Upgrade vCenter (VCSA) 6.7 U3 to 7.0.0c
Recently, I had to upgrade my existing VMware 6.7 U3 VCSA to the new 7.0 VCSA. I know a lot
How to Set Out of Office Message in Outlook
Believe it or not I have not had to setup an out of office message in a couple of years.
How to Schedule Teams Meeting in Outlook
This should be a quick and easy article. Teams is becoming more prevalent in our environments and I am a
The Rise of the VMWare Platform Reliability Engineer
In the last few years as a VMWare person I have watched containers and Kubernetes go from people saying containers
Kubernetes Components Overview
I borrowed the above image from Kubernetes site. Let us begin with a high level overview of what Kubernetes is
Kubectl Bash Autocomplete
I was speaking to someone the other day who is new to Kubernetes. While playing around with Kubectl commands they
Discover & Add DellEMC VxRail Host into Existing 4.7 Cluster via Plug-in in vCenter
If you have worked with VxRail as long as I have then you know it is inevitable to relocate a
VMWare vRealize Operations: Migration Planning
As an Architect one thing you are constantly hit with is capacity planning, migration planning, and cost savings meetings. I
VMWare vRealize Operations: Create Custom View and Report to Identify Virtual Machine’s with Mounted ISO
Have you ever needed a quick way to discover any and all virtual machines in your environment that have a
Post RASR Reset of VxRail 4.7 Host Re-Add Host into Additional Virtual Distributed Switch (vDS)
As I’m sure many of you are aware VxRail Manager is only responsible for the virtual distributed switch it creates
vRealize Operations Report: Identify Idle VMs so that Resources Can be Reclaimed
This article is intended to leverage vROPs to help in resource planning meetings and possibly allow you to reclaim idle resources.
10 Effective Leadership Traits for IT Professionals
This is an article intended to outline 10 leadership habits I have formed over my IT career while in leadership roles.
7 Career Development Principles to Advance Your IT Career
This article is intended for anyone looking to grow or make a change in their IT career. These 7 habits have helped me go from entry level to enterprise architect in 7 years.
Leveraging STEM & Coding to Develop the Next Generation of Engineers – The Story of My Daughter’s Start into Programming
Let’s first start out with a definition of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) – The goal of STEM is
Love and Information Technology the Story of a Married IT Couple
I was recently talking to peers in the vCommunity and our spouses came up as a topic. When it came
Why Go Live Together Matters in these COVID-19 Times
https://www.golivetogether.com/ Their Mission:Go LIVE Together has assembled leaders from across the diverse and vibrant live events ecosystem to drive local,
Generate VxRail 4.7 log bundle in vCenter 6.7
Have you ever been working with DellEMC VxRail support and they ask you to generate a VxRail log bundle or
Generate Log Bundle for VMWare vCenter 6.7 and ESXI 6.7
I was recently asked by someone new to VMWare what is the quickest way to generate a log bundle that
Top 10 Habits for Working from Home from an Information Technology Architect / Engineer During COVID-19
I’ve been getting requests from co-workers and peers in information technology to share my personal work from home habits. I
VMWare Virtual Machine can’t migrate / vMotion because the VM is installing VMware Tools and cannot initiate a migration operation quick CLI fix
Have you ever been trying to vMotion a VMWare virtual machine but get an error that prevents you because the