VCDX #181 Marc Huppert

Month: March 2019

#vSANChat & #vSphereChat: HCI Admin Year in Review

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#vSANChat & #vSphereChat: HCI Admin Year in Review

#vSANChat & #vSphereChat: HCI Admin Year in Review

We just wrapped up our second official vSAN & vSphere joint chat! Our chat featured the best of both worlds, John Nicholson and Nigel Hickey, representing vSAN and vSphere. Our subject matter experts spent the hour chatting about life as a virtual admin, starting from Day 0 through Day 365, inspired by the Life of The post #vSANChat & #vSphereChat: HCI Admin Year in Review appeared first on Virtual Blocks.

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Deeper Multi-Tenancy Support with VMware…

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Deeper Multi-Tenancy Support with VMware Enterprise PKS Using Multiple NSX-T T0 Routers

Deeper Multi-Tenancy Support with VMware…

By Boskey Savla, Technical Product Marketing Manager at VMware When it comes to tenancy within the Kubernetes platform, there are multiple ways to slice and dice the platform depending on how app-dev teams are structured, the projects they work on, or the different production or development environments needed. Tenancy within Kubernetes can be drawn all The post Deeper Multi-Tenancy Support with VMware Enterprise PKS Using Multiple NSX-T T0 Routers appeared first on Cloud Native Apps.

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VMware Skyline Update – February 2019

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VMware Skyline Update – February 2019

VMware Skyline Update – February 2019

We’re back with our February VMware Skyline update. We didn’t release any major enhancements to Skyline this month, however we did add additional proactive findings, as well as updated our documentation to reflect recent changes. Let’s get started by reviewing the proactive findings released in February. For those who are wondering what Skyline is, Skyline The post VMware Skyline Update – February 2019 appeared first on VMware Support Insider.

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New KB articles published for the week ending…

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New KB articles published for the week ending 2nd March,2019

New KB articles published for the week ending…

VMware Essential PKS Heptio Support Date Published: 26-Feb-19 VMware ESXi FDM Manager restarts on an ESXi host after vMotion of a VM has completed Date Published: 01-Mar-19 ESXi Firewall Rule configuration continuously updated on the hosts with enable and disable operations for “esxupdate“ Date Published: 25-Feb-19 Host may crash by loading qfle3 driver with an The post New KB articles published for the week ending 2nd March,2019 appeared first on VMware Support Insider.

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Accelerating Machine Learning on VMware vSphere…

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Accelerating Machine Learning on VMware vSphere with NVIDIA GPUs

Accelerating Machine Learning on VMware vSphere…

Mohan Potheri from VMware gave this talk at Stanford HPC Conference. “This session introduces machine learning on vSphere to the attendee and explains when and why GPUs are important for them. Basic machine learning with Apache Spark is demonstrated. GPUs can be effectively shared in vSphere environments and the various methods of sharing are addressed here.”

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Download Network Virtualization for Dummies

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Download Network Virtualization for Dummies

Download Network Virtualization for Dummies

Is your network keeping up with the pace of the business? Being first to market and exceeding customers’ expectations are keys to success in today’s environment. You can’t afford a network that can’t keep up with the demands for cloud-hosted, distributed apps, and the increasing threats of…Read More

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Exploring the GPU Architecture and why we need it.

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Exploring the GPU Architecture and why we need it.

Exploring the GPU Architecture and why we need it.

A Graphics Processor Unit (GPU) is mostly known for the hardware device used when running applications that weigh heavy on graphics, i.e. 3D modeling software or VDI infrastructures. In the consumer market, a GPU is mostly used to accelerate gaming graphics. Today, GPGPU’s (General Purpose GPU) are the choice of hardware to accelerate computational workloads The post Exploring the GPU Architecture and why we need it. appeared first on VMware vSphere Blog.

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A first look at Heptio Velero (previously known…

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A first look at Heptio Velero (previously known as Ark)

A first look at Heptio Velero (previously known…

Those of you who work in the cloud native space will probably be aware of VMware’s acquisition of Heptio back in December 2018. Heptio bring much expertise and a number of products to the table, one of which I was very eager to try it. This is the Heptio Velero product, previously known as Heptio […] The post A first look at Heptio Velero (previously known as Ark) appeared first on CormacHogan.com.

