VCDX #181 Marc Huppert

Month: January 2018

Explainer on #Spectre & #Meltdown by Graham…

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Explainer on #Spectre & #Meltdown by Graham Sutherland

Explainer on #Spectre & #Meltdown by Graham…

Sometimes you stumble across a brilliant Twitter thread, so good, that it should never be lost. Graham Sutherland (@gsuberland) helped the world in understanding the Spectre and Meltdown bugs. I’m publishing his tweet thread in text form as this is just the best explanation of the bugs I’ve seen. Please note that VMware has released […] The post Explainer on #Spectre & #Meltdown by Graham Sutherland appeared first on frankdenneman.nl .

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What’s New in VMware User Environment Manager 9.3

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What’s New in VMware User Environment Manager 9.3

What’s New in VMware User Environment Manager 9.3

User Environment Manager 9.3 introduces an exciting new feature—support for Microsoft Outlook data files (OST) on an App Volumes user-writable volume. This blog explains that feature in detail, includes a video feature walkthrough and discusses additional features in the release. The post What’s New in VMware User Environment Manager 9.3 appeared first on VMware End-User Computing Blog .

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VMware Cloud on AWS with NSX: Communicating…

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VMware Cloud on AWS with NSX: Communicating with Native AWS Resources

VMware Cloud on AWS with NSX: Communicating…

If you haven’t already, please read my prior two blogs on VMware Cloud on AWS: VMware SDDC with NSX Expands to AWS and VMware Cloud on AWS with NSX – Connecting SDDCs Across Different AWS Regions; also posted on my personal blog at humairahmed.com. The prior blogs provide a good intro and information of some The post VMware Cloud on AWS with NSX: Communicating with Native AWS Resources appeared first on Network Virtualization .

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VMware Cloud on AWS Operations Blog Series –…

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VMware Cloud on AWS Operations Blog Series – Part 1

VMware Cloud on AWS Operations Blog Series –…

A Cloud SDDC cluster is dedicated to a single customer. Existing AWS controls ensure customer segregation using dedicated AWS accounts and AWS Virtual Private Connections (VPC) for each Cloud SDDC deployment. Because vSAN is built out of local storage…Read More

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Oracle RAC on VMware Cloud on Amazon AWS

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Oracle RAC on VMware Cloud on Amazon AWS

Oracle RAC on VMware Cloud on Amazon AWS

This is a cross-promoted blog post, originally posted on the VMware blog. View the original blog post here.SummaryWith the recent launch of the VMware Cloud on AWS Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) from VMware, many Business Critical Application (BCA) workloads that were previously difficult to…Read More

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Prepare for VMware Cloud on AWS by Right-Sizing…

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Prepare for VMware Cloud on AWS by Right-Sizing Your Workloads

Prepare for VMware Cloud on AWS by Right-Sizing…

The cloud offers new flexibility and agility; even though you can add a new host in about 10 minutes, you still have limits to how many hosts you can afford. This quick ability to expand your number of hosts and overall resource footprint means you will be able to run things “hotter” in the cloud.

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Understanding VMware Cloud on AWS Pricing

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Understanding VMware Cloud on AWS Pricing

Understanding VMware Cloud on AWS Pricing

Longer-term commitments help customers get a 30% and 50% discount respectively over on-demand pricing. Combined with our Hybrid Loyalty Program that allows a maximum of 25% discount, customers can achieve significant cost savings with VMware Cloud on AWS.

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VMware Site Recovery Delivers DRaaS for VMware…

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VMware Site Recovery Delivers DRaaS for VMware Cloud on AWS

VMware Site Recovery Delivers DRaaS for VMware…

Today, we are excited to launch VMware Site Recovery, a robust disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) offering that protects workloads between on-premises data centers and VMware Cloud on AWS, as well as between different instances of VMware Cloud on AWS …Read More

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Using an AWS VPC Endpoint for Access to Data in…

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Using an AWS VPC Endpoint for Access to Data in S3 from Spark on VMware Cloud on AWS

Using an AWS VPC Endpoint for Access to Data in…

AWS S3 (Simple Storage Service) is one of the most popular services in use today among AWS users. It provides a reliable, global and inexpensive storage option for large quantities of data. It is useful for users on VMware Cloud on AWS to be able to access data sources on AWS S3 in a controlled…Read More

