vCenter Server 6.0 Availability Guide ‘ VMware…

#vCenter Server 6.0 Availability GuidevCenter Server 6.0 Availability Guide ' VMware...vCenter Server has become a mission critical part of most virtual infrastructures. It can be a single point of failure if it is not designed for availability. vCenter Server 6 has many changes relating to vCenter Server and its components and careful consideration has to … Continue reading vCenter Server 6.0 Availability Guide ‘ VMware…

Headed to VMworld this Summer?

Are you headed to #VMworld this summer? Register before June 9th and save:Headed to VMworld this Summer?VMworld is the global conference for virtualization and cloud computing.VMware Advocacy

VMware EVO:RAIL Ships New Software Releases

#VMware #EVORAIL Ships New Software ReleasesVMware EVO:RAIL Ships New Software ReleasesToday, I’m pleased to announce we have shipped new releases of the VMware EVO:RAIL software . These latest releases address some of the wide-ranging feedback we have received from our customers and partners over the last six months with regards to scale, hardware monitoring, serviceability … Continue reading VMware EVO:RAIL Ships New Software Releases

VMware forges own microservices architecture

A little while back I was approached to do some freelance writing for SearchVMware.com and I'm happy to say that I've completed my first article.. hopefully the first of many.. =) http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/VMware-forges-own-microservices-architecture

Pat Gelsinger & Kit Colbert Introduce VMware’s…

Pat Gelsinger & @kitcolbert introduce #VMware solution for Cloud-Native Apps #vmwcnaPat Gelsinger & Kit Colbert Introduce VMware's...Watch our online event to see the introduction of two new open-sourced projects to build, deploy, and manage secure, containerized applications.VMware Advocacy

No coredump target has been configured

So recently a number of customers have been experiencing a core dump target error after rebooting their ESXi hosts.... quite strangely I also recently experienced the same issue when my demo environment went down a few weeks ago due to a power failure. There isn't really a clear explanation why this happens, but it seems … Continue reading No coredump target has been configured

Issues using Windows Session Credentials with vSphere Client and vCenter Server Appliance

So it seems there's a known bug when using vSphere Client to log into your vCenter Server Appliance..... it actually affects vCenter Server Appliance 5.1, 5.5, and 6.0. If you try to log in to vCenter Server by checking the "Use Windows Session Credentials", it bombs out with a General System Error as follows: Looking into the vpxd.log … Continue reading Issues using Windows Session Credentials with vSphere Client and vCenter Server Appliance

VMware Online Technology Forum on Now!

VMware Online Technology Forum has started.... are you attending? Live presentations on all the new goodies from VMware - vSphere 6, vRealize Automation/Operations, virtual SAN 6, App Volumes, vCloud Air, EVO:Rail....... If you can't attend today, then the content will be made available on demand from tomorrow (16th April): http://event.on24.com/r.htm?e=966146&s=1&k=8B1BB5E6293984FEFEA7EA70A0199CD0

Installing/Upgrading vCenter Server Appliance 6.0

I've been itching to deploy vSphere 6.0 GA for weeks now (since it was launched last month - wanted to replace my vSphere 6.0 Beta environment) but due to work commitments I've had to put this pet-project on the back-burner..... really hate when vendors release new toys at the end of quarter as it means … Continue reading Installing/Upgrading vCenter Server Appliance 6.0

Improvements to vCloud Air Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)

When DRaaS was launched by VMware the backend of last year, everyone was pretty excited about the ability to 'get rid' off their secondary/DR site and offload it all into the cloud - A subscription based DR solution which would allow customers to decrease their Capex and offset it with an Opex model. It kind of boils down to the … Continue reading Improvements to vCloud Air Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)