Last day Although this was the last full day of the conference, there was still plenty to see and do. The General sessions and Hands on Labs consumed much of the day, and like the first two days, Day 3 flew by in no time at all. Tips and tricks on running VCF 9.1 in a Homelab Great to see William Lam and Alen Renouf's session on running 9.1 in a Homelab. The session covered some of the new features in 9.1 that are specifically tailored to allow you to choose to ignore, rather

Despite working with VMware for at least the last 13 years, this is my first time attending a VMware Explore event. I'm a keen advocate of VMware technologies, and with so many changes recently I was keen to attend so I could immerse myself in everything VMware for a few days as well as taking some time out to enjoy everything that Las Vegas has to offer! This years conference is at The Venetian, a large and impressive venue in its own right. Ticket types There are 2 main ti

We all know backing up of your vCenter's using the built in file based backup is critical for recovery. I just wanted to share a couple of important pitfalls i came across recently in case it helps anyone else that comes across this. Do not backup Multiple vCenters at the same start time to the same directory Following the recent addition of some new vCenters, we started to see an unusual increase in backup failures for the associated file-based backup. In this particular env