Resource Pools, Folders & VMC now supported with Cross vCenter vMotion Utility Fling
Many of you are already familiar with the Cross vCenter vMotion Utility, which was released as a Fling last year. In fact, a number of you have even shared your VM migration numbers, many of which are quite impressive (e.g. 5-10K VMs). Not only are the number of production VMs significant, but I also learned the […]
Improved User Experience for Cost Analysis and Showback
We’d like to announce some major updates to Cost Insight, VMware’s SaaS based Multi-cloud cost analytics solution, including improved user experience with cost analysis, newly added capability to quickly analyze Showback statements, and the ability to connect securely to AWS accounts using IAM.
Introduction to Elastic DRS
VMware Cloud on AWS allows you to deploy physical ESXi hosts on demand. You can scale in and scale out your cluster by logging into the console. This elasticity allows you to right-size your SDDC environment for the current workload demand. No more long procurement process, no more waiting for the vendor to ship the […] The post Introduction to Elastic DRS appeared first on frankdenneman.nl .
VMworld US and NSX SD-WAN by VeloCloud: Mapping Out Your Visit to Vegas
VMworld US 2018 is fast approaching and VeloCloud, now part of VMware is set to make its debut appearance as part of the VMware family following the 2017 acquisition. Our team has a lot going on at this premiere industry event (Spotlights, Breakout Sessions, Hands-on Labs, Booth Demos, Partner Enablement, private Meet the Expert sessions, and more) and we’re looking The post VMworld US and NSX SD-WAN by VeloCloud: Mapping Out Your Visit to Vegas appeared first on VeloCloud by VMware .
VMware Cloud on AWS – THE Hybrid Cloud to Run Your Enterprise Apps on!
VMware Cloud on AWS is the only hybrid cloud solution that allows VMware vSphere customers to modernize, protect, and scale mission-critical applications leveraging AWS, the world’s leading public cloud. With the inclusion of VMware Hybrid Cloud Extension in the base offering, we’ve made it extremely easy to migrate applications at scale to VMware Cloud on AWS.
Introducing VMware Validated Design for Software-Defined Data Center 4.3
On July 17th VMware released another update to the VMware Validated Design for Software-Defined Data Center (VVD for SDDC). This latest release (4.3) continues to build on the momentum established with previous updates by introducing many new features and capabilities that continue to improve the SDDC architecture and make it easier for customers to deploy and operate a VMware The post Introducing VMware Validated Design for Software-Defined Data Center 4.3 appeared first on Cloud Foundation .
Ruthlessly automate everything with VMware NSX!
Try VMware NSX for Free. Our VMware Hands-on Labs provide an easy, no-cost way to evaluate the features and functionality of NSX. Explore both intro and advanced level hands-on labs to see how our product can serve your company’s needs.
VMware Tools 10.3 & vROps 6.7
I had this conversation with many customers over the years that vROps metrics are only as good as the metrics collected and logic applied by vROps. Recently until VMware tools 10.3, vROps 6.7 was heavily using the following two metrics for memory – consumed and active. The nature of memory consumed metric is such that…Read More
vSphere Integrated Containers – Affinity Rules
Managing a vSphere environment is not about making use of the technology by itself, in fact, it’s leveraging this technology to fulfill b…Read More
VMworld 2018 Europe Virtualizing Applications Track – Pre-Conference Customer Boot Camps
VMworld 2018 Europe Virtualizing Applications Track Pre-Conference Customer Boot Camps This November , the VMware flagship conference VMworld 2018 will again take place in Barcelona. A highlight of the event this year will be the pre-conference Virtualizing Applications customer boot camps which will take place on Monday November 5th. 9am-4pm. This is the 3rd The post VMworld 2018 Europe Virtualizing Applications Track – Pre-Conference Customer Boot Camps appeared first on Virtualize…Read More
Upgrading VCSA 6.5 to 6.7
So far we have demoed a clean installation of VMware vCSA 6.7, also upgrade of ESXi 6.x to 6.7 via ISO or via VUM, but what we haven’t covered just yet, it is the Upgrading VCSA 6.5 to 6.7. This process is supported by VMware and we’ll show within this article, that the upgrading an […] Read the full post Upgrading VCSA 6.5 to 6.7 at ESX Virtualization .
Resource Pools and Sibling Rivalry
One of the most powerful constructs in the Software Defined Data Center is the resource pool. The resource pool allows you to abstract and isolate cluster compute resources. Unfortunately, it’s mostly misunderstood and it received a bad rep in the past that it cannot get rid off. One of the challenges of resource pools is […] The post Resource Pools and Sibling Rivalry appeared first on frankdenneman.nl .
Replace vCenter External PSC 6.7 VMCA Certificate by an ADCS Signed Certificate
In this post I will be sharing the information on replacing self-signed certificate by a Certificate Authority (CA) signed SSL certificates in a vCenter External PSC 6.7 environment.
Networking’s Future, Not Networking’s Past
VMware Continues as a Visionary in 2018 Gartner Data Center Networking Magic Quadrant We are excited to announce that for the fifth year in a row, VMware has achieved the position of visionary in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Center Networking, which is defined as…understanding where the data center market is going and having a vision for changing market rules. The post Networking’s Future, Not Networking’s Past appeared first on Network Virtualization .
Building Operational Bridges with Wavefront and vRealize Operations
With the introduction of the Wavefront with vRealize Operations 6.7, customers interested in monitoring packaged applications using Wavefront by VMware have a quick and effortless way to try monitoring as a service. In previous blog posts, we have explained what this enables and how to use the VMware Application Proxy (“VAP”) to enable this integration. In The post Building Operational Bridges with Wavefront and vRealize Operations appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .
EOA of Basic Federal, NSX, and vSAN Support
Beginning August 6, 2018, the End of Availability (EOA) of Basic Federal Support and Basic Support for NSX and vSAN will take effect and the offering will no longer be quoted, although outstanding, active quotations will be orderable until their expiration. For more information, contact your VMware account or sales representative. The post EOA of Basic Federal, NSX, and vSAN Support appeared first on Partner News .
Deploy and Manage Enterprise-Grade Kubernetes on vSphere and in Cloud with PKS
VMware & Pivotal partner to bring to market VMware Pivotal Container Service (PKS) to help our customers tackle these tough challenges. Please join this session to learn more about PKS and find out how you can set up a production-grade Kubernetes platform in your organization w/ PKS. Demo included!
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Understanding vSAN Encryption – “Erase disks before use”
A few questions routinely come up when using “Erase disks before use” with vSAN Encryption. What occurs when “Erase disks before use” is used? When a vSAN cluster has this setting checked, random data is written to each device in a disk group before it is encrypted. Why random data? In one case, if only The post Understanding vSAN Encryption – “Erase disks before use” appeared first on Virtual Blocks .
Mapping Kubernetes to your Infrastructure
In this lightboard video, Steve Tegeler guides you on how to map Kubernetes to your Infrastructure, using Software Defined Data Center examples from VMware.
