VMworld EMEA 2015 – Tips & Tricks
VMworld US has come to an end but wait VMworld EMEA is around the corner. Ok it’s approx 1.5 month away but preparations already has started. This is the perfect time to give some...
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What’s new in Virtual SAN (VSAN) 6.1
Virtual SAN 6.1 was announced today at VMworld US. Starting with VSAN 6.1 the product cycle is decoupled from the vSphere release cycle. This means, as with VSAN 6.1, a new VSAN version was released...
HomeLab Part 8: Cooling and AirFlow
In my last post I had a problem with the onboard 10GBit NICs. My assumption is that they were overheated and therefor failed. I read some blog posts of other blogger and some of them...
HomeLab Part 7: SuperMicro X9SRH-7TF & 10Gbit onboard NIC Problem
After running the new homelab for several month now I encounter a really annoying problem with the onboard 10GBit NICs (TX540-A2). I had the problem that an application was not correctly syncing across the direct...
Backup Interoperability Matrix Major Update
Yesterday I did a major update of my Backup Interoperability Matrix including the following backup software: VMware vSphere Data Protection Symantec BackupExec 15 Symantec NetBackup HP Data Protector EMC Avamar EMC Networker CommVault Simpana...
Things you should know (TYSK) – VMware Backup & VDDK
During my inquires which backup software will support vSphere 6.0 I came across BackupExec 2015 where I saw that vSphere 5.0 was no longer supported. This made me little bit confused because vSphere 5.0...
Cisco Nexus 1000V – What should you know before an Update/Upgrade
As a Technical Account Manager, in my case at VMware, you came across a variety of customers and 3 of my 5 current customers running Cisco Nexus 1000V. Because two of my previous customers, when...
PernixData stops working after upgrade to vSphere 5.5 U2 Patch ESXi550-201505002
During a hardware maintenance task I decided to do update my ESXi hosts to the newest available patch. In my case it was patch ESXi550-201505002 which is the replacement for Patch 5 (ESXi550-201504002). After both hosts where updated...
Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) v8 – Exam experience
After attending the Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) version 7 course and passing the VMCE v7 exam last year I needed to update the VMCE to version 8 during the grace period which is 120 days...
VMware Certified Professional 6 Datacenter (VCP6-DCV) Delta Beta Exam Experience
On March 31, 2015 VMware announced the availability of VMware Certified Professional 6 – Datacenter Virtualization exam. This announcement was for the Beta version of the exam. Because I would never do VCPs anymore, I’m a...