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Quick Tip – How to Rename a vSAN Virtual Machine and its files

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While renaming a vSphere Virtual Machine is very straightforward using the vSphere UI or API, this operation only updates the display name in the vSphere Inventory. To ensure the underlying VM configuration files (e.g. .vmdk, .vmx, etc. ) are also updated, a Storage vMotion is also required, which requires you to have at least two vSphere Datastores to perform the operation.

If Storage vMotion is not an option, you only have a single datastore or you are using vSAN, then your only option is to manually rename the individual VM files. For vSAN-based VMs, one additional step is required as vSAN manages objects and not files.

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MS-A2 VCF 9.0 Lab: Configuring VCF Automation

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This post is part of a short series that builds on our minimal VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 deployment (2x Minisforum MS-A2) and showcases how to fully leverage the exciting new capabilities in the VCF 9 platform, all while maintaining a minimal resource footprint, which is ideal for lab and learning purposes.

In this blog post, we will walk through the initial setup of VCF Automation (VCFA) using the Provider Admin Portal and creating your first VCFA Organization that will allow users to request and consume resources from the vSphere Supervisor and NSX VPC Networking that we had configured earlier.


Here are some additional VCF Automation Resources that might be of interests if you would like to learn more:

Requirements:

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MS-A2 VCF 9.0 Lab: Configuring vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS)

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This post is part of a short series that builds on our minimal VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 deployment (2x Minisforum MS-A2) and showcases how to fully leverage the exciting new capabilities in the VCF 9 platform, all while maintaining a minimal resource footprint, which is ideal for lab and learning purposes.

In this blog post, we will explore one of the foundational vSphere Supervisor services called vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS), enabling administrators to easily deploy, manage and lifecycle conformant Kubernetes Clusters at scale for their development and platform teams. VKS can be consumed through vCenter Server for single IT organizations, as well as through VCF Automation for organizations that require strong multi-tenancy, including cloud service providers.


Here are some additional VKS Resources that might be of interests if you would like to learn more:

Requirements:

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