I recently had an opportunity to work with a customer in setting up and configuring a VMware on Amazon Web Service (AWS) Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) as part of their cloud migration journey. The customers’ solution includes moving some of their applications to AWS EC2 instances, and the bulk of their applications will be […]
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How to use Terraform with VMware Cloud on AWS | VMtoCloud.com
In this article I will show you how to use Terrafom to provision a VM to VMware cloud on AWS. Using Terraform with the vSphere Provider is not new. Because VMware Cloud on AWS is a managed service there are some gotchas with using a tool like Terraform. Because of the limited rights model you […]
VMworld 2017: Recap VMware on AWS
It’s been a couple of weeks since VMworld 2017 was held in Las Vegas. This was my first time in attendance, and wow, what a great event. What I found most valuable were the sessions that were the customer-based sessions and the LABs. I also spent a lot of time in the LABs, though I […]
VMworld 2017: VMware on AWS YouTube Playlist
I’ve compiled a list of videos from VMware regarding the recently announced VMware on AWS. There are currently 15 videos in this playlist and I’ll add more once the sessions get posted. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlQV57zRlZvMuKEsUYqU1p0vvJ1VeN1-a
Home Lab Upgrades
I just confirmed that the Intel NUC 5i5MYHE will accept 16GB Low Profile SODIMMs. Specificall, I used a 32GB Kit which I bought on eBay, it was a 32GB (2x16GB) Memory PC3L-12800 SODIMM For Laptop DDR3L-1600MHz RAM. Removing the 2x8GB SODIMMs and replacing them with the 16GB SODIMMs the system booted right up without any issues. […]
VMWare 6.5 Lab Upgrade
I decided to upgrade my home lab. My home lab is based on Virten excellent write up on using Intel NUC’s 5th generation series in a Lab scenario. I have 2 of the NUC5i5MYHE configured with 1 – 64GB M.2 SSD, 1 – 16GB PCI SSD, 2 – 8GB DDR3L RAM modules using the single 1GB NIC which I have […]