VCDX #181 Marc Huppert

Month: March 2017

Installing the Horizon View Agent on a Domain…

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Installing the Horizon View Agent on a Domain Controller [virtuallyGhetto]

Installing the Horizon View Agent on a Domain…

A couple of weeks back, a fellow colleague needed to install the Horizon View Agent on a Microsoft Windows Domain Controller to be able to take advantage of the Direct Connect feature to efficiently connect into a lab environment. In general, this is not a recommended practice. In fact, by default the Horizon View Agent includes several pre-checks, one of which that prevents the installation if it detects the underlining system is a Domain Controller.

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Virtual Machine vCPU and vNUMA Rightsizing –…

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Virtual Machine vCPU and vNUMA Rightsizing – Rules of Thumb [VMware VROOM! Blog]

Virtual Machine vCPU and vNUMA Rightsizing –…

Using virtualization, we have all enjoyed the flexibility to quickly create virtual machines with various virtual CPU (vCPU) configurations for a diverse set of workloads. But as we virtualize larger and more demanding workloads, like databases, on top of the latest generations of processors with up to 24 cores, special care must be taken in vCPU and vNUMA configuration to ensure performance is optimized.

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Running a Witness Appliance on a 2 Node vSAN…

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Running a Witness Appliance on a 2 Node vSAN config with FT [yellow-bricks.com]

Running a Witness Appliance on a 2 Node vSAN…

I have had various people asking, and to me it felt like an obvious answer, but as multiple have asked over the past couple of month I figured I would dedicate a post to it. The question is if it is supported to run the vSAN Witness Appliance for a 2 Node vSAN configuration on the 2 Node vSAN Configuration itself, but then with vSphere SMP-FT enabled on the Witness for extra protection.

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2-node vSAN topologies review

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2-node vSAN topologies review [cormachogan.com]

2-node vSAN topologies review

There has been a lot of discussion in the past around supported topologies for 2-node vSAN, specifically around where we can host the witness. Now my good pal Duncan has already highlighted some of this in his blog post here, but the questions continue to come up about where I can, and where I cannot place the witness for a 2-node vSAN deployment.

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Just-in-Time Apps with VMware Horizon 7

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Just-in-Time Apps with VMware Horizon 7 [VMware EUC Blog]

Just-in-Time Apps with VMware Horizon 7

With our latest release of VMware Horizon 7, Horizon 7.1 extends just-in-time delivery of virtual desktops to include published applications delivered from Remote Desktop Session Hosts (RDSH) and powered by the Just-in-Time Management Platform, or JMP, bringing increased speed, scale, and simplicity. With Just-in-Time Apps, you dramatically simplify deployments with a tightly integrated stack, fewer components, and easy maintenance by using VMware Instant Clone Technology.

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What It Means to Be a VMware vExpert

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What It Means to Be a VMware vExpert [rubrik.com]

What It Means to Be a VMware vExpert

Being a technical professional often results in no one knowing about the work being done–if things go according to plan. Our focus is on being invisible. We set up complicated servers, hook them all together, and offer up resources for virtual machines and data repositories. And in the end, an application is given a home, where visibility of the world is often abstracted from view.

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Tips for Managing a Software-Defined Data Center

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Tips for Managing a Software-Defined Data Center — via Virtual-Strategy Magazine

Tips for Managing a Software-Defined Data Center

Software-defined data centers (SDDCs) are surrounded by a lot of hype and often elicit a range of emotions from IT professionals. While the term is often associated with “marketingese” and there is indeed a lot of related FUD, there are also many potential use cases that can’t be ignored.

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Log Insight upgrade path

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Log Insight upgrade path — via Michael Ryom

Log Insight upgrade path

Log Insight 4.3 has just been released. I guess it is a good time to talk about upgrading and what path to follow and what is the Log Insight upgrade path. I am only gonna focus on Log Insight 3.x or newer. Basically if you are not running Log Insight 3.x or newer, you really should upgrade asap. There is now reason to wait any longer. You are just making it worse by waiting!

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Critical Updates—Preparing Your Apps for iOS…

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Critical Updates—Preparing Your Apps for iOS 10.3 Compatibility [AirWatch Blog]

Critical Updates—Preparing Your Apps for iOS…

As we approach the release of iOS 10.3, IT admins need to do a few important things to ensure app compatibility. These updates are critical to make sure users’ devices are compliant—and not flagged as non-compliant—when they upgrade to iOS 10.3. VMware AirWatch released updated and compatible versions of our software development kit (SDK), app wrapping engine and productivity applications in preparation for iOS 10.3.

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VMworld Call for Papers Closes March 14

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VMworld Call for Papers Closes March 14 [VMworld Blog]

VMworld Call for Papers Closes March 14

It’s time to put the final touches on your abstract and mark your submissions complete—the VMworld 2017 Call for Papers submission window closes on March 14. Don’t miss the opportunity to share your knowledge and make an impact at this year’s conference.

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The Top 100 VMware/virtualization people you…

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The Top 100 VMware/virtualization people you MUST follow on Twitter – 2017 edition [vsphere-land.com]

The Top 100 VMware/virtualization people you…

John Troyer posted a list today of the Top 50 Overall VMware Influencers which is an algorithmic list that he created based on who is followed the most on Twitter by other “insiders.” I’m honored to be a part of that list and it reminded me that I had not updated my old list that I started in 2009 of my Top 100 VMware/virtualization people that you must follow on Twitter. The last time I updated that list was in 2014 so I went through it again, removed some people that don’t tweet that much anymore or whose tweets aren’t VMware related and also added some new people that I thought were worthy of being on the list.

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