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
Part 2 – Veeam and AWS Tape Gateway Integration – Creating Tapes
The diagram shown below, taken from Veeam's AWS/VTL Deployment Guide, is a representation of the infrastructure we are creating in this series: In part 1 of the Veeam and AWS Tape Gateway integration series, we looked at the process of deploying the AWS Tape Gateway OVF (Gateway VM) on VMware vSphere. In this post, we'll … Continue reading Part 2 – Veeam and AWS Tape Gateway Integration – Creating Tapes
AWS – Access Denied when Adding AD Trust Relationship
Late yesterday I decided to create an AWS Microsoft AD Directory Service. The task itself is pretty straightforward and I had no problems with the deployment process. A task that should be equally straightforward is setting up a trust relationship with an existing AD domain. A task that should take about 5 minutes ended up … Continue reading AWS – Access Denied when Adding AD Trust Relationship
Part 1 – Veeam and AWS Tape Gateway Integration – Deploying the Tape Gateway
As I'm sure many of you are, I've been working on ways to effectively harness the power of the cloud. One idea I decided to pursue was integrating an AWS Tape Gateway with an on-prem Veeam infrastructure in order to move my archived backup data from my local datacenter to AWS S3 storage. Now, I'll … Continue reading Part 1 – Veeam and AWS Tape Gateway Integration – Deploying the Tape Gateway
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
AWS – Error Importing Certificate Private Key
In order to use AWS application load balancers for HTTPS traffic, you'll need to import your certificate into AWS using the AWS Certificate Manager (ACM). My certificate was originally installed onto a Windows IIS server and was exported as a PFX file. Naturally this is not the right format for importing into ACM so this … Continue reading AWS – Error Importing Certificate Private Key
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
10/17/2017 – VMware Quick Tips
Had a couple minor issues in today when working with and in the vSphere web client: Shockwave Flash has crashed When logging into the vSphere Web Client, I received a message indicating "Shockwave Flash has crashed" as shown below: What I should have done is used the HTML5 version, but instead I came across VMware … Continue reading 10/17/2017 – VMware Quick Tips
XenDesktop 7.14 – Blank Spaces on Multi-Monitor Displays
If you are configuring multi-monitor end user stations to connect to Citrix XenDesktop virtual desktops, you may find blank/black spaces on the some or all of the monitors...something like this: On the VDI image, I installed the Citrix 7.14 VDA. Thus, to resolve this issue I did the following: Open the registry (regedit) and navigate … Continue reading XenDesktop 7.14 – Blank Spaces on Multi-Monitor Displays
Happiest Certification Feeling Ever….maybe!!!
I can still kinda, sorta remember the day....the day when, many years ago, I passed the A+ certification exam. Honestly, I "lucked out" in how I got into IT in the first place. I went to UNC-Charlotte (back when there was no football team), finally settling on Marketing as my major because I was sure … Continue reading Happiest Certification Feeling Ever….maybe!!!