VMworld 2020 is happening today! And as I have banged on about over the past week, this is a very very different VMworld. No one will be lining up for overflow… and there should be minimal people with hangovers… but this years VMworld will probably reach more people than ever! With that, I thought it […] Read More
VMworld has been leveraged by a lot of people to help advance their careers with a lot of advancement seeded by personal interactions at the conference. Social, community and networking at VMworld is a huge part of the event, but with this years event being virtual and online only, the social aspect of the event […] Read More
VMworld 2020 is different this year… but in this COVID year, we are only five days away from kicking off Virtually. The content catalog for the Virtual event has been live for a while now but one big difference this year is that the mad scramble for session reservations was not required! There are 175 […] Read More
It is crazy to think that we could celebrate (those of us brave enough to admit it) the birthday of the piece of software. Throughout modern history, software celebrations have been limited to the likes of Windows, Linux or … I can’t even name another to be honest. But VMware Cloud Director (formerly vCloud Director) […] Read More
Over the weekend, we released the v10a (Build 10.0.1.4854) release of our flagship product, Veeam Backup & Replication. This is the first major update to v10 which was released back in Feburary. While not touted as a major release, Veeam R&D team has delivered a lot of value in this release. Apart from having over […] Read More
I’m a fan of a good streak… but 2020 has forcefully ended a couple of existing streaks that I had in play. One of those was my annual trip over to Melbourne and Sydney for the VMUG UserCons. I’ve been doing these events since 2014 and they have always been high on my list of […] Read More
VMware still represents a strong focus for the foundation of our core platform supportability. VMware workloads are still easily the most protected workloads by Veeam Backup & Replication. In addition to that, we have also always been aligned with VMware vSAN, having offered deep backup awareness since the release of Backup & Replication 9.5. We […] Read More
I had a situation earlier this week where the VMware SDK/API service was being reported as offline. I was triggered by some failed backup jobs which made me check to see what could be causing the problem. Logging into the VCSA Management UI, I was presented with the following warning in the Health Status. File […] Read More
This is a very quick post to let people know that from the first of June, till the 20th of June, applications are open for the half yearly intake into the VMware #vExpert Program. This is an opportunity for those that may have missed out during the first 2020 nomination window to submit an application […] Read More
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that I’m writing about an event that is being held online… especially in this very moment in time. 2020 is the year of the virtual! Though in this case, the VMware vForum Online Spring evet is one of those online events that hasn’t been put together directly in response […] Read More