VCDX #181 Marc Huppert

Month: January 2018

A first look at vFile – Sharing a persistent…

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A first look at vFile – Sharing a persistent volume between containers

A first look at vFile – Sharing a persistent…

Regular readers will have noticed that I have been doing a bit of work recently with docker swarm, and what you need to do to get it to work on VMs running on vSphere. The reason why I had taken such an interest is because I wanted to look at a new product that our […] The post A first look at vFile – Sharing a persistent volume between containers appeared first on CormacHogan.com .

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What is a VVol Datastore?

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What is a VVol Datastore?

What is a VVol Datastore?

I have been traveling around lately talking about VVols and one of the most commonly misunderstood objects is the VVol datastore. What is it? What does capacity mean on it? Why does it even exist? These are all good questions. The great thing about VVols is that very little changes in how the VMware user … Continue reading What is a VVol Datastore? →

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vSphere 6.5 DRS and Memory Balancing in…

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vSphere 6.5 DRS and Memory Balancing in Non-Overcommitted Clusters

vSphere 6.5 DRS and Memory Balancing in…

DRS is over a decade old and is still going strong. DRS is aligned with the premise of virtualization, resource sharing and overcommitment of resources. DRS goal is to provide compute resources to the active workload to improve workload consolidation on a minimal compute footprint. However, virtualization surpassed the original principle of workload consolidation to […] The post vSphere 6.5 DRS and Memory Balancing in Non-Overcommitted Clusters appeared first on frankdenneman.nl .

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[Video] 5 Demos of the New VMware Horizon…

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[Video] 5 Demos of the New VMware Horizon Client for iOS 4.7

[Video] 5 Demos of the New VMware Horizon…

Sure, your mother says she loves all her children equally. But really, she loves each of you best for short periods of time. That’s how I feel about the VMware Horizon Clients. Today, with the 4.7 release, I particularly love the iOS client. The Horizon Client for iOS 4.7 takes advantage of the drag-and-drop capabilities […] The post [Video] 5 Demos of the New VMware Horizon Client for iOS 4.7 appeared first on VMware End-User Computing Blog .

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[What’s New] VMware AirWatch Advanced Remote…

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[What’s New] VMware AirWatch Advanced Remote Management

[What’s New] VMware AirWatch Advanced Remote…

VMware AirWatch Advanced Remote Management features an updated client that simplifies troubleshooting and maintenance tasks. Today’s post: Explains where remote management fits into the VMware Workspace ONE platform. Introduces AirWatch Advanced Remote Management Demos AirWatch Advanced Remote Management in a video Lists the minimum requirements for implementation Provides step-by-step instructions for launching a remote session […] The post [What’s New] VMware AirWatch Advanced Remote…Read More

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VMware Releases Dispatch, an Open Source…

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VMware Releases Dispatch, an Open Source Serverless Framework

VMware Releases Dispatch, an Open Source…

VMware announced its serverless initiative at VMworld 2017, where a Functions-as-a-Service (FaaS) demo using Apache OpenWhisk, an existing open source FaaS technology, was presented. Since then, the serverless team has been working to define what a serverless framework by and for a VMware-based infrastructure would look like. The resulting work is Dispatch, a new VMware-originated The post VMware Releases Dispatch, an Open Source Serverless Framework appeared first on Open Source .

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NSX-T: OpenAPI and SDKs

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NSX-T: OpenAPI and SDKs

NSX-T: OpenAPI and SDKs

Nowadays everything is about automation. Organizations are moving away from the traditional static infrastructure to full automation and here the need of NSX is significant. There are many use-cases for NSX, but the common in all of them is that they all need to be automated. VMware is investing heavenly for different tools to ease The post NSX-T: OpenAPI and SDKs appeared first on Network Virtualization .

