3 Key VMware Integrations for F5 BIG-IP – via VMware Cloud Management Blog
It’s no secret that F5 and Blue Medora have partnered to develop a comprehensive range of solutions for the VMware marketplace. With products that range from monitoring to management, there’s a lot to choose from when looking to round-out the F5 and VMware solution.
Three VDI challenges that can derail any project
VDI challenges, such as poor performance and unexpected costs and complexities, can ruin even the most well-thought-out project.
Architecting the Digital Workspace for Service Providers with Horizon 7 – Ray Heffer
I recently published a white paper aimed at service providers offering VMware Horizon 7 for tenants adopting the digital workspace. Horizon 7 is a single-tenanted VDI and application platform, allowing IT administrators to manage not only desktop pools, but application delivery to their end-users.
Architecting the Digital Workspace for Service Providers with Horizon 7 – Ray Heffer
I recently published a white paper aimed at service providers offering VMware Horizon 7 for tenants adopting the digital workspace. Horizon 7 is a single-tenanted VDI and application platform, allowing IT administrators to manage not only desktop pools, but application delivery to their end-users.
Available for pre order – VMware NSX for vSphere Essentials: A practical guide to implementing Network Virtualization
This is the first definitive reference for all network and data center virtualization professionals planning, implementing, or operating VMware NSX 6.2 for vSphere.
IT Heroes webinar: Enhancing Digital Workspace security with Identity and Access Management solution from VMware
Using VMware Identity Manager with AirWatch® Enterprise Mobility Management™, IT has one infrastructure for managing users across both app types and device types. Join us for this webinar how this can help your daily operations.
VM Encryption in VMware vSphere 6.5 – via Virtualization the Future
What if somebody downloaded entire VM or just vmdk file to a removable media. Oops…..your organization data might be in the wrong hands. What is the solution to strengthen the security. So the answer is VM Encryption. It is one of the method that can be used to get the required protection for the VM.
Technical Demo – Deploying, Configuring, Backup and Restoring VCSA 6.5 – via ntpro.nl
In this demo, Tim Sandy shows you how to deployed the new vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5. He also shows you how to get started after you download the ISO file and all the way through successfully having the VCSA 6.5 deployed and running.
What’s new in vSphere 6.5 Host Profiles – via ntpro.nl
Eric Gray walks you through what’s new in vSphere 6.5 Host Profiles.
Become a Superhero with VxRail – via Virtual Blocks
Dell EMC just launched the first installment of the Xpert Video Series. Guided by a superhero, this video series will tackle important subjects on all things VxRail, the first of which is on drive failures.
How Does VMware Validated Design (VVD) Accelerate the Customer Cloud Journey? Hear from a Partner:
IT as a service (ITaaS) is at the forefront of the latest fundamental shift in consumption as enterprise IT organizations continue to veer away from the outdated build model of yesteryear, toward a consume model aligned with cloud adoption. In short, we are collectively sprinting in order to modernize IT. The race away from step-by-step processes that address immediate IT needs first, to a holistic, planned and flawlessly executed strategy across the entire IT environment is on.
Lucky 7k, go vSAN! – via Yellow Bricks
VMware announced the Q4 earnings last night, one of the things I was most interested about was how vSAN did in Q4. Here is what was announced yesterday, for those interested in more detail check the full earnings call. (Hint, it isn’t just vSAN doing well.)
VMware NSX: Physical (VLAN) TO Virtual (VXLAN) Bridging Configuration – via Saurav Issar
I came across a scenario which require the connectivity between traditional workloads with legacy VLANs to virtualized networks using VXLAN, and thought of writing a quick blog post on the subject.
The vSAN Deepdive
Learn more about vSAN’s value propositions, use cases and customers in this great educational video.
Reviewer’s Guide for View in Horizon 7: Smart Policies – via ntpro.nl
The Reviewer’s Guide for View in VMware Horizon 7: Smart Policies is one of a series of guides to help you evaluate the View component of Horizon 7.
VMware CEO Says NSX Is On a Billion Dollar Run Rate – via Fortune
VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger says the company’s NSX software-defined networking business will hit $1 billion in sales this year.
Exploring new VCSA VAMI API w/PowerCLI: Part 3 – via virtuallyGhetto
In Part 3, we are going to look at auditing the different ways you can access the VCSA which includes direct console access (TTY1), Direct-Console UI (TTY2), whether the Bash Shell is enabled and remote SSH access.
The continued rise of HCI, and especially vSAN – via CormacHogan.com
This morning, twitter is alive with VMware’s Q4 2016 results. In a nutshell, its been a phenomenal quarter. Of course, the first thing I wanted to check out was how vSAN did. “Outstanding” is the word. At VMworld 2016 in Barcelona, we were somewhere around 5,500 vSAN customers. Today, that number stands at 7,000. In the space of a year we have more than doubled the number of vSAN customers globally.
VMware vSphere 6.5 Product Walkthrough – Migration Assistant – via ntpro.nl
The VMware Migration Assistant facilitates the migration of the Windows vCenter server configuration, performance statistics and database to the vCenter Server Appliance 6.5. In this walkthrough, you can see the two-stage process that is involved when switching and upgrading from a Windows based 5.5 installation to the appliance. Click the following link to get access to the walkthrough. https://ntpro.sharedemos.com
Follow these steps for a clean vCSA 6.5 installation and setup – via TechTarget
The new VMware vCSA 6.5 is a departure from previous versions in that it runs a Photon OS and allows users to launch the installer while running Windows, Linux or Mac.
