Today I logged into my lab after a power outage and noticed that vCenter was not up. I accessed to host directly, and opened to console to the VCSA server. The VCSA server was not able to mount the filesystem,…
. Disaster Recovery. It's a phrase that's tossed around IT circles like candy at a parade. Everyone wants it, and lots of vendors offer it. What exactly is it? Seems simple enough to answer - Disaster Recovery is the ability…
To finish off objective 1.1, we have three things to cover: Edit system swap / scratch configuration Configure ESXi to use a central syslog server Manage / edit the core dump configuration of an ESXi host Edit system swap…
In part 1, we covered using Auto Deploy to install ESXi onto our physical hosts. In part 2, we will cover unattended installations. Sometimes known as a scripted install, or a kickstart, this deployment method automates the install process, which…
To kick off the series on the blueprint for the VCAP-DCV exam, I thought I would start at the beginning. I will split objective 1.1 into 3 parts: Objective 1.1 - Perform advanced ESXi Host Configuration Skills and Abilities (Part 1)…
Since I hold a VCAP-DCD for 5.5, and want to upgrade to the VCIX-DCV 6, I have to study and take the VCAP-DCV Deploy test. Thankfully, VMware has made the process easy - I don't have to upgrade the VCAP-DCD…
Part 1 here: Veeam Replication - Installation Part 2 here: Veeam Replication - Configuration Now that we have Veeam installed, and configured with both site's vCenter servers, lets get the replication job created. In the navigation tree on the left,…
Part 1 here: Veeam Replication - Installation Now that we have Veeam installed in a virtual machine, it's time to configure it to talk to our vSphere environment to enable replication. To do this, we will be adding both our…
To continue on the Replication Roundup series, and not too far behind the Veeam ON conference, it only make sense to highlight Veeam Availability Suite's replication. As a reminder, This series is not to compare / contrast features of each,…
One of the sessions I attended at VeeamON was the Veeam Endpoint Backup Free - tips and tricks. I wanted to share some of the thoughts from this session. To start, what is VEB free? Well, it's a great backup…