Kenyon Hensler

ESXi On Pi

As everyone has probably seen VMware released ESXi on ARM. They happened to write support for the Raspberry PI into the release. So I’m calling it ESXi On Pi. Sounds way cooler. I was hoping that I would be able to run this on my NVIDIA Jetson Nano but the Jetson doesn’t have a UEFIContinue reading “ESXi On Pi”

Guest Operations and File Permissions

There is a part of the vSphere API called Guest Operations. Not many people use it but I’ve found it useful over the years. I first discovered it while building a self provisioning portal back in 2011. At the time I was using VMware Orchestrator for the workflow engine and web views for the webContinue reading “Guest Operations and File Permissions”

Home Internet Monitoring

My neighbor has been having some issues with their home internet. I’m pretty sure I’ve heard them complain about Comcast for the last year or two. This was kind of odd to me since I have Comcast and haven’t really had any issues (I know shocking…). A few days ago they asked me what kindContinue reading “Home Internet Monitoring”

Bits Of Wisdom

Over the years people have said things to me that I’ve found interesting, silly, idiotic…. The same experience as everyone else. The things that have stuck with me that help me be a better person are the things that are the most interesting. I was recently speaking with a good friend Marcos Hernandez and heContinue reading “Bits Of Wisdom”

vSphere Workload Management and NSX Errors

So today I finally built out my lab with vSphere 7 Workload Management (vSphere 7 with Kubernetes). I though everything was going fine until I got an error: Failed to list all distributed switches in vCenter <GUID>Cluster domain-cxxxx is missing compatible NSX-T VDS Well this was a suprise to me. I had a NSX-T distributedContinue reading “vSphere Workload Management and NSX Errors”

vCNS, vCD, NSX, and IPSEC

One of my customers emailed me today with a question about their vCD environment. They are running vCD 8 and vCNS 5.5. Yes I know what year it is. No none of this is supported. But helping people is what I do and technical challenge are always fun. They have a plan to upgrade toContinue reading “vCNS, vCD, NSX, and IPSEC”

Yet Another Kubernetes Post

I know eveyone has done one of these but since I went through the process of writing the code and getting it open source approval at VMware I figured I should write about it. In 2019 I got tired of all of the “official/supported” way to deploy k8s with NSX integration. I found them cumbersomeContinue reading “Yet Another Kubernetes Post”

The Skee-Ball Machine: Part 7, 7 Segment Displays

After much googling for the right size seven segment displays I decided to build my own. By using the plastic pieces from the original I would keep the same look and feel. Instead of using the old incandescent lights that constantly burn out and are specialty lights I went with LEDs. By using addressable LEDsContinue reading “The Skee-Ball Machine: Part 7, 7 Segment Displays”

The Skee-Ball Machine: Part 6, Wiring It All Up

The custom PCBs for my sensor assembly arrived some time ago. Unfortunate I messed up and put the wrong foot print on the boards for my headers. After a long pause to figure out if redoing the board was best or just use what I already have I chose to use what I have. InsteadContinue reading “The Skee-Ball Machine: Part 6, Wiring It All Up”

Power Wheels and Toddlers

Years ago we got my daughter a bright pink RZR Per Perego. It seats two and she and her brother rode around for hours and hours. My daughter is a very good listener and a rule follower much like her father. She stopped at stop signs and curves in the road. She listened when youContinue reading “Power Wheels and Toddlers”