Plan Now for VCDX Defense Dates this Fall
We are excited to announce the fall VCDX Defense dates. As announced earlier, we are separating defenses for Data Center Virtualization (DCV) from the other three tracks.
RunNSX: Distributed Logical Router Control-VM Placement
There are considerations on where to place the “Active” DLR Control-VM. This is due to an issue where “if” the active DLR Control-VM and any Active Edge are on the same host during a host failure the DLR Control-VM will not be able to provide the controller-cluster with routing updates.
Being a vExpert
@JTroyer and Corey Romero have truly established the benchmark for Community Advocates in the group called vExpert. I’ve been honored enough to have been accepted into this auspicious group now five times.
VMware NSX for vSphere End-User Computing Design Guide — ntpro.nl
This document details the design and deployment details of VMware NSX in a Horizon End-User Computing environment and is targeted towards virtualization, networking and security architects interested in deploying Horizon for virtual desktops and NSX in a vSphere environment.
Mind The Virtualization: Top VMworld 2016 Sessions by Category
The content catalog for this year’s VMworld 2016 in Las Vegas has just been announced. Below is a list of sessions which looked very interesting and promising. There are more than 500 sessions available and below are my top sessions.
Monitor Your Customized Applications in vRealize Operations
If you want to monitor your complete infrastructure today, vRealize Operations (vROps) is second to none. It allows you to watch your whole VMware environment automatically through a vCenter connection.
Monitor Your Customized Applications in vRealize Operations
If you want to monitor your complete infrastructure today, vRealize Operations (vROps) is second to none. It allows you to watch your whole VMware environment automatically through a vCenter connection.
Updated Virtual SAN Book from VMware Press
Here is a brief excerpt from the newly released Second Edition of Essential Virtual SAN (VSAN): Administrator’s Guide to VMware Virtual SAN by Cormac Hogan and Duncan Epping, VCDX #7 from VMware Press.
4 Ways to Save on Training and Certification at VMworld 2016 Europe
Take advantage of the training and certification programs at VMworld 2016 to gain experience, validate your skills, and learn to design, deploy, and operate the latest VMware technologies and solutions. Add any of these offers to your event registration and make the most of your VMworld 2016 experience.
Virtualization The Future: Initial Configuration of App Volumes Manager – Part 3
After the installation of app volumes manager and before creating the app stacks and writable volumes you need to configure startup parameters of app volumes manager.
vRealize Operations for Horizon & Published Apps 6.3 Now Available!
Drumroll, please: VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon & Published Apps, version 6.3, is now generally available (GA). This new version of vRealize Operations for Horizon & Published Apps introduces a slew of new features that will allow you to:
Just Released – Leveraging NSX REST API Guide
VMware today released the following guide which provides guidance and examples for leveraging the NSX REST API.
VMworld US Content Catalog is now live! Schedule Builder launches July 19th
The 2016 Content Catalog allows registered and prospective VMworld attendees access to the VMworld agenda, with the ability to peruse breakouts and note sessions of interest. You can search and filter to your heart’s content by track, category, session format, industry, role, technical level, speaker name, location (US or Europe), and keyword search. You cannot schedule sessions in the catalog.
macOS Sierra and VMware Fusion 8
Hot off the heels of WWDC, Apple has made available the next major update to it’s flagship operating system for Mac. With a new name, macOS, Apple seems to be getting away from the OS X moniker and aligning with the rest of the OS’s that it has in it’s bag: tvOS, iOS, watchOS, and now macOS.
Replacing Esxi 6 SSL Certificates
In our last post Replacing vSphere 6 SSL Certificates we learned how to replace Machine certificates and VMCA root certificates. In this post we will learn how to replace Esxi default ssl certificates with certificates signed by CA server.
Maintenance Mode in vRealize Operations
Maintenance mode is a feature of vRealize Operations Manager (vROps), which prevents a resource from presenting misleading data or status during planned changes or unscheduled outages to the system’s software or hardware. In this blog, we’ll take a look at a couple ways to place resources in maintenance.
NSX – Firewall Port Requirements
Here is a quick diagram I put together showing the NSX components and the firewall ports that need to be open between them:
vSphere Docker Volume Driver Brings Benefits Of vSphere Storage To Containers
Today, I am pleased to announce the beta of the Docker volume driver for vSphere. VMware is also making the source code for this driver available under open source (GitHub). The open source community and customers can now use the driver, contribute code and modify the volume driver. This is yet another storage focused initiative from VMware to enable our customers to enjoy the benefits of using vSphere for deploying Docker Containers. As you may recall, we introduced a vSphere Volume Driver for Flocker in August 2015 to enable our customers to use storage volumes with an early version of Docker.
VMware’s Photon OS Is Officially Released — Virtualization Review
An administration guide is also published.
Replacing vSphere 6 SSL Certificates
In our last post Certificate Management in vSphere 6 we had a look on architecture of VMCA and what it do. In this post I will walk through the steps needed to replace vSphere 6 SSL certificates.
