · 2244 words · 11 min · dario-doerflinger
Report Empty LUNs
Once again I'm writing about a customer use-case.
2017-07-24 · posts/powercli-report-empty-luns.md · 348 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
Automating VM Shutdown triggered by USV
So another customer had a requirement. They want their USV to trigger a script that moves all VMs from one datacenter to the other datacenter in case of a power failure.
2017-07-21 · posts/powercli-automating-vm-shutdown-triggered-by-usv.md · 409 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
Automating VCSA Backup & Restore
I've recently stumbled upon a VMware communities thread where someone had trouble backing up the VCSA database.
2017-07-20 · posts/automating-vcsa-backup-restore.md · 1405 words · 7 min · dario-doerflinger
Automating VM Skeleton Deployment
We recently had to write a script for a customer which would deploy a VM skeleton.
2017-07-20 · posts/powercli-automating-vm-skeleton-deployment.md · 902 words · 5 min · dario-doerflinger
New Fling: DRS Lens
I have always been a fan of the VMware Flings. There have been some great Flings in the past that eventually made it into VMware's products.
2017-07-19 · posts/new-vmware-fling-drs-lens.md · 488 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
share powershell scripts on-site
If you work in the field of VMware you tend to automate things as soon as the opportunity presents itself. Either to save time or to rid yourself of tedious work that repeats itself over and over.
2017-07-18 · posts/my-solution-to-share-powershell-scripts.md · 306 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
Starting the journey towards VCDX DCV
I always wanted to prove the skills that I obtained working for a IT service provider over the last two years.
2017-07-18 · posts/starting-the-journey-towards-vcdx-dcv.md · 282 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
Introducing the new ESXi Staging Appliance
A couple of years ago I made a post about the “REDA – Rapid ESXi Deployment Appliance” which was basically a customized version of the old “EDA” which was available to download from the VMware
2017-05-02 · posts/introducing-the-new-esxi-staging-appliance.md · 544 words · 3 min · dario-doerflinger
HPE Custom ESXi Image breaks pxeboot
With the latest vSphere 6.0 Update 2 May 2016 HPE Custom ESXi Hypervisor Image to download from VMware HPE managed to reference a uppercase letter in one of its configuration files.
2016-06-18 · posts/hpe-custom-esxi-image-breaks-pxeboot.md · 230 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
SDDC LiveFire Training
This week I was fortunate to be able to attend a LiveFire Class at the VMware UK Headquarters in Staines upon Thames in England.
2016-06-18 · posts/vmware-sddc-livefire-training.md · 1007 words · 5 min · dario-doerflinger
New Ways to set vMotion, fault Tolerance Logging, etc.
Hello guys! I'm back on my blog after changing my job and generally having been very busy over the last two years.
2016-06-16 · posts/esxi-kickstart-new-ways-to-set-vmotion-fault-tolerance-logging-etc.md · 307 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
Find differences between DNS-Name and VM Display-Name
My boss asked me to create a report which shows all the VMs that have a difference in DNS-hostname and the displayname shown in the client.
2014-12-09 · posts/powercli-find-differences-between-dns-name-and-vm-display-name.md · 361 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
Rapid ESXi Deployment Appliance
When you're thinking about upgrading your infrastructure to the latest stable version of ESXi you have to think about how you will deploy your hosts with the new ESXi Hypervisor.
2014-11-21 · posts/alternative-to-vmware-autodeploy-rapid-esxi-deployment-appliance.md · 522 words · 3 min · dario-doerflinger
Problems with a restored VM: Invalid IDs in the Snapshot Files
Recently we've had the pleasure to restore a Database-VM from the most recent Backup because one of my coworkers accidentally deleted a vital .vmdk File on the datastore..
2014-11-21 · posts/problems-with-a-restored-vm-invalid-ids-in-the-snapshot-files.md · 261 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
VCP5 – DCV: Exam Preparation Tips
I took the VCP5-DCV for the version 5.5 last week and passed with 491 of 500 possible Points.
2014-11-21 · posts/vcp5-dcv-exam-preparation-tips.md · 127 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
Bootcamp. A Review
Last week I was attenting my first VMware Bootcamp. The Bootcamp consisted of two courses: “VMware vSphere 5.5 – Fast Track” and “VMware vSphere 5.5 – Optimize and Scale”.
2014-11-21 · posts/vmware-bootcamp-a-review.md · 623 words · 3 min · dario-doerflinger