VCDX #181 Marc Huppert

Month: February 2017

Script – Get ESXi NIC Firmware and Driver Details

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Script – Get ESXi NIC Firmware and Driver Details — via my cloud-(r)evolution

Script – Get ESXi NIC Firmware and Driver Details

In jeder VMware Infrastruktur ist es enorm wichtig eine robuste Hardware Plattform als Basis zu schaffen. Dazu gehört unter anderem auch die korrekte ESXi NIC Firmware und die dazu passenden Treiber. Besonders relevant wird das, wenn man sehr spezielle Funktionen, wie zum Beispiel VXLAN Offloading einsetzen möchte. Eine wichtige Quelle für Informationen über unterstützte Kombinationen und Versionen ist hier wie immer die VMware HCL und bei HPE Hardware die HPE VMware Recipe.

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Essential Elements of Micro-segmentation

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Essential Elements of Micro-segmentation — via VMware Education & Certification

Essential Elements of Micro-segmentation

The free Micro‐segmentation For Dummies®, VMware Special Edition ebook by Lawrence Miller, CISSP, and Joshua Soto provides a broad overview of micro-segmentation, including how it can help you defend your data center from attack, automating security workflows, as well as steps to getting started.

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[Webcast] Getting Started with Hyper-Converged…

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[Webcast] Getting Started with Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

[Webcast] Getting Started with Hyper-Converged…

Are you ready for a closer look at hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI)? Attend our webcast on 3/14 and explore the benefits of HCI and the software-defined data center. Register today!

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Kubernetes on vSphere with kubernetes-anywhere

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Kubernetes on vSphere with kubernetes-anywhere — via CormacHogan.com

Kubernetes on vSphere with kubernetes-anywhere

I already described how you can get started with Kubernetes natively on vSphere using the kube-up/kube-down mechanism. This was pretty straight-forward, but not ideal as it was not very reliable or easy to follow. Since writing that piece, Kubernetes have moved on to a new deployment mechanism called kubernetes-anywhere. In this post, I will show you how to deploy Kubernetes onto a vSphere environment with a vSAN datastore, using the kubernetes-anywhere utility.

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Join a Platform Services Controller 6.5 to…

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Join a Platform Services Controller 6.5 to Active Directory Domain — via Let’s v4Real on WordPress.com

Join a Platform Services Controller 6.5 to…

After the initial deployment of your vCenter Server Appliance and Platform Services Controller, one of the first things that you want to do if you are using Active Directory is to join your PSC to the domain. In this blog post we are going to walk through doing just that. Like Active Directory domain controllers, the PSC really depends on time being synchronized within your network.

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NSX Install Guide Part 2 – Data Plane

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NSX Install Guide Part 2 – Data Plane — via ESXsi

NSX Install Guide Part 2 – Data Plane

In Part 1 we looked at the overall design of the environment and official documentation, as well as preparing the management and control planes by installing NSX Manager and an NSX Controller cluster. In this post we will focus on installing components in the data plane; preparing the hosts for NSX, configuring VXLAN, VTEP interfaces, Transport Zones, and creating a logical switch. To complete the routing configuration Part 3 will walk through NSX Edge and Distributed Logical Routers.

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NSX Install Guide Part 3 – Edge and DLR

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NSX Install Guide Part 3 – Edge and DLR — via ESXsi

NSX Install Guide Part 3 – Edge and DLR

In the final installment of this 3 part guide we will configure the Edge Services Gateway (ESG) and Distributed Logical Router (DLR). The NSX installation and relevant logical switches must be in place before continuing, for further information see NSX Install Guide Part 1 – Mgmt and Control Planes and NSX Install Guide Part 2 – Data Plane.

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Transforming Security with VMware Pt. 2

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[Video] Transforming Security with VMware Pt. 2

Transforming Security with VMware Pt. 2

The biggest obstacle in security may well be an architectural gap between the apps and data we must protect, and the infrastructure in which we place controls. The cloud presents a unique opportunity to architect-in security, rather than bolt it on. Micro-segmentation opened the door — enabling us to see and control the infrastructure through the lens of the application.

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Transforming Security with VMware Pt. 1

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[Video] Transforming Security with VMware Pt. 1

Transforming Security with VMware Pt. 1

The biggest obstacle in security may well be an architectural gap between the apps and data we must protect, and the infrastructure in which we place controls. The cloud presents a unique opportunity to architect-in security, rather than bolt it on. Micro-segmentation opened the door — enabling us to see and control the infrastructure through the lens of the application.

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Automating Infrastructure with vRealize Code…

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Automating Infrastructure with vRealize Code Stream (vRCS) and Artifactory — via VMware Cloud Mgmnt Blog

Automating Infrastructure with vRealize Code…

The purpose of this post is to show how to automate infrastructure in virtualized dataceter through vRealize Code Stream (vRCS) and using other tools like Artifactory. Target audience for this post are System Admins, Cloud Admins etc. who are not full fledged developers but has some experience in scripting and automation or building blueprints in vRA. Also in the process this post clarifies on how to use vRCS for any other automation purpose that you want.

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Big Data Extension – Update Topology

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Big Data Extension – Update Topology — via Just Another IT blog

Big Data Extension – Update Topology

Last post we understood how important is the topology awaress when deploying Hadoop Cluster. In order to vSphere Big Data Extension be able to leverage your topology awareness, you need to fill the system with your topology information.

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Learn basics of PowerShell & PowerCLI under 1.5…

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Learn basics of PowerShell & PowerCLI under 1.5 hours — via Anything Virtual and Cloudy

Learn basics of PowerShell & PowerCLI under 1.5…

Automation in datacenter is a must for any IT-Admin. And scripting is the most important skill they can have. PowerShell is the most important scripting language in today’s virtualised environment. This is a session on basics of PowerShell and PowerCLI which I did for a customer. If you are just starting or plan to start with PowerShell and wondering where to start, then this session is for you.

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Leveraging VMware vSAN for Highly Available…

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Leveraging VMware vSAN for Highly Available Management Clusters — via VMware vCloud Blog

Leveraging VMware vSAN for Highly Available…

Welcome to the latest edition of our vCloud Architecture Toolkit for Service Providers (vCAT-SP) blog series! The third week of every month, we publish a blog in our series around vCloud Architecture Toolkit for Service Providers – a set of reference documents designed to help you construct a superior working cloud solution leveraging current technologies, recommended practices, and innovative tools that have been proven in real-world enterprises.

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Do you need a new approach to security? 5…

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Do you need a new approach to security? 5 things to come that says the answer is yes — via VMware Belgium Blog

Do you need a new approach to security? 5…

Tackling the cybersecurity issues facing the modern enterprise: as businesses accelerate along their digital transformation journey, new approaches to cybersecurity will become essential. More so than ever before, security is top of mind for organizations. As data center infrastructure increasingly moves to the cloud, new approaches to security are needed. Below I’ve outlined five things in terms of security we should expect to see this year:

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How to reset root password in vCenter Server…

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How to reset root password in vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 — via ESX Virtualization

How to reset root password in vCenter Server…

The way to reset VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) password has changed every time that VMware changed the underlying Operating system (OS). Previous releases of VCSA has used CentOS or SLES, but since VCSA 6.5, the Operating system is PhotonOS.

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VMware makes virtual desktops faster, easier to…

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VMware makes virtual desktops faster, easier to deploy and manage — via SiliconANGLE

VMware makes virtual desktops faster, easier to…

VMware Inc. is updating its Horizon virtual desktop services to reduce the cost and complexity of delivering Windows desktops over a network and improving performance for users as well.

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