vSphere Data Protection – VDP

So, one of the items that people tend to overlook with the vSphere suite of software is the vSphere Data Protection appliance that is made available as part of your licensing (this requires vCenter).  I’ve been using this solution for a little while at some of our locations to provide branch office backups which can replicate back to a central […]

vCenter Support Assistant – Installation

Recently VMware released their vCenter Support Assistant that helps to streamline the process of dealing with support by automatically scanning your environment on a schedule and proactively logging tickets with VMware on your behalf if there are any discovered issues. This post is designed to give a walkthrough of the installation process for this new virtual appliance and the basic […]

IBM & Lenovo – What does it mean?

So, I’m sure that there has been lots of discussion recently around the Lenovo take over of the IBM SystemX business, but here is my take on what is happening and what it could mean to people already utilising IBM hardware.  Please note that these are my views based on information that has been publicly released or speculation based on […]

vSphere 5.5 Improvements – Links

So, if you are like me and have been looking over the web since the announcement of the new features in vSphere 5.5, you’ll notice that there are lots of different bloggers telling you what the new features are. Instead of me going around and offering the same information, but in my own way (how many ways can people describe […]

Adding Multiple vCenters onto a single Web Client (v5.1 & v5.5)

  I was listening to the new features being released as part of vSphere 5.5 and also vCenter 5.5, and the idea that all of the components of vCenter should once again be installed on a single server and that the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) has been reworked to support more hosts and virtual machines.  This indicates to me that the […]

VMworld 2013 US General Sessions

I thought that this would be a good opportunity to link through to the VMworld 2013 US General Sessions from VMworld TV on YouTube. Day 1 – General Session – Monday 26th August 2013 http://youtu.be/ttQLrytT7xU Day 2 – General Session – Tuesday 27th August 2013 http://youtu.be/uimcBqGVp4U

vSphere 5.5 & vCloud Suite 5.5

So just listening to the announcements at the first key note of VMWorld 2013 in San Francisco. The first big announcement is the release of vSphere 5.5 and also vCloud Suite 5.5. New items include the fact that VMDK disk sizes can now be up to 64TB in size (well actually just less than 64TB) which brings it in line […]

Veeam v7 Released – License Edition Comparison

So Veeam Backup and Replication v7 has now been released… unfortunately (as usually happens) the release occurred whilst I was on holiday and since getting back to work I haven’t had a chance to test the new product out. What I thought would be useful though, was to link to the Veeam web page that shows the comparison between the […]