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VMware vSphere Design Workshop V5
This week I had to the opportunity to attend the VMware vSphere Design Workshop V5. I don’t get the opportunity to attend training very often, so I was grateful for the opportunity. There is usually...
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VMworld Day 1 Recap
On Sunday at around 3:20 AM I woke up to my room shaking. Took me a few minutes to realize what was going on, but there was a 6.1 earthquake. The epicenter was in Sonoma, so there was little damage...
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VMworld 2014 Monday Recap
First thing on Mondays schedule was to attend the General Session. I physically attended the General Session. I usually like to watch the first one in person and then watch the other two in...
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VMworld 2014 Tuesday Recap
I started off the morning by watching the General Session from the hang space. Since I knew there will not be any special effects going on, it is always more comfortable watching the session from the...
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vExpert 2015 applications are open
The 2015 vExpert application process is now open. Browse to http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2014/11/vexpert-2015-applications-open.html to submit your application. A change to the program this year is...
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Voting Open for 2015 Top Virtualization Blogs
Yes, it’s that time of year again! it’s time for Eric Siebert’s annual Top vBlog voting contest presented by vSphere-land.com. Thanks a lot to Eric who puts in a lot of work making sure all the...
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vRanger 7.2 Upgrade Error
vRanger 7.2 was released back in June. A couple weeks ago I decided to perform the upgrade in our production environment. I was upgrading from vRanger 7.1 to 7.2. I started the installer and this is...
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Collection of VMworld Conference Tips
VMworld 2015 is just around the corner. This will be my 4th year attending. It is not too late to sign up. Click here to sign up. There are a lot of posts out there with lots of tips, so I am going...
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VMworld 2015 App Ready
VMware has posted the VMworld 2015 Apps on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. Go download them now. One of the cool features of the app is that when you look at your schedule, it will tell...
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Bitdefender Gravityzone with vShield using Ravello
Being a VMware vExpert, I decided to use the free 1,000 CPU hours per month to run VMware ESXi labs or VMware workloads in AWS or Google cloud to test out the newest version of Bitdefender Gravityzone...
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First WordPress blog post
I signed up for WordPress today. I would like to start blogging about technology and virtualization at least once a month. I would also like to try to add a custom URL since I already own my own...
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Top Virtualization Blogs for 2014 is now open
Every year Eric Siebert (Twitter: @ericsiebert) of vsphere-land.com hosts the runs the survey of the top virtualization blogs. The survey to select the top virtualization blogs for 2014 is now open....
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Patch released for vSphere 5.5 U1 NFS APD problem!
Back in April VMware identified an issue when running ESXi 5.5 Update 1, the ESXi host intermittently loses connectivity to NFS storage and an All Paths Down (APD) condition to NFS volumes is observed....
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Week 2 VMUG Challange
I am participating in the VMUG 5 week challange – http://www.vmug.com/sharevmug Week 2 VMUG Challange is to explain how VMware Education/Certifications have helped you advance your career. A few years...
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2016 St Louis VMUG USERCON is coming
It’s that time of year again. The 2016 St Louis VMUG USERCON planning is almost completed. The agenda should be live soon and home lab prize purchases will be made soon. The USERCON is at the same...
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