So you want to be a Prompt Engineer?
Automation has always been something I've worked in and around since I started back on the help desk over twenty years ago... dealing with repeatable and rep...
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Quick Post - SDDC Network Import/Export for VMware Cloud on AWS Fling
I remember back a few years ago when VMware first launched their Flings how useful some of them where (and still are). Seemed like no matter what area of the...
v11 For Service Providers - Automation with New API and PowerShell Module
When Veeam Backup & Replication v11 went Generally Available on the 24th of February I posted the What’s in it for Service Providers blog. In that post I bri...
Infrastructure as Code SaaS Based Automation with env0
Those reading my blog and social feeds over the last few years know how much of a fan of automation and infrastructure as code I am. I never profess or claim...
Never Deploy Backup Proxies Manually Again With Infrastructure as Code!
My recent obsession with automation and Infrastructure as Code in general has resulted in a lot of efficiencies in my day to day work life. Where I used to d...
Deploying a Kubernetes Sandbox on VMware with Terraform
Terraform from HashiCorp has been a revelation for me since I started using it in anger last year to deploy VeeamPN into AWS . From there it has allowed me t...
Orchestration of NSX by Terraform for Cloud Connect Replication with vCloud Director
That is probably the longest title i've ever had on this blog, however I wanted to highlight everything that is contained in this solution. Everything above ...
Quick Fix: Terraform Plan Fails on Guest Customizations and VMware Tools
Last week I was looking to add the deployment of a local CentOS virtual machine to the Deploy Veeam SDDC Toolkit project so that it included the option to de...
Automated Configuration of Backup & Replication with PowerShell
As part of the Veeam Automation and Orchestration for vSphere project myself and Michael Cade worked on for VMworld 2018 , we combined a number of seperate p...
Creating Policy Based Backup Jobs for vCloud Director Self Service Portal with Tenant Creation
For a long time Veeam has lead the way in regard to the protection of workloads running in vCloud Director. Veeam first released deep integration into vCD ba...
Automating the Creation of AWS VPC and Subnets for VMware Cloud on AWS
Yesterday I wrote about how to deploy a Single Host SDDC through the VMware Cloud on AWS web console. I mentioned some pre-requisites that where required in ...
Using Terraform to Deploy and Configure a Ready to use Backup Repo into an AWS VPC
A month of so ago I wrote a post on deploying Veeam Powered Network into an AWS VPC as a way to extend the VPC network to a remote site to leverage a Veeam L...
Veeam Vault #9: Backup for Office 365 1.5 GA, Azure Stack and Vanguard Roundup
Welcome to another Veeam Vault! This is the ninth edition and given the last edition was focused around VMware and VMworld I thought just for a change, the f...
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...
First Look: ManageIQ vCloud Director Orchestration
Welcome to 2017! To kick off the year I thought I'd do a quick post on a little known product (at least in my circles) from Red Hat Inc called ManageIQ . I s...
VCA-CLI for vCloud Director: New Networking Features
There is a lot of talk going around how IT Pros can more efficiently operate and consume Cloud Based Services…AWS has lead the way in offering a rich set of ...
The Power of Network Automation: How a Huge Low Turned into a Great High!
A few weeks back at Zettagrid we released our NSX Advanced Networking product that we have been working on for the best part of 12 months. I’m particularly p...