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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.

2017

VMware Cloud on AWS – Deployment Overview

VMware recently launched a series of new Cloud services one of which being the most anticipated; VMware Cloud on AWS. Going through the Hands on Labs at VMworld was interesting,…

VMware Cloud1 min

VMware Cloud on AWS – Deep Dive VMworld Tweets

I was fortunate to attend VMworld 2017 this year. I have listed my top VMware Cloud on AWS tweets below for easy reference: #VMConAWS available approx Q1 2018 in Europe On prem…

VMware Cloud1 min

VCDX – Application and Defense Costs – Deep Dive!

For anyone attempting the VMware Certified Design Expert certification, it is no easy ride. Months or years of preparation are commonly required to become successful. There are…

vCommunity1 min

VMware Cloud on AWS – What you need to know from VMworld 2017

VMware Cloud on AWS also known as VMConAWS or VMWonAWS was a key topic at VMworld 2017 US and EU, and no one was surprised by that. There were dozens of VMConAWS breakout sessions…

VMware Cloud4 min

The vCommunity of VMware @VMworld

It's true to say that the VMware community is awesome. Unlike others, VMware invest in their now over 1500 vExperts, VMTN community and certified professionals. This has become…

vCommunity3 min

VMworld US 2017 – Main Announcements

So VMworld 2017 in Las Vegas has started, but what has been revealed on day 1? The general session focused mainly on new Cloud services wrapped together under the VMware Cloud…

VMware Cloud2 min

vSAN vs Traditional Storage Array

I've been putting notes together for a while with regards to vSAN and how it differs from Traditional Storage Arrays. Naturally, the choice between the two depends on your…

VMware vSAN2 min

vExpert and vSAN Stickers

From time to time we all make mistakes. My latest one was to order way too many vExpert and vSAN stickers so I'm going to give them away! Update 06.03.2017 All vSAN stickers are…

VMware vSAN1 min

vROps – Installation

There are three install options for VROps 6.4. Windows, Linux and the OVA. In this post we'll look at the preferred OVA installation. The OVA can be considered as more secure…

VMware Cloud2 min

How do you kill a VM that will not power off?

Sometimes a virtual machine will not power off via the web client. To resolve this, the process is very simple: Enable SSH on the host that the VM is running on: 2. Login to the…

vSphere1 min