Marco Ruggiero The State of VCDX (2026) – #vExpert Rene van den Bedem, vcdx133.com The State of VCDX (2026) The VMware Certified Design Expert (original VCDX) program has been retired and all original VCDX certifications expired in June 2026. Original VCDX has been replaced by the VMware Certified Distinguished Expert (revamped VCDX) program, which was announced in … Read more
Announcing VMware Data Services Manager 9.1.1 Announcing VMware Data Services Manager 9.1.1 As part of the latest VMware Cloud Foundation version 9.1.1 release (see this link for more details), it gives me great pleasure to announce that we also have a new 9.1.1 version of VMware Data Services Manager (DSM). This is a not just … Read more
In the first two parts, I described how I prepared the on-premise cluster and how I configured HCX for network extension. In this final post, I arrive at the core part of the project: the actual migration, the cutover, and the final validation. This is the phase where everything you built beforehand is put to … Read more
In the first part, I described how I prepared the on-premises cluster with NSX and VMware Avi. Now it’s time to discuss HCX the component that actually made the migration possible without service disruption. HCX achieves things that at first glance seem almost impossible: it moves VMs between completely disparate environments, extends networks between the … Read more
When I was asked to repatriate an environment running on AWS back to on-premises, the first thing I did was resist the temptation to jump straight into the migration. Before moving any workload, I dedicated time to designing the destination infrastructure. It’s a phase that tends to be underestimated, but it is precisely what determines … Read more
mi è capitato molte volte di imbattermi in dei vcenter che andassero in scadenza naturale del certificato e questo porta al disservizio dell’intera infrastruttura vcenter se non si ha a disposizone un backup file per ripristinarlo e ripartire (soprattutto se abbiamo configurato vDS o Resource Pool particolari o servizi dipendenti dal vCenter) possiamo tentare il … Read more