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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)

vCenter Server (Windows) to vCenter Server Appliance Converter

A couple of days ago, the clever bods at VMware Labs released a new fling that allows you to migrate from a Windows-based vCenter Server to the vCenter Server Appliance: https://labs.vmware.com/flings/vcs-to-vcva-converter This is a great Fling idea as a lot of end-users are now considering the vCSA given the enhancements made to it in 5.5! (BTW, vCSA … Continue reading vCenter Server (Windows) to vCenter Server Appliance Converter

Need to know what version of VMware product relates to what build number?

So I'm always trying to correlate versions of ESXi or vCenter Server to the build numbers.... mainly when I'm running a health check and I need to determine what version of VM hardware or VMware Tools should be deployed for the version the customer is running. Anyways, I thought I'd share the webpages that I … Continue reading Need to know what version of VMware product relates to what build number?