Tagged With: VMWare
VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.0
Today VMware has release VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.0. It’s a milestone release that not only do we have a new name for the product but several key new features that service Providers have been asking for! Release notes: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Cloud-Director-Availability/4.0/rn/VMware-Cloud-Director-Availability-40-Release-Notes.html The change of name from VMware vCloud Availability to VMware Cloud Director Availability is the … Continue reading
vCloud Director 9.7 MindMap
One of my primary roles within the VMware PSO Team in the METNA region has been to be the main Architect for vCloud Director based Service Providers. One of the tools I’ve come up with over that period has been a MindMap showing the areas that need to be covered in a design. It’s usually … Continue reading
NSX for vSphere 6.3 and NSX-T 1.1 Released
VMware NSX for vSphere 6.3 has been released today and with it comes a host of new bells and whistles: vSphere 6.5 Support VMware Integrated Containers Support Centralised dashboard for Services and Operations Faster Upgrades Future NSX Manager upgrades will no longer require a reboot. VMware claim this will mean upgrades are 5 times quicker. … Continue reading
My VCAP6-NV Deploy Experience
The VCAP6-NV Deploy exam is very similar to the original VCIX-NV and from a casual review of the blueprint the only major item added has been multi-site NSX. The main ‘spoiler’ I can give for the exam is that of all the blueprint items there were roughly 3-4 small items that weren’t asked. In the … Continue reading
My VCAP6-DCV Deploy Experience
I’ve managed to squeeze in a couple of VMware VCAP exams this month. The first of which was the VCAP6-DCV Deploy exam (the old DCA) in New Horizons in Dublin city center. A three hour experience that is only for those admins who enjoy pain and suffering the challenge of fixing very broken vSphere environments. The lab itself was well … Continue reading
VMware NSX vExpert 2016
On Friday I got the good news that I made it onto the VMware vExpert NSX program for 2016. This particular program is for current vExperts who have a passion for NSX to gain insight into what is coming down the pipeline and help provide feedback where possible on the product. Currently there are over 1300 … Continue reading
My VCAP6-CMA Design (Beta) Experience
I recent sat the VCAP6-CMA Design beta and thought it might be worth writing up a few words on the experience. The beta is under NDA so please don’t expect a brain dump here, I enjoy sitting certification exams and I have no interest in getting barred from sitting others just to have a few … Continue reading
NSX Guest Introspection & Data Security – Simple DLP
This week has been pretty heavy on demonstrating NSX and its various security capabilities. One of capabilities that is the slightly ignored is the inbuilt DLP capabilities for finding private data such as credit card numbers, SWIFT codes, VAT numbers, driving licence ID numbers etc on deployed VMs. Usually most conversations around NSX are about Microsegmentation and … Continue reading
My VCIX-NV Exam Experience
Last week I sat the new VCIX-NV exam from VMware which is based all around NSX 6.0 for vSphere. The exam itself is just like a VCAP-DCA/CIA type exam with a real live lab and having to conduct various tasks relating to what I would consider BAU operational tasks and proper deep-dive networking troubleshooting questions. … Continue reading
My VCP-NV Experience
As most VMware Pros will have heard the VCP-NV (Network Virtualisation) exam is out and is primarily all about NSX. Since the announcement I’ve been doing some reading up on it and took a hands on lab to get a better understanding about how it all works. Today I sat the exam and thankfully had done … Continue reading
My VMWare Certifications
My vMetrics
Total Metrics:
47 GHz Total CPU
180 GB Total RAM
2,726 GB Total Disk
2 Host(s)
7 RPs
39 VMs
425 vMotions
Power States:
(21) 
(18) 
(0)
Networking:
6 Physical NICs
10 Virtual PGs
Cluster:
Primary
DRS: DRS enabled (Full Auto)
HA: HA Disabled
Current Deviation: 0.088
Target Deviation: 0.05
DRS Balance: Unbalanced
Hardware:
HP ProLiant ML350 G6
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2820 days, 15 hrs and 28 min.
