How to publish Root CA into the trusted store in VMware Endpoint Certificate...
Recently during preparing a new vSphere environment based on 6.0 U2 version and replacing certificates I got some problems and found the following error in certificate-manager.log: "Error while...
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Voting is now open for the Top vBlog 2016!
This year again, Eric Siebert from vSphere-land.com started annual voting for the best VMware & Virtualization blogs (Top vBlog).You can vote for your top 12 favorite VMware & virtualization...
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vSphere Metro Storage Cluster (vMSC) and partially connected datastores?
vSphere Metro Storage Cluster (vMSC) is a certified (you should always check/verify compatibility on VMware Storage Compatibility Guide) configuration for stretched storage (synchronized replication)...
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Cisco Nexus 1000v and vSphere 6.x - inconsistent dvUplinks
Recently during installing and configuring Cisco Nexus 1000v for my customer, I faced a problem where some dvUplinks were inconsistent on ESXi hosts. Even I configured only two adapters for...
View ArticleWhat's new in Veritas NetBackup 7.7.3?
Veritas released the next version of NetBackup - 7.7.3. There are some features and enhancements as follows: Bare Metal Restore (BMR) support improvements: Oracle Linux 7.2 (x86-64), SUSE Linux...
View ArticleVMware NSX 6.2.3 is out - default license for vShield Endpoint.
VMware released NSX 6.2.3. It introduced a long awaited feature - at least for me and my customers 🙂 NSX 6.2.3 has default license "NSX for vShield Endpoint" which enables use of NSX for deploying and...
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When to use NetBackup Replication Director?
This week I received an email from my reader with question about difference between NetBackup Auto Image Replication (AIR) and Replication Director. I already wrote some posts about these NetBackup...
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TFD11 - Long awaited features in the next version of Zerto
One of presenters during Tech Field Day 11 (TFD11) in Boston was Zerto. Its product is a Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solution for virtual environments - VMs replication between...
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vSphere upgrade: in-place or fresh install?
This post is part of vSphere design considerations and trying to answer for one of the questions often asked during doing the vSphere (but not only) upgrade projects: should I do this in-place or as a...
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How to change vCenter Appliance (VCSA) 6.x IP Address?
Recently, I have had to change IP addresse of some vCenter Appliances (VCSA) 6.0 U2 in our environment. Changing IP address is possible (however officially not supported) and it's straightforward if...
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VMworld 2016 US - I will be there!
I would like to inform that as an official blogger I will have a pleasure to attend at VMworld US this year. I have chosen the following sessions: Sunday: Security Concepts in the Software Defined...
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VCAP 6 – DCV Design Beta Exam 3V0-622 - Passed!
A couple of months ago (in March) I took the VCAP6-DCV Design Beta exam (3V0-622). At last, today I could see the result (passed) on Pearson Vue page (even still I have not received any official email...
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How to limit (restrict) access to VMware DVS port group?
This is a short post about small issue that I faced in our lab. I created two DVS port group named: LAB and Storage, however the second one is used just for NFS storage. Unfortunately DVS requires a...
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How to add correctly the second NIC to VDP appliance?
In this post I would like to show how to add the second (or more) network card (NIC) to the vSphere Data Protection (VDP) appliance. This solution is a robust, simple to deploy, disk-based backup and...
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VMs are houses, containers are apartments!
A couple of weeks ago I had occassion to be a delegate at DockerCon 2016, held in Seattle, USA. To be honest I hadn't had much experience with Docker before so I was so excited to be able to study new...
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VMware vSphere 6.5 announced - my favourite features
This week, during VMworld in Barcelona, vSphere 6.5 was announced with cool features which most of them I could test during beta, however now I can write about it. vCenter Appliance redesigned and...
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VMware NSX Endpoint - preparing for antivirus protection
As I already mentioned, since NSX 6.2.3, all vSphere customers with Essential Plus or higher can use NSX Edpoint for antivirus offloaded protection. When you deploy NSX Manager and register it to...
View ArticleVeritas NetBackup 8.0 is GA - my favorite features.
Veritas released a new version of their core product - NetBackup 8.0. This version provides some interesting features. Let's see what NetBackup introduces for VMware 😉 NetBackup Virtual Appliance for...
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FTF 001: Replacing 3rd async with VMware inbox driver?
This post begins my series: "From the Field" about issues or opportunities that I have faced during doing projects for my customers. Recently during implementing VMware vSAN for my customer, we needed...
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What’s new in version 7 of Altaro VM Backup?
Recently Altaro released a new version of their product and I decided to share it with you as this version provides some interesting features. What's new in v7? Augmented Inline Deduplication Boot VM...
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