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What’s New in vSphere 7 Update 1? The Important Bits
Today, VMware is releasing vSphere 7 Update 1 and along with fixes and enhancements, there are some notable additions related to Tanzu. For that reason, VMware’s tagline for this update is...
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What’s New in vSAN 7 Update 1? The Important Bits
In my last post, I talked about What’s new in vSphere 7 Update 1 when it comes to vSphere. This one covers the important bits (in my view) when it comes to vSAN. Due to the importance of vSAN for most...
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VMware’s Modern Network Framework for Data Center and Cloud Networking
Today, VMware unveiled what it’s calling the “Modern Network Framework for Data Center and Cloud Networking“. As the name states, it’s not a new networking product but is all about building a framework...
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What’s New in vSphere 7 Update 2? The Important Bits
You may have noticed the release of vSphere 7 Update 2. As always, there is an extensive list of updates, covering various product areas, and I am sure you’ll get to read all about them in the release...
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What’s New in vSAN 7 Update 2? The Important Bits
Along with the release of vSphere 7 Update 2, also came the vSAN 7 Update 2 as well. You may have read my posts on the vSphere 7 updates but if not, you’ll find it here. Update 2 is by design a major...
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VMware Cloud: The fastest path to Application Modernisation
According to surveys, most CIOs feel that digital transformation is not an easy journey. Three main obstacles that they often quote are: Transforming monolithic apps to cloud-native is complex, The...
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Enhanced Network Telemetry within Kemp Load Balancer
Since the dawn of IT systems and the networking that plumbs it all together, the argument between system and network admins have raged on, blaming each other when the users complain that “the...
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vCloud Director 10.2.2: “[ERROR] Hostname was not updated via dns...
While deploying a vCloud Director cell and logging into the VAMI interface of the appliance (https://<hostname>:5480) for the first time, you might see an error saying: OS Configuration Phase has...
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Defend Forward with IntSights’ Threat Intelligence Platform
It’s no secret that security threats are on the rise. While ransomware seems like the flavour of the month, it is just one kind of threat amongst countless others we face when trying to secure the...
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Synology – [Resolved] Failed to access the backup destination. (Only the...
Recently, Synology added a new check to “Security Advisor” that would generate a warning if it found the default “admin” account still enabled. That is accompanied by a recommendation to create another...
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VMware Cross-Cloud Services: Flexible Multi-Cloud Control – Consumed Your Way!
I have always believed that hybrid infrastructure will remain the dominant topology for most organisations; regardless of the talk about total migration to the public cloud in recent years. If an...
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VMware Cloud Flex Storage: Scalable and Cost-Effective External Storage for...
Storage has always been a difficult subject for VMware Cloud on AWS. While the default vSAN storage is highly performant and well-engineered, it is not the most cost-effective option. The only way to...
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vRetreat February 2022: Progress Software and Cohesity
Tech talks are so much better when vendors present to a small group of like-minded techie friends in an informal way, followed by some fun and chats afterwards. vRetreat, run by Patrick Redknap, is...
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Project Arctic: Launch of vSphere+ and vSAN+
Last year, VMware announced “Project Arctic” as a technology preview, which aimed to natively integrate cloud connectivity into vSphere. The idea was to consolidate all management functionality into...
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Are you coming to VMware Explore?
Are you coming to VMware Explore? I am hoping that I can find a way to attend it as I’ve not missed the in-person VMworld Europe events for the past decade and have even attended both the US and...
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VMware Explore 2022: What’s New in vSphere 8 – My Picks
Of course! The biggest news at VMware Explore this year is the announcement of vSphere 8, which is scheduled to be generally available in September. This release comes with a plethora of new features,...
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VMware Explore 2022: What’s New in vSAN 8 – My Picks
vSAN has come a long way since it was first introduced and has been serving millions of environments worldwide. However, since its introduction, disk technologies and the transport mechanisms that...
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VMware Explore 2022: What’s New in VMware Cloud on AWS
Right from the start, VMware Cloud on AWS has been a service that is built to remain at the cutting edge of what VMware has to offer. Due to those updates, one would think there wouldn’t be much to...
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VMware Cloud on AWS: VPC Peering Enables Cost-Efficient External Storage
Since its release, a constant stream of features and innovations has kept VMware Cloud on AWS ahead in terms of the flexibility of architecture and the range of design choices it provides to its...
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VMware Explore US 2023: What’s New in VMware Cloud on AWS – My Picks
VMware Explore US 2023 is here and as always, VMware Cloud on AWS is also getting a fair number of updates. While all updates are important, there are so many of them that I can’t do them justice in a...
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