VMware Cloud Builder – Bringup Validation Tasks

VMware Cloud Builder – Bringup Validation Tasks

VMware Cloud Builder – Bringup Validation Tasks

Back in February I shared a post called VMware Cloud Builder – Bringup Validation for VMware Cloud Foundation, where I discussed details around changes relating to the validation modules used within VMware Cloud Builder for VMware Cloud Foundation 4.2. At the time I promised to share more […]


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VMware meets Q1 expectations with 9 percent…

VMware meets Q1 expectations with 9 percent revenue growth

VMware meets Q1 expectations with 9 percent…

Top and bottom line results were slightly ahead of market estimates, with subscription and SaaS revenue up 29 percent. “We are pleased with our Q1 financial performance as we delivered solutions for customers in strategic areas like multi-cloud, application modernization and digital workspaces … “


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Automated Lab Deployment Script for VMware…

Automated Lab Deployment Script for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 4.2

Automated Lab Deployment Script for VMware…

One of my pet projects that I have been looking into is to easily deploy the required infrastructure, using Nested ESXi of course, to be able to quickly standup a “basic” VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environment. There are a couple of solutions that currently exists in the community that can help take a user from […]


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Announcing General Availability of VMware Cloud…

Announcing General Availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 4.2.1 and VMware Cloud Foundation 3.10.2.1

Announcing General Availability of VMware Cloud…

Two new GA announcements for VMware Cloud Foundation this week, both including important security updates to VMware vCenter Server Appliance and other BOM updates as detailed below. VMware Cloud Foundation 4.2.1 The VMware Cloud Foundation 4.2.1 release includes the following: Security fixes for Photon OS: SDDC Manager 4.2.1 contains security updates for Photon OS packages from … Continued The post Announcing General Availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 4.2.1 and VMware Cloud Foundation…Read More


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vBrownBag TechTalks at VMworld 2021

vBrownBag TechTalks at VMworld 2021

vBrownBag TechTalks at VMworld 2021

Once again we look towards VMworld and want to have the best community and educational content in the vBrownBag TechTalks. vBrownBag TechTalks are brief presentations (12 or 27-minute slots) by community members that help other community members. Learn more, and sign up to present yours:


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vSphere Mobile Client – Access vSphere Anytime,…

vSphere Mobile Client – Access vSphere Anytime, Anywhere, Any Device

vSphere Mobile Client – Access vSphere Anytime,…

A year ago, we introduced the vSphere Mobile Client app in this blog post, since then, we have added more features and improved on many of the existing capabilities of the app. Let’s walk through some of the new and exciting features. The app is freely available for download from the Google […]


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Registration for vForum Online 2021 is now open!

Registration for vForum Online 2021 is now open!

Registration for vForum Online 2021 is now open!

Dive into the latest VMware technologies and solutions, see how VMware Cloud delivers a single platform for all apps in any environment. Join the most relevant conversations on building, running, managing, connecting, and protecting apps and data across all clouds.


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vSphere 7 ESXi Secure Boot Options

vSphere 7 ESXi Secure Boot Options

vSphere 7 ESXi Secure Boot Options

ESXi provides the option of using UEFI Secure Boot. UEFI Secure Boot is a mechanism that makes sure that only trusted code is loaded by the EFI firmware. Then only the ESXi OS is loaded and you get finally to the UI where you can log in. […]


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Using Packer vsphere-iso provider with VMware…

Using Packer vsphere-iso provider with VMware Cloud on AWS

Using Packer vsphere-iso provider with VMware…

I am a huge fan of HashiCorp Packer, which makes automating Virtual Machine images for vSphere including OVF, OVA and vSphere Content Library Templates extremely easy. Packer supports two vSphere Providers, the first being vmware-iso which requires SSH access to an ESXi host and the second called vsphere-iso which does not require ESXi access but […]


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V2T Livefire 1.0 | NSX

V2T Livefire 1.0 | NSX

V2T Livefire 1.0 | NSX

Livefire Solutions provide advanced technical training for the VMware field, partners, and strategic customers. Developed and delivered by Solutions Architects with real world experience, Livefire Solutions provide the high quality, hands-on technical enablement required for successfully […]


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Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Deployment on VMware…

Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Deployment on VMware Cloud on AWS

Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Deployment on VMware…

Walk-through a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid deployment on VMware Cloud on AWS. You’ll see how the TKG Management cluster is deployed into VMware Cloud on AWS and then deploy an initial Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster for your workloads.


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vSphere 7 with Tanzu Updates

vSphere 7 with Tanzu Updates

vSphere 7 with Tanzu Updates

At some point, you’ll be faced with an upgrade request. New Kubernetes features, new security patches, or just to maintain your support. In this post we’ll walk through an update to vSphere, then update the Supervisor namespace, and then finally the Tanzu Kubernetes cluster.


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Install a Self-Signed Certificate in vCenter 7…

Install a Self-Signed Certificate in vCenter 7 with Microsoft CA – Step by step

Install a Self-Signed Certificate in vCenter 7…

In this guide, I will walk you through installing a self-signed SSL certificate, by generating a Certificate Signing Request for vCenter and issuing the certificate from Microsoft Certificate Authority.


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Install vCenter Server 7 U2 step-by-step

Install vCenter Server 7 U2 step-by-step

Install vCenter Server 7 U2 step-by-step

In this post, we’ll learn how to install and configure vCenter Server 7 Appliance step-by-step in VMware vSphere 7.0. This post covers Objective 4.4: Deploy and Configure vCenter Server 7 Appliance of VMware 2V0-21.20 Exam Preparation Guide where we’ll learn about the installation and […]


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Introducing vRealize Log Insight Cloud KB Insights

Introducing vRealize Log Insight Cloud KB Insights

Introducing vRealize Log Insight Cloud KB Insights

I’m excited to announce troubleshooting with vRealize Log Insight Cloud just got easier. KB Insights helps detect log messages that may need attention and links them with potential solutions using the VMware Knowledge Base and VMware Community articles. You no longer need to manually identify these anomalies and search for fixes. It examines the log … Continued The post Introducing vRealize Log Insight Cloud KB Insights appeared first on VMware Cloud Management.


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Running Windows 10 ARM on ESXI ARM Fling on…

Running Windows 10 ARM on ESXI ARM Fling on Raspberry Pi 4

Running Windows 10 ARM on ESXI ARM Fling on…

Checking out Windows 10 on Arm for ESXi ARM fling on raspberry pi 4. “Consider the implications of Windows 10 running in a virtual machine with x86 support on an ARM64 single board computer (perfectly or otherwise). This is mind-blowing!” – YouTube commenter


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VMware SASE: Optimized Performance and…

VMware SASE: Optimized Performance and Simplified Security for Your Anywhere Workforce

VMware SASE: Optimized Performance and…

Users are increasingly mobile, and organizations are moving business applications to the cloud. In this work-from-anywhere world, the old remote access model of VPNs that send traffic through the data center is not efficient and introduces frustrating latency. It’s time-consuming and costly for IT to protect the device, the application, the employee, and the enterprise. … Continued The post VMware SASE: Optimized Performance and Simplified Security for Your Anywhere Workforce appeared first…Read More


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