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The problem with point in time snapshots and vSphere Replication

vSphere Replication is a nice, simple solution to replicate Virtual Machines from one site to another. It helps protect your business against most common threats to the data…

vRealize Operations Manager – Monitor any IP & port for Availability and Response time!

A while back I was looking for a vROps management pack that would ping IP addresses to check availability and response time for a given list of endpoints. A search of the VMware…

[VIDEO] VMware vSAN 6.5 – Install, configure, test in 4 minutes

This short video covers: Enabling vSAN 6.5 Configuring vSAN options Running a VM on vSAN Verifying duplication and compression ratios (See it in action!) Running built-in proactive vSAN tests

VMware Site Recovery Manager – Connection Error 503

A few days ago I was presented with a Site Recovery Manager 5.5.1 install that was not functioning. The problem was first noticed when trying to login to SRM via the vSphere C#…

VMware License Tracker Tool

Have a VMware license key? Want to check any of these details? License status Quantity Contract status Support level Upgrade history Login to the MyVmware portal and go to…

VMware Fast Lane Support – Speak with support in seconds !

The MyVMware app by VMware gets you connected to support via phone in seconds for P1 support cases. You need the app installed and you must have a Business/Mission Critical…

VMware Products End of General Support 2017

The following notable VMware products will reach end of general support in 2017. This generally means that you will no longer be able to log service requests, receive updates,…

VMware vSAN 6.5 & iSCSI Targets

It's true that VMware vSAN is getting more feature rich on each release. One interesting new feature of vSAN 6.5 is the iSCSI target service. In a nutshell you can now create…

Uploading your logs to VMware support – The easy way in vSphere 6.5!

Anyone who's opened an SR with VMware and had to upload large logs knows it takes a few minutes to get the correct FTP logon details or the URL for uploading over the web…

Virtual Machine Encryption in vSphere 6.5 (Video)

After a bit of digging around, I finally found a really quick way to test out the new VM Encryption feature in vSphere 6.5 with thanks to William Lam. Note that this is not for…