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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.

2023

BDRSuite for VMware 

Overview In this post, I am taking a look at BDRSuite for VMware. The software has matured well over the last few years and with a free tier, it was something worth installing in…

Reviews5 min
2022

Black Friday Deals on VMware Software – 30% Discount

VMware has announced up to 30% off their most popular software products. This includes the latest versions of: Fusion Pro & Player Workstation Pro & Player vSphere Essentials,…

vSphere1 min

Monitoring SSL Certificates with VMware vROps / Aria Operations 8.x

Over 2 years ago I posted a how-to guide on how you can Monitor your SSL Certificate Expiry dates with vROps. With the new versions of vROps since then and the launch of VMware's…

VMware vRealize (Aria)8 min

VMware vCenter Converter – Getting Started

You may recall earlier this year that VMware pulled the vCenter Converter software from it's website. For some time there was speculation if the software which many of us have…

vSphere3 min

How to correctly Backup & Restore VMware vCenter Server (VCSA) 8

Rather than using external backup solutions, VMware highly recommend that you take a file-level backup of the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) Fortunately, VMware has backup…

vSphere4 min

vSAN 8 – What’s New

vSAN was introduced in 2014, around 8 years ago. We've seen impressive features introduced to the product over the years from All-Flash, Deduplication, Encryption, File Services…

VMware vSAN4 min

VMware vSphere 8 – What’s new?

VMware vSphere 8 has a significant number of improvements. Naturally, this is the case with every major release of vSphere. Without wasting any more time, let's get straight to…

vSphere7 min

Top Sessions To Attend at VMware Explore 2022

This year VMworld has been rebranded to VMware Explore. You can read more about that announcement here. Do not worry though, VMware Explore 2022 will still contain all the great…

vCommunity5 min

How Can VMware Explore Boost Your career?

I've been fortunate to be able to attend VMworld (Now VMware Explore) for the last few years, both in-person and online during the pandemic. People have asked me, is VMworld worth…

vCommunity3 min

Speed up your PowerShell scripts

PowerShell is a necessary part of your toolkit for anyone working on IT infrastructure. Over time your IT environment increases in size, scripts get more dependent upon and…

Code5 min