Category: Holodeck

  • Holodeck & VCF9

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    Finally there are some news about the transition from the core.vmware.com pages ,and Holodeck info is now here: https://vmware.github.io/Holodeck/ Here you can find info about configuring either VCF5.2 or VCF9. The components and prereq has changed a bit, and now you have a new Holorouter with a lot more functionality. The Holodeck guide describes this…

  • Holo-Lab Support files 5.1

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    Looking at the supportfiles for testing in your VCF-lab, we need some support vms, and the source iso is not included in the files. You can download the Ubuntu here: $src = “https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/bionic/release/ubuntu-18.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova”$ova = “ubuntu-18.04-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova” rename to:bionic-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova then put it here in your holo-console vm: c:\users\administrator\downloads\bionic-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova Now you are ready to open the Auto-Lab and…

  • Holodeck Toolkit 5.1 install

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    Ok, so we are installing the Holodeck Toolkit 5.1 There is still missing some documentation from the Broadcom site, so lets hope they migrate everything to the new broadcom pages soon and makes them available. In the mean time… Use the google link to download the holodeck sw: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelfYYIIRkfvgniLBJxXbHv62hmyxD_GAtzlh-lzi2YFiUICg/viewform Here you will come to a…

  • Holodeck 2024/25

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    As Broadcom aquired VMware, the Holodeck web pages have been moved and migrated, so for a while now, Holodeck setup info and documentation has been unavailable. They where located on core.vmware.com, and are (according to Broadcom) in a transition phase. There is some info here: https://www.vmware.com/resources/resource-center?category[]=Hands-on%20Labs&term[]=Holo The setup files for holodeck 4.5.2 /5.0 / 5.1…

  • Holodeck with 2 physical servers?

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    1 node configuration: During setup of the first pod, i found out that the minimum config is exactly that, minimum. If your Holodeck host is configured 60+ cores, 1,5TB memory, and 12TB SSDdisk, no problem, but if not, what then? Mgmt cluster w/Aria: You have a pod ready to go, installed almost all the Aria…

  • Holodeck HW

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    I have another post about setting up the VMware HoloKit, but this post is about the HW needed. The first test was a “lego-build”, a decommisioned Cisco server with memory from a Dell server, CPU`s from a Cisco blade, SSDdisks from another Cisco server, and so on, you get the picture. Eventually we had something…

  • VMware Holodeck

    VMware Holodeck

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    Creating a VCF lab can be a rewarding endeavor. It involves setting up your own virtualization infrastructure, including configuring and managing VMware Cloud Foundation. This hands-on approach allows you to gain valuable experience with VCF deployment, operations, and troubleshooting.