Michael Ryom: ESXi IOStats – vmkmgmt_keyval
Just wanted to do a short post about vmkmgmt_keyval, as I think most admins only uses this tool for getting HBA driver/firmware versions, but you get so much more than just that. There is different forms of statistics in there, per target, per lun and block size.
What does the acquisition of Arkin Net mean for VMware?
Arkin Net was added to VMware’s long list of acquisitions in June 2016. Our advisory board takes a look at what it might mean for NSX.
VCAP-DCV Deploy – Objective 1.2 Configure Identity Sources for Single Sign-On
Now that a Platform Services Controller installed, and vCenter Server installed; it’s time to configure single sign-on sources for our SSO domain. SSO, or Single Sign On, was introduced in vSphere 5.1 and provides a more secure way of authenticating into the vSphere environment. SSO is now connected to multiple authentication domains, like active directory, […] The post VCAP-DCV Deploy – Objective 1.2 Configure Identity Sources for Single Sign-On appeared first on Tim’s IT Blog .
VCAP6 Deployment Lab Beta Exams: Expanded and Extended!
Hi Everyone, I have good news to share with you: The VCAP6 Deployment Lab beta exams are being extended to additional Pearson Vue centers in North America and expanded to roughly 175 centers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Additionally, the beta end-date has been moved out to July 13th. We still need people to take the beta exams so […] The post VCAP6 Deployment Lab Beta Exams: Expanded and Extended! appeared first on VMware Education and Certification Blog .
Tag-based Veeam Backups–RNelson0
As I teased in Using vCenter tags with PowerCLI, I want to explore how to use tags in a practical application. To refresh our memory, we looked at creating an Ownership category with individual tags in it, and limited VMs to having just one of the tags. We created a little script that defines our schema, in case we need to re-create it. We are going to work on a new category today for our backups. Specifically, Veeam backups, based on SDDC6282-SPO, Using vSphere tags for advanced policy-driven data protection as presented at VMworld 2015.
New Training Videos on vRealize, NSX, and vSphere
VMware Learning Zone subscribers get a year of unlimited access to our cloud-based video training library taught by top VMware experts, including all our new releases, like these from the past month:
VMware Horizon 7 Enterprise Edition VMware Validated Integration Design
This paper describes how to address business requirements and use cases with services constructed by integrating the components of VMware Horizon® 7 Enterprise Edition. It is intended to help customers—IT architects, consultants, and administrators involved in the early phases of planning, design, and deployment by offering a standard, repeatable, and highly scalable approach to design and integration that can easily be adapted to specific environments and requirements.
#vROPS stuck in Waiting for Analytics state: check your hostname — vLenzker
During a Partner enablement session we figured out that a new deployed vRealize Operations Manager (vROPS) instance was not able to be started correctly. Login into https://vrops.fqdn/admin the following was shown under system status.
