Category: VMware

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

vCenter Server Appliance – filesystem out of space

So it's all happening this week with this upgrade/clean up of the MTI solution centre!! =) Upon finishing all the upgrades and reconfiguring vSphere Replication and Site Recovery Manager, I noticed the DR vCSA was a bit unresponsive.... taking ages to log into Web Client (sometimes it didn't even get that far) - signing into … Continue reading vCenter Server Appliance – filesystem out of space

Cannot connect to vCenter Server via vSphere Client – timeout

I've been upgrading my company's solution centre to vSphere/vCenter 6.0 update 2 the past week and noticed that I was having issues logging into the vCenter Server Appliances I had deployed. It was a strange issue because I could log into the Windows vCenter Server I had deployed in my primary cluster, but couldn't log into the … Continue reading Cannot connect to vCenter Server via vSphere Client – timeout

Modifying VMware Site Recovery Manager – Windows 2012 UAC error

I first came across this issue when helping a customer uninstall Site Recovery Manager last year and wanted to blog about it but because I was pretty busy it totally slipped my mind..... until today!! I've been cleaning up the Solution Centre at MTI and tried to uninstall SRM for a new build.... and came across … Continue reading Modifying VMware Site Recovery Manager – Windows 2012 UAC error

VMworld 2016 US – Day 2 General Session Overview

One of the issues with working and having a young family is you end up doing a full days work and going home to a baby who wants loads of attention who then doesn't let you sleep because she's teething..... Yup, the joys of being a parent.... but I wouldn't give it up for anything!! So … Continue reading VMworld 2016 US – Day 2 General Session Overview

VMware NSX 6.2.4 released

So after the huge cock-up with 6.2.3, VMware have turned around a new version of NSX in a matter of weeks to fix all the bugs! http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/2016/08/vmware-nsx-vsphere-6-2-4-now-available.html Of major concern was the whole HA issue that meant DLR nodes got stuck in a 'split-brain' mode after 24 days of operations - and every 24 days … Continue reading VMware NSX 6.2.4 released

VMworld 2016 US – Day 1 General Session Overview

So the replay of yesterdays Day 1 General Session is now online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwS-AwGtEMw The biggest announcement is the tech preview of Cross-Cloud Architecture. This is obviously VMware's next step in their "Any Cloud, Any Application, Any Device" vision. According to VMware: "This architecture extends VMware’s hybrid cloud strategy, enabling customers to run, manage, connect and secure their applications … Continue reading VMworld 2016 US – Day 1 General Session Overview

Schedule Builder now live for VMworld 2016 Europe

Schedule Builder is now live for VMworld 2016 Europe.... http://www.vmworld.com/en/europe/learning/schedule-builder.html I've been checking out the content catalog for a few weeks now to try and plan my time at VMworld Europe in October. Previous years I've been quite mad, dashing around to as many sessions as possible, which has been quite tiring! This year I'm … Continue reading Schedule Builder now live for VMworld 2016 Europe