Celebrating 10 Years as a VMware vExpert: How Community, Blogs, and Saying “Yes” Changed My Career

From Reluctance to a Decade-Long Journey This year, I celebrate my 10th anniversary as a VMware vExpert—a milestone I once never imagined reaching. I hesitated to apply for years, convinced my contributions weren’t “enough.” Back then, my world revolved around Experts Exchange, where I spent countless hours answering VMware, Veeam, and Windows Server questions, amassing … Read more

VMware Explore: My Session about VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery

Being a part of VMware Explore and presenting my session the past week was a fantastic experience. It was a milestone for me, mainly because it was my first time doing a session independently. I’m really excited to share some insights about my session in this blog post. I am grateful for the opportunity to … Read more

How to update vCenter 7.0 using the update planner

In the new vCenter 7.0, a cool feature called vCenter Update Planner creates Interoperability reports in the vCenter Update Manager. When we need to update our Center, we should always use this feature before update the vCenter. When update vCenter 7.0 using the Interoperability feature, we view all our VMware products connected to our vCenter … Read more

vExpert 2021 Applications are now Open!

Officially vExpert 2021 Applications are now Open! since 20th of November. The applications will be open until January 9th at midnight PDT. The vExpert awards will be announced on February 19th. The official page for vExpert announcements: vExpert 2021 Applications are Open – Don’t Miss Out! I enter this vExpert program for the first time … Read more

Delete Veeam ghost backup snapshots with PowerCLI

Sometimes when a Veeam Backup doesn’t finish properly the snapshot that was created by Veeam is not deleted. There is a lot of reasons for a Backup does not end properly and the snapshot not removed. Most of them is a timeout between Veeam Backup Server and the vCenter/Storage. In this blog post, we will … Read more

vExpert 2018 Applications are now Open!

VMware launched in 18th of December the first of two-year applications for vExpert 2018. The applications will be open until January 19th at midnight PDT. The vExpert 2018 announcement will be on February 16th, 2018. The official page for vExpert announcements: http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn This year there is a new site and new tool for applications, so … Read more