Category: Tech Notes
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Red Hat AI Hybrid Cloud Deployment, and Where It Actually Runs (Red Hat Gen AI Series, Part 4)
Red Hat AI runs on bare metal, in your private cloud, on public cloud GPU instances and in air gapped sites. Here is how to place a self hosted GenAI project when its data cannot leave the building.
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RHEL AI vs RHEL vs OpenShift AI, and Where a Project Belongs (Red Hat Gen AI Series, Part 3)
RHEL, RHEL AI and OpenShift AI get confused constantly. One is an operating system, one runs a single model on one server, one runs many across a cluster. Here is how to pick the right one for a project, with the trade offs named.
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Granite Model Family and Choosing a Size Under Apache 2.0 (Red Hat Gen AI Series, Part 2)
Granite 4.0 comes in four practical sizes under Apache 2.0. Here is how total versus active parameters decide GPU memory, and why H-Tiny, not H-Small, is the right first model for a self hosted support assistant.
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Red Hat AI Explained, and How RHEL AI, OpenShift AI and the Inference Server Fit (Red Hat Gen AI Series, Part 1)
Red Hat AI is not one product but three: RHEL AI, OpenShift AI and the AI Inference Server. Here is what each does, the open source thesis behind them, and where to start when you have used a hosted model API but never run your own inference.
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How to Configure NSX Federation Across VCF 9.1 Instances (VCF 9.1 Day-2 Operations Step by Step Guide, Part 20)
Optional step by step guide to NSX Federation in VCF 9.1: deploy the Global Manager, import both Local Managers, enable RTEP stretched networking, and verify sync.
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How to Harden VCF 9.1 to Security Baselines (VCF 9.1 Day-2 Operations Step by Step Guide, Part 19)
Harden a VCF 9.1 fleet to a security baseline using VCF Operations Security Posture Management, then prove it with exports, or apply the STIG Readiness Guide with InSpec, Ansible and PowerCLI for DoD environments.
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How to Monitor Fleet Health with VCF Operations in VCF 9.1 (VCF 9.1 Day-2 Operations Step by Step Guide, Part 18)
A routine, step-by-step guide to monitoring VCF 9.1 fleet health in VCF Operations: read VCF Health, review findings, tune alerts, and route notifications.
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How to Replace a Failed ESXi Host in VCF 9.1 (VCF 9.1 Day-2 Operations Step by Step Guide, Part 17)
A step-by-step scenario for replacing a failed ESXi host in a VCF 9.1 cluster, covering removal from the cluster, decommissioning, commissioning and adding the replacement back.
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How to Add External Storage to a Workload Domain in VCF 9.1 (VCF 9.1 Day-2 Operations Step by Step Guide, Part 16)
Attach external, supplemental storage to a VCF 9.1 workload domain cluster. Step by step vSphere Client instructions for VMFS on Fibre Channel, NFS, iSCSI and vVols datastores, plus verification and fixes.
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How to Expand vSAN Storage and Use vSAN ESA in VCF 9.1 (VCF 9.1 Day-2 Operations Step by Step Guide, Part 15)
A step by step guide to expanding vSAN ESA capacity in VCF 9.1, from claiming new NVMe devices to enabling Auto RAID and space efficiency.
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How to Decommission a Cluster or Workload Domain in VCF 9.1 (VCF 9.1 Day-2 Operations Step by Step Guide, Part 14)
Retire capacity in VCF 9.1 the safe way. Delete a vSphere cluster in SDDC Manager or a whole workload domain in VCF Operations, then reclaim the hosts.
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How to Add a Cluster to a Workload Domain in VCF 9.1 (VCF 9.1 Day-2 Operations Step by Step Guide, Part 13)
A step by step how-to for adding a new SDDC cluster to an existing VCF 9.1 workload domain using the Create SDDC Cluster wizard in the vSphere Client, with prerequisites, host commissioning, storage and switch choices, verification, and fixes.
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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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