Hmm.... it's not even VMworld yet and VMware decide to make 2 big-ish announcements. Although tbh, since vSphere 6.5 was released these 2 announcements have long been coming! Finally, after loads of speculation, VMware had announced that vCenter Server for Windows and the Flash-based vSphere web client is to be deprecated with the launch of … Continue reading Goodbye vCenter Server for Windows and Flash-based vSphere web client!
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vExpert 2017 Announcements
Congratulations to those who have been recognised as vExperts and will be joining the group for the 2nd half of 2017! https://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2017/08/vexpert-2017-second-half-announcement.html Also congratulations to existing vExperts who have been recognised as experts in the 2 sub categories - NSX and vSAN! https://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2017/08/vexpert-nsx-2017-award-announcement.html https://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2017/08/vexpert-2017-vsan-announcement.html I'm fortunate enough to be once again considered as a … Continue reading vExpert 2017 Announcements
HCIBench 1.6.2 – Testing vSAN performance
Over the past month or so I've been running a number of performance tests on VxRail and vSAN solutions. HCIBench is a brilliant tool to help end-users understand the type of performance that they can achieve with their vSAN solution. It's essentially an automation wrapper around the popular Vdbench tool. Vdbench is an utility specifically created to help … Continue reading HCIBench 1.6.2 – Testing vSAN performance
More on vSAN Encryption
So not long after my article was published on SearchVMware, the guys at Virtual Blocks (VMware's own storage blog) released 2 articles which went into vSAN encryption in a bit more detail. https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/2017/06/24/vsan-encryption-1/ https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/2017/06/24/vsan-encryption-2/ It's definitely worth noting that using hardware encryption does have an overhead whenever you need to rekey (eg when you need … Continue reading More on vSAN Encryption
vSAN Encryption: What it is, what it does and how to use it
Another article published on SearchVMware.com, this time on the new feature announced with vSAN 6.6 - vSAN Data-at-Rest Encryption! Enjoy.... http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/VSAN-Encryption-What-it-is-what-it-does-and-how-to-use-it
Voting now open for Top vBlog 2017!
It's that time of year again when the VMware community starts to cast their votes as to which blog should be crowned "Top vBlog" for 2017...! This year Duncan Epping (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/) and Frank Denneman (http://frankdenneman.nl) have decided to withdraw their blogs from the voting, which is admirable as they both always feature in the top 5 … Continue reading Voting now open for Top vBlog 2017!
VMware vSAN 6.6 launched – so What’s New?
Earlier this year it was announced that vSAN had grown to over 7000 customers since launch, which is a pretty decent number given the product went GA just over 3 years ago and we’re on the 6th iteration! What’s even more impressive is how quickly VMware are turning these updates around (almost every 6 months … Continue reading VMware vSAN 6.6 launched – so What’s New?
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
Opinion Piece on VMware Licensing
So over the past few months I've been seeing a lot of customers within the Public Sector and Education looking at transitioning off VMware vSphere and onto Microsoft Hyper-V! With tightening budgets or even budget cuts, IT admins in these industries are looking for quick wins in slashing their IT bills and many see dropping … Continue reading Opinion Piece on VMware Licensing
VMware NSX – IOChain and how packets are processed within the kernel
During a meeting with a client when I was going over how packets are processed within the IOChain between a VM and a vSwitch, I was asked a question that stumped me.... what happens at Slot 3? It's common knowledge that the first 4 and last 3 slots in the IOchain are reserved for VMware and … Continue reading VMware NSX – IOChain and how packets are processed within the kernel
The Virtual Unknown 