Printing #migrate2vcsa Stickers and Apparel – Emad Younis Blog
Happy New Year! 2016 was a big year for the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA). We now have officially supported Migration Tools in vSphere 6.0 U2m and vSphere 6.5. With the release of vSphere 6.5, the VCSA has surpassed its Windows counterpart in terms of features and performance. Then there was the hot swag that debuted […]
Planning Highly Available, Mission Critical SQL Server Deployments with VMware vSphere
The VMware Experts Database program (MS SQL Server and Oracle editions) invites the specially selected industry Experts to contribute to the breath of VMware industry knowledge by presenting sessions at VMware events to and developing white papers. Often these papers are commissioned by VMware (sometimes jointly with other partners) and in this case partial funding The post Planning Highly Available, Mission Critical SQL Server Deployments with VMware vSphere appeared first on VMware vSphere…Read More
vRops – Super Metric enhancements – Michael Ryom
One of the areas in where vRops 6.3 has been getting a huge improvement is Super Metrics. You can read about vRops 6.3 enhancements here: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/blog/vrops-6-3-walkthrough-new-features#SuperMetricenhancements It might seem some what trivial – the enhancements. The addition of a few new operators. I guarantee you it is not, these new operators are a game changer for Super Metrics. Lets recap all the new operators Operators Function Example [] Array [A, B, C] == Equal…Read More
Enhanced query monitoring now available in Blue Medora Microsoft SQL Management Pack
By: Lora Johnson To help extend monitoring within your Microsoft SQL Server workloads, Blue Medora recently released an updated management pack for Microsoft SQL Server, featuring new monitoring capabilities for queries and extending its out-of-the-box dashboards to ensure you can optimize performance within your Microsoft SQL Server environment and across the IT stack. What’s New The post Enhanced query monitoring now available in Blue Medora Microsoft SQL Management Pack appeared first on…Read More
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Tired of waiting? Deploy OpenStack in 15 minutes or less with VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO)!
If you’re ready to try VIO, take it for a spin with the Hands on Labs that illustrates a step-by-step walkthrough of how to deploy OpenStack in Compact Management Mode in under fifteen minutes.
Spotlight on the Move-VM Cmdlet including PowerCLI 6.5 Enhancements
VMware PowerCLI 6.5’s release introduced a lot of new cmdlets and improvements to existing cmdlets. One of my favorite improved cmdlets has to be Move-VM. Move-VM was already a very versatile cmdlet before this new release. It could be used to move a VM between hosts, datastores, resource pools, clusters, to new folders, to a […] The post Spotlight on the Move-VM Cmdlet including PowerCLI 6.5 Enhancements appeared first on VMware PowerCLI Blog .
Why Nested ESXi Is an Essential Part of Your Home Lab
There’s always a ton of discussion around home labs among IT professionals on Twitter, and many are very, very impressive! I have to admit, I do tend to have a case of home lab envy at times. Wha…Read More
Contain yourself PowerNSX, please!
Recently, PowerNSX was released to work with PowerShell Core. This was a substantial undertaking from Nick Bradford to submit some pull requests to PowerShell Core, create a new method of handling web requests, and then wholesale adjusting PowerNSX to work. Now that this groundwork has been done PowerNSX can be added into the VMware docker … Continue reading “Contain yourself PowerNSX, please!”
Enabling SDDC Health Solution for VSAN monitoring.
A few days back, I wrote about the release of VMware SDDC health Solution 2.0 which enabled you to monitor all the key components of your Software Defined Datacenter. If you go though the… Click on the title to continue reading the post..
VMware vSphere 6.5 AutoDeploy Rules
We have started to work with VMware vSphere 6.5 AutoDeploy recently, just before the End of the year. We have played in a lab with the Image Builder GUI and we have created new customized image with drivers which were needed for the hardware we’re using in our lab. What is Image profile? Image Profile […] Read the full post VMware vSphere 6.5 AutoDeploy Rules at ESX Virtualization .
Extending an ESXi diagnostic core dump partition on a vSAN 6.5 node
This is something very interesting which gained support with the release of vSAN 6.5. It will be of interest to those customers who boot their ESXi hosts from USB/SD devices, and also have vSAN configured. One long-standing restriction with this configuration was the inability to boot from USB/SD when the amount of memory in the […] The post Extending an ESXi diagnostic core dump partition on a vSAN 6.5 node appeared first on CormacHogan.com .
VCP6-DCV Beta Exam on vSphere 6.5 Open for Registration
Last month I announced the availability of the vSphere 6.5 Foundations Beta exam, and now I’m happy to announce that we are working on a vSphere 6.5 based exam to meet the second exam requirement for VMware Certified Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV). The VCP6-DCV (v6.5) Beta Exam (exam code 2V0-622) is now […] The post VCP6-DCV Beta Exam on vSphere 6.5 Open for Registration appeared first on VMware Education and Certification Blog .
Your Problem’s Solved: Enable Secure Native Mobile App SSO on Any Device
The advent of mobile phones put enormous amounts of computing power in the hands—quite literally—of end users. “Anyness” (any app, any device, anywhere) is now expectation, but it needs to happen in a secure way. Several recent technological advances have made this possible, including mobile device management (MDM, aka freedom from being domain joined). And […] The post Your Problem’s Solved: Enable Secure Native Mobile App SSO on Any Device appeared first on VMware End-User Computing Blog .
2017 Predictions: Initiating the Future of Education IT -VMware Radius
Tim Merrigan, vice president for state, local, and education at VMware, shares his 2017 predictions for education.
VMware NSX: 3 different use cases – TechRepublic
VMware’s NSX is one of the most-popular options for network virtualization. Here’s how three companies are using it to power their businesses.
Horizon View 7 Instant-Clone Feature – How to Create Instant Clone Desktop Pool?
The new VMware Instant Clone Technology included in the View component of the Horizon 7 Enterprise Edition improves and accelerates the pr…Read More
Upgrading or Migrating vCenter Server 5.5 on Windows to version 6.5
This video covers upgrading or migrating vCenter server 5.5 on Windows to version 6.5 The post Upgrading or Migrating vCenter Server 5.5 on Windows to version 6.5 appeared first on Tech Communications Video Blog .
What’s New in vSphere 6.5 Paper
Ever since we announced vSphere 6.5 at VMworld Europe 2016, the reaction we’ve heard has been overwhelmingly positive. It’s easy to see why, with major new features in areas ranging from vCenter Server and the VCSA, to Security, to the new developer and automation APIs and CLIs. vSphere 6.5 also features important enhancements to core The post What’s New in vSphere 6.5 Paper appeared first on VMware vSphere Blog .
