Technical White Paper – RDSH Session…

Technical White Paper – RDSH Session Load-Balancing in Horizon 6 and Horizon 7

Technical White Paper – RDSH Session…

Horizon 6 and Horizon 7 offer Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH) features that address the scalability and availability of applications across data centers in different locations. This white paper provides best practices for using these new features. This white paper is for administrators who want to provide end users with RDS- hosted Windows applications on a large scale with optimum availability.


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VCAP6-DCV Design Journey – Objective 1.2 –…

VCAP6-DCV Design Journey – Objective 1.2 – Gather and Analyze Application Requirements

VCAP6-DCV Design Journey – Objective 1.2 –…

This post is intended to address the VCAP design objective around gathering and analyzing application requirements. At the time of writing, the required ‘Skills and Abilities’ listed by VMware for this topic are: Gather and analyze application requirements for a given scenario Determine the requirements for a set of applications that will be included in […]


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Create public status pages with vROps and Cachet

Create public status pages with vROps and Cachet

Create public status pages with vROps and Cachet

In our lab environment we have multiple vCenters and provide numerous services to our developers for testing purposes. Being a lab environment means something is always down and when that happens with a vital component such as a vCenter we usually get bombarded with the same question over and over – “Is it working?”. We The post Create public status pages with vROps and Cachet appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .


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PowerCLI Script to create new vDS Portgroups

PowerCLI Script to create new vDS Portgroups

PowerCLI Script to create new vDS Portgroups

We deployed new hosts into one of our office locations. Because these hosts would have different number of uplinks as well as use a LAG group instead of normal dvUplinks, we decided to create a new vDS Switch. Then, we needed to re-create all the portgroups as well. I figured, instead of manually adding 15-20 portgroups, I’ll automate it. I used this blog post as reference to do some of the work, and added the LAG and uplink changes.


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vRealize Operations 6.6: “I’m too sexy for my…

vRealize Operations 6.6: “I’m too sexy for my skin!”

vRealize Operations 6.6: “I’m too sexy for my…

vRealize Operations 6.6 gets sleeker and sexier in it’s new skin! On June 13, many of the vRealize Suite components (namely vRealize Operations (vR Ops), vRealize Log Insight (vRLI), and vRealize Business for Cloud (vRBC) had an update GA release. With this latest release of vR Ops a big focus has been on “simplifying the The post vRealize Operations 6.6: “I’m too sexy for my skin!” appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .


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How Is VMware’s vSAN Performing? – Market Realist

How Is VMware’s vSAN Performing? – Market Realist

How Is VMware’s vSAN Performing? – Market Realist

Let’s see how VMware’s vSAN (virtual storage area network) offering is performing in terms of HCI (hyper-converged infrastructure) and software-defined storage.


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How to move vSAN Datastore into a Folder?

How to move vSAN Datastore into a Folder?

How to move vSAN Datastore into a Folder?

A question came up the other day from a customer that wanted to move a vSAN-based datastore into a vSphere Folder, but was having some trouble with this operation. vSphere Folders are commonly used by administrators for organizational purposes and/or permission delegation. When the customer tried to move their vSAN datastore into a folder using the […]


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Part 2 – Introduction to vRealize Operations…

Part 2 – Introduction to vRealize Operations Manager 6.6 User Interface.

Part 2 – Introduction to vRealize Operations…

In my previous post I gave you a high level overview of What’s New with vRealize Operations 6.6. In continuation to that post, I will deep dive into each of the areas which are worth noticing in this… Click on the title to continue reading the post..


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Cut Storage Administration Time by 40% with vSAN!

Cut Storage Administration Time by 40% with vSAN!

Cut Storage Administration Time by 40% with vSAN!

Capital costs (CAPEX) contribute significantly to any purchasing decision related to enterprise storage, but over the life of the asset, the total cost of ownership (TCO) is dominated by ongoing operational costs (OPEX) – both management administration and maintenance of the device. This study focuses on the Management OPEX savings with vSAN, VMware’s market leading solution The post Cut Storage Administration Time by 40% with vSAN! appeared first on Virtual Blocks .


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Spotlight on the New DRS Groups and VM-Host…

Spotlight on the New DRS Groups and VM-Host Rule Cmdlets!

Spotlight on the New DRS Groups and VM-Host…

We’re kicking off the first in a series of blog posts taking an in-depth look at some of the new cmdlets that were made available with the PowerCLI 6.5.1 release. This first post is going to be covering the cmdlets targeted at managing DRS groups and their associated rules. These new cmdlets are as follows: […] The post Spotlight on the New DRS Groups and VM-Host Rule Cmdlets! appeared first on VMware PowerCLI Blog .


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HCI Management at Scale is Now A Click Away

HCI Management at Scale is Now A Click Away

HCI Management at Scale is Now A Click Away

As customers deploy vSAN on a larger scale, they have asked for native HCI and vSAN support in their existing enterprise grade management solutions. They want unified management that provides rapid health and capacity checks, intelligent troubleshooting, and a holistic view of their software-defined data center—including local and remote resources. We are excited that the The post HCI Management at Scale is Now A Click Away appeared first on Virtual Blocks .


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Log Insight 4.5 Available Now!

Log Insight 4.5 Available Now!

Log Insight 4.5 Available Now!

I am happy to announce the release of Log Insight 4.5. As always, this release has a ton of new features. Read on to learn more! What’s New General Enhancements Tons of new configuration APIs supported API to query alert execution and notification history Source field retained when using CFAPI event forwarding UI User alert history […] The post Log Insight 4.5 Available Now! appeared first on SFlanders.net by Steve Flanders .


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