TYSK – VID, DID, SVID, SSID & VMware HCL
Last time when I was at a customer site I need to check a specific Network adapter against the VMware HCL. It was not that easy because I have not much information about the...
Category: TYSK
Things you should know (TYSK) – Horizon View Direct Connect Plug-In & PCoIP
For my remote homelab access I’m using a virtual machine where the Horizon View Direct Connection plug-in is installed. I have chosen this configuration because a complete View environment only for remote accessing of...
Things you should know (TYSK) – VMware Backup & VDDK
During my inquires which backup software will support vSphere 6.0 I came across BackupExec 2015 where I saw that vSphere 5.0 was no longer supported. This made me little bit confused because vSphere 5.0...
Things you should know (TYSK) – VCSA and AD Authentication
Since I started using the Virtual Center Server Appliance (VCSA) I noticed a strange behaviour which I didn’t understand in the beginning. When using the WebClient or the C# Client and selected “Use Windows session...
Things you should know (TYSK) – vSphere 5.5 and VMDKs larger than 2TB
I had a recent conversation with one of my ex-colleague discussing about a problem he saw on a NFS datastore with VMDKs when he tries to extend it online beyond 2TB. I told him that...
Things you should know (TYSK) – VAAI and Licensing
I made recently a really cool discovery with vStorage APIs for Array Integration in short VAAI, but first what is VAAI. vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) vSphere offers an API to offload specific...
New series – Things you should know (TYSK) – Today Cross-Host vMotion
From time to time I learn something new about features in vSphere and other products I thought I was familiar with, so I decided to create a series of blog posts under the topic...