Field note: NSX Edge CPU lockups and Enhanced Datapath on Minisforums MS-A2 MiniPCs
A short VCF lab note on NSX Edge receive ring-buffer overflows, host CPU pressure, and the changes that appear to have stabilised the environment.
Tag: Homelab
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vSAN Witness Power-On Failure with Software Memory Tiering
Draft note: this is a lab workaround for a specific Software Memory Tiering placement block. I am not treating it as a Broadcom-supported design recommendation. This started as…
PXE Booting ESX on MS-A2 with On-Demand Kickstart Generation
This is the third post in my MS-A2 VCF Lab series, and it’s where things start to get interesting. In VMware Cloud Foundation when a host is decommissioned…
Fine-Tuning the BIOS for the MS-A2 Home Lab
In my previous post I talked about moving my home lab onto the MS-A2 MiniPCs. This follow-up digs into the BIOS configuration I ended up with. By default,…
From Rackmount Beasts to MiniPCs: Creating a VCF 9.0 Lab on Minisforum MS-A2
VCF 9.0 introduces new features like vSAN ESA and NVMe memory tiering, but running it on traditional rackmount servers can be costly, loud, and power-hungry. In this post,…