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Guides, fixes and news from my VMware lab. Covers vSphere, VCF, vSAN, NSX and Aria, plus Broadcom licensing changes and my yearly end-of-life rundowns.

2020

COVID-19: Free tools to help

With COVID-19 affecting our personal and professional lives, many businesses are helping out where they can. Recently there have been a lot of organisations extending trials or…

vCommunity2 min

vSphere Replication & SRM 8.3 – Major Enhancements!

vSphere Replication is a great tool to replicate VMs from one vCenter server to another. Furthermore, it's a cost-effective solution for Small and Medium Businesses since it's…

vSphere2 min

Major vMotion Improvements in vSphere 7.0

vMotion is arguably still one of the most innovative and advanced compute features in the datacenter. For me, vMotion was the reason I pursued a career in infrastructure solutions…

vSphere3 min

VMware vSphere 7.0 – Top 5 Features!

Today, VMware has announced vSphere 7.0! vSphere requires no introduction so let's get straight to what I see as the top 5 features of this fantastic release of vSphere 7.0!…

vSphere3 min

vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) 8.1 – A True Multi-Cloud Management Platform

vRealize Operations Manager (commonly known as vROps) has become a true multi-cloud management tool over the last year or so. With cloud solutions rapidly changing, it's important…

VMware Cloud6 min

Annual vExpert 2020 Sticker Giveaway

Every year I give away free stickers to vExperts. This is my way of thanking the vExpert community who have helped me every year both personally and professionally. Qualification…

vCommunity2 min
2019

5 Must Know Features of vSphere 6.7

With vSphere 6.0 going End of General Support in March 12th 2020, let's take a look at 5 must-know features of vSphere 6.7 to make your job at work easier. File-level Backup and…

vSphere3 min

Top 5 VMware Solution Comparisons

Before selecting a particular software solution for your business, you need to research various platforms across many vendors to ensure you are selecting the right one. This is a…

vCommunity3 min

ESXi 7 on Raspberry Pi & ARM

For what feels like a couple of years, VMware has been teasing us with the idea that a later version of ESXi will run on ARM processors. At VMworld 2019 in Europe, ARM had their…

VMware Cloud2 min

How to backup VCSA to Photon OS

Backing up your vCenter Server (VCSA) is key to being able to recover in the event of a failure. VMware provides a built-in backup scheduler in version 6.7 & 7.0 of the VCSA which…

Code3 min