The VMware Learning Zone is now VMware Customer Connect Learning
Have you heard? The VMware Learning Zone (VLZ) has undergone a transformation, and is now VMware Customer Connect LearningTM. Visit the newly re-vamped site for instructional videos, full-length courses, featured series, free live webinars, exam preps, On Demand content with labs, and more.
VCAP-DCV Deploy 2020 – Exam Simulator – FREE
This post runs through how to use version 2 of my VCAP Deploy Exam Simulator. In the older version, I provided the lab environment but this was difficult to maintain and I wasn’t able to schedule the simulator fast enough for everyone.
Congratulations To Our New 2020 VCDXs – VMware Learning
Earning a VCDX certification is no easy feat. It takes years of experience, months of preparation, and an intense defense. VMware CEO, Pat Gelsinger, has called it the “PhD” of VMware. Congratulations to all of the candidates who overcame the hurdles this year to become official VCDXs!
Monitoring and Rightsizing Memory Resource for virtualized SQL Server Workloads
Introduction Very often I receive questions like this: “SQL Server takes whatever memory is available, but what does it needs without compromising performance? What metrics to best look at that reflects what a SQL Server needs on a VM regarding memory?” Very valid question, however, not the one that could be answered straight away. The … Continued The post Monitoring and Rightsizing Memory Resource for virtualized SQL Server Workloads appeared first on Virtualize Applications.
Improved Storage Policy Capacity Management
Hidden within the 1.12 update is a significant change in the vSAN object layout that will reduce capacity consumption when changing the Storage Policy configuration. While this change is entirely transparent for most of our customers, we’d still like to discuss what’s happening and why it matters. Background vSAN has a series of interlocking systems The post Improved Storage Policy Capacity Management appeared first on Virtual Blocks.
Get hands on experience on Azure VMware Solution (AVS) – HOL – Lightning Lab
vRealize Operations Management Pack for Horizon – Now Available in vRealize Oper…
This new Management Pack for Horizon empowers administrators to monitor, identify anomalies and optimize VMware Horizon environments. It provides provide consistent operations throughout their VMware Cloud Foundation hybrid-cloud stack for vSphere & Horizon administrators.
New Design and Operation Considerations for vSAN 2-Node Topologies
A 2-node vSAN topology helps our customers address use cases that require remote or edge compute and storage due to constraints in connectivity, performance, or cost. It is a powerful topology, and one of the reasons why we see so many 2-node deployments across all types of scenarios, including …Read More
Buckle up !! Apply for vExpert 2021!!
vExpert 2021 applications to open by November […]
Intelligent Rebuilds in vSAN
Describes the mechanics of intelligent rebuilds, and new capabilities in vSAN 6.6 that improve the intelligent rebuild processes.
The Virtualization Professional’s Career Guide
We recently spoke with global IT professionals that are either VMware VI admins currently or started their career in that role and are now team managers, directors, or department leads—in companies both large and small. Our goal was to understand more about their responsibilities, areas of interest, career paths, and lessons learned. Those discussions and insights are the basis for this guide—one that we hope informs your journey to continued professional growth and opportunity.
Photon OS 4.0 Beta Release is now available
Photon OS team at VMware is pleased to announce the Beta release of the Photon 4.0. Photon 4.0 builds upon the innovation of our enterprise class, Open Source virtual appliance OS, which can be found powering thousands of deployments the field. With exciting improvements to the 3.0 rev 2 […]
New SDDC Linking capability for VMware Cloud on AWS
Want a simpler way to manage all vCenter Servers within your Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC)? It’s now possible thanks to a new feature called vCenter Linking for SDDC Groups, which automatically configures new SDDCs for secure connectivity.
Complete vSphere with Tanzu homelab with just 32GB of memory!
Since the release of vSphere 7.0 Update 1, the demand and interests from the community on getting hands on with vSphere with Tanzu and the new simplified networking solution, has been non-stop. Most folks are either upgrading their existing homelab or looking to purchase new hardware that […]
If vCenter is unavailable: Clustering Service (vCLS) in VMware vSphere 7.0
With vSphere 7 U1, VMware introduced vSphere Clustering Service (vCLS), which helps in a situation when vCenter Server becomes unavailable. As you know, if you lose vCenter Server, you also lose the Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), so your VMs are no longer balanced across your cluster.
Getting Started With Oracle Cloud VMware Solution (OCVS) – Deploying A Bastion H…
As part of my new role at VMware, I recently got access to Oracle Cloud VMware Solution (OCVS as it’ll be called from now on) to check out their solution and begin to understand how it all works. I want to share some of my thoughts and findings as I go about learning this new, cool, solution.
VMworld 2020 is Over, Now What?
We truly hope you all enjoyed VMworld 2020 as much as we did. Although we couldn’t meet face to face, it was an unforgettable digital experience. We are so impressed by the outstanding attendance, continuous engagement, and positive responses that were shared. Here’s a quick overview of VMworld by the numbers: 51 sponsors 180 countries … Continued The post VMworld 2020 is Over, Now What? appeared first on VMworld Blog.
Mapping between vSphere Container Volume to Persistent Volume Claim (PVC) in vSphere 7.0 Update 1 using PowerCLI
With the introduction of the vSphere Container Storage Interface (CSI) 2.1, it looks like the previous method outlined by Cormac Hogan no longer applies when looking to map between a vSphere Container Volume (V), which is a vSphere construct to the underlying Persistent Volume Claim (PVC), which is a Kubernetes construct. William Arroyo, a K8s […]
Free course available: Troubleshooting Kubernetes – KubeAcademy
In this course you’ll learn a methodology for troubleshooting issues within a Kubernetes cluster. This includes narrowing down the scope of the problem, and identifying clues that may lead to a possible root cause. This course will also give you a chance to test your skills with labs designed […]
NSX-T Series: Part 11 – NSX-T Multi-Tier Routing
In this “NSX-T Series: Part 11 – NSX-T Multi-Tier Routing” part, we will discuss the difference between T0 and T1 gateway and how the routing architecture will be designed. We discussed the difference between NSX-V and NSX-T architecture.
