VMware vCenter Heartbeat – Dead But Not Forgotten
On 2nd June VMware announced the End of Availability of VMware vCenter Heartbeat. It is no longer available…
Notes 4 Engineers: Oracle RAC Monster VM vMotion on Nutanix
In May 2014 I recorded a short video with Alastair Cooke (@DemitasseNZ) for his new site notes4engineers.com (@N4Engineers).…
vCenter 5.5 Profile Driven Storage and Storage Monitoring Service Failure
I’d been having a bit of a frustrating time recently with the Profile Driven Storage Service and the…
Evolution of My Home Area Network (HAN) to Leaf Spine Architecture
You may know that I don’t have an ordinary home network. Most people are happy with a simple…
The VMware View from the Horizon at 38,000 Feet and 8000 Miles Away
I wanted to share a brief story about an excellent VDI experience I had recently with VMware Horizon…
VMware VCAP-CIA Exam Experience and Recommendations
On Wednesday 14th May (NZST) I sat the VMware Advanced Professional – Cloud Infrastructure Administration (VCAP-CIA) exam. After…
Configuring Database Servers for Optimal Performance
Your database is just an extension of your storage. Many of you may have heard me say…
SAP HANA on VMware vSphere Now with Full Production Support
A few days ago VMware and SAP jointly announced full production support for SAP HANA on VMware vSphere.…
Oracle Licensing and Support on Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform
I’ve written quite a bit about Oracle virtualization in the past, as you can find on my Oracle…
The Gotcha with vFRC and vCenter 5.5
vFlash Read Cache (vFRC)is a feature of vSphere 5.5 that can accelerate the read IO of VM’s by…