The Power of Community: A Personal Journey
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by Constantin Ghioc
6M ago
Communities hold a unique power. They bring together individuals with shared interests, creating spaces for learning, growth, and lasting friendships. Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of being a part of several vibrant communities that have enriched my life in countless ways. In this article, I’ll share my experiences with the Go community in Bucharest, Romania, my involvement in the VMware community, and my current role in Lenovo’s internship programs. The Go Community: Close to 40 Years of Lasting Friendships In the heart of Bucharest, Romania, I was 10 years old when I first stepped i ..read more
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How to Use Ansible to Manage VMware Infrastructure
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by Constantin Ghioc
1y ago
In this article I will show how to install and configure Ansible to manage VMware infrastructure. I will then demonstrate how you can use Ansible to get information about vSphere nodes using two different methods (REST API and Community.VMware Ansible collection). For my demonstration I used CentOS Stream 9 as my base OS. Install and Configure Ansible First we need to install Python3 and then we can proceed to install Ansible: sudo dnf install python3 python3-devel pip install ansible If we intend to use Community.VMware collection (and we do intend if we want to manage VMware infrastructur ..read more
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2022 – A Year Review in a Page
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by Constantin Ghioc
1y ago
A little late to this review party, but better late than sorry If I would need to say in one word how was my 2022, I would probably say “Unexpected”. VMUG Romania Together with my colleagues Razvan and Mihai, we hosted three VMware User Group Romania meetings in 2022. We started early in the year, with an online meeting in February, sponsored by Pure Storage. Cristian Stan and Cristian Radu talked to us about VMware on FlashArray, Portworx as CSI orchestrator, and using Velero to backup a Tanzu cluster. At the beginning of July 2022, we checked in at PointHub in Bucharest for a new meeting. T ..read more
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Cannot Contact Host in vCenter 8
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by Constantin Ghioc
1y ago
Recently I was doing some jobs in the home lab and at some point I was trying to add a new vSphere host called nuc01.cloudhat.local into a vCenter 8 cluster, but I immediately received an error: Cannot contact host nuc01.cloudhat.local This was a new vCenter 8 environment and a new vSphere host. I started to debug the issue using my Windows jump VM. The new vSphere host was responding to ping using the IP address, but DNS resolution was not working. I switched to my DNS server and of course, DNS records were missing for the new host. I added the missing DNS records and then I switched back t ..read more
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How to Install VMware vCenter Server 8
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by Constantin Ghioc
1y ago
Middle of October 2022, VMware released the new version 8 of the vCenter Server. Finally I got some time to update my home lab. In this article I will demonstrate how to install VMware vCenter Server 8. To start, you need an installation kit of vCenter Server 8. For this article, I will use the GA version of vCenter Server 8.0.0 – VMware-VCSA-all-8.0.0-20519528.iso. Same as in the previous versions of vCenter Server, the installation process consists in two separate stages. At the end of the first stage you will have the appliance installed, then in the second stage you will configure it ..read more
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Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Deployer
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by Constantin Ghioc
1y ago
When you do work that feels good, time flies. LinkedIn reminded me that I joined Lenovo 2 years ago, but I still have a vivid memory of my first day at Lenovo, in the middle of the pandemic: get in the office, spend 20 minutes to get the IT equipment, and then rush home. I realized I wrote nothing on my blog about my work at Lenovo, so I’ll correct this quickly. In the middle of the COVID-19 crisis priorities changed, for me like for a lot of other people. I decided that 20 years spent in IT operations are enough. During my search for other opportunities, I met the people from Lenovo and I lik ..read more
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VMware Explore – Confessions of a First-Time Speaker
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by Constantin Ghioc
1y ago
2022 felt like a rollercoaster to me, in part due to an unexpected event. On August 30, in a big room from Moscone West, San Francisco, I presented my first session in a VMware Explore / VMworld conference: “Accelerate Time to Business Value and Achieve Faster Deployment with Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Deployer”, #MCLB1601US. I feel that telling the story of a first-time presenter at Explore will be something interesting to my readers, so here it is. Wow! VMware Explore US Close to the end of April 2022, answering an internal Lenovo call, I got the opportunity to submit a proposal for a VMware Explo ..read more
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VMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3d – How to Install Using the CLI
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by Constantin Ghioc
2y ago
In this article I will demonstrate an unattended installation of vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3d. To follow along you will need: installation ISO for vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3d, which you can download from your My.VMware account: VMware-VCSA-all-7.0.3-19480866.iso a text editor. I used Microsoft Visual Studio Code, but you can really use any text editor. the ability to run CLI commands. I used a Windows server to launch the command, but VMware also provides binaries for Linux and Mac. Prepare the JSON Configuration File VMware provides a number of JSON template files, so we don’t have to star ..read more
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VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4
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by Constantin Ghioc
2y ago
VMware recently announced general availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4. VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4 Bill of Materials The Bill of Materials for VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4 includes the following products: Cloud Builder 4.4 SDDC Manager 4.4 vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3c vSphere 7.0 Update 3c with Tanzu vSAN 7.0 Update 3c NSX-T Data Center 3.1.3.5 vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.6.2 vRealize Log Insight 8.6.2 vRealize Operations 8.6.2 vRealize Automation 8.6.2 Workspace ONE Access 3.3.6 What’s New in VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4 Enhanced AI/ML workload support with NVIDIA AI Enterp ..read more
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VRealize Automation 8.5
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by Constantin Ghioc
2y ago
VMware recently announced general availability of vRealize Automation 8.5. I will dive in what’s new in vRA 8.5, what they fixed and what’s still pending there. Generally speaking, vRealize Automation 8.5 adds capabilities focusing on the areas of multi-cloud support with Azure, extensibility with vRealize Orchestrator and ABX as well as expansion of network automation capabilities with vSphere and NSX. What’s new in vRealize Automation 8.5 Project Administrator can act as Approver for all approval requests – When creating an approval policy, administrators can select a Project Administrator ..read more
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