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vSphere with Tanzu – Can I disable DRS?

Can I disable DRS? No. Why can’t I disable DRS when Workload Management is enabled? DRS is a mandatory feature for workload management, the WCP service relies on objects such as Resource Pools to operate. Update – 29th October The vSphere with Tanzu Documentation has now been updated with this statement. Caution: Do not disable … Continue reading vSphere with Tanzu – Can I disable DRS?

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VMware Cloud on AWS – Managed Tanzu Kubernetes Grid with Tanzu Mission Control

In my previous blog post, I detailed a full end to end guide in deploying and configurating the managed Tanzu Kubernetes Service offering as part of VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC), finishing with some example application deployments and configurations. In this blog post, I am moving on to show you how to integrate this environment … Continue reading VMware Cloud on AWS – Managed Tanzu Kubernetes Grid with Tanzu Mission Control

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vSphere with Tanzu – cidrBlocks intersects with the network range of the external ip pools

The Issue When deploying a vSphere with Tanzu guest cluster via the command line, I hit the following error: kubectl apply -f cluster.yaml Error from server (spec.settings.network.pods.cidrBlocks intersects with the network range of the external ip pools in network provider’s configuration, spec.settings.network.pods.cidrBlocks intersects with the network range of the external ip pools LB in network … Continue reading vSphere with Tanzu – cidrBlocks intersects with the network range of the external ip pools

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PowerCLI with a GUI – Clone a machine, add DHCP Reservations, alter CPUID

In this blog post, I am going to break down a PowerShell code I have created (with help from some colleagues). The functions of this PowerShell code are; Present a GUI form to the end user Connect to a vCenter Select the virtual machine to be cloned Select the datastore the new VM is to … Continue reading PowerCLI with a GUI – Clone a machine, add DHCP Reservations, alter CPUID

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Upgrading VMware vSphere 5.5 to vSphere 6.5 (VMUG Presentation)

Blog post born from a VMUG Presentation Mid Feb, one of the London VMUG leaders posted on twitter, looking for someone to present on the subject of “upgrading from vSphere 5.5 to vSphere 6.5”. Anyone out there done/doing vSphere 5.5 to 6x upgrade? and willing to do a pres at March 22nd #LonVMUG ? DM … Continue reading Upgrading VMware vSphere 5.5 to vSphere 6.5 (VMUG Presentation)