VMware

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 vision being presented on stage by Pat Gelsinger: And these comments are true; a real VMware hybrid...

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) component to work effectively. VMware's SDN solution is NSX. This bold announcement by Pat Gelsinger, VMware CEO was met with caution from customers...

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 self-paced with a manual through to challenge labs which are like mini tests that you can use to validate your...

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 your own datacenter! Essentially, it will be an on-premises version of AWS. This means you can choose to deploy your...

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 assign a different policy for different groups. On initial setup, there will be a "Default Policy" It...

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 2019 exam. Exam Requirements Fortunately, there are no hard pre-requisites, you don't need any other certifications and there is no need...

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 following providers: VMware (VMware Cloud on AWS) Rackspace (Rackspace Private Cloud) IBM (VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM) I decided to...

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 Foundation is an SDDC solution combining Compute (vSphere) Network (NSX) Storage (vSAN) and Management (vRealize Operations) A full SDDC is automatically deployed via...

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 continue to be problematic. One existing issue is with the new vRealize Operations Manager 7.0 (vROps) OVA file. When deploying...

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 limitations (Initial cost, power, cooling, maintenance, space, patching) and for me, Workstation Pro works perfectly provided that...