Migrating from SRM 8.2 Windows to SRM 8.3…

Migrating from SRM 8.2 Windows to SRM 8.3 Virtual Appliance

Migrating from SRM 8.2 Windows to SRM 8.3…

In this post we will show to migrate VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.2 Windows to SRM 8.3 virtual appliance. Lab Environment 2 x VMware vCenter 6.7 Server Appliance 2 x VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.2 Windows 2 x VMware vSphere Replication 8.2 Appliance Target Environment 2 x VMware vCenter 6.7 …Read More


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HomeLab Episode: Stage XXXVI: NVIDIA GPUs…

HomeLab Episode: Stage XXXVI: NVIDIA GPUs Everywhere

HomeLab Episode: Stage XXXVI: NVIDIA GPUs…

In the last episode I have written about Stage XXXV: vSAN Expanding After working and playing some time with the Nvidia GPUs inside my environment it is time to expand….. Here a quick drawing from one of my Horizon Trainings… Read More Stage XXXVI: Nvidia GPUs Everywhere


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#vSphere7 Launch TweetChat with #vSAN7 &…

#vSphere7 Launch TweetChat with #vSAN7 & #CloudFoundation4

#vSphere7 Launch TweetChat with #vSAN7 &…

Our last #vSphereChat on Twitter was truly something special — not only did we accomplish hosting a tweet chat across THREE different VMware Twitter accounts, but also, we discussed our latest launches – #vSphere7, #vSAN7 and #CloudFoundation4. The transcript is below. There will be another …Read More


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NSX-T Edge OVF property to automatically join…

NSX-T Edge OVF property to automatically join NSX-T Management Plane

NSX-T Edge OVF property to automatically join…

After publishing my vSphere 7 with Kubernetes automation lab deployment script, I was looking at my NSX-T Edge code which leverages the vSphere VM Keystroke API to automate the joining of the the NSX-T Edge to the NSX-T Management Plane. This technique is used to avoid the need for SSH access to both NSX-T Edge […]


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Continuous Improvement in Simplicity and…

Continuous Improvement in Simplicity and Resilience with vSAN

Continuous Improvement in Simplicity and…

When thinking about operations and complexity, look no further than the cockpit of a commercial jetliner. Modern commercial aircraft strive to simplify the operational experience while guarding against a countless number of environmental conditions and errors. When done well, the payoff is …Read More


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New KB articles published for the week ending…

New KB articles published for the week ending 19th April, 2020

New KB articles published for the week ending…

VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail PSOD: ProcessActiveCommands VXRail Published Date:17-04-2020 VxRail: vSphere web Client is displaying this message from time to time: “Remote access for ESXi local user account ‘root’ has been locked for 900 seconds after 200 failed login attempts.” … [more]


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New features with NSX-T 3.0 – Federation and…

New features with NSX-T 3.0 – Federation and Kubernetes on vSphere

New features with NSX-T 3.0 – Federation and…

VMware released NSX-T 3.0 today with some interesting features. In my opinon, the most important are below: Modern Apps Networking: NSX-T for vSphere with Kubernetes, container networking and security


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Better together: #vSphere 7 and #Horizon 7.12…

Better together: #vSphere 7 and #Horizon 7.12 with #Nvidia vGPUs in high end #vd…

Better together: #vSphere 7 and #Horizon 7.12…

Current situations accelerate the demand for virtual desktops and a proper virtual desktop infrastructure. I am working for years in the field of the software-defined datacenter and virtual desktops delivered via VMware Horizon. While standard office virtual desktops have become something like a …Read More


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New pricing on VMware Cloud Foundation for…

New pricing on VMware Cloud Foundation for Cloud Providers

New pricing on VMware Cloud Foundation for…

With the recent announcement of VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0, we are excited to announce a new way for Cloud Providers to consume VCF. Build-Your-Own-VCF VMware is bringing SDDC Manager to the Flex Pricing Model as a new add-on. This means that partners can consume it on the vRAM based licensing model. VMware Cloud Foundation, which The post New pricing on VMware Cloud Foundation for Cloud Providers appeared first on VMware Cloud Provider Blog.


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Highlights of New Features and Improvements in…

Highlights of New Features and Improvements in vSphere 7/vSAN 7/NSX-T 3 for High Performance Computing and Machine Learning

Highlights of New Features and Improvements in…

vSphere 7.0 is the biggest release of vSphere in over a decade, with a completely new design to power modernization of both infrastructure and applications. The headline news is that vSphere now support Kubernetes natively, so that you can run VMs and containers on the same platform. In addition, the new release of vSphere 7.0 The post Highlights of New Features and Improvements in vSphere 7/vSAN 7/NSX-T 3 for High Performance Computing and Machine Learning appeared first on Virtualize…Read More


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Heads Up – Nested ESXi crashes in ESXi 7.0…

Heads Up – Nested ESXi crashes in ESXi 7.0 running on older CPUs

Heads Up – Nested ESXi crashes in ESXi 7.0…

Thanks to Patrik Kernstock, who works in our Technical Support organization at VMware, for making me aware of an issue related to Nested ESXi running on an ESXi host that has been upgraded to ESXi 7.0. Several folks in the community have noticed after upgrading their Intel NUC 7th Gen and …Read More


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vSpeaking Podcast Ep 153: VMware Cloud…

vSpeaking Podcast Ep 153: VMware Cloud Foundation 4

vSpeaking Podcast Ep 153: VMware Cloud…

VMware recently announced VMware Cloud Foundation 4. VCF 4 brings together the latest innovations in VMware vSphere 7, VMware vSAN 7, VMware NSX-T, and VMware vRealize Suite 2019, along with new capabilities from VMware Tanzu to support Kubernetes, cloud-native architectures and app transformation..


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Remote Exam Testing Is Here!

Remote Exam Testing Is Here!

Remote Exam Testing Is Here!

VMware Certification is pleased to announce that remote proctoring of its exams, delivered by Pearson VUE, will be available starting April 20, 2020. Remote proctoring allows you to take the exam from ANY secure location, and will be a permanent offering, regardless of the availability of in-person testing centers going forward. The cost per The post Remote Exam Testing Is Here! appeared first on VMware Education Services.


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Replace machine certificate in vSphere 7

Replace machine certificate in vSphere 7

Replace machine certificate in vSphere 7

Compared to posts that describe the same task in older versions, this will be a rather short one. Specially replacing vCenter certificates was getting more and more easier during versions. It has never been that easy! In vCenter 7 we just have one certificate to manage. Solution Certificates are …Read More


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vSphere 7.0: Understanding certificates

vSphere 7.0: Understanding certificates

vSphere 7.0: Understanding certificates

All communications inside vSphere are protected with TLS certificates and not the SSL. TLS provides secure communication for web browsers and servers. The connection is secure as symmetric cryptography is used to encrypt the data transmitted. The keys are uniquely generated for each connection …Read More


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vSAN File Services considerations

vSAN File Services considerations

vSAN File Services considerations

Advertise here with BSA I was looking into vSAN File Services this week as I had some customers asking about requirements and constraints. I wanted to list some of the things to understand about vSAN File Service as it is important when you are designing and configuring it. First of all, it is …Read More


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Deploying vSphere with Kubernetes via VCF 4.0…

Deploying vSphere with Kubernetes via VCF 4.0 SDDC Manager (Video)

Deploying vSphere with Kubernetes via VCF 4.0…

In this post, Cormac Hogan shares another short video that he made which highlights the main steps involved when deploying vSphere with Kubernetes from VCF 4.0 SDDC Manager. You can find the complete steps here in this previous post which shows how to deploy vSphere with Kubernetes in a Workload …Read More


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