Docker in vSphere : Part 1 - Introduction Docker in vSphere : Part 3 - Installation and configuration of Photon hosts (to come) Overview In this post we are going to prepare the ESXi hosts with vDVS to allow Docker to consume... [Read More]

Docker in vSphere : Part 2 - Install and configure vDVS (to come) Overview I am starting a series of articles about running containers on PhotonOS in a vSphere environment with VMware’s implementation of the docker storage driver called “vSphere Docker... [Read More]

I recently needed to generate random password for an PowerCLI automation project. However, although there is a Get-Random cmdlet, it is limited to generate random numbers. Not good enough for a password, so I decided to write my own. This function allows you to choose what types of characters to... [Read More]

Like many other places I believe, our non-prod hosts run on vSphere Standard instead of Enterprise Plus for its lower price. The price is great, but what isn’t is that DRS isn’t available. Which means every time a host needs to be put in maintenance mode you have to do... [Read More]

After months of studying (some more than others) and running labs, I finally commited to the VCP exam and passed it succesfully. This industry-recognized certification validates that you know how to administer and troubleshoot vSphere V6 infrastructures, leveraging best practices to provide a scalable and reliable virtualization platform for... [Read More]