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Homelab progression – from SuperMicro Servers to VMware Workstation to Whitebox build

April 15, 2020 chris

I previously blogged about my SuperMicro based homelab. It performed without issue, however, I was concerned about noise and heat…

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Posted in: Homelab, VMware, vSAN

VMware VVols with HPE 3PAR StorServ

January 23, 2020 chris

On one of my more recent projects, I have been involved in helping a customer transition from traditional LUN based…

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Posted in: VMware Filed under: 3par, hpe, storage, vvol

Decided to take VCAP-DCV Deploy exam…

November 19, 2019 chris

Previously as self-employed I had been putting off sitting the exam due to the cost, but I joined VMware PSO…

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Posted in: Certification, VMware

macOS Catalina Chrome certificate error when browsing self signed sites

October 8, 2019 chris

If you’ve just upgraded macOS to Catalina and now find you can’t access websites with self signed certificates anymore, like…

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Installing SRM 8.2 appliance error: A specified parameter was not correct: connection.thumbprint

July 18, 2019 chris

If, like me, you use a Chromium based browser and you are having issues registering your second SRM server to…

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Deploying the new SRM 8.2 appliance

chris

VMware have been moving away from Windows installs of vCenter Server and 6.7 is going to be the last Windows…

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NSX for vSphere 6.4.5 released

April 21, 2019 chris

VMware have released the new version of NSX (6.4.5) on the 18th of April. Full release notes can be read…

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Posted in: Homelab, NSX, VMware

Expanding my homelab with nested vCenter

April 11, 2019 chris

I’m lucky/stupid enough to have reasonably powerful hardware for my home lab. Whilst I am a great advocate of building…

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Posted in: Certification, Homelab, NSX, VMware, vSAN

Achieving NSX line rate throughput

March 9, 2019 chris

Since I have a 10 Gbit switch, I thought I would test to see what sort of network throughput I…

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Posted in: Homelab, NSX, VMware

My Homelab

March 8, 2019 chris

In my opinion, if you’re wanting to learn or sit exams, nothing beats practising on physical equipment. Online material is…

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Posted in: Certification, Homelab, NSX, VMware, vSAN

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