VMware's App and Cloud Transformation Reveal - Happening This Week!
This week VMware is holding an online event to make and announcement around its vision for Application and Cloud Transformation . What does that exactly mean...
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vSphere 7 Update 2 - Tanzu and vSAN Enhancements
I haven't done one of these VMware Update release posts in a while... Having attended the #vExpert pre-brief a couple weeks back I thought there was enough r...
First Thoughts - VMware Cloud Director Service
One of the early benefits of being part fo the vExpert Cloud Provider subprogram, was that we where given a chance to get a first look and use of Cloud Direc...
vExpert 2020 Second Half Applications Open
This is a very quick post to let people know that from the first of June, till the 20th of June, applications are open for the half yearly intake into the VM...
vForum Online 2020 - Save The Date!
It shouldn't come as a surprise that I'm writing about an event that is being held online... especially in this very moment in time. 2020 is the year of the ...
vExpert 2020 - Nine Years Worth of Value...A Collection of Thoughts
Today, VMware announced the vExpert class of 2020 and as per usual this generated lots of social media buzz as well as the now customary backlashes that have...
VMworld 2019 - Session Breakdown and Analysis
Everything to do with VMworld this year feels like it's arrived at lightning speed. I actually thought the event was two weeks away as the start of the week....
vSphere 6.7 Update 1 - Top New Features and Platform Supportability
Last week VMware released vSphere 6.7 Update 1 . While the buzz around this release was less than the previous release it still contains a ton of enhancement...
vSphere 6.7 - What's in it for Service Providers Part 1
A few weeks ago after much anticipation VMware released vSphere 6.7 . Like 6.5 before it, this is a lot more than a point release and represents a major upgr...
vExpert 2018 – The Value Remains!
After a longer than expected deliberation period the vExpert class of 2018 was announced late last Friday (US Time). I’ve been a vExpert since 2012 with 2018...
Awarded vExpert Cloud - A New vExpert Sub Program
Last week Corey Romero announced the inaugural members of the vExpert Cloud sub-program . This is the third vExpert sub-program following the vSAN and NSX pr...
NestedESXi - Network Performance Improvements with Learnswitch
I've been running my NestedESXi homelab for about eight months now but in all that time I had not installed or enabled the ESXi MAC Learning dvFilter . As a ...
Quick Thought: VMUG is now part of DTUC
I awoke this morning to the news that an announcement was made at DELL|EMC World that VMUG had been rolled into a the recently formed Dell Technologies User ...
It's ok to steal... VMUG UserCon Key Take Aways
Last week I attended the Sydney and Melbourne VMUG UserCons and apart from sitting in on some great sessions I came away from both events with a renewed sens...
vExpert's of 2017 – Listen Up! It’s about the Advocacy
Overnight Cory Romero announced the intake of the 2017 VMware vExperts . As a now six time returning vExpert it would be easy for me to sit back enjoy a perc...
Upgrading Windows vCenter 5.5 to 6.0 In-Place: Issues and Fixes
Yes that's not a typo...this post is focusing on upgrading Windows vCenter 5.5 to 6.0 via an in-place upgrade. There is the option to use the vSphere 6.0 Upd...
Top Posts 2016
2016 is pretty much done and dusted and it's been an good year for Virtualization is Life! There was a more modest 70% increase in site visits this year comp...
HomeLab – SuperMicro 5028D-TNT4 Unboxing and First Thoughts
While I was at Zettagrid I was lucky enough to have access to a couple of lab environments that where sourced from retired production components and I was ab...
vSphere 6.5 - Whats in it for Service Providers Part 1
Last week after an extended period of development and beta testing VMware released vSphere 6.5. This is a lot more than a point release and is a major major ...
The Anatomy of a vBlog Part 1: Building a Blogging Platform
Earlier this week my good friend Matt Crape sent out a Tweet lamenting the fact that he was having issues uploading media to WordPress...shortly after that t...
vExpert Pivot: NSX and VSAN Program Announcements
This week the VMware vExpert team officially lifted the lid on two new subprograms that focus on NSX and VSAN . The announcements signal a positive move for ...
VMworld 2016: Top Session Picks
VMworld 2016 is just around the corner (10 days and counting) and the theme this year is be_Tomorrow …which looks to build on the Ready for Any and Brave IT ...
Beta Participation Matters! - vSphere Beta Program
Over the past week there have been a number of posts around the new vSphere Beta which is the first step in testing the next major release from VMware follow...
Melbourne VMUG UserCon - Best Virtualisation Event Outside of VMworld!
"Best Virtualisation Event Outside of VMworld!" ...now there is a big statement if ever there was one! Without insulting every other VMUG UserCon around the ...
Another vExpert Post – Listen Up! It’s about the Advocacy
Last Friday Cory Romero announced the first intake of the 2016 VMware vExperts . As a five time returning vExpert it would be easy for me to sit back enjoy a...
Released: NSX Advanced Networking
Today is a great day for Zettagrid…we have officially released our NSX Advanced Networking feature that extends the networking functionality of our vCloud Ba...
VMUG - The Power of Community... NIKE!
Yesterday at the long awaited reboot of the Perth VMUG here in Western Australia I chaired a vExpert/vChampion Panel that included Alex Barron , Luke Brown ,...
vExpert VMworld Reception and Program Thoughts
Last week at VMworld we had the annual vExpert Reception…this year the party was held at the very swanky Julia Morgan Ballroom in the Merchants Exchange buil...
Follow-Up: vCloud Director SP: The Need for UI Improvement!
Its been a couple of weeks since I wrote this post on the need for improvement with the vCloud Director UI and the response I've had to the article through t...
VMware Labs: Top 5 Flings
For those that are not aware, VMware has had their Lab Flings going for a number of years now and on the back of the latest release ( ESXi Embedded Host Clie...
VMUG User Conference 2015 - Melbourne Community Session
The Australian legs of the VMUG User Conferences are happening next week in Sydney and Melbourne...This year the event is even bigger than last years and if ...
vExpert 2015: Passion and Community
I’m honoured to be recognized as a VMware vExpert for 2015…this is my 4 th year as a vExpert and without doubt the passion that drives this community remains...
What's in a name?
Time fly's where you are having fun! Two years ago I was privileged to be awarded my first vExpert Award...In that time I have been able to keep up my commun...
VMworld - Where is the Zephyr?
There where some pretty big announcements and reveals at VMworld 2012, but unless I missed something (which was totally possible had any accouncement been ma...
vExpert 2012 - My Journey in Virtualization so far...
If you had asked me 2 years ago that I'd be writing as a VMware vExpert I would have thought you were crazy. At that stage my only exposure to VMware was on ...