By now I had the ESX hosts and vCenter up and running in vApp, and I even got so far as adding the vESX hosts […]
Part 51: My vCloud Journey – Building vSphere vApp in vCloud Director (2 of 4)
… In my previous post I mainly focused on setting up the network allow my vESX hosts to work with my pStorage – as well as […]
PowerCLI 5.1 Update2; Distributed vSwitches and vINCEPTION Lab…
One of things I’ve been working on most recently is “nested vESX” – where you run ESX inside a VM running on physical ESX (pESX). […]
vCatchup-Chinwag-Mashup
Last week it was my great pleasure to be the guest of the Sydney and Melbourne VMUGs. We managed to find time in the hetic […]
Part 50: My vCloud Journey – vINCEPTION: Building vSphere vApp (1 of 4) – Physical Storage
I recently got interested in the whole concept of nesting. Nesting is used in virtualization to describe a situation where you run a hypervisor under […]
Upgrading the vCenter Server Appliance in vSphere5.1
One of the things I really like about the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) is the updating function. VMware Update manager is great for patching ESX […]
Part 49: My vCloud Journey Journal – vApp Customization
Warning: Remember for sysprep to join a VM to the domain you will need to have DHCP on your network where your vApp resides – […]
Hello World…
Well, I finally made it through my period of “non-compete”, and now able to launch fully mikelaverick.com. It took me ages to think of that […]
Chinwag with Vinay Gaonkar
Vinay Gaonkar used to work at VMware, and since switched to Violin Memory – last year and this year VMware worked with Violin to smash […]
Part 48: My vCloud Journey Journal – vCloud Connector 2.0 Private Configuration
The new version of vCloud Connector (vCC) was released just on the cusp of Christmas, which was very timely for me – as I’ve […]