Installing vSphere Integrated Containers (VIC) Part 1 of this blogseries explained what VIC is, why and when you should use it and which components are included. VIC is open sourced by VMware so you can grab a copy at https://vmware.github.io/vic/. For enterprise support, vSphere Enterprise Plus is required and a commercial copy of VIC needs to ...
Introduction to vSphere Integrated Containers (VIC) Containerization is a hot topic in IT nowadays. In most companies containers are synonymous with Docker and what we are seeing a lot is developers simply requesting huge VMs from the IT infrastructure team to run Docker on it. The infra team manages a VM so they are happy, ...
Vembu has released version 3.8.0 of its BDR Suite data protection solution. BDR Suite comprehensive universal backup solution catering to the backup, recovery and disaster recovery needs of diverse and heterogeneous IT environments. To find out more about Vembu BDR Suite have a look at their partner page on my website or visit their website directly. ...
VCDX Defense I have been meaning to write this post for a while now and with a new round of defenses coming up, I decided to put it online ASAP. Based on my own experience, I will provide 7 tips that will hopefully help aspiring VCDX’s in their preparation and during their defense. Just remember: ...
VCAP6.5-DCV Design reference documents The new VCAP6.5-DCV Design exam guide contains a list of reference documents. This list is just a simple list of URLs and some of them are broken. I’ve sanitized the list a bit, fixed the broken URLs and included a document title to make the list easier to consume. For more ...
VCAP6.5-DCV Design to the rescue July 10th 2017 was as a sad day for me. I failed my very first IT exam ever since starting in IT over 20 years ago. It was VMware’s VCAP6-DCV Design exam that drew first blood. I completed MCSE, CCNP, VCAP5 and even VCDX on my first try, so failing ...
Backup & Replication v7.2 Beta Yesterday, NAKIVO released the public beta of Backup & Replication v7.2. You can sign up for the beta download at https://www.nakivo.com/resources/releases/v7.2/. I will hopefully have time to install this new release and test the new features. For now, here is a short description of these new features: VM Backup Appliance Based ...
