How to Add VMware vSphere Servers to Veeam Backup and Replication v12 Beta2

The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to add a VMware vSphere server to Veeam Backup and Replication. For the purpose of this demo, I am currently using the beta for v12 Beta2 for Veeam Backup and Replication (VBR). Once VBR has been successfully launched, please select the Backup Infrastructure view and then...

Creating a Template in vSphere

The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to create a VMware Template from a virtual machine in vSphere 7. A virtual machine template can be used to create a virtual machine from a golden image, which can be repurposed often to create as many virtual machines as you desire. To...

How to Create a vApp in vSphere 7

The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to create a VMware vApp in vSphere 7. A vApp consists of one or more virtual machines that communicate over a network and use resources and services in a deployed environment. A vApp can contain multiple virtual machines. To begin,...

How to Create a VMware Datacenter

The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to create a new VMware Datacenter. Log into your vSphere web client, right-click your vCenter Server name and then select New Datacenter. When prompted to do so, please provide a name for the new Datacenter. For this guide, I called...

How to Add VMware vSphere Servers to Veeam Backup and Replication

The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to add a VMware vSphere server to Veeam Backup and Replication. For the purpose of this demo, I am currently using v11 of Veeam Backup and Replication (VBR). Once VBR has been successfully launched, please select the Backup Infrastructure view...

Creating a Windows 11 Virtual Machine with vSphere7

The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to configure and install a Windows 11 virtual machine with VMware vSphere 7. This VM will be configured on a physical server (Dell PowerEdge R720) which includes the following hardware: 384GB RAM2 x e5-2620 v2Dual SD module w\ 16GB SD...

How to install Nutanix CE on vSphere7

The purpose of this blog post (in collaboration with fellow Nutanix NTC Anwar Khan) is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to configure the Nutanix Community Edition (CE) on vSphere 7. The community edition ISO, metadata file, and the Prism Central tar files can be found and downloaded from the Nutanix Community site....

Mission: Project Pacific

Project Pacific was created to solve the problems between the developers and the IT department, each with its unique issues but without a solution. Jared Roseff, one of the co-creators for #ProjectPacific and Senior Director, Product Management for the Cloud Platform Business Unit at VMware dug deeper into a technical deep dive surrounding Project Pacific...

Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2019

Heading into my third VMworld, this will be my first in San Francisco and to be honest I'm very excited about this opportunity. The Moscone Center has been under a tremendous amount of renovation and construction since it last hosted VMworld in 2015. San Francisco is an interesting city with a vast array of diversity,...