Author: anthonypoh

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Pick up the pace with VMware NSX network virtualization

Finally got round to finishing off my article on NSX for SearchVMware.com.... I've been sitting on this article since last year, but given that my company, MTI Technology, are one of the focus NSX partners in UK this year (one of five partners), it's probably appropriate if I got the article published.... =) http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/Pick-up-the-pace-with-VMware-NSX-network-virtualization Enjoy...

Top vBlog 2016 – Voting now open

So it's that time again, when the general public gets to vote for their top 12 blogs on VMware and virtualisation! Eric Siebert of vSphere-land.com has been running this over the years, and I think it's a great way for people to recognise and give thanks to those bloggers who take time to post articles to help … Continue reading Top vBlog 2016 – Voting now open

Changes to VMware NSX Licensing

So yesterday VMware announced a new licensing model for NSX - VMware's Software-Defined Network product. Up until now, VMware have only had a single version of NSX available to buy - which customers were not too fond off - it was an 'all-or-nothing' approach to SDN which customers found too restricting. I'm glad to see that VMware … Continue reading Changes to VMware NSX Licensing

The Journey to the Secure Software-Defined Data Center

So one of the key differentiators that my company, MTI Technology, has over some of the other VMware partners in the UK is that we have quite an established Security Practice (We even hold the Royal Warrant for security work for the Royal Household!) I've been asked to present a short deck on MTI's Secure … Continue reading The Journey to the Secure Software-Defined Data Center

vSphere HTML5 Web Client Fling released

Not sure how many people spent Easter Monday glued to their laptops, but I ended up receiving notification that VMware Labs had launched their vSphere HTML5 Web Client Fling - the next iteration of the HTML5 Host client fling which they released last year for ESXi (I blogged about it here: New VMware Fling – HTML5 Embedded Host … Continue reading vSphere HTML5 Web Client Fling released

VSAN 6.2 GA, plus other stuff..

Blink, and you might have missed the announcements doing the rounds on Social Media about a minor release for some of VMware's products. Of the minor releases, the biggest one has to be vSphere 6.0 update 2 which packages Virtual SAN 6.2. Now you can get all the goodness of Dedupe & Compression, Erasure Coding … Continue reading VSAN 6.2 GA, plus other stuff..

VMware – Enabling the Digital Enterprise – Hybrid Cloud

Part 2 of my review of VMware’s Digital Enterprise online event at the beginning of February has just gone up on SearchVMware.com: http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/Changes-and-new-features-come-with-VSAN-62-and-vRealize-Suite-7 This covers the announcements made on the 2nd day which was focused on Hybrid Cloud, Hyper-Converged Software and vRealize Suite. Enjoy! =)

Known bug with upgrading vCSA via VAMI

So there's a known bug where upgrading vCSA via the VAMI freezes at 70%.... I was doing a mass upgrade of all my vCSAs in the demo environment at work, and all of them got stuck at 70%. After reading the Release Notes for 6.0U1b, it turns out it's a known issue: http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/vsphere/60/vsphere-vcenter-server-60u1b-release-notes.html New In the … Continue reading Known bug with upgrading vCSA via VAMI

VMware – Enabling the Digital Enterprise – The Digital Workspace

Part 1 of my review of VMware's Digital Enterprise online event at the beginning of February has just gone up on SearchVMware.com: http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/Significant-updates-accompany-VMware-Workspace-ONE-announcement This covers the announcements made on the 1st day which was focused on End User Computing and the Digital Workspace. Enjoy! =)