Author: Dr. Pranay Jha
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GCP Part 2 – What is Google Cloud Platform (GCP) ?
Introduction of Cloud Platform (GCP) ? Google Cloud Platform is a suite of public cloud computing services offered by Google. The platform includes a collection of Google’s computing resources, made available via services to the general public as a public cloud offering. With Google Cloud Platform (GCP), you can build, test, and deploy applications on…
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GCP Part 1 – Google Cloud Platform – How to Start?
Welcome All, This blog is basically for beginners who have just started learning about Google Cloud Platform (GCP). First question come into mind that how shall we start exploring Google Cloud Platform. We need a platform where we can take console and start doing some L1 task. In this series of learning, we are going…
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UNIX/Linux Basic Command Reference
File Commands ls – directory listing ls -all – formatted listing with hidden files cd dir– change directory cd– change to home pwd– show current directory mkdir dir– create a directory dir rm file– delete file rm -r dir– delete directory dir rm -f file– force remove file rm -rf dir– force remove directory dir*…
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vSphere 6.7 ICM – Topic 5.2 – Configure virtual switch security , traffic -shaping and load -balancing policies
Continuing to vSphere 6.7 Install, Configure, and Manage modules, today we are going to cover vSphere networking which is one of the tough parts to know for VMware admins and have lot of difficulties while applying the network policies. Points to Cover: – Understand Network Policies Security Polices Traffic Shaping Teaming & Failover Understand Load…
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vSphere 6.7 ICM – Topic 6.4 – Extending a VMFS Volume.
Learning is a continuous process and never ends till the grave! As a VMware Admin, the most common & frequent task that falls on your plate is to extend a datastore. This blog is going to explain step by step process to achieve the same requirement. Points to Cover: – Extending a VMFS volume. Increasing…
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vSphere 6.7 ICM – Topic 6.3 – Creating VMFS Volume.
Hello All! Hope you are learning something new everyday. Remember! Together we learn, Together we rise! This blog helps you with the steps required to create a VMFS Volume in vSphere ESXi environment. Points to Cover: – Creating a VMFS Volume. Key Features of VMFS 6 over VMFS 5. Specifying the partition configuration for datastore.…
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vSphere 6.7 ICM – Topic 6.2 – Creating a NFS datastore.
A very Happy Learning to All! This blog explains you on how to create a NFS datastore in vSphere ESXi hosts along with its configuration options. Points to Cover: – Creating a NFS datatore. Brief overview of NFS 4.1 & NFS 3. Providing “NFS share details”. Datastore Name, Moutpoint name and NFS server IP. Brief…
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vSphere 6.7 ICM – Topic 5.1 – Describe, Create, and Manage Standard Switches
Understand Virtual Networking VMware vSphere uses Virtual Networking to establish connection between Hypervisor and Virtual Machines. Hypervisor is connected to Physical Network through physical NICs and switches, whereas Virtual machine is connected through ESXi using Virtual Networking. There is a thin layer of Virtual Networking over the VMkernel which provides entire communication for Virtual Machines…
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vSphere 6.7 ICM – Topic 6.1 – Configure and Add Datastores.
Hope you all learning and sharing! In our daily responsibilities, we get at the point where we need to configure and add datastores before we can put the VMs. This blog is beneficial for those who want to know the configuration and addition of datastores(storage) to ESXi hosts. In our LAB, we have storage over…
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vSphere 6.7 ICM – Topic 2.8 – Identify the advantages of ESXi Quick Boot
ESXi Quick Boot has introduced vSphere 6.7 and it’s really an awesome feature for Vmware admins. This feature helps on restarting the ESXi hypervisor without rebooting underlying physical host . Quick Boot eliminates the time-consuming device initialization and self-testing procedures shortening the time. Quick Boot also supports patching and upgrades of vSphere hosts through vSphere…
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vSphere 6.7 ICM – Module 9.2 – Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
You can easily configure HA cluster by connecting to virtual center web client. Before enabling HA cluster you should refer best practices for HA cluster by VMware . Best Practices for VMware vSphere® High Availability Clusters Continuing to the learning of vSphere 6.7 – Install, Configure, and Manage modules, we are going to cover below…
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vSphere 6.7 ICM – Module 9.2 – Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
You can easily configure HA cluster by connecting to virtual center web client. Before enabling HA cluster you should refer best practices for HA cluster by VMware . Best Practices for VMware vSphere® High Availability Clusters Continuing to the learning of vSphere 6.7 – Install, Configure, and Manage modules, we are going to cover below…
Architect’s Toolkit
PJ’s Tools
VMware Cloud Foundation
- VCF Documentation
- VCF 9 Planning & Preparation Workbook
- VCF Bill of Materials (BoM)
- VMware Compatibility Guide
- VMware Interoperability Matrix
- VMware Configuration Maximums
- VMware Ports & Protocols
- VMware Hands-on Labs
- RVTools Download
Nutanix
AI & Cloud-Native Platform
- NVIDIA Build (Model Catalog)
- NVIDIA AI Enterprise Reference Architecture
- NVIDIA NIM Performance Benchmarking
- NVIDIA NGC Catalog
- NeMo Microservices Helm Chart
- Helm Charts Repository
- Hugging Face Models
Architecture & Design
About the Author
Dr Pranay Jha
Dr. Pranay Jha is a Cloud and AI Consultant with 18+ years of experience in hybrid cloud, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure transformation. He specializes in VMware technologies, multi-cloud strategy, and Generative AI solutions. He holds a PhD in Computer Applications with research focused on Cloud and AI, has published multiple research papers, and has been a VMware vExpert since 2016 and a VMUG Community Leader.
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