NSX for vSphere 6.2.3, What’s New?
The 6.2.3 version of NSX for vSphere was released yesterday (June, 9th 2016). NSX is VMware’s solution to virtualize network and security for your software-defined data center. NSX network virtualization decouples the network from hardware into a software abstraction layer which allows you to programmatically create, provision, and manage your networks.
VCAP-DCV Deploy Objective 5.1
We are now in the fifth section of the blueprint ,In this section we are going to cover how to Execute VMware Cmdlets and Customize Scripts Using PowerCLI
VMware NSX 6.2.3 for vShield Endpoint
VMware announced the release of NSX 6.2.3 with the release notes. So what is unusual of this release you might ask. Well other than feature and functions or bug fixes, this also something on licensing.
VCAP-DCV Deploy Objective 5.2
In this section we are going to cover Implement and Maintain Host Profiles
Seamless Integration of vROps Using Third-Party Management Packs
Now more than ever, IT departments are faced with an overwhelming number of avenues to manage and analyze their IT environment. These avenues have a wide range of management options created in-house to vendor-created management interfaces. With so many options to choose from, it’s hard to know the best choice. One common theme in making a decision is efficiency of the solution. For example, it’s more efficient to monitor all of your systems from a single console with comprehensive management packs than it is to use a half dozen tailored monitoring platforms for each layer of your stack.
Horizon 7.0.1 Released — vladan.fr
There is a new release at VMware in the “VDI space”. After the successful release of Horizon 7 with Instant Clones, Blast Extreme, and other cool technologies, there is a 7.0.1 release which adds even more. Horizon 7.0.1 is released together with App Volumes 2.11 (now supporting Horizon 7.x) and also vROPS 6.3.
Using VMware App Volumes and User Environment Manager to Store the Microsoft Outlook Cache (.OST)
Pim van de Vis, Product Engineer for EUC at VMware, demonstrates the concept of storing the Microsoft Outlook cache (.OST file) into a Writable Volume, using VMware App Volumes and User Environment Manager.
VCAP-DCV Deploy Objective 5.3 — vPentathlon
In this section we are going to cover “Manage and analyze vSphere log files”
VCAP-DCV Deploy Objective 5.4 — vPentathlon
In this section we are going to cover “Configure and manage Content Library“
Understanding CISCO ACI and VMware in detail — opvizor
The competitive world of IT is always full of wonderful technologies that are efficient in getting a lot of work done easily. In IT, new technologies and concepts are formed very regularly. This is the reason why technologies are so short lived.
[Webcast] Technical Introduction to VMware NSX – June 22
Join this web presentation to learn how VMware NSX can transform your data center operational model and economics. Attend this webcast to discover the technical benefits of network virtualization including:
VCE VxRail 3.5 Accelerates VMware Powered HCI Appliance Momentum — Virtual Blocks
Building on strong momentum from the February 2016 launch, VxRail 3.5, with a slew of ‘face-melting’ new features, is now shipping! VCE VxRail is a jointly VMware and EMC developed hyper-converged infrastructure family of appliances built on the foundations of VMware Hyper-Converged Software (Virtual SAN, vSphere and vCenter).
Role and responsibility of IT Infrastructure Technical Architect
In this article, I would like to describe the infrastructure architect role and his responsibility.
How to Get the Perfect Graph in vROps
Graphs can be found throughout VMware vRealize Operations (vROps), from the All Metrics page of a resource to the Metric Charts widget in a dashboard. While simple to use, these graphs are extremely powerful tools for displaying historical data exactly how you want to view it. Let’s take a look at some of the key display settings that allow you to transform your historical data.
ESXi 5.x fails with PSOD when using E1000 or E1000e adapters!
E1000 and E1000e are quite commonly used virtual network adapters for VMs in vSphere. Although VMXNET3 is the VMware recommended adapter, E1000 and E1000e are feasible alternatives.
Take care – Express Patch 6 for ESXi 6 can break your Backup (CBT Bug)!
Just a short notice if you are already on ESXi 6: There is an issue with Change Block Tracking (CBT) in Express Patch 6 for ESXi 6 (Build 3825889) that can affect your backup if your backup software relies on CBT.
What is Instant Clones in VMware Horizon 7?
In March 2016, VMware’s end user computing team released the latest version of Horizon Suite, This version 7 has tons of new additional features and introduces us into a number of new products. With this version VMware has renamed its Horizon 6 with View to just Horizon Suite 7. VMware’s goal is simple to provide access to any application to any device from any place or it is called Digital Workspace. Digital Workspace is a combination of VMware Identity Manager another new concept along with Traditional Horizon VDI and Airwatch that manages the mobile devices. Instant clones, Blast Extreme Protocol are two important additions within the VDI space. With the help of Instant clones we will now be able to provision Just in Time Desktop,…Read More
Disk format version 4.0 update to 2.0 suggested — Yellow Bricks
I’ve seen some people reporting a strange message in the Virtual SAN UI. The UI states the following: Disk format version 4.0 (update to 2.0 suggested). This is what that looks like (stole the pic from VMTN, thanks Phillip.)
NSX Bytes: Trend Deep Security 9.6 DSVA Deployment Gotchya
This week I’ve been working with Trend Deep Security 9.6 to get a Proof of Concept up and running to protect some internal management virtual machines with Trends agentless protection feature. Tend now integrates with NSX and In an NSX enabled environment, the Deep Security Virtual Appliance (DSVA) provides Anti-Malware, Integrity Monitoring, Web Reputation Service, Firewall, and Intrusion Prevention for your virtual machines, without requiring an Agent.
Using the vSphere API to remotely collect ESXi esxcfg-info — virtuallyGhetto
Using the same technique as I have described here, you can now also use the vSphere API to connect to vCenter Server to remotely collect esxcfg-info from ESXi hosts without having to SSH’ing to each and every single host. Historically, the esxcfg-* commands were only available in the classic ESX Service Console (COS) and the ESXi Shell. As part of the ESXi transition, VMware has converted all the commands over to the vSphere API which means that you no longer needed to run those local CLIs commands to manage or configure your ESXi hosts like you used to with classic ESX.
