Backup vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5…

Backup vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5 Using PowerCLI

Backup vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5…

A few days ago I was asked to create a VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) version 6.5 script using PowerCli. The request was to take a daily backup and send it to a FTPS location in a separate folder per backup. I found that Brian Graf has put together VCSA backup function which was really … Continue reading »


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5 Must Knows of Automated Workload Balancing…

5 Must Knows of Automated Workload Balancing with vRealize Operations

5 Must Knows of Automated Workload Balancing…

You’ve heard of VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler, or DRS, right? Of course! Everyone uses DRS in their vSphere cluster to (seemingly) magically balance workloads across hosts without any downtime to the running applications in the virtual machines. With the latest version of vRealize Operations there’s an awesome new “DRS-ish” feature that you need to know


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VMware Cloud-Native Applications Is Heading to…

VMware Cloud-Native Applications Is Heading to AWS re:Invent

VMware Cloud-Native Applications Is Heading to…

VMware Cloud-Native Apps is thrilled to be a part of this year’s AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas from Nov 27-Dec 1. As an AWS partner, we are looking forward to catching up with the AWS community and demonstrating our Certified Kubernetes-based container solutions at the annual event. Attend our Theater Sessions on Running, Deploying The post VMware Cloud-Native Applications Is Heading to AWS re:Invent appeared first on Cloud-Native Apps .


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VMware Validated Design for Software-Defined Data Center 4.1 is Now Generally Available

VMware Validated Design for Software-Defined…

As we prepare to head VMworld 2017 in both Las Vegas and Barcelona, we’re excited to announce that today, we’ve released the VMware Validated Design for Software-Defined Data Center 4.1 – continuing our commitment to delivering standardized, proven, and robust data-center level designs for the Software-Defined Data Center. The VMware Validated Designs provide our customers and


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Micro-segmentation of the Epic Electronic…

Micro-segmentation of the Epic Electronic Health Records System with VMware NSX

Micro-segmentation of the Epic Electronic…

Healthcare organizations are focusing more and more on securing patient data. With Healthcare breaches on the rise, penalties and fines for lost or stolen PHI and PII data is not only devastating to the patients, but to the Healthcare organization as well.


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New VROPS Rest Notification Plugin – Join the…

New VROPS Rest Notification Plugin – Join the conversation for vRealize Operations Manager on #VMTN

New VROPS Rest Notification Plugin – Join the…

I just added a new feature to VROPS6, It’s a new Notification Plugin that is able to send custom rest request automatically when an alarm is triggered (to call a VRO workflow for example).


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Users Rightsize VMs With vRealize Operations…

Users Rightsize VMs With vRealize Operations for “Just Right” VM Allocation

Users Rightsize VMs With vRealize Operations…

If you’re suffering from the pain of an under-resourced IT environment – in staff, in budget, or in tooling – then you can be sure that you’re not alone. This is one of the top business challenges that our customer face. And the challenge presents the proverbial question – how to do more, with less?


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OpenStack and Kubernetes Better Together

OpenStack and Kubernetes Better Together

OpenStack and Kubernetes Better Together

Virtual machines and containers are two of my favorite technologies. In today’s DevOps driven environment, deliver applications as microservices allows an organization to provide features faster. Splitting a monolithic application into multiple portable fragments based on containers are often top of most organization’s digital transformation strategies. Virtual Machines, delivered as IaaS, has been around […] The post OpenStack and Kubernetes Better Together appeared first on OpenStack Blog…Read More


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What is a Config VVol Anyways?

What is a Config VVol Anyways?

What is a Config VVol Anyways?

I have blogged a decent amount recently about VVols and in many of those posts I mention config VVols. When using vSphere Virtual Volumes, VMs have one, some, or all of the following VVols types: Data VVols–every virtual disk you add creates a data VVol on your array Swap VVol–when you power on a VVol-based … Continue reading What is a Config VVol Anyways? →


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VMware Client IP Transparency Explained

VMware Client IP Transparency Explained

VMware Client IP Transparency Explained

In certain industries, like banking and healthcare, it is not uncommon to find backend application servers configured with the client IP address from where the connection originates. A couple good examples of this are a nurse station in the healthcare industry, where Epic software is the backend, or a mainframe emulator, where the backend infrastructure […] The post VMware Client IP Transparency Explained appeared first on VMware End-User Computing Blog .


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Monitoring HPE 3PAR StoreServ with Blue Medora

Monitoring HPE 3PAR StoreServ with Blue Medora

Monitoring HPE 3PAR StoreServ with Blue Medora

Monitoring HPE 3PAR StoreServ with Blue Medora If data is driving the digital economy, then flash storage is its engine’s turbo charger. All flash arrays (AFA) may not feature in your data center today, but odds are soon they will. According to 451 Research, 48% of enterprises are either currently using them, piloting, or planning


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Securing Native Cloud Workloads with VMware NSX…

Securing Native Cloud Workloads with VMware NSX Cloud Blog Series – Part 1: Getting Started

Securing Native Cloud Workloads with VMware NSX…

Introduction As businesses evaluate their applications in the constantly evolving world of IT, new strategies are emerging for delivery. These strategies include keeping applications on-premises or moving them to one or more public cloud providers. These public clouds come with their own networking and security constructs and policy management. This results in a new set of The post Securing Native Cloud Workloads with VMware NSX Cloud Blog Series – Part 1: Getting Started appeared first on…Read More


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Put your skills to the test – take a VMware…

Put your skills to the test – take a VMware Challenge Lab

Put your skills to the test – take a VMware…

For those of you that unfamiliar with the Challenge lab series, we have worked on these labs alongside our Global Support Services team. These are the people that provide awesome support for our products when you need it. We gathered a list of potential pitfalls that they receive calls on most often and built scenarios around them in a lab. It is then up to you to resolve that issue, almost a we break it, you fix it lab!


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vSAN Management Pack for vRealize Operations

vSAN Management Pack for vRealize Operations

vSAN Management Pack for vRealize Operations

vSAN Management Pack for vRealize Operations is embedded on vROps 6.6. The vSAN management pack is specifically designed to accelerate time to production with vSAN, optimize application performance for workloads running on vSAN and provide unified management for the Software … Continue reading →


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