Locked out of VMware vCenter Server by the NSX Distributed Firewall? – vzealand.com
You enabled the Distributed Firewall by changing the default rule to DENY but forgot to exclude the virtual vCenter Server first. Now you are locked out. Yup this happend in my lab tonight after a redeploy of NSX and enabling the DFW.
VCAP6-NV (3V0-643) Study Guide – Part 19. Troubleshoot Common VMware NSX Installation/Configuration Issues – vzealand.com
This is part 19 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.
SysSet – A Syslog Configuration Tool for NSX Edges – Network Inferno
I had a colleague the other week ask about changing a few hundred NSX Edges Syslog address. There was some configuration drift in the environment where the edges fell into a few different categories. The Edges either didn’t have configuration, had incorrect configuration (such as an old syslog entry), or they needed to be changed.
Can you upgrade to vSphere 6.5 when using a vSphere Enterprise license? – viktorious.nl
A couple of days ago, VMware vSphere 6.5 became general available. vSphere 6.5 brings a lot new interesting features that are summarised in the various blog posts and also in this whitepaper.
New Release: PowerCLI 6.5 R1 – VMware PowerCLI Blog
There’s been a lot of buzz around PowerCLI lately, and we’re keeping it going! It gives me great pleasure to announce the general availability of VMware PowerCLI 6.5 Release 1!
VCDX – Journey to Triple VCDX (with NPX) – vcdx133.com
This was a multi-stage journey I started in September 2012 with the VMware vSphere 5 ICM course and the subsequent VCP/VCAP exams for VCDX-DCV. Part of that expedition was to provide a roadmap to VCDX, which resulted in the VCDX Deep-Dive series. We all have opinions on what works and what does not; this chronicles what worked for me – if it adds value, use it, if not, ignore it.
How to enable vCenter Server High Availability (VCHA) in vSphere 6.5 w/single ESXi host? – virtuallyGhetto
One of the big new features that was introduced in vSphere 6.5, exclusively for vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA), is the vCenter Server High Availability (VCHA) capablilty.
How to backup / restore encrypted VMs in vSphere 6.5 – Notes from MWhite
This is something I have been thinking on for a while. And I have talked to a lot of people about it. I think I know how it works and I am going to write it down here. I will update this as I get to test things. Any comments or corrections or suggestions welcome.
vSphere 6.5: Login To Web Client Fails With Invalid Credentials – virtuallyPeculiar
So, today I was making certain changes on my password policies on vSphere 6.5 and I ran into an interesting issue. I had created a user in the SSO domain (vmware.local), called as happycow@vmware.local and I tried to login to web client with this user. However, the login failed with the error: Invalid Credentials.
What’s new in vRealize Log Insight 4.0: An in-depth review
We’re pleased to announce the new release of vRealize Log Insight 4.0. You can download the new release here. Read on to learn more about vRealize Log Insight 4.0 ! Let’s begin with some … New overall User Interface based on the VMware Clarity standard LI attempts to leverage the VMware Clarity theme. The post What’s new in vRealize Log Insight 4.0: An in-depth review appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .
Predictive DRS
Resource contention is one of the most critical issues in any virtualized environment. When contention occurs, applications slow down and your users are affected. Up until now two different methodologies have been employed to mitigate the risk of contention, with varied results. But now I want to introduce you to the new “game changing” method The post Predictive DRS appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .
Coop Denmark replaces NetApp with VMware software-defined VSAN – ComputerWeekly.com
Scandinavian retailer simplifies virtual server storage with VMware Virtual SAN software-defined storage and sidesteps bandwidth bottlenecks on NetApp Metro Cluster replication
Game Changing: Day 2 Enterprise Data Management Tasks with VMware NSX and vRealize Operations
As a Staff Partner Architect at VMware, I tend to look at our platform and products through a slightly different lens than some of my colleagues. Rather than focusing solely on our feature rich product sets and platform, I take a top down approach and identify which of these features are most interesting for mission/business critical deployments in a Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC).
Configuration Maximum changes from vSphere 6.0 to vSphere 6.5 – vsphere-land.com
vSphere 6.5 is now available and with every release VMware makes changes to the configuration maximums for vSphere. Since VMware never highlights what has changed between releases in their official Configuration Maximum 6.5 documentation, I thought I would compare the document with the 6.0 version and list the changes between the versions here.
vSphere 6.5 DRS Performance – A new white-paper – VMware VROOM! Blog
VMware recently announced the general availability of vSphere 6.5. Among the many new features in this release are some DRS specific ones like predictive DRS, and network-aware DRS. In vSphere 6.5, DRS also comes with a host of performance improvements like the all-new VM initial placement and the faster and more effective maintenance mode operation.
vSphere Replication 6.5, 5 minute RPO for ALL! – Yellow Bricks
I just noticed the following in the vSphere Replication 6.5 release notes which I felt was worth sharing:
vSphere 6.5: What is vCenter High Availability – virtuallyPeculiar
In 6.0 we had the option to provide high availability for the Platform Services Controller by deploying redundant PSC nodes in the same SSO domain and utilizing a manual re point command or a Load balancer to switch to a new PSC if the current one was down. However, for vCenter nodes there was no such option available, and the only way to have HA for vCenter node was to either configure Fault Tolerance or have the vCenter virtual machine in a HA enabled cluster.
What’s new in the vSphere 6.5 Host Profiles
This video reviews what’s new in Host Profiles in vSphere 6.5
New Courses on vSphere 6.5, Cloud, NSX & More
Last month the Education Services team opened registration for several new instructor-led training courses covering a broad range of topics. For more information on these courses use the links below or contact your local Learning Specialist.
Virtual Machine Encryption Key Management Server Setup
This video covers setting up a Safenet KMS Cluster for VM Encryption Key Management Server
