VCDX #181 Marc Huppert

Month: February 2017

How to patch VMware vCenter Server Appliance…

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How to patch VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) from Offline Depot ZIP file – via ESX Virtualization

How to patch VMware vCenter Server Appliance…

Today we’ll show you how to patch vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) from Offline Depot. As you might notice, a new version of VCSA 6.5a has been released, as well as ESXi 6.5a, supporting VMware NSX 6.3. The VCSA 6.5 become more attractive when it comes built-in features. We have detailed the deployment and setup, built-in HA protection test or a migration from Windows based vCenter.

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Migrate Windows vCenter Server 6 with embedded…

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Migrate Windows vCenter Server 6 with embedded PSC to vCSA 6.5 with external PSC – via Default Reasoning

Migrate Windows vCenter Server 6 with embedded…

This blog post describes how to upgrade-migrate from Windows vCenter Server 6 with embedded PSC to vCSA 6.5 with external PSC.

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Deploying Just-in-Time Apps with VMware Instant…

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Deploying Just-in-Time Apps with VMware Instant Clones

Deploying Just-in-Time Apps with VMware Instant…

See how easy it us to use Instant Clone technology to quickly deploy RDS (published application) hosts for 2000 users. Learn more at https://blogs.vmware.com/euc/2016/02/horizon-7-view-instant-clone-technology-linked-clone-just-in-time-desktop.html.

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VMware Blast Extreme Adaptive Transport (BEAT)…

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VMware Blast Extreme Adaptive Transport (BEAT) Demo

VMware Blast Extreme Adaptive Transport (BEAT)…

See how VMware Blast Extreme Adaptive Transport (BEAT) dramatically improves the user experience across non-ideal networks. Learn more at https://blogs.vmware.com/euc/2017/02/horizon-7-1-apps-cloud.html.

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Log Insight 4.0: Support for Octet-framing

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Log Insight 4.0: Support for Octet-framing – via SFlanders.net

Log Insight 4.0: Support for Octet-framing

As you may know, there are several syslog RFCs. RFC 6587 covers, amongst other things, something called octet-framing. Previous versions of Log Insight only supported non-transparent-framing. Log Insight 4.0 adds support for octet-framing. Read on to learn more!

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VMware Horizon Cloud Demo

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VMware Horizon Cloud Demo

VMware Horizon Cloud Demo

VMware Horizon Cloud delivers feature-rich virtual desktops and applications using a purpose-built cloud platform. Horizon Cloud service scales across multiple deployment options, including on-premises or fully managed infrastructure from VMWare. Learn more at: http://vmware.com/go/horizoncloud

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VMware Horizon 7.1 & Horizon Apps: Raising the…

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VMware Horizon 7.1 & Horizon Apps: Raising the Bar for User Experience & Published Applications

VMware Horizon 7.1 & Horizon Apps: Raising the…

VMware Horizon 7 is the premier platform for virtual desktops and applications, and we continually strive to make it even better. Today, we are excited to announce Horizon 7.1. In this release, we innovated in two key areas to raise the bar in delivering a great user experience and change the application delivery paradigm. Let’s dive in.

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Introducing the NSX-T Platform – Technical…

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Introducing the NSX-T Platform – Technical Whitepaper

Introducing the NSX-T Platform – Technical…

You may have seen the recent release announcement for VMware NSX for vSphere 6.3 and NSX-T 1.1. This technical white paper is focused on the VMware NSX-T architecture, components, and capabilities. We also explain the technical advantages and benefits of the NSX-T architecture.

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The Next Horizon! Introducing Horizon 7.1,…

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The Next Horizon! Introducing Horizon 7.1, Horizon Apps & Horizon Cloud

The Next Horizon! Introducing Horizon 7.1,…

Today, we are excited to announce new technologies and offerings that drive the cost and complexity out of getting started and allow you to address more use cases than ever before.

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vSphere 6.0 Storage Features Part 7: VAAI XCOPY…

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vSphere 6.0 Storage Features Part 7: VAAI XCOPY improvements – via CormacHogan.com

vSphere 6.0 Storage Features Part 7: VAAI XCOPY…

The more astute of you who have already moved to vSphere 6.0, and like looking at CLI outputs, may have observed some new columns/fields in the PSA claimrules when you run the following command:

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SAP and NSX Micro-Segmentation Example & Demo

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SAP and NSX Micro-Segmentation Example & Demo – via VMware Blogs

SAP and NSX Micro-Segmentation Example & Demo

Many companies deploying SAP systems run business processes that incorporate credit card payment transactions. Credit cards are subject to strict security standards developed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a consortium of the largest international payment card issuers.

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If the Answer is NVMe, then what were and are…

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If the Answer is NVMe, then what were and are the questions? – via StorageIOblog

If the Answer is NVMe, then what were and are…

If NVMe is the answer, then what were and are the various questions that should be asked? Some of the common questions include what is the difference between NVM and NVMe? Is NVMe only for servers, does NVMe require fabrics and what benefit is NVMe beyond more IOPs. Lets take a look at some of these common NVMe conversations and other questions.

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How to configure ESXi 6.5 Network Time Protocol…

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How to configure ESXi 6.5 Network Time Protocol (NTP) via Host Client? – via ESX Virtualization

How to configure ESXi 6.5 Network Time Protocol…

ESXi host client is bundled with VMware Free ESXi Hypervisor. While we still have the possibility to manage single host via traditional vSphere Client (Windows based), it becomes clear that sooner or later the legacy client will be gone. That’s why this post – How to configure ESXi 6.5 Network Time Protocol (NTP) via Host Client as we’ll be using ESXi Host Client for the NTP configuration.

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Homelab: Downsizing vCenter Server Appliance 6.5

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Homelab: Downsizing vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 – via Virten.net

Homelab: Downsizing vCenter Server Appliance 6.5

In vSphere 6.5 the smallest supported memory configuration for the vCenter Server Appliance has been raised from 8GB to 10GB. The smallest “Tiny” deployment size allows up to 10 ESXi Hosts and 100 Virtual Machines.

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Right-sizing Virtual Machines

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Right-sizing Virtual Machines – via virtual red dot

Right-sizing Virtual Machines

Over Provisioning is a common malpractice in real life SDDC. P2V is a common reason, as the VM was simply matched to the physical server size. Another reason is conservative sizing by vendor, which was further added by Application Team.

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NOC Dashboards for SDDC – Part 1

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NOC Dashboards for SDDC – Part 1 – via virtual red dot

NOC Dashboards for SDDC – Part 1

Be careful of what you’re showing on the big screen. There are many roles in an organisation. Each will have his/her own viewpoint. What you want to show for your managers is probably different to what you want your customers (App Team) to see.

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TGC-1 improves the stability of its IT…

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TGC-1 improves the stability of its IT infrastructure with VMware NSX

TGC-1 improves the stability of its IT…

Saint Petersburg territorial generating company no. 1 (TGC-1) is the leading manufacturer of electrical and thermal energy in the North-West region of Russia. In order to improve the resiliency of the IT infrastructure, data security, and increase network performance, the company decided to virtualize all infrastructure elements.

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