vSphere HTML5 Web Client New (Fling) Feature – Code Capture!
Hey all – I wanted to share one of the cooler debuts recently which is the vSphere HTML5 Web Client Code Capture feature. If you’re like me and and are trying to automate functionality or processes that you might ordinarily perform within the HTML5 client but by using the CLI/API, VMware has you covered! They’ve added an awesome new Fling that creates a “record” button within the HTML5 client and allows...
vThinking Aloud: Publish Content Library to S3 for Cross-Region/Cross-Account Replication
What if you could publish your Content Library directly to AWS S3 and then Cross-Region Replicate it for better availability? Come read my thoughts on the topic!
Open VM Tools 10.2.0-3 vSphere Guest Customization Issues
Hey all – I recently went to deploy a solution involving a few Ubuntu 16.04 LTS VMs in my lab to eventually put on AWS. There are some issues I’ve been having with deploying (updated) Ubuntu 16.04 LTS templates to my vSphere 6.7 cluster (though this seems to not work in 6.5 as well). I have a number of templates in my labs (and in production, having the same issue). One thing I try to do is keep templates up to date so I...
VCSA 6.5 -> 6.7 upgrade — Failed to authenticate with guest
During a VCSA upgrade I came across a weird issue with the root account password being both expired and not expired depending on who you ask!
NSX, pfSense, and OSPF
Just when I thought all of my dynamic routing dreams would come true… OSPF and pfSense fail me (somewhat). Read more!
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I am a Sr. Systems Engineer by profession and am interested in all aspects of technology. I am most interested in virtualization, storage, and enterprise hardware. I am also interested in leveraging public and private cloud technologies such as Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, and vRealize Automation/vCloud Director. When not working with technology I enjoy building high performance cars and dabbling with photography. Thanks for checking out my blog! 
