Plain Virtualization

The vExpert 2021 second half application is starting in June. If have missed out the first half at the beginning of the year, this is your last chance. To top it off this year, VMware vExpert program has create two groups, one is LinkedIn and one is Facebook for people who seek help in their application or looking for mentors to help achieve the vExpert accreditation. Alternatively you can approach your nearest vExpert Pro for advise as well. These are the people who will be assessing all the applications. If you are one of those, look no further and join those groups above. To find out more of on vExpert program, check out vExpert site and register an account to be ready to apply when application opens. Do check out my past article on my experience , and some of the tips on whether you have met the requirement and the track to choose for vExpert program. All the best and hope to see more vExperts.

Recently, I got into a discussion with my colleague regarding vCenter Server High Availability (VCHA) and a good discussion on the area where VCHA could be of use. Before we start, I like to summarize the few questions that always got asked during my course of work and as well when I teach vSphere Install, Configure and Manage course. What is VCHA use for? It is really meant for local site availability. Where a lost of vCenter Server can create an outage to other management components where vSphere HA RTO is not sufficient or vSphere HA is not possible to bring up the vCenter Server. Can VCHA be used in a stretched cluster setup and how should we plan to place the nodes? Yes. You will definitely have two sites in a stretched setup. And if you like to have VCHA implement in such a setup, you will need to have a 3rd site or minimal a separate cluster at the passive node site. Typically you will have active node at site 1, and passive node with witness node at site 2 where witness node is