VCDX #181 Marc Huppert

Month: March 2018

Top 20 vSphere articles for February 2018

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Top 20 vSphere articles for February 2018

Top 20 vSphere articles for February 2018

vCenter Appliance root Partition 100% full due to Audit.log files not being rotated “invalid credentials LDAP Error 49” error when starting Inventory Services in vCenter Server 6.x Troubleshooting an ESXi/ESX host in non responding state Unable to log in to the root account of vCenter Server Appliance Important information before upgrading to vSphere 6.5 Component […] The post Top 20 vSphere articles for February 2018 appeared first on Support Insider .

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Missing NSX vdrPort and Auto Deploy

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Missing NSX vdrPort and Auto Deploy

If you are running Auto Deploy and noticed your VMs didn’t have connectivity after a host reboot or upgrade, you may have run into the problem described in VMware KB 52903. I’ve seen this a few times now with different customers and thought a PSA may be in order. You can find all the key…Read More

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vSphere 6.5 – 32 TB SAP HANA Scale-Out Support…

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vSphere 6.5 – 32 TB SAP HANA Scale-Out Support for up to 16 virtualized SAP HANA Nodes

vSphere 6.5 – 32 TB SAP HANA Scale-Out Support…

We are pleased to announce that it is now supported to deploy SAP HANA Scale-Out systems with up to 16 2 TB large virtualized SAP HANA systems. If the SAP sizing permits, SAP HANA Business Warehouse System RAM size of 32 TB* are now possible. End of January, SAP granted VMware vSphere 6.5 support for […] The post vSphere 6.5 – 32 TB SAP HANA Scale-Out Support for up to 16 virtualized SAP HANA Nodes appeared first on Virtualize Business Critical Applications .

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Fresh from the press: VCF Guardrails

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Fresh from the press: VCF Guardrails

VMware just published the first edition of the VMware Cloud Foundation Guardrails for VCF version 2.3.1. This is a must read for anyone who wants to deploy VMware Cloud Foundation – partners, customers, etc. This document explains the supported changes you can do in a VMware Cloud Foundation environment and what you need to watch out for but also gives guidance on supported configurations. Topics include Physical Switches and Networks Server Hardware General questions and answers […]

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Log Insight: Master versus Leader versus Workers

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Log Insight: Master versus Leader versus Workers

Log Insight: Master versus Leader versus Workers

Did you know Log Insight has the notion of a master node and a leader node? Do you know the differences about the roles? Read on to learn more! Master Node The first node in a Log Insight cluster is always the master. All other nodes are known as workers. The master node is also […] The post Log Insight: Master versus Leader versus Workers appeared first on SFlanders.net .

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Cloud Foundation 2.3.1 Reaches General…

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Cloud Foundation 2.3.1 Reaches General Availability

Cloud Foundation 2.3.1 Reaches General…

VMware is pleased to announce the general availability of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 2.3.1. We’ve introduced several new features and provided fixes for issues identified in previous releases. I’d like to present a quick overview of the new features in Cloud Foundation 2.3.1 in this article. New hardware compatibility support is a significant feature of The post Cloud Foundation 2.3.1 Reaches General Availability appeared first on Cloud Foundation .

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VMware Cloud Briefing Roundup – VMware Cloud on…

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VMware Cloud Briefing Roundup – VMware Cloud on AWS and other Updates – VIRTUALIZATION IS LIFE!

VMware Cloud Briefing Roundup – VMware Cloud on…

VMware has held it’s first ever VMware Cloud Briefing which is an online, global event with an agenda featuring a keynote from Pat Gelsinger, new announcements and demos relating to VMware Cloud as well as discussions on cloud trends and market momentum. Key to the messaging is the fact that applications are driving cloud initiatives weather that be via delivering new SaaS or cloud applications as well as extending networks beyond traditional barriers while modernizing the datacenter.

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VCP6.5-DCV Study Guide – Free PDF Download

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VCP6.5-DCV Study Guide – Free PDF Download

VCP6.5-DCV Study Guide – Free PDF Download

Over the past couple of months, I’ve been working on new VCP6.5-DCV Study Guide and there is a good news today. This guide, which so far was accessible through all those individual blog posts covering each exam topic, is now available as a free PDF. Thanks to Nakivo who stepped in to sponsor this PDF. You […] Read the full post VCP6.5-DCV Study Guide – Free PDF Download at ESX Virtualization .

