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VMware Tools Update on Power Cycle Change (vSphere5)
We can all agree that larger vSphere environments bring many challenges. One of them is updating all of the VMware Tools on the numerous VM guests. One of the solutions our team decided to use was to...
View ArticleVMworld 2012
This year will be the third year in a row I have attended VMworld. Every year gets better and better. The last two years I was fortunate enough to get full conference passes through one of the agencies...
View ArticleVMworld 2012 Images
As I had mentioned that I would be at VMworld as event staff and as an attendee, I planned to take pictures. I didn’t take as many as I thought I would as I was much more busy than I had planned. I did...
View ArticlevExpert 2013 – Now Accepting Applications
I just found out that John Troyer has opened up the application process for vExpert 2013. This is the first year that I will be applying for it. I didn’t feel like I had deserved that recognition in...
View ArticleToo Many Groups (Another Tale of Being Half-Baked)
After months of waiting for VMware to make Update 1 available for vSphere/vCenter 5.1, it finally arrived. We had hoped that it would provide fixes to some half-baked items that we had noticed after...
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EVO:RAIL – My thoughts
EVO:RAIL At VMworld last month, VMware revealed Project MARVIN as EVO:RAIL. This is VMware’s entry into the hyper-converged space. Companies like Nutanix and Simplivity have made waves with their...
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Asynchronously remove datastores via vCO! (Updated)
Anyone with more than 3 hosts absolutely dreads removing data volumes from the VMware environment. It is a mind-blowing tedious and redundant process that VMware has yet to fully address. First you...
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Unable to Expire or Power On vRA Managed Machine
Eric and I are deploying a distributed installation of vRealize Automation 6.2.2 with the help of a VMware architect on-site. We have progressed nicely through less than two weeks with the exception of...
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vRA 7.4 Upgrade Issue
VMware released the latest revision of vRealize Automation last week. I found some time to perform an upgrade to my homelab environment. At the time, 7.3.0 was the running version. I planned to skip...
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vRealize Automation Deployment Failed
I recently deployed a new vRealize Automation 7.5 environment. The deployment went without any issues. The configuration also went well. A week later, the console of the vRA appliance was launched and...
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