vFit at VMworld 2019 Europe

Yes! I am happy to announce that the vFit event will happen also at VMworld Europe this year! Eric Wright (@discoposse) is the creator of this event and you can check how it went at VMworld US here! I love his idea of engaging folks who attend tech events to do some exercise at tech events and why not at VMworld Europe? Enjoy a run with our great community outside VMworld....

October 4, 2019 · 3 min · itgaiden

Veeam – Backup VMs in remote sites

I was wondering why I haven’t talked about Veeam when I use it almost every day in my job, not only administering backups but doing new implementations. Recently, I had to implement a design where I need to backup VMs in remote sites but not back up them in a centralized storage, they will be backed up on each remote site storage. So, by deploying a VM with the Backup proxy service and also use it as the backup repository we can accomplish the goal....

August 31, 2019 · 5 min · itgaiden

Migrating ADFS from 2012 R2 (3.0 v) to 2016 (4.0 v.)

I will explain today how to migrate ADFS from 2012 R2 (3.0 v) to 2016 (4.0) without almost no downtime. The overall process consists in adding the new ADFS server to the farm, assign the primary role to the new ADFS, make some changes and then we’re done. The current environment is: 1 x WAP Server (W2012 R2) 1 x ADFS Server (W2012 R2) No applications published, just an Office 365 Relying party trust....

July 31, 2019 · 4 min · itgaiden

Exam 70-743, Upgrading MCSA Windows Server 2016 experience

I will explain quickly my experience regarding the Exam 70-743, Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA: Windows Server 2016 exam from Microsoft I took last April. It’s been a while since I took an exam from Microsoft (the latest was in 2013 I think) where you probably know that these kind of exams are multiple-choice or single-choice. Through my career, I saw a lot of people cheating with these exams by memorizing the questions you can find on the internet and finishing it in just 20 minutes....

June 21, 2019 · 3 min · itgaiden

Cohesity Build Day Live

I am going to share some thoughts and opinions about a recent video from the Cohesity Build Day Live recorded recently with the Build Day Live! team. Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Cohesity. First, just let me introduce briefly you what is Cohesity: Cohesity is a platform focused on managing and consolidating secondary applications and the data. It provides a unified view and access to converge that secondary data, such as system backups and analytics in a simpler way to an IT administrator....

May 9, 2019 · 7 min · itgaiden

vCSA 6.x installer error: “No networks on the host. Cannot proceed with the installation.»

This is a quick post of an error I found sometimes while deploying a new vCenter server appliance with an embedded PSC on the vCSA 6.x installer. The problem In my case, I was trying to install vCSA 6.5 without DNS (this is why the system name has an IP address and the DNS is itself). Also, notice that the network section is empty: If you try to continue with the installation, it will show you an error:...

April 30, 2019 · 2 min · itgaiden

Cloning virtual machines in vSphere series – Part 3: Linked Clones

Let’s start with part 3 in the cloning virtual machines in vSphere series, I am going to talk about another type of clones, linked clones! All articles regarding cloning virtual machines in vSphere series: Part 1: Types of clone Part 2: Full Clone Part 4: Instant Clones (not published yet) As said in previous articles, this series is only focused on VMware vSphere hence, VMware Horizon View is not contemplated (Linked clones are commonly used in that product)....

April 16, 2019 · 6 min · itgaiden

Experience at a local VMUG – Barcelona VMUG

I am going to talk about my experience at a local VMUG, in my case the VMUG from Barcelona (BCN). It was my first time at a local VMUG event and this is why I decided to share my thoughts about it. VMUG – What is? As you probably know VMUG stands for VMware User Group. Basically, you will find an international community of people where they share their experiences and discuss things related to VMware and other technologies....

March 29, 2019 · 3 min · itgaiden