When it comes to starting your VMware certification path, there is something each and every VMware certification track has in common: the VMware vSphere Foundations exam.  Since it is required as part of each and every VMware VCP certification, it deserves a closer look. What is the VMware vSphere Foundations Exam? The VMware vSphere Foundations …

In A Guide to Fumbling Through PowerCLI, we focused on how to get information on a vSphere environment through the VMware vSphere PowerCLI command line interface. Now, since we now have an idea on how to move around our environment with PowerCLI to find out information, us focus on configuring our environment with PowerCLI.  We …

Today we are going to take a look at one of the newest additions to the Cisco UCS family, the Cisco UCS 64108 Fabric Interconnect.  Don’t miss my Introduction to Cisco UCS Architecture, which talks about how all of the Cisco UCS components work together. All About Cisco UCS 6400 Fabric Interconnects The Cisco UCS 64108 …

Sometimes we are in a hurry when installing a vSphere environment and forget little things like entering license keys, especially the vCenter license key.   Remember, the vCenter license that comes with VMware vSphere, the vCenter Server evaluation license, lasts 60 days, as do the other VMware evaluation licenses.  This means your vCenter server license …

Recently, Cisco released version 4.1(2cPE1) of the Cisco UCS Platform Emulator.  Let’s take a closer look at what is in this release, and try something new. All About Cisco UCS Platform Emulator 4.1(2CPE1) This version of the Cisco UCS Platform Emulator is based on UCS Manager 4.1(2C). As a general rule of thumb, you can …

VeeamON 2020 is upon us, and I’ve been very busy preparing! I want to take a few moments to recap the Technology General Session, and a few other highlights from VeeamON 2020. If you didn’t manage to catch everything live, you can catch the replay.  Just head on over to VeeamON.com to register. Veeam ON 2020 Technology …