vSphere Upgrade process – WHY?
IT infrastructure is nowadays crucial for every business. So if parts of the infrastruture are not running or the whole infrastructure is down, companies will not only lose money but also reputation. I was...
Virtualization made in Austria
vSphere Upgrade process – Introduction
Disclaimer: I’m working for VMware’s Professional Service Organization (PSO) as Technical Account Manager. I’m planning already on or have finished upgrading my customers to vSphere 6.5/6.7. Before VMware I worked as Consultant for different...
VMworld EMEA 2018 – #vBreakfast 2018 edition
Please join Abdullah Abdullah and many more vNerds and vGeeks for the #vBreakfast 2018 edition. Unfortunately myself and Andreas couldn’t make it to VMworld EMEA this year but Abdullah will take care of all...
VMworld EMEA 2018 – Parties, Gatherings, Events and more
I created a small list of VMworld EMEA 2018 parties, gathering and events because attending VMworld is not only attending an IT conference it is also a big networking event where you can talk...
VMworld 2018 US – VMworld has come
It is again this time of the year where a lot of people gather in Las Vegas for one of the biggest conferences, VMworld 2018. So to say it in Game of Thrones terms:...
Spectre-NG – CVE-2018-3639 and CVE-2018-3640
As you might already have heard via other sources, two new variants of the Spectre Attack have been made public in May. Spectre Variante 3a Rogue System Register Read CVE-2018-3640 Spectre Variante 4 Speculative...
VMworld US 2018 – Parties, Gatherings, Events and more
Attending VMworld is not only attending an IT conference it is also a big networking event where you can talk to vendors, tweeps or bloggers. What will be better for socialising than parties and gatherings at...
Backup Interoperability Matrix Major Update 2018-06
It’s been some time that I have updated the Backup Interoperability Matrix. My thought was that I should wait until there are more vendors supporting vSphere 6.7. In the June update the following backup...
Windows VM with EFI fails to start
I just wanted to share a situation I encountered recently with one of my customers. My customer built a new UAT environment with some hosts and a Pure Storage. They have then deployed a...
Workstation 14 Upgrade – Authorization Service error 6000009
My main PC was recently updated to the Windows 10 Fall Creator (1709) release. So I thought it was a good time for a VMware Workstation 14 upgrade. The reason for version 14 was...
Merry Christmas – Desaster Recovery with Veeam
The Story It was approx. 6am when my little girl woke me up on Dec. 24th, the day we in Austria celebrate Christmas. Just a small side note. Unlike US and other countries in...
