This week I managed to sell the NetApp 2040 Storage Array I have to a chap in the UK. Were meeting up next Tuesday to […]
Back to Basics: Creating Standard vSwitches (One of Three)
Introduction Standard vSwitches have been around in VMware ESX since the very earliest days – they are a robust, well-known technology and despite the advances […]
Running the vSphere 5.5 Web Client on Windows 2012 R2
This blogpost concerns being able to open IE on Windows Server 2012 R2 desktop and being able to login and use the vSphere Web Client. […]
VMUG Questions: How many levels of Nested ESX/vInception
Another question that cropped up at last week Manchester/North-West VMUG was whether there were any limits to Nested ESX and vINCEPTION levels. As you might […]
VMUG Questions: Web-Client Vs vSphere Client Functionality
One question that came up at the Manchester/North-West VMUG at last weeks “training sessions” was when to use the vSphere Web Client and when to […]
The Great Colocation Lab Sale (UK ONLY)
In the last ten years or so I’m built up, upgraded and replaced a lab environment. After some donations from vendors in the last decade […]
Back To Basics: Installing Other Optional vCenter 5.5 Services
vCenter ships with a number of optional services including ESXi Dump Collector – Redirects kernel panic data to a central location SysLog Collector – Redirects […]
VMUG Question: Apples & Oranges vMotion
At last week VMUG in the North-West England (Manchester) I was asked by the group what would happen if a vMotion was attempted “apples to […]
Using pfSense Firewall with BareMetalCloud/AutoLab
UPDATE: I was recently contacted by the folks at pfsense.org – who have a new updated and detailed guide on using pfsene – I recommend […]
Hyper-V R2ality: A Simple Plan – Hyper-V Recovery Manager Preview
Because what could possibly go wrong? Note: I found a number of different articles and tutorials useful in my experiments. As ever there isn’t really […]