With the recent release of Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5 Update 3, the ability to manage and control agent based backups directly from the Veeam B&R console is available. This is a great new feature that brings centralized management for any servers running a Veeam agent. Rather than connecting to every agent server, you can … Continue reading Veeam 9.5 U3 – Windows Agent Management
Author: Adam Fisher
Adam Fisher is a Technical Solutions Architect for World Wide Technology, residing in Apex, NC. He's an IT professional focused on cloud, virtualization and data protection. He is an AWS Community Builder and a Tech Field Day delegate. He can be followed on Twitter @bonzovt.
Veeam – Public Cloud Options
Veeam announced this week that they have acquired N2WS Software, which adds to their portfolio a cloud native backup solution specifically for AWS. This acquisition should certainly help Veeam push into the forefront of capabilities in regards to AWS, if not hopefully also speed up the release of the eagerly anticipated v10 of Backup and Replication … Continue reading Veeam – Public Cloud Options
SolidFire Node Replacement
It's been a little while since I've written a new post. It is the result of a combination of forces outside my control, one of which seems to be the holiday season playing it's part in filling up lots of my free time with "stuff" all of a sudden. Then I got an email from … Continue reading SolidFire Node Replacement
AWS Associate vs. VMware VCP
I passed the AWS Solutions Architect Associate exam this week, and rather than re-inventing the wheel with another recap post (you can find a great one here!) I wanted to do a little comparison. I was thrust into the world of AWS earlier this year, so the learning curve was pretty steep in a short … Continue reading AWS Associate vs. VMware VCP
vCloud Director Automation with RES
A while back, I needed to add a new tenant into our cloud environment. I went through all the manual steps needed to carve out storage, compute and network resources, and after a little bit of trial and error, got the tenant deployed successfully into vCloud Director. This process wasn't something I did fairly often, … Continue reading vCloud Director Automation with RES
RDU VMUG Meeting Recap
I've been in a VMware Workspace One and Airwatch training all week, and haven't had a chance until now to post a quick recap about the Raleigh Durham area (RDU for those not in the know) VMUG meeting. This was the first local VMUG I've attended, mainly because work and vacation have gotten in the … Continue reading RDU VMUG Meeting Recap
Netscaler Load Balancing for vCD 9
As mentioned in my previous post, after my upgrade to vCloud Director version 9, I was unable to access vCD via the load balanced virtual IP. We use a Netscaler HA pair for load balancing in this environment, and since I was able to hit the individual vCD cells just fine, this is where I … Continue reading Netscaler Load Balancing for vCD 9
Upgrade to vCloud Director 9
Last week VMware announced the official release of vCloud Director 9. Ever since hearing about this release at VMworld 2017, I've been excited about having the chance to give it a run in production. There are already some great blog posts out there now on the latest features. The other night I decided to upgrade … Continue reading Upgrade to vCloud Director 9
Add UCS vNICs causes vmnic re-order on vSphere host
I recently stumbled upon this issue when adding some new vNICs for use with a new iSCSI storage array. I followed the usual order of operations for our UCS B-series blades: create new vNIC templates, add the vNICs to the LAN Connectivity Policy in UCS Manager, put first vSphere host in the cluster into maintenance … Continue reading Add UCS vNICs causes vmnic re-order on vSphere host
VCAP6-DCV Deploy – It’s a pass!
I finally took the exam, and got the good news about an hour after I hit the "finish" button. I passed the VCAP deploy exam! There were a couple quirks I ran into that I thought could have negatively affected my score, but at this point I'm just happy with the pass! As someone who … Continue reading VCAP6-DCV Deploy – It’s a pass!