vSphere & vCenter 5.1 update

Been a bit quiet lately as I've been snowed under with work and training courses..... >_<" Anyways, some good news from VMware is that they've finally released an update to 5.1 that allows you to use Windows Server 2012 as the underlying OS for vCenter Server! Not to mention the support for SQL Server 2008 … Continue reading vSphere & vCenter 5.1 update

Big Data & Hadoop

So one of the things I had to pick up very quickly since joining MTI was what Big Data is all about and how different vendors are approaching the management of 'Big Data'.... If you try to Google "Big Data" you get so many websites blasting you with technical goobledigook.... all the big infrastructure companies … Continue reading Big Data & Hadoop

Using PowerCLi to run a ESXCli command to find storage info

So recently I had to use VMware Health Analyzer in order to run a health check on a clients' virtual environment alongside a colleague who was running Navisphere Analyzer against the clients' EMC storage array. We notice a slight problem where we couldn't match up the LUN IDs from the storage (ie Channel:Target:Lun - which … Continue reading Using PowerCLi to run a ESXCli command to find storage info

vForum 2013

Just a quick blog before I hit the sack regarding an upcoming VMware event that some people may not have heard of.... VMware Forum 2013 http://www.vmwareforum2013.com VMware run this FREE event across the world and it's coming to London at Wembley Stadium on the 2nd May 2013. (There’s another in Manchester at Old Trafford – on … Continue reading vForum 2013

VXLAN

VMware have just released a new design guide regarding Network Virtualisation. Particularly focusing around VXLAN....http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2013/03/download-vmware-network-virtualization-design-guide.htmlAs part of my new job, I've taken it upon myself to educate my peers on interesting articles released by VMware.VXLAN is being mentioned quite a lot these days as VMware and Cisco start banging on about the move to a … Continue reading VXLAN

What is the difference between OVA and OVF……

So thought I'd start blogging a bit more regarding stuff I have to keep explaining to colleagues.Recently a colleague asked me to explain the difference between OVA and OVF.......OVF = Open Virtualization FormatOVA = Open Virtualization ApplianceWithout going into the history of both type of files, the simple explanation is this: An OVF is usually made up of … Continue reading What is the difference between OVA and OVF……

Creating a Load Balancer in vCloud Director 5.1

So as promised, today I'm going to blog about how to manually create a load balancer service on an edge gateway within vCloud Director. I'm assuming here that you know all about Edge Gateways and how to create them, so will by-pass that info - if you don't know then VMware has a simple to … Continue reading Creating a Load Balancer in vCloud Director 5.1

Back to Blogging……

So I know I said I wasn't going to blog much in the coming weeks, but giving the fact that my jury service has been cancelled next week (court case was cancelled so Jury was dismissed due to no other court cases running) and also the fact that my current work project has been cancelled … Continue reading Back to Blogging……

VMware vCenter Orchestrator

So, for my first real VMware post I thought I'd blog about a little known (yet very powerful) VMware product called VMware vCenter Orchestrator (vCO).... What?!? You've not heard of it?!? Did you know it came free with that vCenter Server software you just splashed out a lot of cash for? No?!? Well.... join the club......!! … Continue reading VMware vCenter Orchestrator