PowerCLI (E)xVC-vMotion Helper

I've written a small PowerCLI commandline helper giving you a wizard driven workflow to quickly do Cross vCenter Migrations a.k.a. (E)xVC-vMotions. It's based on virtuallyGhetto's xMove-VM.ps1 [1] powershell script. [2][3] There is also a cool VMware Fling, this cross-vcenter-workload-migration-utility [4] gives you an actually web…

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NSX & Cumulus #2 - Cumulus VX Clos Fabric + VTEP Integration

2nd in these series is setting up a virtual Cumulus VX Clos-fabric and connect it to our NSX setup from our previous article, including VTEP integration! For this we need to expand our LAB environment: Freesco Router (for dns, ntp and internet) Management switch (gns3 builtin) VXLAN Router (Cisco 3640)…

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NSX & Cumulus #1 - Setting up NSX

In these series we're going to set up NSX 6.3.2 on vSphere 6.5 in combination with a clos fabric based on Cumulus VX switches including hardware VTEP integration. Me and my friend and collegae Wouter van der Vaart will guide you through setting up the different parts…

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Rubrik Firefly: ROBO & Erasure coding

Rubrik's 3rd release Firefly was announced a couple of days ago, but what is it? According to Chris' blog on rubrik.com it's a code upgrade for the current briks. Supporting new features like backup for physical MSSQL and linux servers, a virtual appliance offering and erasure coding. Besides the…

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What has happened during the vacation?

I always try to keep up with the news and stuff while on vacation (this year the journey went to sri lanka), but i guess not everybody does. So I though why not share the highlights?!? New hacking technique imperceptibly changes memory virtual servers A cool and nifty but disturbing…

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