The vExperts for 2016 was actually announced the same days this year as the last one. Much better date compared to 1:st April which was the announcement date 2014:) Information on the official VMware VMTN blog can be found here. I really glad and proud of bening included in the group of people awarded with the vExpert title …
Just wanted to mention that Acropolis Base Software, formerly known as Nutanix Operating System (NOS) version 4.5.2 was released 2016-02-03. In this dot dot release update there is a really useful update included meaning that you can use the Nutanix 1-Click upgrade for BIOS and BMC firmware. This is really cool and will make operation even more …
It’s time to announce Altaro Software as a VCDX56 blog sponsor. Altaro Software develops Altaro VM Backup, a trusted virtual backup solution by over 30,000 SMBs. Altaro VM Backup is an easy to use backup software for Hyper-V and VMware VMs where a backup job can be configured quickly (in a few clicks), taking out …
This months blog sponsor blog post slot belongs to Zerto and they have chosen to publish a 2 min short video where there existing customers talks about their Zerto disaster recovery solution experiences. Video will open in separate window.
Yesterday, 2016-01-07, VMware release vSphere vCenter Server and ESXi 6.0 Update 1b. A few updates and fixes i think will be useful for at least some of my readers are listed below: VMware now supports Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual machines protected by VMware vShield App lose network connectivity on the ESXi 6.0 hosts Windows 10 …
Last week i received a question about howto find the VMware ESXi installation date. Actually nothing i have thought about before and my initial thought was to verify this via the date you receive when running the following command: esxcli software vib list | grep -i base I ran the above command in my home …
Name: Rene Van Den Bedem NPX Number: 008 Employer: Saudi Telecom Company Blog URL: http://vcdx133.com Twitter: @vcdx133 Virtualisation background: vSphere 4.0 to 6.0, with just over 6 years in the virtualisation space. Storage Background: IBM DS8800, IBM SVC, IBM Storwize V7000, HDS USP-100, EMC Symmetrix VMAX20K & XtremeIO, with just over 6 years in the storage space. …
This is just a very short blog post to let you know that VMTurbo gives you the opportunity to download a free vColoring book. Yeah i know this is a very non technical blog post but it is for two good reasons: For every download between December 17th and December 30th VMTurbo will donate $1 …
It has been a while but now it’s time for another VCDX56 blog sponsor blog post. This time its Login VSI that will describe their product/offering and it will include the following: What it is What are the usage areas How it works The main components in a test Potential pre-reqs So here we go, from no …
I have had numerous questions over the 18 months since i joined Nutanix about my home lab/working environment setup and this blog post will describe the setup and what i have been using my environment for. To give you a short summary it is built on a Nutanix Block and a Nutanix technology partner Arista …
So finally it’s here, vRealize Automaiton (vRA) 7 formerly known as vCloud Automation Center (vCAC) was released yesterday 2015-12-17 and as many of you already knows it brings a lot of new features compared to vRA 6.x. I have blogged about new features for vRA 7 before so this is just a short summary: Per Tenant …
This feels a bit weird but i have talked to the mirror and asked myself the same questions i have asked my fellow NPX colleagues. So this is my interview with myself:) Name: Magnus Andersson NPX Number: 005 Employer: Nutanix Blog URL: http://magander.se Twitter: @magander3 Virtualisation background: Started back in the days playing with VMware workstation and continued …
A few months ago Nutanix opened the Nutanix Technology Champion (NTC) Program application for 2016. You can read more about the application process and NTC program here. Today, 2015-12-03, Nutanix announced the lucky once that got the title for 2016 and i’m happy to see that a lot more people applied this year and a lot more people were …
I’m very excited that the Nutanix Platform Expert (NPX) Program manager Mark Brunstad had some time to share his thoughts about the NPX program. The questions for Mark will obviously not be the exact same once as for the NPXs but i think you’ll find some really good, interesting and valuable information in this interview. Name: …
It’s soon, tomorrow actually, time for the early Nordic VMUG user Conference in Copenhagen Denmark. This year it takes place Dec 1 at Scandic Copenhagen Vester Søgade 6 1601. Unfortunately i can’t make it, was scheduled to go there but some last minute things came up. This user conference is like a mini VMworld including both good …