At VMworld 2017, VMware announced a new product offering called AppDefense. In 2018, there were announcements surrounding the product as well (primarily in the form of a new offering, vSphere Platinum). The product has been out for a little over a year, but I’m still not seeing a ton of activity in the community about… Read More
Here’s the scenario: I’ve recently been introduced to vRealize Automation at work. We’re entering the tail end of the roll-out and I’ve only just begun to understand exactly how to interact with it. I understand why an organization might want to use the product, but I’ve just never been at a place in my career… Read More
For the better half of the day yesterday, my Twitter feed and blog channels were filled with news of the partnership between VMware and Amazon Web Services. In short, VMware has dropped their own public cloud offering in lieu of a more strategic relationship with AWS. With VMware Cloud on AWS, traditional VMware SDDC workloads… Read More
Not long ago, I tore down my homelab (more of a test/dev environment for work, really) to focus on another project. It’s time to start the homelab fresh and play with some VSAN stuff. I’ve installed ESXi 6.0 Update 2 and I’m ready to deploy my VCSA. I go through all installation dialogues and leave… Read More