VCDX #181 Marc Huppert

Month: October 2016

Top 5 Features for Monitoring NetApp FAS in…

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Top 5 Features for Monitoring NetApp FAS in vRealize Operations

Top 5 Features for Monitoring NetApp FAS in…

By: Phil Cook Blue Medora’s vRealize Operations Management Pack for NetApp FAS is the premier single-pane-of-glass monitoring solution for NetApp FAS storage environments. Among the most notable features in the pack are deep insights into NetApp environment health, availability, performance and capacity planning—all made possible through the powerful vRealize Operations interface. Today we are going The post Top 5 Features for Monitoring NetApp FAS in vRealize Operations appeared first on…Read More

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New vCloud Architecture Toolkit for Service…

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New vCloud Architecture Toolkit for Service Providers Multi-Tenant vRealize Operations as a Service paper

New vCloud Architecture Toolkit for Service…

This document is intended to help the cloud service provider design an operations management solution for tenants based on vRealize Operations Manager in a n “as a s ervice” model.

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Get a holistic view of your network with…

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Get a holistic view of your network with vRealize Network Insight – TechTarget

Get a holistic view of your network with…

VMware vRealize Network Insight promises to provide a comprehensive view of the network, as well as better NSX management. We put it to the test to see if this promise holds up.

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#vROps Webinar Series 2016 – Part 10 – A Deep…

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#vROps Webinar Series 2016 – Part 10 – A Deep Dive into vROps API

#vROps Webinar Series 2016 – Part 10 – A Deep…

Time to publish the recording for the 10th episode of vROps Webinar Series. This time around we spoke about vRealize Operations Manager Resful API and how to use it.

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Fortinet Achieves VMware Ready™ Status for…

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Fortinet Achieves VMware Ready™ Status for Network Functions Virtualization! – ReadySpace United States

Fortinet Achieves VMware Ready™ Status for…

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) offers unprecedented opportunities for communication service providers to adopt new business models, radically lower costs, and increase the speed of innovation and delivery of next-generation services. While the potential benefits of NFV are enormous, ensuring effective security is a key consideration for service providers.

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Revolutionize Digital Businesses Via Hybrid…

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VMware Wants To Revolutionize Digital Businesses Via Hybrid Cloud, Software Defined Data Center & Digital Workplaces

Revolutionize Digital Businesses Via Hybrid…

Today, when a delay of few days in product launch can cause million dollar losses; when downtime of few hours can change the quarterly results of an ecommerce portal and when delay in detection of bugs can forever alter the future of a software company; digital & IT companies like looking for sharp solutions for effective results.

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Virtual SAN >> vSAN, and grown to 5500 customers!

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Virtual SAN >> vSAN, and grown to 5500 customers! – Yellow Bricks

Virtual SAN >> vSAN, and grown to 5500 customers!

Not that it is a big deal, but as some people are like me they probably prefer to use the right name. As of this week Virtual SAN was renamed to vSAN. I am not sure we will see the change in the product in 6.5 (I doubt it) and even the website changes will take a while, but expect to see this soon.

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VSAN Part 4 – Understanding Objects and…

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VSAN Part 4 – Understanding Objects and Components – CormacHogan.com

VSAN Part 4 – Understanding Objects and…

One of the most important concepts to understand in VSAN, in my opinion, is the notion of storage objects and components. Virtual Machines deployed on a vsanDatastore on VSAN 5.5 may have 4 different kinds of storage objects associated with it:

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VMware Cloud Foundation Digging Deeper into the…

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VMware Cloud Foundation Digging Deeper into the Architecture – VMware Blogs

VMware Cloud Foundation Digging Deeper into the…

This has been an exciting time for the IT industry. At VMworld US 2016 (August 29th 2015) we had the announcement of VMware Cloud Foundation becoming an integral part of IBM SoftLayer and then we had the news of the strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and VMware (October 13th 2016).

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VMware embraces containers with latest vSphere,…

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VMware embraces containers with latest vSphere, Virtual SAN updates – CIO.com

VMware embraces containers with latest vSphere,…

For years there’s been talk about what the adoption of public cloud and the advent of application containers would mean for VMware. The company is taking these innovations head on, announcing support for them in the latest updates of the company’s core management products announced this week at its VMWorld Europe conference.

