Tech Preview Announcement: Project Magna for vSAN Continuous Optimization
Here at VMworld 2019 (San Francisco, CA), we are very excited to share the first previews into Project Magna’s adaptive optimization and self-tuning engine. This was first mentioned last year by VMware CEO, Pat Gelsinger, where he envisioned the true AI/ML ‘Self-Driving Data Center’. Modern day…Read More
VMware VM Hot Add: Changing VM hardware on a running vSphere VM
VMware vSphere allows you to configure changes in VM hardware on the fly for some components. This is called VM Hot Add, or Hot Plug. In this post, we’ll detail the various possibilities and requirements.
Encryption on VMware Cloud on AWS: at rest and in-transit
This post will describe the various options to encrypt data residing on VMware Cloud on AWS or in-transit to and from VMware Cloud on AWS. In my conversations with customers, one topic will invariably come up: how do we ensure data confidentiality and integrity? It applies to many of my customers bu
VMware Kubernetes Academy – A Free Education Platform
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VMworld Reveals: DRS 2.0 (#HBI2880BY)
Advertise here with BSA At VMworld, various cool new technologies were previewed. In this series of articles, I will write about some of those previewed technologies. Unfortunately, I can’t cover them all as there are simply too many. This article is about DRS 2.0, which was session HBI2880BY. For those who want to see the session, you can find […] The post VMworld Reveals: DRS 2.0 (#HBI2880BY) appeared first on Yellow Bricks.
Emergency Restore N-VDS
NSX-T 2.4.2 includes a Python script named nsxcfg-vswitch which can be used to recover network connectivity to an N-VDS based kernel interface.
Two short video demos – CNS and Velero 1.1
I put together a few short (7 – 8 minute) videos to show off some new functionality that we’ve recently added in both vSphere 6.7U3 as well as our new Velero v1.1 in action. The first video is on CNS, the VMware Cloud Native Storage feature which we included in vSphere 6.7U3. This demonstration involves the deployment of a Cassandra database on Kubernetes, which incidentally uses the new CSI driver for persistent volumes. Once the application is deployed, we can see the characteristics of the…Read More
New KB articles published for the week ending 31st August,2019
Customer Purchasing Program Customer Purchasing Program – Program Definitions and Policies Published Date :8/26/2019 Customer Purchasing Program FAQ – Online Tools and Migration Published Date :8/26/2019 Customer Purchasing Program FAQ – Points and Discounts Published Date :8/26/2019 Customer Purchasing Program FAQ – Customer Specific Questions Published Date :8/26/2019 Customer Purchasing Program FAQ ? General Information The post New KB articles published for the week ending 31st…Read More
VMworld Reveals: vMotion innovations
Advertise here with BSA At VMworld, various cool new technologies were previewed. In this series of articles, I will write about some of those previewed technologies. Unfortunately, I can’t cover them all as there are simply too many. This article is about enhancements that will be introduced in the future to vMotion, the was session HBI1421BU. For those who […] The post VMworld Reveals: vMotion innovations appeared first on Yellow Bricks.
Managing VMware Cloud Foundation – First Look
Now that we have a Management Domain (MD) with all components running in them, let’s take a look at the environment. We know that the Cloud Builder VM (CB-VM) was responsible for bringing up the Management Domain, but after this job, it is basically finished. We thank it for its service and can…Read More
Introducing Project Magna – Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for vSphere self-driving operations
At VMworld 2018, Pat Gelsinger made reference to a project that was looking to use Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to create self driving operations for the vSphere stack. At VMworld 2019 last week, we were given a tech preview of the first iteration of this effort, called Project Magna. There were a number of VMworld break-out sessions dedicated to this effort, and I will reference them near the end of this post. However, this first tech preview is focused solely on…Read More
VMworld Reveals: VMware Cluster Memory (OCTO2746BU)
Advertise here with BSA At VMworld, various cool new technologies were previewed. In this series of articles, I will write about some of those previewed technologies. Unfortunately, I can’t cover them all as there are simply too many. This article is about VMware Cluster Memory, which was session OCTO2746BU. For those who want to see the session, you can […] The post VMworld Reveals: VMware Cluster Memory (OCTO2746BU) appeared first on Yellow Bricks.
HCX performance consideration for DC migration.
I was working with a customer recently and ended up spending a lot of time talking about how to get better performance while migrating virtual machine (s) from Source Data Center to Target Data Center…Read More
VMware Validated Designs for the vSphere Admin – Design, Download and Deploy
This session is aimed at vSphere customers looking to take advantage of the VMware Validated designs. Discussing real uses of VVD and the impact to a vSphere admin, this session has been created to provide a vSphere admin information to help them make a technical decision on the question “Is the…Read More
Intrinsic Security – How Your VMware Infrastructure Can Turn the Tide in Cybersecurity (SEC3412KU)
Chris Corde, Vice President of Product Management, VMware Shawn Bass, VP, CTO – EUC, VMware Tom Corn, Senior VP, VMware Security threats, breaches, and exploits are becoming more prevalent with no end in sight. Worse, with adoptions of cloud, new applications, and mobile digital workspace, the problem is only getting harder to solve. There must be a new approach to cybersecurity. Fortunately, the answer lies at your fingertips. For years, VMware has been building proven products for software infrastructure: vSphere, NSX, vSAN, VMware Cloud, Workspace ONE. You may not consider them for security, but they can be perfectly positioned to support your apps, data, and users, and when used in conjunction with security products like AppDefense,…Read More
VMware vRealize Network Insight 5.0 Announced!
VMware is announcing a new update with vRealize Network Insight 5.0. Again, this is a new major release coming up, which they just announced during…Read More
Implementing Multicast Routing between vSphere DVS and DellEMC Networking
vSphere DVS supports IGMP & MLD Snooping functionality which helps in precise and efficient way of handling multicast forwarding by listening to IGMP messages to/from the Virtual machines. The vSphere DVS supports IGMPv1, IGMPv2 and IGMPv3 for IPv4 multicast group addresses & MLDv1 and MLDv2 for IPv
Achieving Major Hyperscale Milestones: VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud
VMware SD-WAN™ by VeloCloud® has been chosen by thousands of customers in over 150,000 sites and impacts millions of users around the world utilizing its cloud-delivered hyperscale architecture. What does it mean to be hyperscale-ready in networking? The ability to scale up bandwidth to support all current and future business needs is certainly a key The post Achieving Major Hyperscale Milestones: VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud appeared first on VeloCloud by VMware.
Direct playback & download URLs for all VMworld 2019 US Sessions
VMworld US 2019 just wrapped up yesterday and it looks like the VMworld team has already processed and published a number of recordings! Similar to past years, I have put together a nice summary page that contains all the session recordings links separated out by the different categories which you can find by visiting http://vmwa.re/vmworld2019. As […]
August Course Announcements: 5 NEW Ways for You to Upgrade Your Skills
This month, VMware Education Services released 5 NEW courses. These include courses in VMware Site Recovery Manager, VMware Cloud on AWS, vRealize Automation, Horizon, and Workspace ONE to help develop your skills and increase your knowledge. In addition, there are 5 more courses coming soon. Summaries are provided below. VMware Site Recovery Manager VMware Site The post August Course Announcements: 5 NEW Ways for You to Upgrade Your Skills appeared first on VMware Education Services.
