VMworld 2018 Recap

VMworld 2018 Recap

VMware US 2018 is officially wrapped! So what’s new and upcoming for VMware? With all the announcements, this list could get pretty exhaustive, so I’m going to hit on the highlights. If you missed VMworld, you can watch the on-demand sessions here. VMworld US 2018 Announcements vSphere 6.7 U1 and VSAN 6.7 U1 Coming later in 2018, Update 1 of vSphere and VSAN 6.7 will be released. With Update 1, comes some exciting new features and functionality. vSphere Client Updates To everyone’s…

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How to Upgrade Zerto Virtual Replication

How to Upgrade Zerto Virtual Replication

In the past, I’ve written about how easy it is to deploy Zerto. That same ease holds true for the upgrade process. In this post, I will walk through an upgrade of the Zerto Virtual Manager and Virtual Replication Appliances. With Zerto, apply the same logic as with any patching you perform in your environment; Stay current with releases. A little house cleaning before we start: ZVM allows for n+1 version upgrades, meaning if you are on version 5.0, you…

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VMworld 2018 – Start Scheduling Your Sessions

VMworld 2018 – Start Scheduling Your Sessions

Attention VMworld 2018 US attendees! This year’s Scheduler Builder is now live. To begin scheduling sessions, all you have to do is log into your VMworld account and start registering from the Content Catalog. With over 700 sessions, the scheduling process can be a little bit daunting. Not to worry; the schedule builder allows you to filter content by focus area, product, role, and day. Multiple filters can be leveraged to further refine your results for the perfect session. To…

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How to Install Nested ESXi 6.7 on Ravello

How to Install Nested ESXi 6.7 on Ravello

Late last year, I posted a tutorial on how to install ESXi 6.5 on Ravello. With the recent release of VMware ESXi 6.7, I wanted to walk through an updated ESXi 6.7 install. The process is fundamentally the same; however, there are a few changes needed for 6.7 to run properly on Ravello. These changes come complimentary of Ian Sanderson (@ian0x0r), David Owen (@vMackem), and Raff Poltornieri (@RaffaPol). And thank goodness for them! Until I found Ian Sanderson’s post, I…

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Recipient Not Found – Office 365 Retention Policy Error

Recipient Not Found – Office 365 Retention Policy Error

Recently, I ran into an issue with a Retention Policy setup in the Office 365 Security and Compliance Center. If you are new to the Security and Compliance Center (SAC), it allows you to manage data compliance across your entire 365 tenant. This centralized portal was recently rolled-out as part of the Office 365 feature set. Where retention policies differ in Security and Compliance versus the Exchange Admin Center, is that policies in SAC can be set up to retain data…

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