Log Insight Event Forwarding: Filters…

Log Insight Event Forwarding: Filters Containing Backslashes – via SFlanders.net

Log Insight Event Forwarding: Filters…

I have covered Log Insight event forwarding in the past, but wanted to discuss a potential gotcha when leveraging filters that contain the backslash character. Read on to learn more!


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vSphere Replication Synchronization Types

vSphere Replication Synchronization Types – via JeffHunter.info

vSphere Replication Synchronization Types

vSphere Replication is VMware’s hypervisor-based virtual machine replication solution that is included with vSphere Essentials Plus Kit and higher editions. We commonly get questions around the differences between the various types and modes of synchronization — or “sync” — vSphere Replication utilizes. This article covers sync types and modes and discusses related performance improvements introduced with vSphere Replication 6.0.


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Exploring new VCSA VAMI API w/PowerCLI: Part 2

Exploring new VCSA VAMI API w/PowerCLI: Part 2 – via virtuallyGhetto

Exploring new VCSA VAMI API w/PowerCLI: Part 2

In Part 2 of this series, we take a look at how to monitor the health of your vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) by retrieving some of the health metrics that are exposed by the Virtual Appliance Management Interface (VAMI).


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Getting Your Team Ready for Network Virtualization

Getting Your Team Ready for Network Virtualization – via VMware Education and Certification Blog

Getting Your Team Ready for Network Virtualization

Network virtualization with VMware NSX can bring enormous benefits to your organization: stronger security, a bridge to the hybrid cloud, support for your future vision for SDDC. One way to smooth the adoption process is by considering how people, processes and technologies will interact with the solution during your planning stages.


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VMware Reports 4Q & Full-Year Earnings & vSAN…

VMware Reports 4Q & Full-Year Earnings & vSAN Hits 7K Customers – StorageReview.com

VMware Reports 4Q & Full-Year Earnings & vSAN…

Not only is VMware reporting some terrific earnings numbers, they are also announcing 7,000 customers for the Hyper-Converged, software powered infrastructure solution vSAN.


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Introducing VMware PowerCLI Core (Part 1)

Introducing VMware PowerCLI Core (Part 1) – via VirtualizationAdmin.com

Introducing VMware PowerCLI Core (Part 1)

This is the first part of a two-part article that examines PowerCLI Core which enables Linux, Mac and Docker users to manage their VMware infrastructure using the same PowerShell Core and .Net Core cmdlets available previously only on Windows.


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VMware Certificate Toolkit v0.1.8

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VMware Certificate Toolkit v0.1.8

Hello, After multiple requests, I finally got the time to release a new version of VMware certificate toolkit. As the number of download keep increasing (arount 3200), I needed to release a more stable version of this tool.


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Quick Guide – Best Practices for Uploading Your…

Quick Guide – Best Practices for Uploading Your Logs to VMware Support – via VMware TAM Blog

Quick Guide – Best Practices for Uploading Your…

When you have a problem that needs immediate attention, successful uploads of logs from your system are the best way to a speedy resolution. I’ve laid out, below, some best practices that you will find useful.


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Technical 301 (DEMO) – VCSA 6.5 – Part 3…

Technical 301 (DEMO) – VCSA 6.5 – Part 3 (vCenter Configuration)

Technical 301 (DEMO) – VCSA 6.5 – Part 3…

This enablement video is Part 3 of a video series. In part 1, I showed you how to deploy the vCenter Server Appliance 6.5. In Part 2, I show you how to configure the appliance itself from the appliance admin console and go through some initial settings. If you have not watched Part 1 & 2, I highly recommend you go back and watch them first in order. The links to all (3) videos are listed below. In the Part 3 video, I show you some basic initial configurations in the vCenter Server Appliance…Read More


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Technical 301 (DEMO) – VCSA 6.5 – Part 2…

Technical 301 (DEMO) – VCSA 6.5 – Part 2 (Configuration, Backup, & Restore)

Technical 301 (DEMO) – VCSA 6.5 – Part 2…

If you haven’t watch Part 1 of this series, I recommend you watch it first before watching this video. VCSA 6.5 – Part 1 (Deployment): https://youtu.be/h8zmNXSlIu0 This is Part 2 of my enablement series where I show you how to deploy the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5. In it, I show you how to configure some of the basic settings in the appliance from the appliance admin portal. Then I show you how to perform a Backup and Restore of the VCSA 6.5 using the new built in Backup/Restore…Read More


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Add Active Directory as Identity Source in VCSA…

Add Active Directory as Identity Source in VCSA 6.5 – via EnterpriseDaddy

Add Active Directory as Identity Source in VCSA…

In my previous post, we discussed on how to add an External Platform Services Controller or an Embedded vCenter Server instance to an Active Directory Domain.


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Tired of Waiting? Deploy OpenStack in 15…

Tired of Waiting? Deploy OpenStack in 15 Minutes or Less – via OpenStack Blog for VMware

Tired of Waiting? Deploy OpenStack in 15…

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.


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How to find out which storage vendors support…

How to find out which storage vendors support VVol replication in vSphere 6.5 – via vSphere-land

How to find out which storage vendors support…

vSphere 6.5 introduced support for VVol replication but on day 1 of the vSphere 6.5 GA there wasn’t a single storage vendor that supported it. VMware has a special Compatibility Guide category specifically for VVol support that shows which storage vendor arrays support VVols and additional information on supported array models, firmware and protocols.


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Why 2016 Was the Year of the SDDC (and How 2017…

Why 2016 Was the Year of the SDDC (and How 2017 Will Follow Suit) – via MSPmentor Blog

Why 2016 Was the Year of the SDDC (and How 2017…

The software defined data center has been on the horizon for several years, but in 2016, technology and business needs aligned in a way that pushed the SDDC from viable proposition to a requirement in the digital economy.


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