This post was originally published on this siteWe have spent a good deal of time talking about the VMware Certified Professinal or VCP Certification. This certification is the first in line for many IT professionals as they want to get more hands on with VMware’s virtualization technologies. Today, we are going to swith gears for […]


This post was originally published on this siteBackground A company I was working with had a requirement to change the top-level domain of all of their public-facing presence from company.co.uk to company.com. This meant their website, Exchange e-mail and a few other bits. One of the services in the mix is an Office Online Server […]

This post was originally published on this siteWhen it comes to starting your VMware certification path, there is something each and every VMware certification track has in common: the VMware vSphere Foundations exam. Since it is required as part of each and every VMware VCP certification, it deserves a closer look. What is the VMware […]

This post was originally published on this siteI remember years ago when VMware bught Nicira. While it was someting interesting that grabbed my attention, I could not predect the success of VMware NSX, VMware’s software defined networking platfom. VMware NSX has increased in popularity in leaps and bounds over the last several years, mostly becuse […]


This post was originally published on this siteIn the last post we talked about the more traditional models of architecting a disaster recovery plan. In those we covered icky things like tape, dark sites and split datacenters. If you’d like to catch up you can read it here. All absolutely worthwhile ways to protect your […]


This post was originally published on this siteIt is Disaster Recovery review season again here at This Old Datacenter and reviewing our plans sparked the idea to outline some of the modern strategies for those who are new to the game or looking to modernize. I’m continually amazed by the number of people who I […]

This post was originally published on this siteThe Cisco Unified Computing System, more commonly known as simply Cisco UCS is a solution for today’s ever changing data center. Cisco UCS is made up of a number of hardware components, such as the Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect and Cisco bade or rack servers, and a software […]

This post was originally published on this siteAnyone who has worked with VMware vSphere can tell you that it is pure magic. Deploy a brand new server with a single click while you do something else. Send virtual machines around the world, to the cloud, and back again with the click of a button. Virtually […]


This post was originally published on this siteBackground When Veeam Backup and Replication 9.4 U4 was released in January 2019, it brought with it a new licensing model called Instance licensing. The marketing machine at Veeam would have you believe this is a great thing and possibly a money saver as well as getting better […]


This post was originally published on this siteBeim Lesen des vSphere 6.7 Update 1 Security Configuration Guide stellt man sehr schnell fest, dass es sich bei der zusätzlichen Härtung von VMware ESXi Hosts hauptsächlich um das setzen erweiterter Optionen, verwalten von Diensten, verwalten von Firewall Regeln und das aktivieren des Lockdown Modes dreht. Die Ansible […]
