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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.

2018

Official VMware Visio Stencils & Icons for 2018

I have been writing documentation for some time but it has always bothered me that there has been no official Visio Stencils or Icons for the documentation of VMware solutions.…

vCommunity1 min

VMware Certification & Exam discount codes with VMUG

Technical exams can help to validate your knowledge, progress your career or be taken to meet company policies. However, taking exams can be costly. This is especially true when…

Certification4 min

The VCAP6-DCV Deploy Exam Simulator is back!

I've had so many requests to schedule the VCAP6-DCV exam simulator for people since I took it down, I had to get it back online. I have been working on my VCDX for the last 12…

vCommunity1 min

Considering VMworld 2018? – Top 10 secrets to VMworld

VMworld is one of the most anticipated and largest tech conferences. My VMworld tips are based on my own experiences at VMworld Barcelona 2017, however I'm sure they will apply to…

vCommunity6 min

Do I really need VMware support?

A purchase of VMware software will generally require you to also subscribe to a minimum of 1 year "support & subscription service". What do you get for this? There are different…

vCommunity4 min

vSphere 6.7 – Overview, Videos and Download Links

VMware has just made vSphere 6.7 Generally Available! What's new? As part of vSphere, we have updates to all core components, notably: ESXi vCenter Server Appliance Update Manager…

vSphere1 min

vSphere 6.7 – HTML5 Update Manager (VUM) Walkthrough

If you haven't already check my earlier blog post on some of the new features of Update Manager 6.7: vSphere 6.7 - ESXi Upgrade Enhancements (No hardware reboots) Finally, we are…

vSphere2 min

vSphere 6.7 – Fault Tolerance – What’s New? – New Limits and APD Integration

Physical processors are getting more powerful & supporting more cores. This means that previous vNUMA considerations for Virtual Machines are changing. Essentially Virtual…

vSphere2 min

vSphere 6.7 – Update Manager – ESXi Upgrade Enhancements (No hardware reboots)

So vSphere 6.7 has been announced but what does this mean for Update Manager? Single reboot on upgrades Historically (Prior to 6.7) when upgrading a host Update Manager will…

vSphere2 min

vRealize Operations 6.7 & 7.0 – Upgrade Assessment Tool

This week saw vROps 6.7 go GA. With that, there has been some discussion in the community about the depreciated metrics, dashboards and badges. Update: 30th September 2018 - This…

VMware vRealize (Aria)1 min