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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.

2019

Should I consider VMware Cloud on AWS for my business?

The underlying concepts of "Hybrid Cloud" are not new to the IT industry but the way in which they are delivered certainly is. It was back at VMworld 2017 where I recall VMware's…

VMware Cloud4 min

What’s next for infrastructure – SDN?

At VMworld 2017, VMware was rather heavy on the NSX side of things, claiming that integrating clouds and improving edge connectivity will need a software-defined networking (SDN)…

NSX2 min
2018

Free VMware Labs

VMware's Hands on Labs are a fantastic resource to learn new and existing VMware solutions from the ground up. There are a few different types from Learning Labs which are…

vCommunity2 min

VMware Cloud on AWS – Now on-premises! – AWS Outposts

Today AWS announced AWS Outposts. This new service will allow you to extend your AWS VPC back to your on-premises datacenter while letting you consume AWS services but run them in…

VMware Cloud1 min

vRealize Operations – vROps – Policies. What, Why, How?

What is a policy? A policy in vROps is a set of rules (Analysis, Automation, Alerts & Symptoms) which are applied to a series of objects. You can create groups of objects and…

VMware Cloud4 min

VMware Cloud on AWS – SDDC 2019 – Exam Tips

Today I passed the VMConAWS SDDC 2019 exam (Exam code 5V0-31.19) and I'm sharing my experience about my revision and the exam itself to help others prepare for the first VMware…

VMware Cloud3 min

Launching a new VMware Cloud Comparison Matrix

Over the last few months, I have been working on a new VMware Cloud Matrix in conjunction with WhatMatrix The initial scope was to analyse VMware cloud offerings from the…

VMware Cloud2 min

Announcing VMware Cloud Foundation 3.5 @ VMworld 2018

It's Tuesday 6th November and I'm in the VMworld Europe 2018 General Session. Right now, something awesome is being announced! - VMware Cloud Foundation 3.5 VMware Cloud…

VMware Cloud2 min

Deploying vRealize Operations 7.0 (vROps) to Workstation 15 Pro

Deploying certain OVAs into Workstation has been an issue in the past. Fortunately, the ESXi OVA and vCenter Server OVA now work really well however there are some OVAs that…

VMware Cloud2 min

Setting up and using the Workstation 15 Pro REST API

I'm a long-time user of Workstation Pro. My main purpose is for labs as I prefer to host them within software than expensive hardware. Hardware is great but there are too many…

Code2 min