Take a moment to think about your network and the applications being used by staff in the company. How much of that technology is cloud-native or has a cloud component? Ten per cent, a quarter, half, or maybe more? Whatever the answer, in almost all cases, it will be higher than it was five years […]
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When big business moved to the cloud, the impetus was for it to be pretty modest, originally: reduce costs. Slowly, but surely, it’s now seen more and more at board level to increase competitiveness and business effectiveness, becoming a platform for doing more—not just the same cheaper, but doing things you couldn’t do before. And […]
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The combination of dispersed working and the exponential growth of IoT devices is changing the working landscape. As businesses require more reliable and faster access to data and applications, many have adopted cloud computing architectures, where data is processed in a centralised location such as a data centre. The adoption of public cloud services such […]
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While I was installing VMware Cloud Director 10.3 in my home lab, I have received the error “OS Configuration Phase has failed.”. This happened as I tried to access the configuration page at https://<My VCD IP:5480 at the first reboot after deploying the appliance from an OVA.
Here is a screenshot of the actual error:
Checking the /opt/vmware/var/log/firstboot as instructed in the error, and I found:
2021-10-27 17:33:16 | Updating /etc/hosts file ...
2021-10-27 17:33:16 | System hostname is: photon-machine
2021-10-27 17:33:16 | [ERROR] Hostname was not updated via dns reverse-lookup. Failing OS configuration phase.
2021-10-27 17:33:16 | [ERROR] Fix and verify DNS server info and other related networking settings, and redeploy this appliance again.
Here is a screenshot of the file output:
From the error, it was easy to spot it was a DNS issue. Checking my DNS server and I have found out that I have missed configuring the DNS record for my VCD instance. You will need to add a forward and reverse DNS records for you VCD Cells to your DNS server and this should fix the issue.
Though to share in case others face the problem as they get sloppy configuring their home lab late at night :).… Read More
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The recent shift to remote working has caused a range of technical issues for many businesses. One issue causing particular exasperation is the way accounting systems often struggle under the pressure of multiple users accessing them remotely. Generally, accounting systems are designed to cope with a finite amount of data and basic transactions. This has meant […]
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VMworld 2021 is here, and as you would expect many big announcements are in the making. As it’s easy to get lost between Arctic, Ensemble, Capitola, Cascade, Monterey, Radium projects announcements, so here is small summary about each one. It can help as well in case you missed one of them or looking for more details:-
Project Arctic:-
Project Arctic will bring multi-cloud to the fingertips of vSphere customers, by natively integrating cloud connectivity into vSphere – making vSphere cloud-aware, and making hybrid cloud the “default” operating model. Millions of IT Admins who use vCenter on-premises will be able to leverage their domain expertise and benefit from expanded cloud capabilities. Customers would be able to instantly access VMware Cloud capacity and deploy VMware Cross-Cloud Services – for example, they would be able to enable disaster recovery to the cloud with just a few clicks, or leverage security services for threat detection and ransomware protection.
Project Cascade:-
Project Cascade will provide a unified Kubernetes interface for both on-demand infrastructure (IaaS) and containers (CaaS) across VMware Cloud – available through an open command line interface (CLI), APIs, or a GUI dashboard. Project Cascade will address the needs of developers and DevOps in a multi-cloud world.… Read More
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To Register to speak or find out more, click the link below! https://disruptive.live/virtual-events/disruptive-seasons/ Airing 29th & 30th September 2021 – A brand new quarterly showcase of Disruptive Live and other big players in the tech industry. Disruptive Live is launching a brand new quarterly showcase, airing at the end of the quarter. The show will […]
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As the headlines showed this year, the pandemic has been a breeding ground for ransomware attacks. Since moving to decentralised systems, businesses are being targeted by ransomware regularly. Ransomware has become such a frequent occurrence that many are now saying it represents the biggest threat to online security for most individuals and businesses in the […]
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