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
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
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
tl;dr Just in case you’re not interested in the narrative and want only facts. vRA Software Component won’t properly install IIS Found older Windows version uses Add-WindowsFeature, not Install-WindowsFeature Had to test if-statement for automation Learned that Powershell 2.0 no longer supported Installed WMF 5.0 to get Powershell 5.0 Guest Customization now broken – need C++… Read More