VCDX #181 Marc Huppert

Month: April 2017

vRealize Operations Manager—Avoiding an…

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vRealize Operations Manager—Avoiding an Out-of-Space Situation [blogs.vmware.com/tam]

vRealize Operations Manager—Avoiding an…

There is no doubt that vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) is a very powerful tool that helps you with monitoring, troubleshooting, and planning your datacenter workloads and components. You can find a lot of blog posts, webcasts, presentations, and recordings on how the product can be used because it benefits both worlds—both technical folks and the management layers of the organization. vROps provides high-level dashboards, details on specific objects, the history, and trends.

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Use VCHA to set up a three-node cluster and…

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Use VCHA to set up a three-node cluster and protect your workloads [searchvmware.techtarget.com]

Use VCHA to set up a three-node cluster and…

VCenter Server High Availability depends on a three-node cluster — consisting of active, passive and witness nodes — to limit the damage caused by system failures.

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VMworld & Partner Exchange 2017 – Registration…

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VMworld & Partner Exchange 2017 – Registration is Open [blogs.vmware.com/partnernews]

VMworld & Partner Exchange 2017 – Registration…

VMworld 2017 registration is open. Don’t miss the opportunity to Kickoff off the event with Partner Exchange. At both of these exclusive partner events you will have the opportunity to hear industry trends, product innovations, joint go-to-market opportunities, and attend solution keynotes that are most relevant to your business. Act now and include Partner Exchange with your VMworld 2017 pass during registration to ensure you don’t miss out on this must-attend event or any amenities of the Partner Exchange Lounge.

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NEW White Paper: DevOps and Agile Development –…

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NEW White Paper: DevOps and Agile Development – A VMware Field Perspective [blogs.vmware.com/accelerate]

NEW White Paper: DevOps and Agile Development –…

DevOps is both a hot topic and an overused term today, leading to an endless stream of contradicting definitions and confusion. Is it a technology? An organizational construct? A combination of the two? It depends on who you ask.

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New vSphere 6.5 features put spotlight on security

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New vSphere 6.5 features put spotlight on security [searchvmware.techtarget.com]

New vSphere 6.5 features put spotlight on security

VM Encryption is one of many vSphere 6.5 features that focus on security, while Automated Space Reclamation is a feature that highlights the updates to storage.

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vCNS to NSX Upgrade Guide

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vCNS to NSX Upgrade Guide [vwud.net]

vCNS to NSX Upgrade Guide

I have put together a short guide on how to upgrade from vCNS to NSX please find inks to each section below. Pre-Upgrade Tasks vCNS Manager to NSX Manager Upgrade Host Preparation Tasks vShield Edges to NSX Edges Upgrade Tasks vShield Endpoints to NSX Guest Introspection Upgrade Tasks Post Upgrade Tasks

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vCNS to NSX Upgrades – Pre Upgrade Steps

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vCNS to NSX Upgrades – Pre Upgrade Steps [vwud.net]

vCNS to NSX Upgrades – Pre Upgrade Steps

Pre-Upgrade Steps One or more days before the upgrade, do the following: Verify that vCNS is at least version (See point 8 Below) Check you are running one of the following recommended builds vSphere 5.5U3 or vSphere 6.0U2 Verify that all required ports are open (please see appendix A) Verify that your vSphere environment has sufficient…Read More

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Multi VLAN and vGPU for Instant Clones in…

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Multi VLAN and vGPU for Instant Clones in VMware Horizon 7.1

Multi VLAN and vGPU for Instant Clones in…

This short video and demo will cover two new Instant Clone features as part of VMware Horizon 7.1. The ability to select multiple VLANs allows for the creation of bigger pools of desktops than the physical network subnets support. vGPU with NVIDIA M-series cards to Instant Clones extends their benefits to more use cases.

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Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business

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Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business

Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business

As part of the VMware Horizon 7.1 release, the Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business is also available for the Windows client as a beta release. This solution enables customers to use Skype for Business within Horizon desktops to make audio and video calls.

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Blast Extreme Updates in VMware Horizon 7.1

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Blast Extreme Updates in VMware Horizon 7.1

Blast Extreme Updates in VMware Horizon 7.1

Blast Extreme in VMware Horizon 7.1 gets several major enhancements to maximize user experience including Blast Extreme Adaptive Transport networking, which can adjust to the network conditions such as varying speeds and packet loss.

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VMware Horizon for Linux Updates 7.1

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VMware Horizon for Linux Updates 7.1

VMware Horizon for Linux Updates 7.1

Delivering, managing and accessing Linux virtual desktops with Horizon 7 for Linux continues to get easier with VMware Horizon 7.1. Support is extended to include more Linux distributions and versions plus offering new functionality.

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After using both NSX and ACI, engineer says…

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After using both NSX and ACI, engineer says VMware wins his vote [searchsdn.techtarget.com]

After using both NSX and ACI, engineer says…

Sugar Creek Packing Co. sidestepped the NSX vs. ACI debate and deployed both. Now, a senior network engineer shares which technology he would recommend to enterprises.

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MicroSegmentation of Applications using…

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MicroSegmentation of Applications using Application Rule Manager [blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization]

MicroSegmentation of Applications using…

“Micro-Segmentation provides a way to build a zero-trust network – where all networks, perimeters and application are inherently untrusted.” – declared Forrester Consulting in 2015 with their white paper Leveraging Micro-Segmentation to build zero-trust model. The last mile in creating a truly zero-trust network implies not trusting each application and also tiers within an application (Figure 1). To complete the last mile, network, security and risk professionals are increasingly looking for tools to understand application communication patterns and providing access controls to them. With version 6.3.0, NSX has unveiled 2 new tools, namely, Application Rule Manager (ARM) and Endpoint Monitoring (EM), to help professionals understand…Read More

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Application Rule Manager (ARM) Practical…

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Application Rule Manager (ARM) Practical Implementation – Healthcare [blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization]

Application Rule Manager (ARM) Practical…

This post originally appears as part of a series of VMware NSX in Healthcare blogs on Geoff Wilmington’s blog, vWilmo. To read more about VMware NSX and its applications in healthcare, check out Geoff’s blog series.

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