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How to configure PSC ring topology

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How to configure PSC ring topology – Default Reasoning

How to configure PSC ring topology

In the last couple of projects, I was tasked with designing a new Platform Services Controller (PSC) and vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) topology based on specific availability requirements. One of the things I noticed is that admins tend to forget that you need to create a PSC ring topology in a multi-site PSC & vCS design. Let’s have a look why this is important and how to create a PSC ring topology in vSphere 6.5. […]

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Running Selenium Grid on vSphere with vSphere…

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Running Selenium Grid on vSphere with vSphere Integrated Containers

Running Selenium Grid on vSphere with vSphere…

By Tom Schwaller, Senior Technical Product Manager, Michael Roy, Product Line Marketing Manager, and Simone Morellato, Director Technical Product Management One thing that makes containers great is their ability to rapidly spin up a browser-compatibility testing environment. There are plenty of great tools that can then be used to automate this testing, and Selenium is The post Running Selenium Grid on vSphere with vSphere Integrated Containers appeared first on Cloud-Native Apps .

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Adopting Quarterly Disaster Recovery Testing

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Adopting Quarterly Disaster Recovery Testing

Adopting Quarterly Disaster Recovery Testing

by Charlene Huang, Database Architect; Jerry Li, Senior Manager, IT Release Automation & DR; and Zaigui Wang, Senior Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Operations In this two-part blog, VMware IT shares its perspective on its goal of one hour of downtime for disaster recovery (DR) failovers within the enterprise. The first blog explores the IT management perspective The post Adopting Quarterly Disaster Recovery Testing appeared first on VMware on VMware .

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VMware Cloud on AWS expands to AWS EU (London)…

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VMware Cloud on AWS expands to AWS EU (London) Region with continuing momentum on delivery of new capabilities

VMware Cloud on AWS expands to AWS EU (London)…

We are excited to announce VMware CloudTM on AWS is now available in the AWS London Region. The post VMware Cloud on AWS expands to AWS EU (London) Region with continuing momentum on delivery of new capabilities appeared first on VMware Cloud Community .

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A closer look at VMware’s latest Cloud Launch

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A closer look at VMware’s latest Cloud Launch

A closer look at VMware’s latest Cloud Launch

Today VMware has another cloud launch update, and this one is significant for many reasons. Our underlying goals of VMware Cloud are many. From an infrastructure perspective, the goal is to provide operational consistency no matter where the application is running, whether this is from an automation, security or governance perspective. But one thing that […] The post A closer look at VMware’s latest Cloud Launch appeared first on CormacHogan.com .

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Getting Started with the vSphere Automation SDK…

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Getting Started with the vSphere Automation SDK for Perl

Getting Started with the vSphere Automation SDK…

We are going to keep the ‘Getting Started’ series going on using the vSphere Automation SDKs. This time, we will be taking a look at the SDK for Perl. If you’ve missed any of the prior posts, here are the others in the series: vSphere Automation SDK for REST vSphere Automation SDK for REST Part […] The post Getting Started with the vSphere Automation SDK for Perl appeared first on VMware {code} .

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VMware Capacity Reporting Part V: VVols and UNMAP

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VMware Capacity Reporting Part V: VVols and UNMAP

VMware Capacity Reporting Part V: VVols and UNMAP

Storage capacity reporting seems like a pretty straight forward topic. How much storage am I using? But when you introduce the concept of multiple levels of thin provisioning AND data reduction into it, all usage is not equal (does it compress well? does it dedupe well? is it zeroes?). This multi-part series will break it … Continue reading VMware Capacity Reporting Part V: VVols and UNMAP →

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Tech Preview: Horizon on VMware Cloud on AWS

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Tech Preview: Horizon on VMware Cloud on AWS

Tech Preview: Horizon on VMware Cloud on AWS

Rapidly scale Horizon desktops and applications with an elastic cloud platform Enterprises are embracing hybrid cloud in a big way. Studies have shown that at least 79.9%* of organizations have a hybrid cloud strategy today. The desire for a hybrid cloud is fueled by enterprises that want the benefits and flexibility offered by the cloud, […] The post Tech Preview: Horizon on VMware Cloud on AWS appeared first on VMware End-User Computing Blog .

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