I was listening to the latest vSoup podcast (#53) yesterday and it crystallised my thoughts on the availability options of vCenter that I have been ruminating about over the last few months. Continue reading vCenter-as-a-Service
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vCatchup Podcast with Craig Waters
I recently had a great vCatchup chat with Craig Waters from craigwaters.org, have a listen to the podcast here. Please excuse my bout of coughing during the podcast, I was recovering from a cold (Craig edited out as much as he could) and forgive my mistake of mentioning terabytes instead of gigabytes when talking about Microsoft Exchange Online.
SearchVMware at TechTarget Podcast with Tom Walat
I recently had a great chat with Tom Walat from SearchVMware at TechTarget, have a listen to the podcast here.
Sponsor Welcome – Veeam
I am very pleased to announce my third sponsor: Veeam Software. Veeam Software was founded in 2006 to provide a management eco-system around VMware’s ESX Server. They have been around for a long time and have won a multitude of industry awards during their journey.
Sponsor Welcome – Pluralsight
I am very pleased to announce my second sponsor: Pluralsight. During my VCDX journey, Pluralsight training was a big part of my preparation process. With 3,000+ courses there is something for everyone regardless of specialty or silo. Get your free 10 day trial and take it for a spin!
Sponsor Welcome – VMTurbo
I am very pleased and proud to announce my first sponsor: VMTurbo. With fellow vCommunity blogger Eric Wright moving to VMTurbo recently, I know that VMTurbo must have some very special products on offer for Eric to join.
NSX/vCNS/vCD – “Unplanned Reset” Operational Risk
This post is about mitigating the “unplanned reset” operational risk of the “Control-Alt-Delete” button in the vSphere Web Client/C# Client console for all Linux VMs, including NSX Manager, NSX Controller, vCNS Manager and vCD.
All Linux Administrators will be aware that pressing Control-Alt-Delete on the Console will reset the Linux OS immediately unless disabled in the Linux Operating system. However, Windows Administrators are not aware of this, because they press the same key sequence to access the login screen. Unfortunately, this behaviour is also true for some “hardened” virtual appliances such as NSX and vCNS.
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