Free e-book: NSX for vSphere – A Foundation of…

Free e-book: NSX for vSphere – A Foundation of the SDDC

Free e-book: NSX for vSphere – A Foundation of…

This free e-book is written by @roie9876 @stretchcloud @michaelahaines @vConsultant and Ajit Sharma Server virtualization has been accepted well in our IT industry over the past decade. As a result, we have seen a completely new way of provisioning and managing workloads in the data center. This concept of server virtualization saved businesses from spending billions of dollars. However, the way these workloads are connected to the network has not been so agile. The solution that every one is…Read More


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How to Package Microsoft Internet Explorer with…

How to Package Microsoft Internet Explorer with VMware ThinApp and Enable the ThinDirect Feature

How to Package Microsoft Internet Explorer with…

By Bernie Watson, Systems Engineer, End-User Computing, VMware This post shows how to package the different versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer using VMware ThinApp, and how to enable the ThinDirect feature. Before following these instructions, you need a clean capture virtual machine (VM) with Windows 7 SP1, the latest version of ThinApp installed on the […] The post How to Package Microsoft Internet Explorer with VMware ThinApp and Enable the ThinDirect Feature appeared first on VMware…Read More


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vSphere 6 and XtremIO Application Protection

vSphere 6 and XtremIO Application Protection

vSphere 6 and XtremIO Application Protection

Consolidating and Protecting Enterprise Applications on vSphere 6 with XtremIO This great Whitepaper was published this month and is well worth a read if you have or are planning to deploy XtremIO. The paper covers the following: Multi-site VMware based infrastructure with integrated Replication and Disaster Recovery XtremIO 4.0 with: vSphere 6.0 / RecoverPoint 4.1 […]


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Horizon view licensing – Overview and…

Horizon view licensing – Overview and Configuration

Horizon view licensing – Overview and…

VMware Horizon is a family of desktop and applications virtualization solutions designed to deliver Windows and online services on premises. With Horizon 6, VMware extends the power of virtualization from data centers to devices to deliver desktop (VMware VDI) and application virtualization with great user experience and closed-loop manageability.Horizon deliver virtual or hosted desktops and […] The post Horizon view licensing – Overview and Configuration appeared first on VMware Arena.


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vRealize Operations 6.2 released

vRealize Operations 6.2 released

vRealize Operations 6.2 released

Today, vRealize Operations (a.k.a. vROPS or vCOPS) version 6.2 was released. This has been a long awaited update. vRealize Operations Manager 6.2 is the latest release of the VMware integrated vRealize Operations Suite. Updates cover all major areas of the product including installation, configuration, licensing, alerting, dashboards, reports, and policies. We looked at the release notes and this is what you need to know. What’s New? Enhanced Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) Integration….Read More


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PowerNSX : PowerCLI module for NSX

PowerNSX : PowerCLI module for NSX

PowerNSX : PowerCLI module for NSX

About PowerNSX is a PowerShell module that abstracts the VMware NSX API to a set of easily used PowerShell functions. This module is not supported by VMware, and comes with no warranties express or implied. Please test and validate its functionality before using in a production environment. It aims to focus on exposing New, Update,… Continue reading…Read More


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Last year was the vSphere 6 launch, what does…

Last year was the vSphere 6 launch, what does VMware have in store this year?

Last year was the vSphere 6 launch, what does…

Be the first to hear the latest news about how VMware’s One Cloud, Any Application, Any Device™ architecture for IT is helping enable the digital enterprise from mobile devices to the data center and the cloud. This two-part online event will inspire, motivate, and deliver the elements you need to move your IT agenda forward in 2016.