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VMware Validated Design for Software-Defined…

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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 The post VMware Validated Design for Software-Defined Data Center 4.1 is Now Generally Available appeared first on…Read More

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Cloud Foundation’s #CaptionVCF Drawing

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Cloud Foundation’s #CaptionVCF Drawing

Cloud Foundation’s #CaptionVCF Drawing

What happens when you put VMworld attendees and a “caption this” drawing together? A whole lot of humor and maybe a troll or two (but we won’t let that get us down)! This year at VMworld Vegas 2017, we encourage you to follow the VMware Cloud Foundation Twitter handle @vmwcf and join in on our The post Cloud Foundation’s #CaptionVCF Drawing appeared first on Cloud Foundation .

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A Reference Architecture for Deploying vSphere…

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A Reference Architecture for Deploying vSphere Integrated Containers on top of VMware Cloud Foundation

A Reference Architecture for Deploying vSphere…

VMware Cloud Foundation brings together the building blocks of the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC), namely vSphere, vSAN, and NSX, with the advanced automation capabilities of the VMware SDDC Manager. Combined, these components deliver an engineered integration of the core SDDC software stack. Whether you’re looking to build an on-premises private cloud, deploy the SDDC stack The post A Reference Architecture for Deploying vSphere Integrated Containers on top of VMware Cloud Foundation…Read More

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Log Insight 4.5: Alert Enhancements

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Log Insight 4.5: Alert Enhancements

Log Insight 4.5: Alert Enhancements

Log Insight 4.5 added some nice enhancements around alerts. I would like to cover all the enhancements in this post. Read on to learn more! Description and Recommendation As Log Insight 4.5, user alerts now support a description as well as a recommendation: This information is shown no matter what destination(s) are configured for the […] The post Log Insight 4.5: Alert Enhancements appeared first on SFlanders.net by Steve Flanders .

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VMware Cloud Foundation 2.2 SOS tool –…

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VMware Cloud Foundation 2.2 SOS tool – Exporting Logs for Support

VMware Cloud Foundation 2.2 SOS tool –…

In my last blog, I introduced you to the basics of using the Cloud Foundation SOS tool to complete a health check on your Cloud Foundation environment. Using the SOS health check is a great way for keeping an eye on the health your environment. But when things are not working as they should, you The post VMware Cloud Foundation 2.2 SOS tool – Exporting Logs for Support appeared first on Cloud Foundation .

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Automating Horizon 7 Deployments with VMware…

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Automating Horizon 7 Deployments with VMware Cloud Foundation

Automating Horizon 7 Deployments with VMware…

VMware Cloud Foundation simplifies the deployment of private cloud infrastructure, turning lengthy and complex implementations into fully automated workflows. When the workflow is complete, customers have a complete vSphere + vSAN + NSX infrastructure that is ready to run business workloads, including Horizon 7 for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). In Cloud Foundation, business workloads are The post Automating Horizon 7 Deployments with VMware Cloud Foundation appeared first on Cloud…Read More

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Securing IoT : Threat Detection using Security…

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Securing IoT : Threat Detection using Security and Behavioral Analytics

Securing IoT : Threat Detection using Security…

In the fall of 2016, a DDOS attack aimed at Dyn, an internet infrastructure company, took down much of Americas’ internet affecting sites like Twitter, CNN, Netflix, Reddit etcetera. Using a collection of hacked Internet-connected webcams and digital video recorders, continued streams of automated TCP/IP traffic were sent to the targeted server which overwhelmed and The post Securing IoT : Threat Detection using Security and Behavioral Analytics appeared first on Pulse IoT .

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Connecting IP-Based (NFS or ISCSI) External…

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Connecting IP-Based (NFS or ISCSI) External Storage To VMware Cloud Foundation

Connecting IP-Based (NFS or ISCSI) External…

VMware Cloud Foundation is based on a modern hyper-converged architecture that extensively leverages VMware vSAN – a vSphere-native software-defined storage platform that delivers flash-optimized storage for the software-defined data center (SDDC). While vSAN is the primary storage platform for Cloud Foundation, that’s not to say it’s your only storage option. There are a number of The post Connecting IP-Based (NFS or ISCSI) External Storage To VMware Cloud Foundation appeared first on Cloud…Read More

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