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Automating Intel Sighting remediation using…

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Automating Intel Sighting remediation using PowerCLI (SSH not required)

Automating Intel Sighting remediation using…

In case you may not be aware, Intel recently notified VMware that certain Intel Broadwell and Haswell CPUs are affected by Intel Sighting after applying the latest microcode update to remediate against the Spectre vulnerability. VMware has published the following KB 52345 which provides more details on the affected Intel CPUs along with the recommended workaround in case you […]

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Check the Year of Course Completion for Your SV…

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Check the Year of Course Completion for Your SV Solution Competency

Check the Year of Course Completion for Your SV…

Starting in March 2018, VSP, VTSP, & Technical Post Sales – Server Virtualization (SV) 2015 courses for vSphere 5.5 will no longer meet the Solution Competency’s requirements. Access Solution Competency Dashboard to check the year of your course completion and if necessary, start your additional training now. The post Check the Year of Course Completion for Your SV Solution Competency appeared first on Partner News .

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NSX Troubleshooting Scenario 3

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NSX Troubleshooting Scenario 3

Welcome to the third installment of my new NSX troubleshooting series. What I hope to do in these posts is share some of the common issues I run across from day to day. Each scenario will be a two-part post. The first will be an outline of the symptoms and problem statement along with bits…Read More

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Patching and updates made easy with VMware…

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Patching and updates made easy with VMware Cloud Foundation

Patching and updates made easy with VMware…

Its official, VMware released the latest version of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), 2.3. At the core of VCF is a fully automated, hyper-converged software stack that includes compute, storage and networking. Completing an upgrade of all of the components of an SDDC without VCF would typically take some careful planning and execution. One of the

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VMware Site Recovery – DR Failover Reprotect…

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VMware Site Recovery – DR Failover Reprotect and Failback

VMware Site Recovery – DR Failover Reprotect…

Video showing the use of VMware Site Recovery to failover from a customer site experiencing a disaster to VMware Cloud on AWS. Then after the disaster has passed, reprotecting, non-disruptively testing and failing back to the customer site.

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NSX-T: Routing where you need it (Part 2,…

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NSX-T: Routing where you need it (Part 2, North-South Routing)

NSX-T: Routing where you need it (Part 2,…

In the first part of this blog series, NSX-T: Routing where you need it (Part 1), I discussed how E-W routing is completely distributed on NSX-T and how routing is done by the Distributed Router (DR) running as a kernel module in each hypervisor. In this post, I will explain how N-S routing is done The post NSX-T: Routing where you need it (Part 2, North-South Routing) appeared first on Network Virtualization .

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Operations guidance for vSAN administrators…

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Operations guidance for vSAN administrators using vRealize Operations and Log Insight

Operations guidance for vSAN administrators…

In the data center, “integration” is more than just an advertised feature of a solution. Integration between solutions can help solve real problems, and streamline day-to-day operations for the teams responsible for the environment. VMware vSAN users have benefited from the capabilities of integration, with ongoing improvements to its collection of APIs that allow other The post Operations guidance for vSAN administrators using vRealize Operations and Log Insight appeared first on Virtual…Read More

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Runecast Analyzer detects Spectre and Meltdown…

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Runecast Analyzer detects Spectre and Meltdown Vulnerabilities within vSphere Clusters | ESX Virtualization

Runecast Analyzer detects Spectre and Meltdown…

Runecast Analyzer is able to detect Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities of VMware vSphere environments so you’re informed about the solution

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Issue with Consistent LUN ID in ESXi 6.5

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Issue with Consistent LUN ID in ESXi 6.5

Issue with Consistent LUN ID in ESXi 6.5

Having consistent LUN IDs for volumes in ESXi has historically been a gotcha–though over time this requirement went away. For example: 2012 https://cormachogan.com/2012/09/26/do-rdms-still-rely-on-lun-id/ 2013 https://cormachogan.com/2013/12/11/vsphere-5-5-storage-enhancement-part-7-lun-idrdm-restriction-lifted/ These days, the need for consistent LUN IDs is mainly gone. The lingering use case for this is Microsoft Clustering and how persistent SCSI reservations are handled. The below KB…Read More

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