vROps Webinar 2016 – Part 12 : What’s New with…

vROps Webinar 2016 – Part 12 : What’s New with vROps 6.4

vROps Webinar 2016 – Part 12 : What’s New with…

Time to publish the recording for the 12th episode of the vROps Webinar Series. This time we did a what’s new with vRealize Operations 6.4 and the changes made to vRealize Operations 6.4as you will see there has been a lot packed into this recent release!


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Configuring VMware Identity Manager for High…

Configuring VMware Identity Manager for High Availability in Multiple Data Centers

Configuring VMware Identity Manager for High…

Configuring VMware Identity Manager for high availability across multiple data centers The post Configuring VMware Identity Manager for High Availability in Multiple Data Centers appeared first on VMware End-User Computing Blog .


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VMware’s vRealize Log Insight – The easy way to…

VMware’s vRealize Log Insight – The easy way to get datacenter insight via StarWing Blog

VMware’s vRealize Log Insight – The easy way to…

For those of you who do not know vRealize Log Insight. It is a log collector and analyzer, with a pretty, simple and intuitive GUI. An easy way of managing logs and messages from all your datacenter devices. Best of all, it is not a VMware only product! In that sense that as long as the message is i


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Basic VMware Security Tools and Practices –…

Basic VMware Security Tools and Practices — VMware TAM Blog

Basic VMware Security Tools and Practices –…

I had the pleasure of joining my first ever internal security conference called MooseCon (Making Our Organization Security Experts Conference). There were a variety of topics discussed, but one particular talk by Noah Wasmer, Senior Vice President of Mobile Products, stayed with me the most. Noah discussed recent cyber attacks in the news, and he asked, “If you were on the front page of the Wall Street Journal because of a security breach, what would that do to your business?”


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VMware Identity Manager in a…

VMware Identity Manager in a Multiple-Data-Center Configuration — ntpro.nl

VMware Identity Manager in a…

VMware Identity Manager supports the configuration of multiple data centers in active / hot standby mode for efficient failover functionality. This paper includes detailed instructions for configuring VMware Identity Manager across multiple data centers to provide a high-availability solution.


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Basic VMware Security Tools and Practices –…

Basic VMware Security Tools and Practices — VMware TAM Blog

Basic VMware Security Tools and Practices –…

I had the pleasure of joining my first ever internal security conference called MooseCon (Making Our Organization Security Experts Conference). There were a variety of topics discussed, but one particular talk by Noah Wasmer, Senior Vice President of Mobile Products, stayed with me the most. Noah discussed recent cyber attacks in the news, and he asked, “If you were on the front page of the Wall Street Journal because of a security breach, what would that do to your business?”


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vSphere 6.5 – How to reset root password on…

vSphere 6.5 – How to reset root password on VCSA 6.5 via EnterpriseDaddy

vSphere 6.5 – How to reset root password on…

In today’s post, we will be looking at how to reset root password on VCSA 6.5. I have a couple of lab environment setup for testing purposes. I usually have same passwords for all my testing environment and apparently I was unable to log into one of my VCSA appliances. Hence, I just decided to […] The post vSphere 6.5 – How to reset root password on VCSA 6.5 appeared first on Enterprise Daddy .


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Help Develop an Exam? There’s a badge for that!…

Help Develop an Exam? There’s a badge for that! — VMware Education and Certification Blog

Help Develop an Exam? There’s a badge for that!…

As another way to represent your achievements online VMware recently announced a brand-new Digital Badge program. The badging program will initially reflect VMware certifications, VMware IT Academy participation, and, as an added bonus, subject matter experts who help develop certification exams. Badges awarded can be posted on your personal blog, placed in your email signature […] The post Help Develop an Exam? There’s a badge for that! appeared first on VMware Education and Certification…Read More


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Author Interview with vExpert Guido Soeldner on…

Author Interview with vExpert Guido Soeldner on “Mastering vRealize Automation 7.1” — VMware Cloud Management Blog

Author Interview with vExpert Guido Soeldner on…

Guido Soeldner and his brothers Constatin and Jens-Henrik published their book “Mastering vRealize Automation 7.1: Implementing Cloud Management in the Enterprise Environment” in late October 2016. The three are principals of Soeldner Consult GmbH in Nuremberg, Germany. We caught up with Guido to discuss their book and to get his thoughts on vRealize Automation. The post Author Interview with vExpert Guido Soeldner on “Mastering vRealize Automation 7.1” appeared first on VMware Cloud…Read More


