13 10, 2015

VMworld Europe 2015 – It’s All Kicking Off!

By |2016-12-11T15:25:01+00:00October 13th, 2015|VMware, VMworld|4 Comments

Yes, after the confusion last year on what number are the days, I've decided to go for a neutral name. Avoids all the naming issues (unlike the products we work with every day!) Got to Barcelona at about noon on Sunday and checked in. Had to sacrifice the start of Russian GP (Formula 1) but hey, [...]

9 10, 2015

My Session Schedule at VMworld Europe 2015

By |2016-12-11T15:25:01+00:00October 9th, 2015|VMware, VMworld|2 Comments

Like many of you, I am also looking forward to attending VMworld this year. I have a feeling that this year, VMware has left a bit more for Barcelona than last year and I hope my hunch is right. Just thought I should do a quick post, listing the sessions I have booked for myself, [...]

24 09, 2015

VMworld EMEA 2015: Useful Pointers

By |2016-12-11T15:25:01+00:00September 24th, 2015|General, VMware, VMworld|2 Comments

Like last year, I am attending VMworld EMEA as an official blogger. VMware has kindly granted me a pass for keeping you all informed with all the activities, technical or not. Having attended a few of these now, I thought it would be a good idea to jot down a few pointers, in case you [...]

31 03, 2015

Useful Links for NTP Configuration in vSphere Environments

By |2016-12-11T15:25:01+00:00March 31st, 2015|ESX, vCenter, Virtualization, VMware, vSphere, Windows|0 Comments

A few months ago, I was helping out a customer with a time configuration issue on their vSphere environment. For one specific question, I investigated and wrote the post: ESXi Time Configuration: Don’t point it towards the Windows Domain name However, while doing the investigations, I went through various documents produced by VMware. As NTP [...]

2 02, 2015

vSphere 6: Upgrade Considerations

By |2016-12-11T15:25:01+00:00February 2nd, 2015|vCenter, Virtualization, VMware, vSphere|7 Comments

Chances are that unless you are an organisation new to vSphere or want an installation in the lab, you will be upgrading your existing vSphere infrastructure to the new vSphere 6.0 at some point in the future. As there are some design changes in this version, there are decision points that must be considered before [...]

2 02, 2015

vSphere 6: VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA): Design Decisions

By |2016-12-11T15:25:01+00:00February 2nd, 2015|vCenter, Virtualization, VMware, vSphere|7 Comments

We all know the pains that vSphere Certificate management presents us with. While VMware's Certificate Administration tool has made life a bit simpler, it is still quite a chore to generate requests, get the certificates (in the right format) and installing it in the right order. It was also quite a bit of work to [...]

2 02, 2015

vSphere 6: Platform Services Controller (PSC): Design Decisions

By |2016-12-11T15:25:01+00:00February 2nd, 2015|vCenter, Virtualization, VMware, vSphere|12 Comments

The vSphere development team has done a great job in maintaining the same look and feel when it comes to interface of the new vSphere 6.0. Of course, there are minor changes due to new features but if you've been using previous versions of vSphere, you'll have no trouble navigating through the new version. However, don't [...]

16 12, 2014

ESXi Time Configuration: Don’t point it towards the Windows Domain name

By |2016-12-11T15:25:02+00:00December 16th, 2014|ESX, vCenter, Virtual Lab, Virtualization, VMware, vSphere|2 Comments

A client asked me what happens if ESXi servers are pointed towards the Windows domain name in “Time Configuration” and one or more domain controllers are not contactable. While I had a theory, I realised I have never tested what actually happens and what is the failure process. I have seen many environments where using [...]

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