vRLCM – environment deployment failed
Looks like I’m little bit into Lifecycle managers, but this time it’s the vRealize Lifecycle Manager (vRLCM). I’m running the vRLCM now for quite a time in my lab to play around with different...
Virtualization made in Austria
vSphere Lifecycle Manager – Product version sprawl
I recently got a very good question from a customer asking “Why are there so many different product versions in vSphere Lifecycle Manager?” Unfortunately, I had no answer at that moment. My answer from...
HPE Gen10 Server SD Card issues
Background It started some month ago at one of my customers. The customer patched all of their ESXi host during the maintenance window from 6.5 U3 to 6.7 U3 through an highly automated Powershell...
Backup Interoperability Matrix Major Update 2020-10
Veritas BackupExec 21.1 Veritas NetBackup 8.3 IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 8.1.10 Micro Focus Data Protector 2020.08 (10.80) EMC Avamar 19.3 EMC Networker 19.3 CommVault Simpana 11.20 Hitachi Data Protection Suite 11.20 Veeam...
HomeLab Part 10 – Sophos SG Appliance Replacement
I was working with Sophos SG Appliances (formally known as Astaro UTM) since 2005 (version 5.x). In the beginning I used white boxes with 2-4 NICs as my personal firewall. In January 2013 when...
Sophos UTM 9.7 – SMTP proxy isn’t working
I’m working with Astaro/Sophos UTMs since the beginning of my professional IT career and I’m also running a hardware Sophos UTM 9.7 appliance in my homelab. 4 month ago I bought a used SG135...
vExpert award and how it advanced my career
In the beginning I started with virtualization back in 2007 when Virtual Infrastructure 3.5 was released. During that time I also came across bloggers like Duncan Epping and Frank Denneman. I read everything they...