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Be the first to hear VMware’s breaking news at…

Be the first to hear VMware’s breaking news at our online event on 2/9: https://t.co/MFjefuO8fq #DigitalWorkspace https://t.co/CpbiLFUJ0O

Be the first to hear VMware’s breaking news at…

Be the first to hear VMware’s breaking news at our online event on 2/9: https://t.co/MFjefuO8fq #DigitalWorkspace https://t.co/CpbiLFUJ0O


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How Virtual SAN and Horizon 6 work together to…

How Virtual SAN and Horizon 6 work together to address your storage challenges: https://t.co/Vi3TWNAJX2 https://t.co/TdqNbqF3Il

How Virtual SAN and Horizon 6 work together to…

How Virtual SAN and Horizon 6 work together to address your storage challenges: https://t.co/Vi3TWNAJX2 https://t.co/TdqNbqF3Il


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Why Upgrade to App Volumes 2.10: Experience…

Why Upgrade to App Volumes 2.10: Experience from the Field

Why Upgrade to App Volumes 2.10: Experience…

By Daniel Bakshi, Consultant, Professional Services Organization, VMware On November 24, 2015, VMware announced general availability of VMware App Volumes 2.10.There are two important reasons to upgrade to App Volumes 2.10: To enjoy new product features To focus your team on planning rather than troubleshooting, due to many resolved issues As a member of the […] The post Why Upgrade to App Volumes 2.10: Experience from the Field appeared first on VMware End-User Computing Blog .


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vCenter Server 6.0 – Licensable Entity Does Not…

vCenter Server 6.0 – Licensable Entity Does Not Exist

vCenter Server 6.0 – Licensable Entity Does Not…

Introduction Recently, I worked on an issue where vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 U1 was rebuiltand was not able to assign vCenter Server license key with the following error message: After a review, it was found out that the license key was not removed before decommissioning the old VC. As a result, old VC asset was […]


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VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part IV: How…

VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part IV: How to correlate a VMFS to a FlashArray volume

VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part IV: How…

categories: FlashArray, Pure Storage, VMware This is part 4 of this 8 part series. The series being:Mounting an unresolved VMFSWhy not force mount?Why might a VMFS resignature operation fail?How to correlate a VMFS and a FlashArray volumeHow to snapshot a VMFS on the FlashArray (to be posted)How to connect a local VMFS FlashArray snapshot (to be posted)How to connect a remotely replicated VMFS FlashArray snapshot (to be posted)Recovering/restoring a single VM from a FlashArray snapshot (to be…Read More


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VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part III: Why…

VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part III: Why might a resignature fail?

VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part III: Why…

This is part 1 of this 8 part series. The series being: Mounting anunresolved VMFS Why not force mount? Why might a VMFS resignature operation fail? How to correlate a VMFS and a FlashArray volume How tosnapshot a VMFS on the FlashArray(to be posted) How to connecta local VMFS FlashArray snapshot(to be posted) How to […]]> This is part 1 of this 8 part series. The series being: Mounting anunresolved VMFS Why not force mount? Why might a VMFS resignature operation fail? How to correlate a VMFS…Read More


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VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part II: Why…

VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part II: Why not Force Mount?

VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part II: Why…

This is part 2 of this 8 part series. The series being: Mounting anunresolved VMFS Why not force mount? Why might a VMFS resignature operation fail? How to correlate a VMFS and a FlashArray volume How tosnapshot a VMFS on the FlashArray(to be posted) How to connecta local VMFS FlashArray snapshot(to be posted) How to […]]> This is part 2 of this 8 part series. The series being: Mounting anunresolved VMFS Why not force mount? Why might a VMFS resignature operation fail? How to correlate a VMFS…Read More


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VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part I:…

VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part I: Mounting an unresolved VMFS

VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part I:…

categories: ESXi, PowerCLI, Pure Storage, VMware, Web Client This is part 1 of this 8 part series. Questions around managing VMFS snapshots have been cropping up a lot lately and I realized I didn’t have a lot of specific Pure Storage and VMware resignaturing information out there. Especially around scripting all of this and the various options to do this. So I put a long series out here about how to do all of this. Let’s start with what an unresolved VMFS is and how to mount it. The series…Read More


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