VMworld 2018 is fast approaching and in the last 24 hours, notifications where sent out to those lucky enough to have their session submissions accepted. Having been on the wrong side of that email multiple times I understand the disappointment that comes with not having a session accepted. The great news about VMworld is that […] Read More
Using Terraform to Deploy and Configure a Ready to use Backup Repo into an AWS VPC
A month of so ago I wrote a post on deploying Veeam Powered Network into an AWS VPC as a way to extend the VPC network to a remote site to leverage a Veeam Linux Repository running as an EC2 instance. During the course of deploying that solution I came across a lot of little […] Read More
Quick Look – Backing up AWS Workloads with Cloud Protection Manager from N2WS
Earlier this year Veeam acquired N2WS after announcements last year of a technology partnership at VeeamON 2017. The more I tinker with Cloud Protection Manager the more I understand why we made the acquisition. N2WS was founded in 2012 with their first product shipping in 2013. Purpose built for AWS supporting all types of EC2 […] Read More
Public Cloud and Infrastructure as Code…The Good and the Bad all in One Day!
I’m ok admitting that I am still learning as I progress through my career and I’m ok to admit when things go wrong. Learning from mistakes is a crucial part of learning…and I learnt a harsh lesson today! That Infrastructure as Code is as dangerous as it is awesome…and that the public cloud is an […] Read More
Quick Fix: vSAN Health Reports iSCSI Target Service Stopped
A few weeks ago I wrote about using iSCSI as a backup repository target. While still running this POC in my environment I came across an error in the vSAN Health Checker stating the vSAN iSCSI target service was in a Failed state. Drilling down into the vSAN Health check tree I could see a […] Read More
vSphere 6.7 – What’s in it for Service Providers Part 1
A few weeks ago after much anticipation VMware released vSphere 6.7. Like 6.5 before it, this is a lot more than a point release and represents a major upgrade from vSphere 6.5. There is so much packed into this new release that there is an official page with separate blog posts talking about the features […] Read More
Released: vSAN 6.7 – HTML5 Goodness, Enhanced Health Checks and More!
VMware has announced the general availability of vSAN 6.7. As vSAN continues to grow, VMware are very buoyant about how it’s performing in the market. With some 10,000 customers at a run rate of over 600 million they claim to lead the HyperConverged market with a 32% market share. From my point of view it’s […] Read More
vExpert 2018 – The Value Remains!
After a longer than expected deliberation period the vExpert class of 2018 was announced late last Friday (US Time). I’ve been a vExpert since 2012 with 2018 marking my seventh year in the program. I’ve written a lot about the program over the past three or four years since it’s “perceived” value started to go […] Read More
Released: vCloud Director 9.1 – New HTML5 Features, vCD-CLI and more!
Overnight VMware released vCloud Director 9.1 (build 7905680) which builds on the 9.0 release that came out last September. This continues to deliver on VMware’s promise to release major vCD updates every six months or so. This update, on the surface contains fewer big ticket items than the 9.0 release however the enhancements included are actually […] Read More
Office 365 Backups and the Opportunity that Exists for Service Providers
In recent weeks i’ve become reacquainted with an old friend…There was a time where eighty to ninety percent of my day job was working in and around Exchange Server. If I had started this blog in 2005 it would have been dominated with posts around the Hosting of Exchange Server and probably be named Exchange is […] Read More