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vExpert award and how it advanced my career
In the beginning I started with virtualization back in 2007 when Virtual Infrastructure 3.5 was released. During that time I also came across bloggers like Duncan Epping and Frank Denneman. I read...
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vExpert Application for 2020H2 are open – Know before you apply
Currently vExpert applications are open for the second half of 2020. As a former vExpertPro I voted on previous applications. During my voting on applications I saw awesome, good, ok, bad and worst...
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Sophos UTM 9.7 – SMTP proxy isn’t working
I’m working with Astaro/Sophos UTMs since the beginning of my professional IT career and I’m also running a hardware Sophos UTM 9.7 appliance in my homelab. 4 month ago I bought a used SG135 Rev2 for...
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HomeLab Part 10 – Sophos SG Appliance Replacement
I was working with Sophos SG Appliances (formally known as Astaro UTM) since 2005 (version 5.x). In the beginning I used white boxes with 2-4 NICs as my personal firewall. In January 2013 when I was...
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Backup Interoperability Matrix Major Update 2020-10
It’s been some time that I have updated the Backup Interoperability Matrix. In the October 2020 update the following backup software was updated: Veritas BackupExec 21.1Veritas NetBackup 8.3IBM...
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HPE Gen10 Server SD Card issues
Background It started some month ago at one of my customers. The customer patched all of their ESXi host during the maintenance window from 6.5 U3 to 6.7 U3 through an highly automated Powershell...
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vSphere Lifecycle Manager – Product version sprawl
I recently got a very good question from a customer asking “Why are there so many different product versions in vSphere Lifecycle Manager?” Unfortunately, I had no answer at that moment. My answer from...
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vRLCM – environment deployment failed
Looks like I’m little bit into Lifecycle managers, but this time it’s the vRealize Lifecycle Manager (vRLCM). I’m running the vRLCM now for quite a time in my lab to play around with different...
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Skyline Collector not upgrading to newest version
In September, VMware announced the next level of proactive intelligence called Skyline Advisor Pro. For everyone who is not familiar with Skyline, Skyline is a proactive support service aligned with...
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vSphere 7.0 U3c update – VCDB size issue
Introduction It’s been a while since we released vSphere 7.0 U3 and also pulled it again. You can read more about it here. When we released vSphere 7.0 U3c in January most of our customers were really...
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Lenovo SN550, SN850, ST550 and X722 PSOD
One of my customers is currently upgrading their ROBO locations to vSphere 7.0 U3c. At the locations, they are using Lenovo ST550 servers with an X722 BOM network card (Intel Ethernet Connection X722...
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VMware Explore 2022 Europe – Parties and Gatherings
After more than 2 and a half years of the pandemic, uncertainty, and lots of ongoing crises, VMware is back with the most exciting conference of the year in an in-person event. After this long absence...
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VMware Explore 2022 Europe – #vBreakfast 2022 edition
After 3 long years of waiting please join me and many more vNerds and vGeeks for the #vBreakfast 2022 edition. As in the pre-pandemic years we will start on an unholy time, 7am in the morning....
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VMware Explore 2022 Europe – Know before you go
VMware Explore Europe is less than a month away. Preparation for this event has already started. This is the perfect time to give some advice or tips & tricks for people who will attend VMware...
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A new year – looking forward to 2023
I saw a lot of blogs writing a review of their last year. I thought I didn’t have much to review so it will be just a quick overview of what was interesting in 2022. This post will give an outlook on...
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vCenter permission inheritance – A different story for DVS
Giving permission in vCenter outside of the regular administrators is a common practice with my customers. Some business groups needs access for Shutdown/reboot/reset only their VM. Others need access...
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Running firewalls on vSphere
Everyone with a homelab runs some sort of firewall in their environment. Either as a physical box (Ubiquiti Dream Machine, Sophos SG/XG appliances, pfSense appliances, whitebox firewall) or as a...
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VMware Explore 2023 Barcelona – Parties and Gatherings
Image by Drazen Zigic on Freepik It’s that time of year once again when many people are busy planning their trips to Barcelona for VMware Explore 2023. This also means it’s time to carefully organize...
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VMware Explore 2023 Europe – #vBreakfast 2023 edition
I’m happy to announce that after a great success last year in the new location, #vBreakfast at VMware Explore will return this year for the 2023 edition. As in the last years we will start on an...
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Set up Synology Active Backup for Business in a vSphere Homelab
When managing a VMware vSphere homelab, having a reliable backup solution is crucial. Whether you’re testing new software, simulating a production environment, or simply learning, data loss can be a...
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