VMware

Import a Parallels VM into VMware Fusion Pro

by

With the recent announcement that VMware Fusion (and Workstation Pro) are now free for personal use, many might be looking to import their Parallels VMs into Fusion. Sadly, the import functionality relied on OVFTool which doesn’t work on Macs with Apple Silicon, therefore the import functionality has been removed from the product and isn’t present … Read more

VMware HCX for dark sites (air-gapped)

by

HCX has historically always required internet access for activation and updates. Even after activation, it requires constant access as otherwise the software goes into a deactivated state. Whilst an internet proxy can be used for this access, there are customers out there who have been asking for years to be able to deploy it into … Read more

Automating the configuration supporting Scale Enhancements for Bulk and Replication Assisted vMotion (RAV) Migrations

by

UPDATE 30th August 2024 – HCX 4.10 incorporates the upscaling scripts, please refer to this kb: https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/373010 I’ll remove the script in this post, however will leave the rest for completeness. At the time of writing, in its default configuration HCX will support up to 300 concurrent migrations per Manager, and 200 concurrent migrations per … Read more

Fix for Plex transcoding issues with iGPU pass through on ESXi

by

I run a Debian VM with Plex on, and I pass through the iGPU which can be used by Plex for transcoding. Depending on the model of Intel CPU, the Integrated GPU is quite powerful for Plex transcoding and it has become a widely chosen option rather than buying a discrete GPU for the task. … Read more

What’s new in HCX 4.8? Selectable Service Mesh!

by

With the release of HCX 4.8 comes in my opinion one of the biggest new features released since Network Extension High Availability went IA in 4.3. In previous versions for any given Compute Profile pair, while it was possible to deploy more than one Service Mesh, only the first one would be used. I previously … Read more

A quick look at HCX+ part 2 – configuring Site Pairing and deploying a Service Mesh

by

Following on from my previous post on HCX+, I’ll now cover the next stage in the process. Apologies for the delay, I’ve been enjoying some time off work! As a very quick recap, so far both our on-prem and SDDC HSM appliances have been deployed and activated. If we use the UI to try and … Read more

A quick look at HCX+ part 1 – onboarding your SDDC and on-prem sites

by

HCX+ Initial Availability has recently launched and it is part of Project Northstar, which is essentially SaaS delivered multi-cloud Networking and Security. Rather than paraphrasing what HCX Product Manager Gabe Rosas has already written about HCX+, I’ll quote his words here: On a foundation of true & tested workload VMware mobility technologies, HCX+ provides a … Read more