While deploying a vCenter Operations Manager appliance a few days back, I was hit by the following error message (towards the end of its deployment): Failed to deploy OVF package: The task was canceled by a user. That was of course surprising given I didn't cancel the task. Thinking it might be a glitch, I [...]
... and so the last day was upon me. Sort of a reality check that all the learning and meeting people is going to end (not to mention the great weather!) and soon it'll be time to say goodbyes. I've found that checking out is much easier if you're too early or too late. If [...]
Day 3 for me started with the general session. This time, I chose to sit in the blogger's area, instead of the hall, which turned out to be the right decision. Comfortable seating and a table in front meant I could use my laptop to tweet as announcements were being made. Anyway, focus for the [...]
Well, the start to day 2 wasn't too great - my laptop's WiFi broke at the wrong time! I guess there's never a right time to have a broken adapter but it's time to buy another one! Anyway, managed to get the already delayed blog post about the previous two days out that I hope you've [...]
VMworld 2014 Europe will open for the general attendees today but as always, activities started a couple of days ago and in this post, I am documenting what's been happening so far. Like a lot of other people, I got here about noon on Sunday. I like to do that as that gives me a [...]
It's that time again and VMworld 2014 Europe is upon us (19 days left as I write this). With the emphasis on Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) and the product releases/announcements by VMware, I am excited to be attending this year's conference. We all know that VMworld 2014 US had a lot of announcements and you [...]
Recently, I upgraded one of my vSphere environments from vSphere 5.5 GA to 5.5 Update 1b. It all went smoothly and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Well, except for when I tried to use vCenter Orchestrator. The service was down and trying to start it, didn't work. It was as if it was in [...]
Like many other storage enthusiasts, I also attended the live Storage Tech Field Day 5 (#SFD5) presentation by Satyam Vaghani (@SatyamVaghani) of PernixData (@PernixData). In case you missed it, here is a link to recordings of the presentation, conveniently broken down into areas of focus. The presentation was about the current version: PernixData FVP 1.5, [...]
I always wondered why there is no book that specifically focusses on VMware networking, given its importance when it comes to deployment and maintenance of a stable virtual platform. No need for me to think that any more as "Networking for VMware Administrators" by Chris Wahl (@ChrisWahl) and Steve Pantol (@StevePantol) is available for purchase [...]
As part of "data-va" configuration (while deploying a Horizon Workspace environment), you might want to add an NFS store. In fact, it is recommended to do so for larger environments for flexibility, performance and scalability reasons. Typically, the way to do it is to create an NFS share and set access so that the data-va [...]