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  • Getting Start to Setup and Configure Kubernetes | Learn Kubernetes – Part 5

    Dr. Pranay Jha

    If you are new to Kubernetes, a question will come into your mind that How to Setup and use Kubernetes in your environment. We are going to explain step by step procedure to setup the Kubernetes using different platforms. This article is meant to get you familiar with the manual process for setting up Kubernetes.…

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  • Kubernetes Terminology every admins need to know | Learn Kubernetes – Part 4

    Dr. Pranay Jha

    There are many terminology you need to know if you are new to Kubernetes and going to setup a Kubernetes environment. To make it more simpler, I have listed down most of them here in this article. Nodes: Nodes are the hosts that run Kubernetes applications. A Node is a worker machine in Kubernetes and…

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  • Versions of Kubernetes | Learn Kubernetes – Part 3

    Dr. Pranay Jha

    This article provides latest versions of Kubernetes that you are going to use in next articles to setup a Kubernetes Environment. You can download it from GitHub. v1.11.2 v1.9.10 v1.12.0-alpha.1 v1.10.6 v1.11.1 v1.8.15 v1.9.9 v1.11.0

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  • Components and Architecture of Kubernetes | Learn Kubernetes – Part 2

    Dr. Pranay Jha

    Kubernetes consists of several components, some of them optional, some mandatory for the whole system to function. There are mainly two nodes. Each nodes have several components. Master Node Master node is responsible for the management of Kubernetes cluster. This is for all administrative tasks. It is also responsible for taking care of Orchestrating the…

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  • What is Kubernetes? | Learn Kubernetes – Part 1

    Dr. Pranay Jha

    One Liner Definition: – Kubernetes is a platform to work with Container. It provides Deployment, Scaling, and Monitoring. Origin and meaning of Kubernetes: – Kubernetes, an Open source project from Google, generally known as K8s. The name Kubernetes originates from Greek, meaning helmsman or pilot, and is the root of governor and cybernetic. K8s is…

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  • What is VMware vSphere Replication

    Dr. Pranay Jha

    VMware vSphere replication is a proprietary solution by VMware for data protection and disaster recovery of virtual machines. This is integrated with VMware vCenter Server, providing host-based, asynchronous replication of virtual machines. Major use cases for vSpehere Replication are data center migration and disaster recovery. Key benefits: >It comes as virtual appliance so it is…

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  • HCX Bulk migrations failed at 90%.

    Dr. Pranay Jha

    Issue: HCX Bulk migrations failed at 90%  for virtual machine with an error code”Virtual machine is not configured for replication” Cause: It was found that if other type of replication configured (VMware replication ) along with HCX replication than HCX replication get invalid and mmigration gets  fail. Resolution: VMware recommends not to configure VMware replication…

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  • Unable to find Virtual Machines in Migration Palette of HCX UI

    Dr. Pranay Jha

    Issue: Users are unable to find virtual machines in migration Palette of HCX UI. Cause: It is found to be known issue where migration palette keeps only data of 15 days  with HCX version 3.5.1.8852579 or previous version. Resolution: Upgrade HCX version to 3.5.1.9064170 to resolve this issue. Thanks for visiting here. Share this article…

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  • Verify Operation | OpenStack Swift – Part 8

    Dr. Pranay Jha

    We are done with all installation and deployment. Now it’s time to validate and verify the operations. Perform below  steps  on controller node ( Proxy server node). swift stat   Related Topics: An Overview of Swift – An Object Storage Service | OpenStack Swift – Part 1 Deploy Multi node Openstack Swift – Queens Configuration…

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  • Migrating VMware workload to Cloud

    Dr. Pranay Jha

    Companies are moving their workload to cloud as it gives you agility, security, reliability and global scale while reducing your overall cost of infrastructure. Today we are going to discuss migration tools which can help to migrate VMware workload  from on-premises to cloud. First we will talk about Azure, Azure offers  many services out of…

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  • Create and Distribute Initial Rings | OpenStack Swift – Part 7

    Dr. Pranay Jha

    Before starting the Object Storage services, you must create the initial account, container, and object rings. The ring builder creates configuration files that each node uses to determine and deploy the storage architecture. For simplicity, this guide uses one region and one zone with 2^10 (1024) maximum partitions, 3 replicas of each object, and 1…

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  • Install and configure components | OpenStack Swift – Part 6

    Dr. Pranay Jha

    Perform these steps on each storage node: $yum install openstack-swift-account openstack-swift-container openstack-swift-object Obtain the accounting, container, and object service configuration files from the Object Storage source repository: $curl -o /etc/swift/account-server.conf https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/swift/plain/etc/account-server.conf-sample?h=stable/queens $curl -o /etc/swift/container-server.conf https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/swift/plain/etc/container-server.conf-sample?h=stable/queens $curl -o /etc/swift/object-server.conf https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/swift/plain/etc/object-server.conf-sample?h=stable/queens Edit the /etc/swift/account-server.conf file: [DEFAULT] bind_ip = 10.0.0.4 bind_port = 6202 user = swift swift_dir =…

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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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