I must have to admit.  When it was announced the VMware vSphere 6.5 C# client was about to ride into the sunset, I was a bit upset.  Sure, I had been using the vSphere Web Client for some time for vCenter, but I was used to logging into ESXi hosts directly with the C# client, …

VMware NSX, VMware’s Network Virtualization and Security platform is one of their hottest technology platforms.  VMware NSX is all about micro segmentation, a policy based method for ensuring resources are configured with the appropriate security settings. There is, of course, tremendous business value provided by a technology such as this.  Before we talk about this, let’s …

Moving to the cloud means organizations no longer need to manage as much infrastructure as they did before. While they do need to manage workloads and applications, they are out of the day to day operational game of managing things like compute, network, and storage hardware when they move to the cloud. However, this doesn’t …

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to attend VeeamON 2017 in New Orleans.  While I wish I could have joined my fellow #VeeamVanguards, they all did a tremendous job of covering the VeeamON content online.  Thanks, Vanguards for making me feel like I was part of the experience! Had a great time with the #VeeamVanguard delegation to …

Recently, Cisco came out with a new emulator. You may be familiar with the Cisco UCS Platform Emulator, which is an emulated hardware environment paired with UCS Manager. The Cisco IMC Emulator is its cousin. Let’s review what Cisco IMC is, and why you would want to use the Cisco IMC Emulator. Introduction to Cisco …

Recently, Cisco UCS Manager 3.1(3a) was released, bringing a new slew of supported hardware and software features to our beloved Fabric Interconnects!  Let’s take a look at what some of my favorites are, and why. New Hardware Support in Cisco UCS Manager 3.1(3a) Let’s start with the Cisco UCS Manager 3.1(3a) new hardware support.  With UCS …