
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.…
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.

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…