A few years ago, I wanted a homelab to dig deeper into my virtualization journey and play with things that I wouldn’t normally do in Production. At one point, a fellow vExpert had given me their former lab when they upgraded. It consisted of three Shuttle boxes and some miscellaneous other gear. I attempted to… Read More
A Thought on Termination of Employment
At the start of the post, I’ll be very honest with you – I do not yet feel as though I’ve made my way ’round the block fully. I still feel as though I’m a juvenile at the very beginning of my career. I have have seen tens of jobs in my lifetime, but I… Read More
Upgrade Specified, but ESXi Version 6.0 or Greater was Not Found on Disk – Multiple Boot Configurations
At work, I’ve had the pleasure and the ability to build new systems and migrate users by workload instead of needing to upgrade systems that I know little about. I’ve done this when I needed to go from vSphere 5.5 to 6.5, Horizon View 6.2 to Horizon 7.3, and, most recently, from vRealize Automation 7.0.1… Read More
Milestone Achieved: VCIX-DCV
Backstory At VMworld 2018, I sat and passed both the VCP6.5-DCV Delta exam and the VCAP6.5-DCV Design exam (immediately prior to announcements that exam titles were changing). I had originally signed up to attend the VCAP6-DCV Deploy Workshop at the event – it was cancelled as I was the only registrant. For some reason, this… Read More
Thoughts on VMware’s Future in Cloud
I’ve been mulling about this post for some time trying to find the right way to convey the thoughts in my head. Hopefully, I do so adequately. Some background: At work, I’ve been taking several different AWS trainings as the company continues to drive its Cloud-first vision. There are a great many people who like… Read More