Runecast New job, who dis? ...and just like that, my adventure with VMware is over. I joined almost exactly 18 months ago, and in that time I've had the pleasure to work with some of
cohesity (belated!) vExpert Cohesity briefing: VMworld 2018 Did I ever mention that I'm proud to be a vExpert*? I really am. Other than getting to plonk a sticker on the front of my laptop (which reminds me:
Blogtober Working at a VAR - a retrospective As I've recently announced, I recently moved on from having spent 5 years in various roles working for a VAR (Value Added Reseller, for those of you not familiar with the TLA). I've been chatting with a few folks in the community (mostly on
vSphere 6.7 - Expanding LVM volumes When using the vCenter Server Appliance it's possible that certain volumes (most likely those involving logs) may start to get full, generating alarms. Because you're all good people, you'll monitor those alarms and take action right? There's a KB article available which details how
career And now... the moment you've all been waiting for! A few months ago, after a bit of soul searching I decided that it might be time to start thinking about my next career move - my time with SBL
vSphere Update Manager - Dell repository Just a quick post this time: historically the Dell repository for VMware Update Manager was located at http://vmwaredepot.dell.com/index.xml. I was looking into an issue for a customer using Dell kit recently, and noticed errors in the VUM logs due
London VMUG GDPR slides Since a few people asked (not sure if they're on the LonVMUG sharespace as yet) I thought I'd make my slides from the London VMUG back in April available for anyone who wanted to take a look. You can get them here If you
VCSA Replacing vCenter SSL machine certificates in a multi-tier PKI environment - Part 2 So in part 1 we created the certificate template we needed, added the CA chain of trust to the VCSA and generated the CSR file we need in order to
VCSA Replacing vCenter SSL machine certificates in a multi-tier PKI environment - Part 1 Before reading this: if you don't have a multi-tier Public Key Infratructure, save yourself some time and go read the walkthrough at https://featurewalkthrough.vmware.com/t/vsphere-6-5/ssl-certificate-replacement-hybrid-mode/ -
VCAP6.5-DCV Design - another feather in the cap! So I was supposed to write this up a while back as a follow up to this post, but y'know how it is: life gets in the way. Can't believe that was only a month ago now... Anyhoo, I decided on a bit of
Horizon 7.4 Agent ProTip! This is more a reminder for me when it happens to me again. I recently deployed Horizon 7.4 for a customer using a bunch of nVidia Grid cards in Dell 7910 rack workstations - they were previously using Horizon 6, with the direct
Dell Technologies World - my story so far 2018 has absolutely flown by so far. I'm really not sure where it's gone, but it's May already. May for me means the beginning of the conference season, and I actually managed to sneak in one prior to May as I spent a week
A good start to the year (ok, it's nearly April...) I don't know about you, but it's been a whirlwind start to the year for me. I can't believe I'm nearly at the end of the first quarter, and Spring is springing around me (that's the correct term, right?) After a slow start to
Next stop: LonVMUG! I know a number of you out there are keen VMUGers, and I like to give back where I can so off the back of my last post I've been asked to give a talk about the wonders of GDPR (and some real world
Yet Another GDPR Post Yep, I'm sorry. I know you're all sick of hearing those 4 letters, but I promise I'm not going to use this to try to force %randomVendor%'s product down your throat. Quite the opposite, actually. Like you, I've been inundated by seemingly every
2018 - Setting some targets I did this for the first time last year and found it really helped me to achieve some goals that I don't think I'd have hit otherwise, so I'm going to give it another shot this year. Not all of these goals are technical
review 2017 - the year in review It's getting to that time of year where it's traditional to look back on what you've achieved and assess where you are, so I'll add to the flurry of blogposts. This year has been a tough one for me personally: I had the joys
VMworld 2017 - where did the time go? I came out to Barcelona with the best of intentions to blog tons while I was at the conference. I have so many draft posts covering the big announcements (or lack thereof), but I just didn't seem to be able to find the time
OpenTechCast ...I think we may have a *bit* of a scoop... ...As most of you will know, I co-present a little podcast called OpenTechCast (for some reason I keep typing OpenTechCats, which sounds even more fun. Maybe soon!) alongside Alex Galbraith,
AWS Architecting on AWS Like a number of my peers I'm presently working solidly to upskill myself in this new cloud-based world. This week has been one of solid training, with the Bank Holiday
MCP MCP - easy as 1-2-3? About 10 years ago I decided that it was about time I took the step to get myself some certifications, and MCSA (closely followed by MCSE) seemed like a logical
AWS A little bit of Dev in my Ops As most of you know my background is strongly in the Ops world, and so when I decided over the Christmas break that I was going to work toward some
vExpert One time, Two time Unless you've been living in a cave for the last few days the vExpert 2017 awards have been announced. To cut to the chase: not only were they foolish enough
2017: My goals So I'm a little late in posting this. Sue me ;) I wanted to follow through on my post earlier in the year (after failing to renew my VCP), which has taught me that setting myself goals and writing them down on the internet really
2016: My Year In Review I'm probably not the only one who is looking back on the past 12 months and thinking that it's been a tough year. We've lost some of my heroes (Bowie in particular was a massive kick in the nuts), I started a new role
