Category: vExpert

VMware sells off vCloud Air to OVH

Hmm.... so that was an interesting announcement from VMware last week!..... although if I'm honest it makes perfect sense! OVH Group announcing it's intent to acquire the vCloud Air Business from VMware: https://www.vmware.com/radius/vmware-cloud-air-evolves/ Last year when VMware announced their tie up with AWS - vCloud on AWS - many had already started wondering what that partnership would do … Continue reading VMware sells off vCloud Air to OVH

vSphere 6.5 Product Interoperability – brain fade moment!

So it's probably worth reminding everyone that there are still VMware products that are not yet supported on vSphere 6.5! I unfortunately found out the hard way when I broke my work's demo environment (or at least half of it). Now even though I've blogged about compatibility issues previously eating too many mince pies and drinking … Continue reading vSphere 6.5 Product Interoperability – brain fade moment!

VMworld 2016 Europe – Sessions

After the past 3 years of attending VMworld in Barcelona and packing my schedule full of sessions causing me to run between sessions and grab lunch on the go, I swore to myself that this year I would be more selective with my sessions so that I'm not rushing around like a headless chicken..... .... Unfortunately … Continue reading VMworld 2016 Europe – Sessions

vCenter Server Migration Tool: vSphere 6.0 Update 2m

Last year I blogged about the vCS to vCSA converter tool that VMware Labs released as a fling and how I had used it to pretty much convert all my lab vCenters (all bar one) to vCSAs..... since then I've been following the releases and a few months ago I noticed the Fling was deprecated (ie … Continue reading vCenter Server Migration Tool: vSphere 6.0 Update 2m

VMware VSAN & NSX vExperts 2016 Announced

Proud to say that I've been chosen as a VSAN vExpert for 2016.... Honoured to have my name amongst some highly rated peers who were chosen out of the large pool of current vExperts! I didn't really set out to become a subject matter expert, but when VMware announced they were going to create 2 … Continue reading VMware VSAN & NSX vExperts 2016 Announced