Veeam Availability Suite 9.5 Update 4 has been released as of January 22, 2019. While there are a whole slew of great features in this release (and since I am on the Product Strategy team at Veeam I have been playing with them in the lab for months), I wanted to focus on a few …

When it comes to Cisco UCS servers, when you see a C in front of the model, like a Cisco UCS C220 you can simply assume it is a rack mount server.  Likewise, when you see a B in front of the model number, you know it is a blade server, like the Cisco UCS …

I started working with the Cisco Unified Computing System, more commonly known as Cisco UCS very soon after its initial release. Cisco UCS is an awesome and powerful server platform that is a great fit for virtualization and pretty much any workload you can imagine. What I also realized is that with all of my …

In this day in age, it is easy to see what a complete and total stranger is doing on the internet.  The rise of influencers (I’m thinking more along social media stars a la Instagram than influencers in any particular industry) is a major contributor to this.  Social media makes it easy to follow total …

One of the most important parts of a new VMware vSphere 6.7 U1 deployment is updating your VMware license.  This should be a part of any validation plan you perform before the environment goes live.  Unfortunately, I did not listen to my own advice, and when I logged into my VMware vSphere Client, I saw …

Updating VMware Tools and VMware virtual hardware (which is also commonly referred to as VM hardware compatibility these days) are very important steps in your vSphere upgrade process.  As of VMware vSphere 6.7 U1, you can now upgrade these both by using the new VMware vSphere Client, which is HTML5 based. Want to learn more …