Broadcom changed how VCF gets supported and released. Plus, a quick update on what 9.1 has already refined in the licensing model. A few days ago, I wrote about the new licensing model in VCF 9. After that post went out, it was clear that many architects and operators are still working through what these … Read more
What the new licensing model actually means for VMware Cloud Foundation and vSphere Foundation, from an architect’s point of view. Before I get into the technical details, I want to be honest about where I stand. I have been a consistent critic of Broadcom’s actions in the VMware ecosystem since the acquisition. The pricing structure, … Read more
I recently set up a Proxmox VE cluster in my lab using VMware as the base. My goal was to test Veeam migrations and understand how Proxmox handles features such as failover and storage. I did most of the work through the command line because it gave me more control and helped me learn what’s … Read more
Migrating ESXi from an SD Card to a Local Disk: My Experience Recently, I was experiencing some issues with one of my ESXis 8.x that I installed on a 25GB SD card. After troubleshooting, I realized the SD card was failing. I had the choice of repairing it (which I had done a couple of … Read more
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
For the past two days, I’ve been troubleshooting a frustrating issue with my NSX v4.2 cluster. Both nodes refused to start, showing only error code 101 in the browser with no service details (unknown state). Connectivity between nodes was inconsistent, and the Corfu service failed, making troubleshooting even more challenging. What followed was a deep … Read more
The Annual Veeam Vanguard Gathering. This year in Berlin! This year, the much-anticipated Veeam100 Summit is in Berlin, bringing together the community of Veeam Vanguards, Veeam Legends, Veeam MVPs, and, of course, the amazing team behind Veeam. As someone who has proudly been part of this program for six years, I believe that attending this … Read more
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
In this What is new in Hornetsecurity VM Backup v9 ( formerly Altaro VM Backup), we will show the new features and enhancements and how to upgrade from previous versions to the new version 9. What is new in this new version? Since my last review of this product, there was a name change. Since … Read more
In this What is VMware HCX, and how does it work, I will provide some simple explanations about HCX, the type of migrations scenarios, and how HCX can help with workloads migrations. VMware HCX (formerly known as Hybrid Cloud Extension and NSX Hybrid Connect) is a massively scalable hypervisor-based supercomputing platform, delivered as an on-demand … Read more
