VMware has opened access to sign up for the next vSphere Beta (some cool things are being talked about in there!). Obviously, as with any public beta program there is an NDA/MSBTA that needs agreed to and a baseline understanding of 5.5 and 6.0 features such that feedback can be contributed. You can sign up […]
Upgrading VMware Integrated Openstack from v2.0.1 to v2.0.3
I’ve been playing around with VMware Integrated Openstack recently and wanted to see what the upgrade experience for bugfixes and point releases is like, happy to say – it’s quite easy. Firstly, download the .deb package from my.vmware.com and upload it to the VIO management appliance – I used FileZilla for this, the username is […]
vSphere Design Pocketbook v3 Available
I have been lucky enough to have had one of my articles selected for the vSphere Design Pocketbook v3 – After a little waiting, the vSphere Design Pocketbook v3 is now available for download, with print coming along shortly. You can find my original article included here: https://blah.cloud/infrastructure/safely-checkremove-orphaned-vmdk-files-from-esxi/ As Frank says, and is very important, […]
In need of a multi-OS, bootable USB? Use an Android phone.
I found myself in the position recently whereby I had two hosts I bought off eBay (as one does for labs), they arrived, I had great plans… But no iDRAC Enterprise :( While the iDRAC Ent cards were on their way to me I couldn’t help but want to install ESXi on these things so […]
VMware vExpert 2016
Just a quick share, I applied to the VMware vExpert program at the end of last year, almost completely forgot about it until this showed up in my Feedly today: http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2016/02/vexpert-2016-award-announcement.html?src=vmw_so_vex_mgray_1080 A quick Ctrl + F and there I am :) Should show up in the directory soon enough: https://communities.vmware.com/vexpert.jspa?src=vmw_so_vex_mgray_1080 This is more of just […]
VSAN Observer RVC in vCenter Appliance 6.0 U1
I have been working with VSAN in the lab recently and had the need to get some deeper stats on the inner operations. I had upgraded the lab to ESXi 6.0 U1 and vCenter 6.0 U1 and for the life of me couldn’t get the RVC console in the VCSA to work per the VMware […]
Guest post for Ravello Systems
I was recently approached to write a guest blog post for Ravello Systems on Novosco’s use of their AWS/GCE hosted ESXi labs for CI automation testing. Why not follow @mylesagray on Twitter for more like this!
My VMWorld 2015 Schedule
With VMWorld EMEA not far over the horizon, I’ve finally managed to get past the seemingly never ending blockade of the vmworld.com website and booked my sessions, Below you can see the sessions i’ve booked as well as my interests (in case my brain melts due to too much or a single subject matter). My […]
VMware NIC Load Balancing and Teaming, the Math
While doing some research for NSX setups I found the urge to delve deeper into the calculations of some of ESXi’s load-balancing and teaming types that are available, below I have outlined the scenarios, calculations (where appropriate) and recommendations when it comes to choosing a NIC load balancing and teaming type. Why not follow @mylesagray […]
Deploying Dell OpenManage on ESXi and vCenter 6
If you’ve been reading my other posts of late, you will have gathered I’ve been building a new lab. I say “new”, the last one was a single R710 with a ReadyNas Ultra 6 attached. So essentially, this is my first REAL lab. It’s mostly based on Dell hardware; it’s cheap on eBay, I like […]