vSphere 6 brought a huge number of changes upon release. They not only included changes to it's architecture but there great new features as well that made vSphere Architects very excited. That was about a year and a half ago and so a major update was due. Enter vSphere 6.5: It introduces so many new features [...]
You're going to love this. Availability and Performance features have always been the strong point of vSphere and what we all fell in love with. VMware has always made sure to make improvements in this area and this version is no different. There are improvements in four major areas: High Availability (HA) Fault Tolerance (FT) [...]
With vSphere 6.5, VMware has made some improvements to the lifecycle management of vSphere, which will significantly improve the experience when upgrading to future versions and make the process less stressful. The changes are in these three areas: Update Manager Host Profiles Auto Deploy Update Manager I mentioned integration of Update Manager with VCSA 6.5 in my [...]
Recently, VMware has been investing an enormous amount of effort into bringing vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) up to the same functionality as its Windows counterpart. vSphere 6.5 not only achieves that goal but also goes beyond it. In this article, I will explain what's new in VCSA and why its time now to exclusively deploy VCSA [...]
Hope you are coming to VMworld 2016 Europe this year. If you haven't booked yet, there's still time. Go to the registration link here and book now. Done? Good! Now you might be a first-timer or a seasoned VMworld Europe attendee. In either case, it doesn't hurt to be reminded about what's important to remember when [...]
I do find new gadgets exciting and when I do buy one, I can't wait for it to get delivered. Finally, I got my hands on my new Amazon Echo and I got a chance to play with it. Thought I should do a quick post on initial thoughts for anyone who's looking to get one. [...]
So after so many attempts, I was finally able to attend Cloud Camp - London for the first time. It worked out quite nicely as I was at LonVMUG during the day and Cloud Camp's venue is just a short walk away. If you don't know about Cloud Camp already: CloudCamp is an "unconference" where [...]
A couple of weeks ago, NSX 6.2.3 was released. It had a lot of coverage, both by VMware itself and many bloggers. Quite rightly so as there are many new features and some would argue that it probably could easily have been called 6.3. However, amongst all that, you could be forgiven if you missed the extension [...]
At the beginning of last year, I decided to become an independent contractor, so that I could be available for my parents whenever they needed me. That worked out quite well financially, allowing me to take time off when required. Being able to pick the kind of assignments I wanted also helped me enjoy them [...]
I know VSAN 6.2 is out now and may not have this issue but for the rest... Recently, I was deploying a VSAN 6.1 cluster in my lab. When I went to configure the Health Service Plugin, the "Edit settings..." button wasn't there! Hovering above the area where the button is supposed to be, did [...]