Virtualization

  • What-is-VMware-Project-Pacific

    What is VMware Project Pacific?

    Big news is already coming from VMWorld 2019 and the first general session has not even begun as of yet! Today, at the time of this writing, VMware is releasing a huge new improvement to VMware vSphere that evolves the…

  • Runecast-Analyzer-3.0-New-Features

    Runecast Analyzer 3.0 New Features

    Have you ever been in the situation of wanting to perform upgrades in your environment but realize that you have not checked all the latest information regarding hardware compatibility? As it is with most vendors, if you are running VMware…

  • Replacing-VMware-vSAN-Two-Node-Witness-Host-Checklist

    Replacing VMware vSAN Two-Node Witness Host Checklist

    One of the things I love about VMware vSAN is the ease of which you can do things operationally and the resiliency and robustness of the platform to have changes in the infrastructure and still keep running your workloads. The…

  • VMware-vSAN-6.7-Update-3-New-Features

    VMware vSAN 6.7 Update 3 New Features

    With the release of VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 3, one of the exciting upgrades that come with the new vSphere release is an updated version of vSAN. VMware vSAN 6.7 Update 3 brings great new features to the table that…

  • VMware-vSphere-6.7-Update-3-Announced-New-Features

    VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 3 Announced New Features

    In case you haven’t heard today, the next version of VMware vSphere has been announced! VMware officially announced VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 3 today with new and exciting enhancements to the already powerful platform. This is going to be a…

  • Use-PowerCLI-to-See-ESXi-Host-Failed-Login-Errors

    Use PowerCLI to See ESXi Host Failed Login Errors

    Monitoring for error messages as a VI admin is extremely important part of daily administration, especially when managing large environments with multiple servers and virtual machines. Sometimes we get lost in the noise of notifications and alerts that we can…

  • Runecast-Analyzer-2.7.3-released-with-editable-PCI-DSS

    Runecast Analyzer 2.7.3 released with editable PCI-DSS

    One of the best things you can do for any environment, including VMware vSphere environments is proactive monitoring as well as implementing best practice recommendations across the board. However as administrators, implementing best practices across the board can be tedious…

  • Automate-and-Manage-Capacity-and-IO-Across-VMware-Datastores-with-Storage-DRS

    Automate and Manage Capacity and I/O Across VMware Datastores with Storage DRS

    If you manage multiple single LUNs in production or perhaps in a lab environment, you may find it difficult to continually balance out storage either based on capacity of the LUN or the I/O performance you are looking to balance…

  • Installing-VMware-Horizon-7.9-Connection-Server-Step-by-Step

    Installing VMware Horizon 7.9 Connection Server Step-by-Step

    Recently, VMware released Horizon 7.9 which is their latest virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) product delivering exciting new features for desktop virtualization. Check out the details of the new VMware Horizon 7.9 release here. In this post, we will take a…

  • Manually-Patch-VMware-vCenter-Server-VCSA-with-ISO

    Manually Patch VMware vCenter Server VCSA with ISO

    Patching is one of the things that we as administrators hate to do, but it is a necessary thing to keep up with the latest and greatest features and functionality, not to mention, security. The VMware vSphere environment is no…