David Hill

Enable backups of Virtual Machines in vCloud Hybrid Service

By admin on December 17, 2013 in vCloud Air

Starting in my new role as Technical Marketing Manager yesterday for the vCloud Hybrid Service, I have found that you can very easily backup your VM’s running in vCHS. I wasnt aware you could do this. Most people who have been following my blog over the years know that backups and vCloud Director have in the past been a challenge to say the least. With vCloud Hybrid Service you can enable daily backups of you VMs very easily. Enable Backups of Virtual Machines So lets take a look at how you enable backups within vCHS. Login to the portal at vchs.vmware.com Find the Virtual Machine you want to backup, and click the drop down arrow: From the menu click Enable Data Protection You will be asked if you want to continue and Enable Data Protection Once the task is completed, you will see the notification confirming it has been enabled […]

Wifi No Hardware installed – Mac install

By admin on October 23, 2013 in MAC OS X

I updated to the latest Mac OS X today. After the update, once the computer started up, the wifi wouldn’t work. Couldn’t enable it. Everytime you clicked the wireless icon you got the error WIFI No Hardware Installed. I had seen a similar issue with my Mac Mini in the past, so thought I would try resetting the NVRAM. This has seemed to solve most issues I have experienced on Mac’s in the past. Reset NVRAM Shut down the computer. Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. Turn on the computer. Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears. Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time. Release the keys. Once the computer powers on your wireless will now be working. To find out more about […]

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My VMworld Barcelona Schedule

By admin on October 4, 2013 in VMworld

Here is my VMworld Barcelona Schedule? I am a bit late posting this, I have noticed most other people have done this a while ago. I have two sessions I am presenting at VMworld Barcelona, and the times and dates are listed below. PHC4750 How to build a Hybrid Cloud in less than a day David Hill and Chris Colotti Tuesday 11:00AM PHC4750 How to build a Hybrid Cloud in less than a day David Hill and Chris Colotti Thursday 1:30PM VSVC7371 Architecting the Software Defined Datacenter David Hill, Aidan Dalgleish, Kamau Wanguhu Wednesday 5:00PM I will also be working on the vCloud Hybrid Service booth on Wednesday afternoon. If you want to meet and say Hi, and have a chat about anything, please stop by the booth. I can’t wait for VMworld again (my feet disagree with me however). See you all there.

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How vCloud Director constructs map to vCloud Automation Center

By admin on September 30, 2013 in Cloud Computing

As most people know, I have been working with vCloud Director since its beta days. My mind thinks of cloud in easy bite site chunks of Virtual Data Centre and Organisations. I have now been spending a lot of my time and focus on vCloud Automation Center, but still always find myself thinking about the vCloud Director constructs and how they map over to vCloud Automation Center. In vCloud Director I have listed the most common constructs that are seen every day. Provider VDC Organisation VDC Organisation vApp Catalog vCenter Server Cluster or Resource Pool We all know and love these constructs, and know how they fit together. I created the diagram below to help me understand where I need to go in vCAC to create the same object. For example, if I wanted to essentially create an Organisation in vCloud Automation Center, where would I create this? The organisation […]

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