VMware vRealize Automation Adds Native Configuration Management with vRealize Automation SaltStack Config
Today we’re thrilled to announce the general availability of VMware vRealize Automation SaltStack Config as the configuration management component in VMware vRealize Automation. Customers using vRealize Automation 8.2 Advanced and Enterprise editions—including as part of vRealize Suite and […]
How to Generate an Email Alert for vSAN Drive Failure
There are multiple ways to generate email alerts, from VMware vSAN. vRealize Operations at scale is a powerful tool that allows multicluster and Datacenter to roll up, LogInsight can generate email alerts, SNMP based alerts, and use webhooks to push alerts into several other operational tools.
Automating HAProxy VM deployment with 3-NIC configuration using PowerCLI
When deploying the HAProxy VM as part of vSphere with Tanzu, customers have the option of deploying the HAProxy VM using either a 2-NIC or 3-NIC configuration. The default OVF Deployment Option is the 2-NIC design called “Default” and the 3-NIC design is called “Frontend”. From an Automation […]
Announcing New Price for Premium Digital Training
Did you miss out on the VMware Customer Connect LearningTM Premium Subscription promotion announced at VMworld? Don’t worry! Due to VMware’s continued commitment to enabling our individual learners, we are excited to announce a new price for the VMware Customer Connect LearningTM Premium […]
Announcing Availability of premium VMware HCX Enterprise Capabilities in VMware …
Great news for any business that needs to rapidly migrate workloads to the cloud. We’ve updated VMware HCX in VMware Cloud on AWS with a raft of new Enterprise grade premium features. […]
Brand New VCTA Certification Level
VMware Certification is bursting with excitement to share that we’re adding a new level to our certification program: VMware Certified Technical Associate (VCTA). This sits below the VCP level – but is not a prerequisite – and is designed to showcase an entry-level technical understanding […]
Exporting Dashboards from vRealize Log Insight with Python
You can create some pretty cool and quick dashboards with vRealize Log Insight. Send it some data, set some filters, and create widgets that represent the data in a good way. I just finished creating some good usage dashboards for the vRealize Network Insight Field Demo instances […]
Top 20 articles for vSphere, October 2020
Check out the Top 20 articles for vSphere, October 2020 – from VMware Support Insider.
Using Powershell to limit (and change) HCX bulk migration speed
I’ve been working with a customer recently and they had an interesting question for me. They are migrating VMs from remote sites which have limited bandwidth. As such, HCX Bulk Migration is the method we have chosen for their migration project. […]
Dell EMC PowerFlex MP for vROps 8.x – Part1 – Install
Dell EMC has recently released a vROps management pack for PowerFlex. It is a monitoring and alerting solution that provides extensive visibility into PowerFlex systems using vROps. The management pack collects key metrics for PowerFlex storage, networking, compute, and server hardware and […]
Integrating vRealize Network Insight with VMware HCX
With this fling, we’re automating the transition between vRNI and HCX. This simple PowerShell command transfers the applications in vRealize Network Insight towards HCX.
Persistent Volume Placement in HCI-Mesh deployments
One of the new features introduced in vSphere 7.0U1 is HCI-Mesh, the ability to remotely mount vSAN datastores between vSAN clusters managed by the same vCenter Server. My buddy and colleague Duncan has done a great write-up on this topic on his yellow-bricks blog. In this post, I am going to […]
Network Automation can Relieve Network Engineers Stretched Thin by Covid-19
The network has never been more vulnerable. Covid-19 has flung users out from the data center to home offices where they are accessing critical systems, applications and users from unsecured devices and WiFi connections. As a result, it’s all hands on deck as network engineers are being […]
Attend EMPOWER Recharge Online in Your Geography
Register today and join us live at your geography’s event on November 17, 18, or 19 where you will have the opportunity to learn more about the solutions designed to help navigate these challenging times. General Session—VMware executives will share an overview of our strategies, priorities, and […]
VMworld: Three leadership lessons for retail adoption
This year’s VMworld was like no other. Of course, it’s the first year we’ve gone 100% virtual but at the same time, the calibre of speakers, attendees and sessions was outstanding. The post VMworld: Three leadership lessons for retail adoption appeared first on VMware EMEA Blog.
Configure network proxy using YTT with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG)
I was doing some work with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) 1.2 using my TKG Demo Appliance Fling and the environment that I was working in did not have direct internet access, which is usually the case for most Production environment. I needed to have outbound connectivity from the TKG Worker […]
Top 20 articles for vSAN, October 2020
Check out the Top 20 articles for vSAN, October 2020 – from VMware Support Insider.
Stateless ESXi-Arm with Raspberry Pi
I am super excited to be able to finally share, what I think, is a really cool ESXi-Arm solution which has been an evolution of this and this. This solution also incorporates a number of automation techniques I have shared over the years when it comes to ESXi scripted installation aka Kickstart, […]
Sending AWS Logs to vRealize Log Insight Cloud
If you manage a hybrid cloud environment, you know it can be difficult to troubleshoot and manage infrastructure that is dispersed across various environments. It helps when you have unified tools to manage and monitor the health of the applications and infrastructure. vRealize Log Insight Cloud addresses the complexity of log management by supporting ingestion The post Sending AWS Logs to vRealize Log Insight Cloud appeared first on VMware Cloud Management.
New SDDC Linking capability for VMware Cloud on AWS
Back in September, the VMware Transit Connect (vTGW) on VMware Cloud on AWS (VMConAWS) feature was released and provides users a simplified way of connecting AWS VPCs, AWS Direct Connect Gateways and customer on-premises datacenter from a networking connectivity standpoint. As part of this feature, a new logical construct called an SDDC Group was created […]
