Upgrading vShield Manager 5.0.x - A Leap of Faith Upgrade
Having recently just completed the upgrading our vCloud Platform from 1.5 to 5.1 I thought it best to share my experiences around the upgrading of the vShiel...
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Nested ESXi - Reduced Network Throughput with Promiscuous Mode PortGroups
We have been conducting performance and stress testing of a new NFS connected storage platform over the past month or so and through that testing we have see...
vCenter SSO 5.5 Backwards Compatability: Mixed Mode Install
While at a post #vFourmAU event last week a group of us where talking about SSO in vCenter 5.1 and what a disaster it had been (credibility wise) and that VM...
vForum 2013: Session Details
vForum returns to the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Center next week and I'll be attending for the 3rd year in a row, but this time around I'll be there w...
Quick Tip: Disapearing Datastore Cluster in vCloud after adding Datastore to vCenter with Storage Profiles
Had an interesting occurrence pop up early in the week while we where adding a new Datastore to a vCloud Hosting Zone. We are running vCloud Director 5.1.2 a...
vCloud Reporting: Org and OrgvDC VM Report (PowerCLI)
I had been looking for a way to get quick reports from our vCloud Zones using PowerCLI that reports on VM Allocated Usage. Basically I wanted to get a list o...
Course Review: VMware vSphere Optimize and Scale 5.1
While it's fresh in my head, I thought I might get a short post up reviewing the Optimize and Scale Course I just completed this week. Overall I was impresse...
Differentiate...Or Die?
I spent the last week on holiday in the Wine Region of Western Australia’s South West . I've been holidaying down south since I was a teenager and I've seen ...
First Look: CloudPhysics - Knowledge Base Advisor
I've been lucky enough to have been early access to a new Card from the guys at CloudPhyics which, at it's core lets VMware admins quickly and precisely get ...
VMware Series 2013 - EUC and vDC Ready and Waiting
Over the last couple of weeks I've been fortunate to represent ZettaGrid, as a Platinum Sponsor of the VMware Series 2013 road shows in Melbourne and Sydney....
PSOD Warning: IBM HS23 Blades, Emulex 10GB Network Adaptors and ESXi 5.1
This is a quick informational post to warn anyone running an Emulex based 10GbE Converged Ethernet adapter in an IBM Blade Center with HS23 Series Blade serv...