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VMware Tanzu Mission Control – Using the Data Protection feature for backups and restores

In this blog post we will cover the following topics – Data Protection Overview – Create a AWS Data Protection Credential – Enable Data Protection on a Cluster – Running a backup manually or via an automatic schedule – Restoring your data The follow up blog posts are; Tanzu Mission Control – Getting Started Tanzu … Continue reading VMware Tanzu Mission Control – Using the Data Protection feature for backups and restores

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How to delete vCenter Roles in VMC

The Issue Whilst testing in VMC a PowerCLI script to create some vCenter roles, I noticed in the UI, then I deleted them, they remained, even though I was using the [email protected] account. I also tried to delete them using PowerCLI and received the error message; Remove-VIRole : 07/11/2020 09:00:42 Remove-VIRole Permission to perform this … Continue reading How to delete vCenter Roles in VMC

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A guide to vSphere with Tanzu Kubernetes – Day 2 Operations for the VI Admin

Intro This blog post is an accompaniment to the session “vSphere with Tanzu Kubernetes – Day 2 Operations for the VI Admin” created by myself and Simon Conyard, with special thanks to the VMware LiveFire Team for allowing us access to their lab environments to create the technical demo recordings. You can see the full … Continue reading A guide to vSphere with Tanzu Kubernetes – Day 2 Operations for the VI Admin

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How To Fix A PVC Stuck in Terminating Status in Kubernetes: Troubleshooting Guide

Having trouble deleting a persistent volume claim (PVC) stuck in “terminating“ status in Kubernetes/Openshift? We‘ve got the fix. Read on to learn how to patch the PVC to allow the final unmount and delete the PVC. The Issue Whilst working on a Kubernetes demo for a customer, I was cleaning up my environment and deleting … Continue reading How To Fix A PVC Stuck in Terminating Status in Kubernetes: Troubleshooting Guide

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Kubernetes command line: tips and tricks

In this blog post, I have collected together a number of tips, tricks and snippets I’ve learned along the away whilst learning Kubernetes. – Configure tab completion – Selecting all namespaces in commands – Restarting nodes – Setting default storage class – Resource usage – Delete pods that are stuck terminating – Using the watch … Continue reading Kubernetes command line: tips and tricks