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Do you want to test-drive the vCenter 6.5 REST…

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Do you want to test-drive the vCenter 6.5 REST API? Check out this new Hand On Lab – ntpro.nl

Do you want to test-drive the vCenter 6.5 REST…

The vCenter REST API is a new developer friendly, simplified API which allows for Virtual Machine creation, modification and deletion via a consistent set of developer and automation tooling. This will allow for consistent interaction with the API via the tools which make sense to the developer community or someone automating VMware products.

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Troubleshooting “SSO log directory full”…

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Troubleshooting “SSO log directory full” warning in vCenter Server Appliance 6.0

Troubleshooting “SSO log directory full”…

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2143565 This video demonstrates how to troubleshoot “SSO log directory full” warning in vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 You see that the /storage/log directory is highly utilized in an Embedded vCenter Server Appliance or Platform Controller Server Appliance 6.0. This is a known issue affecting vCenter Server Appliance 6.0. Currently, there is no resolution. To work around this issue, reduce the maximum backup size and the maximum backup index in the log4j.properties file. Note: In external Platform Service Controller (PSC) environments, log in to the Platform Service Controller instead to make the suggested changes. For additional information, see VMware Knowledge Base article 2143565 at the following URL…Read More

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vSphere 6.5 with VVols 2.0 does not yet support…

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vSphere 6.5 with VVols 2.0 does not yet support in-band bind – vShere-land

vSphere 6.5 with VVols 2.0 does not yet support…

One thing I noticed that was missing from the vSphere 6.5 release which is expected at some point is support for an in-band VVol bind process that a host must perform when a VM is powered on.

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VMware SDDC Technical Whiteboard

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VMware SDDC Technical Whiteboard

VMware SDDC Technical Whiteboard

Trying something different…the VMware software-defined datacenter story in a whiteboard. The whiteboard walks you through the evolution of datacenters…from basic virtualization (vSphere) to an optimized, application-centric, ultra efficient, highly automated and governed SDDC. Enjoy!

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Certificates for Dummies – Part Two: Replacing…

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Certificates for Dummies – Part Two: Replacing vCenter Server Certificates with VMware Certificate Authority

Certificates for Dummies – Part Two: Replacing…

Thanks for taking the time to read my previous blog post―Certificates for Dummies―where I walked through the process of enabling PSC as a VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA). In this blog post I will demonstrate the process for replacing vCenter Server Certificates with those issued by VMCA.

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Return of the MacBook Pro: 3 Stand-Out New…

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Return of the MacBook Pro: 3 Stand-Out New Features from Apple Special Event

Return of the MacBook Pro: 3 Stand-Out New…

October’s Apple Special Event was short, but certainly sweet for Apple MacBook Pro fans. Alongside a new Apple TV app aptly named TV, Apple’s October event centered on the brand new and much-anticipated MacBook Pro. And it was well worth the wait. 3 Stand-Out Features in the New MacBook Pro It’s been a year and […]

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Customization of Windows guests fails with the…

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Customization of Windows guests fails with the error: Customization of the guest operating system ‘windows7Server64Guest’ is not supported in this configuration

Customization of Windows guests fails with the…

Today when one of my client was deploying the vm from template then it was failed with this error message

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How to deploy the vCenter Server Appliance…

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How to deploy the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5 running on VMware Fusion & Workstation? – virtuallyGhetto

How to deploy the vCenter Server Appliance…

As with any new release of vSphere, it is quite common for customers to deploy the new software in either a vSphere home or test lab to get more familiar with it.

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VCAP6-NV (3V0-643) Study Guide – Part 11. NSX…

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VCAP6-NV (3V0-643) Study Guide – Part 11. NSX Logical Firewall Services. -via vzealand.com

VCAP6-NV (3V0-643) Study Guide – Part 11. NSX…

This is part 11 of 20+ blogs I am writing covering the exam prep guide for the VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 – Network Virtualisation Deployment (3V0-643) VCAP6-NV certification.

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