Functional USB-C / Thunderbolt 3 Ethernet Adapter for ESXi 5.5, 6.0 & 6.5 – via virtuallyGhetto
While attending an offsite this week, there were some discussions amongst my colleagues about their new Apple Mac Pro and its USB-C only ports. The discussion was completely unrelated to work, however that did get me thinking about the USB-C peripheral market and specifically their ethernet adapters.
Managing In-Guest UNMAP and Automatic VMFS-6 UNMAP with PowerCLI – via Cody Hosterman
Another UNMAP post. I was working on updating my best practices script the other day and I realized a lot of UNMAP configuration from a PowerCLI standpoint was not well documented, especially for the vSphere 6.5 stuff which introduces automatic UNMAP to VMFS. Automatic UNMAP is great. But what if someone turns it off? Or what if, for some reason, I want to disable it? Or I want to make sure it is on? Well there are a lot ways to do this–so let’s look at PowerCLI.
Partner Perspectives: How VMware NSX Accelerates Innovation – via VMware Power of Partnership
As the adoption of the Software-Defined Data Center continues to transform IT, we have heard from several VMware partners on the pivotal role VMware solutions played in facilitating their own digital transformations. NSX, in particular, has been key both for updating our partners’ internal business processes as well as the products with which they go-to-market.
A look at All Paths Down in vSphere – via VMware Support Insider
Today we have a guest post from Karthick Sivaramakrishnan, who is a 3 year veteran at VMware. His primary field of expertise is vSphere Storage and Site Recovery Manager.
Step by Step Configuration Guide for Using Openfiler as Shared Storage in ESXi and vSphere Environment – via VMware Insight
As part of setting up Home Lab for virtual environment, we read about installation of Openfiler appliance in the previous article “Installation Guide – Openfiler as Shared Storage for Virtual Environment Lab”. Let’s move on to the configuration part and see how we can manage this appliance for accessing shared storage ESXi Hosts.
VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO) v3.0 – What’s New?
VMware’s latest OpenStack distribution gives you the new features and enhancements included in the latest Mitaka release, an optimized management control plane architecture, and the ability to leverage existing workloads in your OpenStack cloud.
Advanced network monitoring aids SDN deployments – via TechTarget
Advanced network monitoring isn’t easy, but SDN deployments in your network may be able to help.
VIC’s Uncool GA – Bensdoings
Hard to believe that almost two months has passed since my last update. Much has happened in that time, not least the fact that VIC Engine and Harbor GA’d. Kicking ourselves for not having a make it cool GitHub Epic targeted for the release, but you always forget something.
vSphere Optimization Assessment Enhanced Evaluation
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How to Check MOID of ESXi hosts those are managed by vCenter – via Virtualization the Future
via Virtualization the Future
ESXi 6.5 Installation Step by Step – via Virtualization the Future
via Virtualization the Future
VMware 4-4-5 Fiscal Calendar Coming Soon – via Power of Partnership Blog
As we move forward into the New Year, we want to take a moment to remind our partners that VMware will shift to a 4-4-5 fiscal calendar on February 4, 2017, the first day of Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18).
Your Network Is Too Slow For Flash And What To Do About It – via Long White Virtual Clouds
There is no doubt that flash technology is changing the shape of data centers (a.k.a. data centres). Even the Rock Band Queen knew this more than 30 years ago. Flash changes the economics of deploying high performance applications and removes the performance bottlenecks that exist with more traditional storage systems based on spinning disks.
Issues with Mounting a CIFS Share on the vRO Appliance – via Jonathan Medd’s Blog
This article on the vCOTeam site details how to mount a CIFS share on the vRO Appliance so that workflows can write files directly to a Windows File Share rather than using another process to copy the file over there.
Is it time for a new approach to security? 5 things to come in 2017 that says the answer is yes
The third and final installment in our 2017 Predictions blog … Read More
Automate Backup of the VCSA to the vMA – via vHersey
Recently I wrote a post on how to Target the vMA for VCSA Backups. This post takes things a step further and automates the backup of the VCSA using a shell script, the vCenter Appliance REST API, and cron on the vMA.
Target the vMA for VCSA Backups – via vHersey
One handy new feature available with vSphere 6.5 is the ability to take a supported backup of the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) configuration and database. The VCSA backup workflow can be accessed from the VMware vSphere Appliance Management Interface at https://IPorFQDNofvCenter:5480/
New Reviewer’s Guide for View in VMware Horizon 7 – A Series of Mini-Guides – via VMware EUC Blog
I am very happy to announce that we just posted the first four mini-guides in a series of seven to bring you the latest update of View, the main component of VMware Horizon 7! Unlike previous Reviewer’s Guides, you are getting the latest updates literally as soon as we complete each section. The result? Shorter pieces that are easier to digest.
Technical 301 – (DEMO) Installation & Configuring of Horizon 7
In this enablement session, I provide a demo of how to install and configure a basic setup of Horizon 7. I show you how to install and configure the Connection and Security servers, how to create a basic dedicated desktop pool, entitle a user to it, and a few other important facts you need to know. The environment is on vSphere and vCenter 6.5 and the Horizon components are on Windows 2012 R2 servers.
Building PowerShell Arrays and Hashtables for JSON Payloads – Wahl Network
While tinkering around with Slack’s Incoming Webhooks feature, I came upon the ability to add message attachments. This seemed like a nifty way to condense a few different pieces of information into a rich formatted Slack message with a bit of PowerShell code. The challenge is converting the syntax for arrays and key-value pairs (hashtables) from native JSON to native PowerShell.