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Gooligan Malware: What You Need to Know |…

Gooligan Malware: What You Need to Know | Mobile Security Alert

Gooligan Malware: What You Need to Know |…

Two weeks ago, mobile security firm Check Point Software announced they found a new piece of malware used to generate ad revenue on the Android platform. Gooligan, as reported by Check Point, roots infected devices. Once rooted, Gooligan stole “authentication tokens that can be used to access data from Google Play, Gmail, Google Photos, Google […]


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The Promise of Software‐Defined Storage (SDS)…

The Promise of Software‐Defined Storage (SDS) — VMware Education & Certification Blog

The Promise of Software‐Defined Storage (SDS)…

Together with Intel, VMware has released a new ebook covering virtualized storage, Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI), and vSAN. Hyper‐Converged Infrastructure for Dummies by Michael Haag shows you the ways HCI evolves how compute, storage, and management are delivered and provisioned to help you cut operational and capital costs, increase IT and business agility, and improve application […] The post The Promise of Software‐Defined Storage (SDS) appeared first on VMware Education and…Read More


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Alexa, add 5 Hosts to my Virginia DataCenter…

Alexa, add 5 Hosts to my Virginia DataCenter #VMWonAWS — VMware News and Updates

Alexa, add 5 Hosts to my Virginia DataCenter…

Video of demo showing voice activated commands to provision VMware Cloud on Amazon AWS and enable Elastic DRS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnPK8idDb6g


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Preparing for the VMworld 2017 Call for Papers…

Preparing for the VMworld 2017 Call for Papers and VMUG UserCons — Wahl Network

Preparing for the VMworld 2017 Call for Papers…

I recently received an email from VMware with an update around the 2017 conferences. For those interested, VMworld US is back at Las Vegas from August 27-31 and VMworld Europe is once again in Barcelona during September 11-14. Thus, no changes from 2016 for the locations. The Call for Papers (CFPs) will launch in February of 2017, giving everyone about 45 days to start thinking of topics.


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VMware Cloud Foundation – Add VI Workload Domain

VMware Cloud Foundation – Add VI Workload Domain

VMware Cloud Foundation – Add VI Workload Domain

In this video, we’ve completed the imaging and initial bring up process for the VMware Cloud Foundation instance. It includes two qualified top-of-rack switches, a management switch and 12 vSAN Ready Nodes. A four-node Management Domain is in place. Now it’s time to add a new workload domain for virtual infrastructure use within the VMware Cloud Foundation instance. There is a ton of automated goodness happening under the hood during the workload domain creation phase. Watch closely and you’ll catch the tasks being orchestrated across the integrated platform.


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VMware Cloud Foundation – Bring Up the…

VMware Cloud Foundation – Bring Up the Management Domain

VMware Cloud Foundation – Bring Up the…

In this video, we’ve completed the imaging process for the VMware Cloud Foundation components – Qualified Top-of-Rack Switches, Management Switch and 12 vSAN Ready Nodes. Now it’s time to bring up the management domain for VMware Cloud Foundation. There is a ton of automated goodness happening under the hood during the configuration phase. Watch closely and you’ll catch the tasks being orchestrated across the integrated platform.


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VMware Cloud Foundation – Imaging the Primary Rack

VMware Cloud Foundation – Imaging the Primary Rack

VMware Cloud Foundation – Imaging the Primary Rack

In this video, we demonstrate imaging the primary rack in a VMware Cloud Foundation instance. We’ve deployed and configured the imaging appliance with the software bundle on a laptop that’s plugged into the management switch. From here we’ll kick off the imaging process that will deploy and perform the “first-boot” configuration of the two top-of-rack switches, the management switch, and the 12 qualified vSAN Ready Nodes in the system.


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VMware Cloud Foundation – Imaging Preparation

VMware Cloud Foundation – Imaging Preparation

VMware Cloud Foundation – Imaging Preparation

In this video, we demonstrate preparing for the VMware Cloud Foundation imaging process. We’ve downloaded the imaging appliance and the software bundle onto the laptop that’ll be plugged into the first management switch. From here we’ll set a static address on system deploy the imaging appliance, upload and then activate the bundle.


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