A New Year, A New Chapter – Surely Not ANOTHER new job post?
TL;DR – I’m going to be joining VMware as a Senior Cloud Management Specialist Systems Engineer in February 2019.
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Introducing PowerVKE
At this years VMworld Europe Hackathon, I was a part of Team #PowerVKE, founding members: Chris Porter (@uprightvinyl) (Team Leader) Christopher Lewis (@thecloudxpert) Dave Simpson (@bfd_diplomacy) Stephen Hackers (@StephenHackers) Tony Cota (@VMXBandit) Colin Westwater (@cwestwater) Dominik Zorgnotti (@DominikZ) PowerVKE is a PowerShell module that can be used to connect to VMware’s Kubernetes Engine (VKE). This…
Continue reading →VMworld 2018 Europe – vRetreat
VMworld 2018 started quickly for me. After taking the 10:20 BA Flight from Heathrow I landed at ~13:30 local time. I had just enough time to drop the bags at the hotel before heading to the #vRetreat. We were being hosted by Patrick Redknap and sponsored by Cohesity. #vRetreat This was my first experience of…
Continue reading →VMworld 2018 Europe – #vRockstar Rocks Barcelona
VMworld starts with a bang with the #vRockstar party
Continue reading →VMworld 2018 Europe – The Series
This year I was lucky enough to be given a #vExpert blogger pass to the VMworld 2018 Europe event in Barcelona. This will be my third year in a row! #AchievementUnlocked #vExpert #Blogger #VMworld2018 pic.twitter.com/4ry8Mog0yj — Christopher Lewis (@thecloudxpert) 5 November 2018 Here is a list of all my planned posts of the event: vRetreat…
Continue reading →vRSLCM SSLHandshakeException error after updating VIDM SSL certificate
Introduction I have been working on deploying VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM) 1.2 for a customer into their environment. One of the customer requirements was to be able to use SSO and RBAC with vRSLCM. The only way to this in vRSLCM is to VMware Identity Manager (VIDM). Whilst this process is semi-automated, it…
Continue reading →VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager – The tale of SSO and RBAC
Introduction Recently I was asked to deliver a solution for VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM) 1.2 for a customer to support their requirement for content management between VMware vRealize Automation 7.3.1 environments. The reason we decided to use vRSLCM rather than VMware vRealize CodeStream Management Pack for IT DevOps (AKA Houdini) was we wanted to…
Continue reading →VMworld Europe 2018 Content Catalog – It’s ALIVE…
The Session Builder for the VMworld Europe 2018 content catalog is now live! So if you’re going to be in Barcelona in November, you best head on over to the VMworld Scheduler site and get your sessions booked in before the spaces run out! My VMworld Focus Areas Personally, I will try to limit my focus to three main…
Continue reading →VMware vRealize Network Insight 3.8 Released
VMware have just released the latest version of their networking monitoring tool, VMware vRealize Network Insight 3.8. The cool new features include: vRealize Log Insight integration. Increased monitoring of AWS Availability Zones. Cisco ASA support. Check out the Release Notes
Continue reading →VMworld 2018 – Invest in You
If I get to go to VMworld in Barcelona this year it will be my 3rd time in 3 years (i think that makes me Alumni). It will also be the 2nd time that I have self funded my trip to the VMware annual conference. Who should be going to VMworld? If you work…
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