Connecting Containers Directly to External Networks – via VMware vSphere Blog
With vSphere Integrated Containers (VIC), containers can be connected to any existing vSphere network, allowing for services running on those containers to be exposed directly, and not through the container host, as is the case with Docker today. vSphere networks can be specified during a VIC Engine deployment, and they show up as regular docker networks.
vSAN all hosts down senario – via vSkilled.com
The worst case scenario in a VMware vSAN cluster is all hosts down. A situation where no sysadmin wants to find themselves in. Panic & frustration quickly follow suit. Despite all the safety features built into vSAN it is designed to tolerate failures within it’s failure domains, not an entire vSAN cluster outage.
NSX Bytes: NSX-v 6.3 Host Preparation Fails with Agent VIB module not installed – via VIRTUALIZATION IS LIFE!
NSX-v 6.3 was released last week with an impressive list of new enhancements and I wasted no time in looking to upgrades my NestedESXi lab instance from 6.2.5 to 6.3 however I ran into an issue that at first I thought was related to a previous VIB upgrade issue caused by VMware Update Manager not being available during NSX Host upgrades…in this case it presented with the same error message in the vCenter Events view:
Horizon View API – Query Service – via The SLOG
Whilst working on my Horizon View API page, trying to figure out which API calls return the data that you can see in the Horizon Administrator Console, it soon became clear that the API Query Service is used to collect a lot of the data seen within the UI. The way I managed to figure this was by analyzing a Horizon View Example Desktop Script created by Alan Renouf. So I’m going to try and document how to use the Query Service here so that other can use begin to use this really powerful tool.
How to easily update your VMware Hypervisor to ESXi 6.5.0a – via TinkerTry IT @ Home
This article is now more refined, with a new walk-thru video, intended for a test/lab environment only.
Coming of Age in a Cross-Cloud World – via VMware Cloud Management Blog
A recent whitepaper from VMware argues that it was in 2006 when the first cloud services came to market and the term “cloud” found its way into business vernacular. Back then, some 29 million workloads were managed by IT teams worldwide, with just two percent managed in any kind of cloud (and most of that was Salesforce—we’ve come a long way since then).
Modernizing Windows 10 Management and Security with VMware AirWatch
VMware is taking a cloud-first approach to modernize how customers manage and secure Windows 10 devices. This new model is easier for IT to operate and ensures peak user experience across any device.
VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon and Published Applications 6.4, Part 3: New Application-Crash Alerts for Desktop Applications and New Dashboard for Root-Cause Analysis
This blog post addresses two new features of VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon and Published Applications 6.4. The first is application-crash alerts for desktop applications. The second is a dashboard for root-cause analysis.
VMware VM .vswp file – Points Every VMware Administrator should know!!!!! – via Virtualization the Future
For every powered on VM a .vswp file is created in VM’s datastore, this file is needed by the hypervisor to satisfy the VM memory demand in case of over-commitment is done and as well as when vm memory limit is configured. This gets created when the VM is powered on and deleted when VM is powered off.
In What Order Do I Upgrade VMware Products and What Is Compatible? – VMware Compatibility and Order of Upgrade Best Practices Review
After attending VMware TechSummit 2017 last week, I’ve got a ton of takeaways to share over the next few months, but I wanted to get this article out there because it’s about two of the most common requests I hear: product compatibility and the order of product upgrades.
NSX-v 6.3 and NSX-T 1.1/2.0 Announcements – via VCDX133.COM
VMware NSX for vSphere 6.3, NSX Transformers 1.1 and a feature preview for NSX Transformers 2.0 have been announced. Feature parity between NSX-v and NSX-T is still a long way off.
Best Practices for Uploading Your Logs to VMware Support – via VMware TAM Blog
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.
The 20 Coolest Cloud Platform And Development Vendors Of The 2017 Cloud 100
Cloud-based development platforms allow enterprises to focus on designing applications that serve the needs of their employees, customers and partners.
VMware reveals a semi-secret cut of NSX aimed at DevOps types – via The Register
NSX-T takes network virtualization into the weird world of cloud-native apps
Big Switch Amasses Help for Containers and vSAN – via SDxCentral
Big Switch Networks’ Big Cloud Fabric version 4.0 adds integration with container orchestration and features for VMware’s vSAN
Migrate Networking From Distributed Switch To Standard Switch – via virtuallyPeculiar
In the previous article here, we saw how to migrate ESXi networking from Standard Switch to Distributed Switch. In this one, we will perform the reverse of this.
HOL Three-Tier Application, Part 4 – Web Server – via VMware HOL Blog
This is the fourth post in the series about building a three-tier application for demonstration, lab, and education purposes. If you have been following along, you have created the base Photon template as well as simple database and application servers.
VMware NSX Gets A Major Micro-segmentation, Scale And Security Boost, Plus New Capabilities For Non-vSphere Environments – via CRN
VMware NSX 6.3 for vSphere offers new performance and scalability for micro-segmented and multi-tenant environments, while the new NSX-T for non-vSphere environments is now available.
VMware NSX Network Virtualization Platform Enables Businesses to Accelerate Digital Transformation – via VMware Radius
VMware announces new releases of the VMware NSX network virtualization platform to meet the diverse and evolving needs of both IT and developers.
