Encrypt AND fence PII when found!

Hi there, This is a report from the VMworld Solutions Exchange floor. I visited with HyTrust and had a great demo. I saw PII found, where the result was the folder containing it, which was inside a VM, was encrypted. Live, without the user being impacted. There was also a policy that said PII needs … Continue reading Encrypt AND fence PII when found! →

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Backup in VMware Cloud on AWS? Yes, Veeam does it!

Hello there, I can now say openly that I have been working in VMC and good thing too. I quite like it. And I am happy to say - thanks to some hard work by Veeam developers, you can do backup and restore of virtual machines, and even replication too. So for any Veeam customers … Continue reading Backup in VMware Cloud on AWS? Yes, Veeam does it! →

Newsletter: August 25, 2017

Hello all, I am in transit to VMworld and very excited about it. So this newsletter will be a bit small. I plan on doing some blogs onsite about important stuff. Already thinking about the first one and how to do it. I tried to do a Domain Controller upgrade to Win2K16 (from Win2K12 R2) … Continue reading Newsletter: August 25, 2017 →

Newsletter: August 19, 2017

Hello all, I think many of us are scrambling to be ready for VMworld - right? Some for meetings, or demo's, or presentations. It is a very exciting time, both to meet people you have not seen for a while, but also to meet new people, and also to learn. I love to learn and … Continue reading Newsletter: August 19, 2017 →

Document your vSphere environment? Yes you can!

I heard from Ariel Sanchez that he needed something tested. It was vDocumentation and him and Edgar Sanchez had something very cool. I want to share it with you as I think it very handy. It produces very nice reports on your vSphere environment. Lets see how to get it working and produce some reports. … Continue reading Document your vSphere environment? Yes you can! →

DHCP is not doing its job!

Hi there, I am supposed to be out with my wife orienteering. A very useful sport for people that spend a lot of time in the mountains exploring. But I had a problem in my lab. DHCP was not being supplied to any devices. Which means Apple TV's, iPads and more. I looked at a … Continue reading DHCP is not doing its job! →

Newsletter: August 12, 2017

Hi all, One of the more exciting things in this short week was finding out I was #31 on the Top vBlog 2017. I was 38 last year. So that is a big deal and I very much appreciate everyone voting for me. I will continue to do the very best I can to bring … Continue reading Newsletter: August 12, 2017 →

DR Orchestration Rules!

Veeam has a new tool in the fight for availability and it is called Veeam Availability Orchestrator (VAO). You have likely heard me mention it before. In it’s current state it is quite different then what it was when you may have see or heard about it before. It is not GA yet but I … Continue reading DR Orchestration Rules! →

Can’t create a Content Library?

I wanted to create a content library to help me move stuff between sites. Which is an amazing good idea by the way! But it failed. I saw in the recent events %S when I tried to create a content library. I had just upgraded to Update 1 of vSphere 6.5. I could not find … Continue reading Can’t create a Content Library? →