Kubernetes as a Service
In 2017 I wrote a blog on Containers as a Service. In that time Docker containers were the next new big thing and VMware created a tightly integrated solution for vSphere, named vSphere Integrated Containers (VIC) to run containers on vSphere like a VM and…
We finally did it: VMGuru TV Episode 1 – working / learning from home
A couple of weeks ago Alex and I were talking about what we can do for VMGuru to keep giving you relevant information. Blogging is an interesting format, but it takes a lot of time: research, writing, rewriting because it was not easy to read, getting…
Add Veeam to a Workgroup, Domain or Forest?
Microsoft Active Directory is the heart of the IT infrastructure for nearly every organization. When setting up the Veeam Availability infrastructure keep in mind the principle that a data protection system should not rely on the environment it is meant to protect in any way!…
Monitor QNAP NAS devices with vROPS SNMP Adapter
vRealize Operations (vROPS) is a great tool to monitor your vSphere environment. What’s so great about vROPS is that it can be extended with (3rd-party) Management Packs to communicate with a wide variety of infrastructure components such as servers, network switches and storage devices and…
How to install HyTrust KeyControl 5.1 in vSphere 6.7
In vSphere 6.7 VMware has added a new device called virtual TPM 2.0. Before you can use and add this device to virtual machines vSphere VM Encryption needs to be in place. Starting with vSphere 6.5, you can take advantage of Virtual Machine encryption. Encryption…
Create Custom Names with vRealize Automation 8
In the latest version of vRealize Automation (vRA), version 8, when you create a new blueprint for deploying a Virtual Machine, you probably noticed once you deploy the Virtual Machine it gets a standard machine name something like Cloud_Machine_1-mcmxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx. But most customers use their own…
vRealize Operations 6.x certificate expires soon
Normally I don’t replicate VMware KB articles or bug reports with clear instructions on how to fix your problems. But in this case I want to warn vRealize Operations users and prevent that they run into an issue soon. Why? The vRealize Operations 6.x certificate expires…
How to: Deploy vRealize Automation 8
As Dimitri already mentioned in his earlier post, a lot has changed. What was previously known as Cloud Automation Services is renamed to vRealize Automation Cloud and there is a new on-premises version, vRealize Automation 8. Both share the same codebase and have similar features and…
Unable to backup iSCSI volume with Veeam Agent for Windows
For creating a backup of a VMware VM with an iSCSI connected volume you can use a Veeam Agent for Windows (VAW). A specific case at a customer last week sparked my interest because they pinged me why they kept failing to do a proper…
Opensource Configuration Management tools integration with vRealize Automation Cloud – Part 2
This is part 2 of opensource Configuration Management tools integration with vRealize Automation Cloud. In part 1 I wrote about using Puppet Bolt together with VMware Cloud Automation Services for installing and configuring software on a deployed VM. A lot has changed since, Cloud Automation…
Surviving VMworld Europe 2019
Going to VMworld in Barcelona this year? Here are some tips and tricks that will benefit you and help you survive the awsome experiance that is VMworld. Some tips I wrote down in 2015 are still valid and I will repeat a couple of them…
My First VMworld
VMworld US is already in the past but for us, European people, VMworld EU is closing fast. Just another 7 weeks before the most important show of the season kicks off. Okay, I might be slightly biased For many people, VMworld is part of their…
Frequently asked questions for the vSphere Client (HTML5)
As you all may know, the vSphere Client (HTML5) is the preferred client these days for managing your vSphere environment. With the deprecation of the vSphere Client for Windows (aka the C# client) and the vSphere Web Client (aka the Flash client) there is really…
Get Educated!
The VMGuru guys have been around. In fact, we are running this blog for more than 10 years now! You would think we’ve seen and written about everything there is to see and write about in virtualization. But we all tend to forget that every…
Opensource Configuration Management tools integration with Cloud Automation Services – Part 1
In some earlier posts I wrote about the advantages of Configuration Management tools as Puppet Enterprise for installing software and desired state configuration and how easy it is to integrate it with automation solutions as VMware vRealize Automation and Cloud Automation Services. But what if…