This is just a quick blogpost on a small issue I encountered during a VMware Validated Design (VVD) deployment. As part of the VVD deployment, all ESXi hosts need to be added to Active Directory. This allows for Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) over the ESXi hosts.. Following the planning and preparation guidelines, the customer nicely ...
Introduction I am currently deploying a VMware Validated Design for SDDC at a customer, with the addition of vRealize Network Insight. This blogpost explains how to use the Certificate Generation Utility for VMware Validated Design for Software-Defined Data Center (CertGenVVD utility) to replace the default SSL certificate of the vRNI Platform Appliance. CertGenVVD is a command-line utility ...
NAKIVO Backup & Replication v7.5 introduces several new features, including Cross-Platform Recovery, Advanced Bandwidth Throttling, support for the latest version of vSphere, and more. NAKIVO, Inc., a fast-growing virtualization and cloud backup software company, announced today the release of NAKIVO Backup & Replication v7.5. The latest version supports vSphere 6.7 and adds integration with major ...
Nested homelab and NSX-T I recently published a blogpost about my fully nested VMware homelab.After completing a beta NSX-T Install, Configure and Manage course, I was keen on adding NSX-T to the mix. The beauty of NSX-T is that it is not hard coupled to vCenter Server. By simply adding another (nested) ESXi host to ...
Conceptual, RCARs and AMPRS … What? Today I gave a very quick crash course on the conceptual design portion of a VMware design, RCARs and AMPRs to a couple of co-workers at ITQ who are taking a VCAP exam on VMware EMPOWER next week.I decided to do a blogpost on this topic. So if you ...
Vembu released BDR Suite 3.9.1 Update 1 with full support for VMware 6.7, which was announced by VMware on 17th of April, 2018. In less than 60 days after the official release, Vembu is geared up to support 6.7. With this latest upgrade, VMware aimed to create a consistent infrastructure for users across all platforms. ...
DHPA TechFest 2018 I was invited to talk at the DHPA TechFest 2018. The DHPA foundation is a collaboration between market-leading hosting and cloud providers in The Netherlands. DHPA TechFest is not your regular IT event. It is called an IT festival by the organization with the tagline “work hard, play hard”. Besides several technical ...
My blog sponsor Vembu notified me about the v3.9.1 release of their BDR Suite. They have now introduced a tiered licensing model with the introduction of a new Standard Edition (next to the existing Enterprise and Free editions. Check out my What’s new article or the v3.9.1. release notes at https://www.vembu.com/vembu-bdr-suite-release-notes/. Vembu BDR Suite v3.9.1 ...
Nested homelab introduction I was chatting with someone the other week about homelab setups. The old debate of running on physical hosts vs. nested came up. I am running a completely nested homelab with stretched vSAN, NSX-v, et cetera and as a follow-up to that conversation I was having, I decided to do a short ...
VCAP6.5-DCV Design … finally This morning, I finally got around to taking the VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6.5 Data Center Virtualization (VCAP6.5-DCV) Design exam. I have been planning this exam and blogging [1, 2] about preparing for it for quite a while now. Due to all sort of planning issues I kept postponing the exam. ...
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