Introduction to Google Cloud VMware Engine
Last month Google announced a first-party and fully managed solution called Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE), which was in limited early access since January 2020. Google Cloud VMware Engine is now generally available to all starting in US-east and US-west regions with plans to add eight more […]
The Importance of Isolation for Security
I have wanted to write about the importance of isolation & segmentation in IT infrastructure for a while now, but with everything going on this year it felt like it would be redundant. However, over the last few months there have been several high-severity, high-profile CVEs (some ours, […]
Why VMware Cloud Foundation v4 will change IT as we know it!
Imagine a world of easily deployable Kubernetes and Containers within the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Framework, it’s even more exciting than it sounds.
VMworld 2020 is FREE!
Fortunately, I’ve been able to attend the last 3 VMworld events in Barcelona but unless you are sponsored or your workplace pays for your ticket, the cost of attending the US event can exceed $2000 USD. That’s not including travel and accommodation either.[…]
The VMware Labs flings monthly for June 2020
And another month gone, for some the Summer Holidays have already started while others might have to wait a few weeks or so. This month there have been two new fling releases and seven received an update.
Understanding the Floating VDI Power Management Modes in VMware Horizon Cloud on…
In VDI Environment, there are two types of Desktops Assignment: Floating = In this case, every time user connects with the desktop pool, user can get any available desktop from the desktop pool. Which means desktop is not Persistent […]
Solution: Nested ESXi 6.7 install fails with the error ‘tryFormatDevice’
Nested ESXi deployments are one of the best ways to test VMware products and their functionality in a lab setup. While I was setting up my 6.7 P01 environment to do some testing, I ran into a weird issue of ‘tryFormatDevice’ that i hadn’t seen before with nested installs. […]
NSX-T NINJA 002: Configure VIP IP address on NSX-T Cluster
In this “NSX Ninja Video”, I am explaining how you can configure a Virtual IP address across the three NSX-T Manager Nodes inside the NSX-T Manager Cluster.
NSX-T NINJA 003: Replace self-signed NSX-T Manager + VIP SSL Certificates with C…
In this “NSX Ninja Video” I am going to do a full end-to-end explanation on how to replace the self-signed SSL certificates with custom CA signed SSL certificates. Replacing the self-signed SSL certificates with custom CA signed SSL certificates requires a lot of steps and it is important to […]
Top 20 articles for vSphere, June 2020
Investigating virtual machine file locks on ESXi Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) processor support “503 Service Unavailable” error on the vSphere Web Client when logging in or accessing the vCenter Server Enable content Copy/Paste between VMRC client and Windows/Linux Virtual Machine […]
VMware Provisioning using Hashicorp Terraform – Part 2
In the first part of this series, we went over Terraform at a very high level and discussed a basic example of using it to provision a single Windows VM or a single Linux VM. While this is a helpful baseline, it doesn’t realistically help us when defining our application […]
Top 20 articles for EUC, June 2020
Supported versions of Windows 10 on Horizon Agent Including All VDI Clones (Full Clones, Instant Clones, and Linked Clones on Horizon 7) VMware Horizon ports and network connectivity requirements Black screen when logging in to a Horizon virtual desktop over PCOIP Troubleshooting SSL […]
Tanzu Kubernetes Grid from the tkg Command Line Interface
After spending quite a bit of time looking at vSphere with Kubernetes, and how one could deploy a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) “guest” cluster in a namespace with a simple manifest file, I thought it was time to look at other ways in which customers could deploy TKG clusters on top of vSphere infrastructure. In other words, deploy TKG without vSphere with Kubernetes, or VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) for that matter. This post will look at the tkg command line tool to first deploy a TKG…Read More
VMware Acquires True Visibility Suite Team and Products from Blue Medora
By Ajay Singh, senior vice president and general manager, Cloud Management BU, VMware For two years, VMware has been on a journey to deliver self-driving operations management from applications to infrastructure to our customers via VMware vRealize Operations. Powered by AI and predictive analytics, vRealize Operations helps IT run production operations hands-off and hassle-free with The post VMware to Extend Self-Driving Operations with Acquisition of True Visibility Suite Team and Products…Read More
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vSphere with Kubernetes on VCF 4.0.1 Consolidated Architecture – Part 1
When vSphere 7.0 with Kubernetes was released earlier this year, it was supported only on a VCF 4.0 Standard Architecture. This required a minimum footprint of 7 ESXi hosts – 4 for the Management WLD and 3 for the Compute WLD.
Site Recovery Manager 8.3 with vVols and Automatic Protection
VMware released Virtual Volumes in 2015. Since then, and especially since Virtual Volumes 2.0, with its support for replication, the question has been “When will this integrate with SRM?” I’m thrilled to say, the answer to that question is “Now!” As of Site Recovery Manager 8.3, now there is support for doing everything that SRM The post Site Recovery Manager 8.3 with vVols and Automatic Protection appeared first on Virtual Blocks.
NEW Course Catalog: Discover Online Training That Can Help You Now
Did you know that training and certification can help you experience an increase in your productivity and task efficiency by 44%*? Never has this been more important than now. Almost overnight, enabling successful outcomes through remote virtual interaction has become the chief focus of organizations around the world. The digital transformation has been accelerated The post NEW Course Catalog: Discover Online Training That Can Help You Now appeared first on VMware Education Services.
Remote Device Access through Android Device Farm, Is it Device as a Service? – V…
As I was going through OCTO blogs of VMware, Came across this awesome solution where one of the team from VMware handled and reused thousands of dormant android devices using open source solution (STF). They call the solution Android Device Farm.
TAM Tech Webinar: vSAN Operations Day 2 – VMware on VMware Best Practices
In this upcoming session, Charles Chow will be sharing a little insight into how VMware IT internally consumes vSAN and also what are some of the recommendations and best practices that we practice internally at VMware. We will cover topics around maintenance modes, disk replacements, failure handling and performance monitoring.
