Tag: VMware

MTI/IDG Whitepaper

My company - MTI Techology - recently undertook an engagement with IDG to produce a whitepaper highlighting how VMware NSX could be used to address Security, Automation and Innovation within the Financial market. TBH, the whitepaper can apply to any market who are experiencing the same business challenges! http://www.idgconnect.com/view_abstract/41130/security-automation-innovation-steps-drive-success-financial-services EDIT: Forgot to mention that you need … Continue reading MTI/IDG Whitepaper

What’s new with VMware vSAN 6.5?

Given that I'm a VMware vExpert for vSAN, I guess I'm kind of obliged to write about what's new with the latest iteration of vSAN - 6.5..... =) vSAN 6.5 is the 5th version of vSAN to be released and it's had quite a rapid adoption in the industry as end-users start looking at Hyper-Converged … Continue reading What’s new with VMware vSAN 6.5?

VMware makes welcome changes in vSphere 6.5

So the 2nd and 3rd part of my vSphere 6.5 articles have made it onto the SearchVMware.com website... you can read about it here: http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/VMware-vSphere-65-puts-emphasis-on-security-applications http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/VMware-makes-welcome-changes-in-vSphere-65   You can read part 1 here: http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/VMware-focuses-on-simplicity-in-vSphere-version-65

Update sequence for vSphere 6.5 and its compatible VMware products

So VMware have now released a Knowledge Based Article that describes the upgrade path in which vSphere 6.5 and its compatible VMware products must be updated: https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2147289 NOTE: At this time current versions of VMware NSX for vSphere, VMware Integrated OpenStack, vCloud Director for Service Providers, vRealize Automation and vRealize Infrastructure Navigator are not compatible with … Continue reading Update sequence for vSphere 6.5 and its compatible VMware products

VMworld Europe 2016 – Looking back

So I’ve finally recovered from VMworld…. A week long of learning, networking and zero sleep! =P Let’s recap what I learnt at VMworld, first the moans: Lunch sucked! I was pretty disappointed with the lack of lunch available to attendees - or at least to those attendees who were at VMworld to attend Breakout Sessions, … Continue reading VMworld Europe 2016 – Looking back

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