On the back of VMworld US and a bunch of other VMware Product Updates released last week…NSX 6.1 went GA late last week…. For a quick overview of the new feature enhancements from 6.0.x have a look at this post from @pandom_ Word is on the street that this upgrade is not without it’s complications. There […] Read More
Bug Fix: vCloud 5.x IP Sub Allocation Pool Error (5.5.2 Update)
A few months ago I wrote a quick post on a bug that existed in vCloud Director 5.1 in regards to IP Sub Allocation Pools and IP’s being marked as in use when they should be available to allocate. What this leads to is a bunch of unusable IPs…meaning that they go to waste and pools […] Read More
VMware Fling: ESXi MAC Learning dvFilter for Nested ESXi
Late last year I was load testing against a new storage platform using both physical and nested ESXi hosts…at the time I noticed decreased network throughput while using Load Test VMs hosted on the nested hosts. I wrote this post and reached out to William Lam who responded with an explanation as to what was happening and […] Read More
EVO:RAIL – Who are VMware Really Targeting?
Probably the biggest announcement from last week’s VMworld was the unveiling of the Project Marvin/Mystic as EVO:RAIL. Most of the focus on VMware releasing their own OEM distributed hyperconverged solution was to compete head to head with established hyper converged players like Nutanix…however after reading through Duncan Eppings blog post and seeing the UI Demo […] Read More
VCAP-DCA – Experience
I couple of months ago I wouldn’t have seen myself writing up one of these blog posts which seems to be customary for any blogger who has taken a VCAP. Having only secured my VCP last October I wasn’t thinking about VCAPs until the lure of the 50% discount and realisation that I needed to […] Read More
VMworld: Community Tech Talk – Differentiate or Die?
As mentioned in a previous post I was lucky enough to be able to present a #vBrownBag Tech Talk at this years VMworld. Even though the timing meant a smallish audience in the Community Hang Space it was a thrill to present…somehow I even got my still on the frontpage of the VMworld Video Page: […] Read More
VMworld: VCAP5-DCA Book Giveaway
Those that have been following my Twitter over the past month or so would know that I took up the challenge to sit and pass my VCAP-DCA at VMworld 2014. After a crazy three weeks of cramming I managed to pass after taking the exam on Sunday. One of the best study materials for that […] Read More
vCHS vs vCloud: vCloud Air Network…VMware Solidifies Partner Relationship
I must admit…I didn’t see this coming! One of my more recent posts a couple weeks ago was related to how VMware would engage with it’s Service Provider Partners with the continuing push of, what was then vCHS. Though I did not want to admit it personally I felt that VMware could take a more […] Read More
VCAP-VDCA550 – Objective 4.4 : Configure and manage vSphere Replication
One of the new Objectives in the VCAP-DCA 550 is around the vSphere Replication Appliance. The Blueprint specifics that there will be one Replication Appliance in the Exam Lab so safe to assume you will be getting a question on vSR. Objective 4.4– Configure and manage vSphere Replication Skills and Abilities Configure and manage a […] Read More
vCHS vs. vCloud Providers: The Elephant in the Cloud
A couple of years ago I remember first hearing about Project Zepher which was rumored to be VMware’s first attempt at a public cloud offering…though it wasn’t officially announced at VMworld 2012 it was the basis for what would later become vCloud Hybrid Services. Just after VMworld I wrote this post where I stated: …VMware always being […] Read More