29 03, 2022

VMware Cloud Flex Storage: Scalable and Cost-Effective External Storage for VMware Cloud on AWS

By |2023-01-23T15:30:46+00:00March 29th, 2022|Storage, VMware Cloud on AWS, vSphere|0 Comments

Storage has always been a difficult subject for VMware Cloud on AWS. While the default vSAN storage is highly performant and well-engineered, it is not the most cost-effective option. The only way to scale is to add or remove hosts. Doing so is seamless but it is a rigid amount without any choice available in [...]

3 11, 2021

VMware Cross-Cloud Services: Flexible Multi-Cloud Control – Consumed Your Way!

By |2021-11-03T09:27:13+00:00November 3rd, 2021|VMware, VMware Cloud on AWS, VMworld|0 Comments

I have always believed that hybrid infrastructure will remain the dominant topology for most organisations; regardless of the talk about total migration to the public cloud in recent years. If an organisation can develop the required expertise to develop for and support multiple clouds, they should pick the right cloud for whatever their application or [...]

19 07, 2021

Synology – [Resolved] Failed to access the backup destination. (Only the owner of this backup task is allowed to perform backup.)

By |2021-07-19T10:36:52+01:00July 19th, 2021|Hyper Backup, Synology|12 Comments

Recently, Synology added a new check to "Security Advisor" that would generate a warning if it found the default "admin" account still enabled. That is accompanied by a recommendation to create another equivalent account, log in using that account and disable the admin account. Doing so eliminates one of the attack vectors as the default [...]

18 05, 2021

vCloud Director 10.2.2: “[ERROR] Hostname was not updated via dns reverse-lookup. Failing OS configuration phase.” Resolved!

By |2021-05-18T10:52:40+01:00May 18th, 2021|Uncategorized|0 Comments

While deploying a vCloud Director cell and logging into the VAMI interface of the appliance (https://<hostname>:5480) for the first time, you might see an error saying: OS Configuration Phase has failed. Please check the log at /opt/vmware/var/log/firstboot for more details on the failure before redeploying this appliance node. For reference, this is what one expects [...]

4 05, 2021

Enhanced Network Telemetry within Kemp Load Balancer

By |2021-05-04T10:13:09+01:00May 4th, 2021|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Since the dawn of IT systems and the networking that plumbs it all together, the argument between system and network admins have raged on, blaming each other when the users complain that "the application is not working!" While it was enough for the networking admin to provide "proof" and claim victory using the classic methods [...]

31 03, 2021

VMware Cloud: The fastest path to Application Modernisation

By |2021-03-31T13:01:44+01:00March 31st, 2021|Uncategorized|0 Comments

According to surveys, most CIOs feel that digital transformation is not an easy journey. Three main obstacles that they often quote are: Transforming monolithic apps to cloud-native is complex, The latency between the different application components is a major concern, and There is a lack of developer skills and resources in the industry in general. [...]

16 11, 2020

VMware’s Modern Network Framework for Data Center and Cloud Networking

By |2021-02-15T15:40:57+00:00November 16th, 2020|NSX, VMware|0 Comments

Today, VMware unveiled what it's calling the "Modern Network Framework for Data Center and Cloud Networking". As the name states, it's not a new networking product but is all about building a framework on top of the various networking products in the Virtual Cloud Network portfolio, that includes NSX and VMware SD-WAN etc, and defining [...]

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