The Nutanix web-scale computing platform is getting an upgrade! A new release was announced on February 16 that promises 4x performance improvement for any workload without additional hardware or software license. Some snippets from the press release are below: SAN JOSE, Calif. – February 16, 2016 – Nutanix, the enterprise cloud company, today announced a […]
Author: Shawn Cannon
I have been in IT since 1996. I am our Executive Senior Blogger with experience in VMware, Microsoft, EMC storage, Veeam and Dell servers. I love technology and love to blog about it!
vCenterServer FQDN does not match DNS when upgrading vCenter Appliance from 5.5 to 6.0
Thanks to the vExpert program I have some new licenses for my lab systems. Since I only have vCenter 6 Standard licenses and my current vCenter Appliance is running 5.5, I need to upgrade to 6.0. I found a great walkthrough article on the VMware site that I followed. During step 4 of the appliance […]
Announcing Veeam Backup™ for Linux
Veeam announced Veeam Backup™ for Linux on Tuesday October 27 at VeeamON. Veeam Backup for Linux is a FREE standalone agent that delivers backup and recovery for Linux servers running in the public cloud, or on premises. It is only targeted for those type of Linux servers as on premise virtual Linux machines are already […]
Introducing Veeam Managed Backup Portal for Service Providers
On Monday October 26 2015 Veeam announced a new offering called Veeam Managed Backup Portal for Service Providers. Here is an excerpt from the press release explaining what this is: Veeam Managed Backup Portal for Service Providers, available through the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, streamlines the delivery of Veeam-powered backup services (including BaaS) for service providers, […]
VeeamON – What to Expect
Hello everyone! I am here at VeeamOn 2015 at the Aria Resort in Las Vegas! As a member of the media here to cover VeeamON I just wanted to post what you can expect from vBrainstorm. I will be blogging and tweeting about sessions and announcements while here. The conference general session is not until […]
Introducing Altaro VM Backup
Altaro is introducing a new version of their backup software that now adds support for VMware. The previous version was called Altaro Hyper-V Backup. The name change reflects support for backing up VMs regardless of Hyper-V or VMware. I had the opportunity to Beta test the new version and I wanted to share with you […]
VMworld 2015 – Day 2 Announcements
The general sessions on Day 2 of VMworld centered around EUC (End User Computing). Here is a quick summary and I will post links to more information as well. VMware Workspace Suite The VMware Workspace Suite is comprised of Horizon desktop virtualization, Identity Manager, Horizon FLEX and AirWatch EMM. The goal of this suite is […]
VMware Extends Unified Hybrid Cloud Platform
VMware announced many updates to extend their Unified Hybrid Cloud Platform on Monday. A copy of the press release is below. (content from This Press Release) New Public Cloud Services and Software-Defined Data Center Solutions Enable Organizations to Securely Build, Run and Deliver Any Application SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – August 31, 2015) – Today at […]
VMworld 2015 – Day 0 (Shawn’s Perspective)
Sunday is what I always call Day 0 as the actual conference starts on Monday. Here is my perspective on Sunday. I used Sunday as a networking day, a day to meet up with friends and peers in the industry. One of the most fun ways to catch up is an event called V0dgeball! This […]
VMworld 2015 Sponsors – Zerto and Opvizor
The final 2 sponsors for vBrainstorm at VMworld 2015 are Zerto and Opvizor! First up is Zerto! Zerto says it best with this excerpt from their web site: Zerto provides enterprise-class business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) solutions for virtualized IT infrastructure & cloud. They not only provide your typical backup of VMs but also virtual […]