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As I’m always searching here and there for vExperts **resources **(benefits, NFR licenses, link to the vExpert forum, etc.), I created a page acting as a memo. You will find in this page: links to the various resources useful to the community (like the vExpert Directory, vExpert Forum or Blog, the Linkedin group, etc.), the listing of the benefits granted to the vExperts (some vendors grant additional benefits to vExperts, like free subscriptions, NFR licenses, etc. ...

I have talked about vSphere 5.5 Enhanced LACP Support Design Considerations in a previous article. Without resuming all details of this post, VMware introduced LACP support on vSphere Distributed Switch in vSphere 5.1. LACP controls the bundling of several physical network links together to form a logical channel for increased bandwidth and redundancy purposes. Enhanced LACP Support (LACP v2) on VMware vSphere 5.5 (released in september 2013) introduced a larger set of features to improve dynamic link aggregation flexibility compared with vSphere 5. ...

Cisco UCS (Unified Computing System) is a datacenter architecture platform which includes server hardware, management software, switching fabric and virtualization support. It offers many benefits like a centralized management, stateless computing, server profiles and templates, scalability and so on. If you don’t have (yet?) UCS but want to see how it looks like, you can always try UCSPE. Cisco UCS Platform Emulator (UCSPE) is the Cisco UCS Manager (that normally runs in the Fabric Interconnect) bundled into a VM, which includes the software and emulates hardware. ...

PostgreSQL (often simply referred as Postgres) is an open-source object relational database. VMware introduced VMware vFabric Postgres back in 2011: vPostgres is based on and fully compatible with the open-source PostgreSQL software and all the tools related. This product comes in a virtual appliance form factor or as a simple Linux RPM to install, and leverages several optimizations related to virtualization: Elastic Database Memory, Specific Tuning (with higher default values), ...

For my first series of posts, I have decided to focus on an unappreciated vSphere product, vCenter Orchestrator a.k.a. vCO. Although vCO is still quite unknown, this product is worth using and a really powerful tool. VMware vCenter Orchestrator is a workflow software that helps automate your IT service delivery by automating common administrative tasks: to understand how and why vCO can help you in the journey to Infrastructure as a Service, take a seat and let’s read that article! ...