A while back I needed to update the iLO firmware in my environment. Unfortunately, the HP VMware recipe called for a version that was newer than what was included with the latest Service Pack for Proliant (SPP). No big deal. I downloaded… Continue Reading
It’s patch week again which means many guest reboots in our VMware environment. Lately, we’ve been receiving alerts on many of our Server 2012 VM’s, and upon investigating we’ve found these guests to be hung at the Windows boot screen. After a… Continue Reading
We’ve had a number of projects at work that have forced me to dig in to vRealize Orchestrator more than I have in the past. Typically, I’d be writing PowerCLI scripts, but having hundreds of disparate scripts can eventually become too much to… Continue Reading
In last week’s post, we built out an App Volumes home lab deployment using VHD’s for provisioning. VHD’s do a great job when you’re assigning AppStacks to physical systems or VM’s running on other hypervisors, but VMDK’s are just so slick! First… Continue Reading
App Volumes is a fairly new acquisition for VMware. Formerly known as CloudVolumes, App Volumes comes bundled with Horizon 6 Enterprise as well as offered as a standalone product for Citrix shops. This is an on-demand application delivery solution that “installs” applications… Continue Reading
I was under the impression that migrating vCenter to a new host was a difficult and risky process. That is, until I spoke with some nice folks at VMworld who said it was no big deal and only required moving the… Continue Reading