VMworld EMEA 2017 – Tips and Tricks
VMworld EMEA is only 56 days far off. Preparation for this event has already started. This is the perfect time to give some advice or tips & tricks for people who will attend VMworld for...
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Backup Interoperability Matrix Major Update 2017-07
In the July update the following backup software was updated: HP Data Protector 9.09 EMC Avamar 7.5 EMC Networker 9.1.1 CommVault Simpana 11.0 SP8 Hitachi Data Protection Suite 11.0 SP8 Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5...
vCenter gets unresponsive after adding a DVS Port Group
During the creation of a new VLAN for my nested environment I encounter a really strange behavior. When I tried to add a Distributed Port Group, my vCenter became unresponsive. After some seconds it...
Backup Interoperability Matrix Major Update 2017-03
In the March update the following backup software was updated: VMware vSphere Data Protection IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments CommVault Simpana Hitachi Data Protection Suite Veeam Backup & Replication Unitrends Enterprise Backup Acronis...
Upgrading to Veeam Availability Suite 9.5 Update 1
After Veeam releases Update 1 for their Availability Suite 9.5 in January 2017 I decided that it is about time to upgrade my complete Veeam Availability Suite environment in my homelab. Currently I’m running...
vBrain.info – The year which was and the year which will be
Because I’m a big Babylon 5 fan I’m using a modified Zathras quote (“You are the one who was, You are the one who is and you are the one who will be”, Season...
Exam Experience – VCAP6-DTM design GA
After I failed the beta of the VCAP6-DTM design exam (3V0-652) with 219 point and the rescoring with 255 I thought I need to do it again to restore my honor. I took the exam on January...
vRealize Automation 7.x – Beware of the Certificates
I worked recently with a customer to fix a problem during a vRealize Automation 7.2 PoC installation. I need to say that I’ve never installed a vRA Appliance PoC before so I didn’t know...
TYSK – VID, DID, SVID, SSID & VMware HCL
Last time when I was at a customer site I need to check a specific Network adapter against the VMware HCL. It was not that easy because I have not much information about the...
Backup Interoperability Matrix Major Update 2016-12
During my last Backup Interoperability Matrix update I decided to went from a single matrix page to a multiple matrix page and also removed old versions of vSphere. In detail this means I created...