I’ve been using VMware HCX lately while working on migrating a data center. HCX offers a few different ways to migrate workloads from the source vCenter to the destination vCenter (whether that destination be in VMC on AWS or another vSphere environment). The primary way I’ve been migrating workloads is using HCX’s Bulk Migration. A… Read More
I’m happy to share that I have received the award of VMware vExpert 2020! This marks my fourth consecutive year as a vExpert and I can honestly say that I’m just as excited now as I was four years ago. What is a vExpert? vExpert is a designation awarded to an individual by VMware for… Read More
I’ve had the lab online in its minimum viable configuration for about a week. I’ve ordered more and more parts of the puzzle and have patiently awaited their arrival. Maybe the Holiday Season wasn’t the best place to start playing with a #homelab… In my initial post, I said that I wanted to begin playing… Read More
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
Task at hand: Replace the now-expired Machine SSL Certificates of the (still) external PSC and VCSA. By now, there are several different blog posts about how to replace the Machine SSL Certificate using the built-in Certificate Manager tool for the PSC and VCSA. I originally performed this operation after migrating from vSphere 5.5 to vSphere… Read More