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vSpeaking Podcast Episode 108: Top 10 VMware Tools

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vSpeaking Podcast Episode 108: Top 10 VMware Tools

vSpeaking Podcast Episode 108: Top 10 VMware Tools

We’ve all heard the quote “If your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.” Fortunately for VMware admins, the lack of tools is not an issue. As a matter of fact, there are so many tools to simplify day to day operations, that it’s hard to keep track. This sounded like The post vSpeaking Podcast Episode 108: Top 10 VMware Tools appeared first on Virtual Blocks.

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Context-aware Micro-segmentation with NSX-T 2.4

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Context-aware Micro-segmentation with NSX-T 2.4

Context-aware Micro-segmentation with NSX-T 2.4

With last’s week landmark release of NSX-T 2.4, and the RSA conference is in full swing, this is the perfect time to talk about to some of the new security functionality we are introducing in NSX-T 2.4. If you prefer seeing NSX-T in action, you can watch this demo which covers Layer 7 application identity, The post Context-aware Micro-segmentation with NSX-T 2.4 appeared first on Network Virtualization.

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Demo: Intrinsic Security with NSX-T 2.4

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Demo: Intrinsic Security with NSX-T 2.4

Demo: Intrinsic Security with NSX-T 2.4

NSX-T 2.4 provides significant new security features and functionality such as Context-aware Micro-segmentation, Network (and security) Infrastructure as Code, E-W Service Insertion and Guest Introspection. Layer 7 Application Identity, FQDN /URL Whitelisting and Identity Firewalling are key features that make NSX-T Context-aware. In this demo, we are covering how the new Context-aware capabilities can be leveraged to enable the zero-trust network security model.

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Deploying VMware SRM (Site Recovery Manager)…

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Deploying VMware SRM (Site Recovery Manager) 8.1.1 with vSphere vCenter Server 6.5

Deploying VMware SRM (Site Recovery Manager)…

It has been a while since I’ve deployed SRM (VMware Site Recovery Manager) and since I recently had the opportunity to do so at a client…Read More

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Transform your hardware with software

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Transform your hardware with software

Transform your hardware with software

We know many of our customers are strategic partners with Cisco, as well as VMware. For years, they’ve been telling us they want to use both technologies – together. And they can. It’s no secret that networks perform better when hardware and software work together.

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#StorageMinute: Virtual Volumes (VVols) on Dell…

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#StorageMinute: Virtual Volumes (VVols) on Dell EMC Unity

#StorageMinute: Virtual Volumes (VVols) on Dell…

As we continue the StorageMinute series we are going to go into a more specific functionality with a few different vendors. Today’s vendor is Dell EMC on the Unity platform. Each vendor and array can have different capabilities and operations when it comes to VVols. With Unity series, VVols capabilities are managed via storage pools The post #StorageMinute: Virtual Volumes (VVols) on Dell EMC Unity appeared first on Virtual Blocks.

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Five Components for Successful Marketing in 2019

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Five Components for Successful Marketing in 2019

Five Components for Successful Marketing in 2019

Digital marketing, online presence, and brand reputation is everything in marketing today. Traditional online advertisements are either entirely ignored or go completely unseen. According to Statista, over a quarter of United States internet users have some type of ad-blocking software that automatically cancels this marketing tactic from even appearing on a webpage at all. By The post Five Components for Successful Marketing in 2019 appeared first on Power of Partnership.

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Deep Dive: Accelerate Your Cloud Migration with…

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Deep Dive: Accelerate Your Cloud Migration with VMware Cloud on AWS

Deep Dive: Accelerate Your Cloud Migration with…

Learn how VMware Cloud on AWS helps simplify and accelerate the migration process. Learn about: – How VMware Cloud on AWS enables bi-directional migration at scale – What are different ways to migrate your workloads to VMware Cloud on AWS from your on-premises environment – How you can migrate applications with no re-architecture or conversions – How VMware Cloud on AWS seamlessly integrates with native AWS services

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