As if I needed more ideas for my blog, William Lam challenged me to test a nice little tool he had just blogged about. The blog was about leveraging a cool tool – vcsim – that records an existing vCenter inventory, restores a fake version of it and lets you interact with this simulated vCenter […]
I had a question about a limit a customer was hitting with the VM notes using the vSphere (H5) Client. They noticed that whenever they got around ~260 or so characters, they could not add any characters beyond that unless they deleted some. After talking to an engineer within VMware I found out […]
This exam tests your skills and abilities in the implementation of large and complex VMware vSphere 7.x solutions, including deployment, administration, optimization, and troubleshooting.
This is a question I got asked just before I broke for the festive period. In previous posts I’ve covered how to work around some of the most common issues that I see, providing mechanisms to help with Application Discovery and Network Mapping. There are always nuances […]
The primary configuration & management point for vSAN is the vCenter client. But sometimes, troubleshooting has to dive deeper so additional tools are needed, how lucky we are, vSAN comes with its own. For this last post of 2020, let’s have a look at vSAN 7 Troubleshooting Tools and how to use it.
Chat, phone calls, camera-on conversation – online communication is a critical lifeline as we all learn to stay connected and effective without being face-to-face. To truly take advantage of a unified communication tool such as Microsoft Teams, you need an optimized connection to prevent audio […]
Migrate Workloads using Advanced Cross vCenter Server vMotion
This video demos the two workflows to migrate virtual workloads between vCenter Server instances, using the Advanced Cross vCenter Server vMotion (XVM) capability. XVM is now embedded in the vSphere Client as of vSphere 7 Update 1c.
For every VCDX round I normally run unofficial face to face mock as the last hurdle and prep for all those defending the VCDX that round in the UK and for anyone wanting to come assist with the mocks and learn from them. I have run these for a number of years and have got…
For every VCDX round I normally run unofficial face to face mock as the last hurdle and prep for all those defending the VCDX that round in the UK and for anyone wanting to come assist with the mocks and learn from them. I have run these for a number of years and have […]
Kubernetes as a Service. How you can request, deploy and manage Kubernetes Clusters and Namespaces with vRealize Automation using the self-service catalog.
VMware World by Lukasz Zasko 