vExpert Cloud Management October 2021 Blog Digest

vExpert Cloud Management October 2021 Blog Digest

vExpert Cloud Management October 2021 Blog Digest

October was a very busy month for VMware and the community starting with VMworld and the whirlwind of announcements that come with it. The vExpert Cloud Management community also got special sneak previews of the latest releases of vRealize Cloud Management products as well as VMware Skyline […]


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VVS-Tip – Review Detailed Update History for a…

VVS-Tip – Review Detailed Update History for a Validated Solution

VVS-Tip – Review Detailed Update History for a…

As each VMware Validated Solution is updated its important that you as the customer are able to obtain a precise and accurate account of what has changed within the guide, Validated Solutions do this through the use of an Update History table that is published within the About section of the […]


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Additional level of resilience by vSAN…

Additional level of resilience by vSAN Stretched Clusters for VMware Cloud on AWS

Additional level of resilience by vSAN…

Stretched cluster SDDC powered by VMC on AWS offers a great availability strategy. Customers can choose to use that extra layer of resilience to satisfy their need for protection against unexpected host-level failures or an entire AZ failure within an Amazon region.


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Securing LDAP with TLS certificates using…

Securing LDAP with TLS certificates using ClusterIssuer in TKG v1.4

Securing LDAP with TLS certificates using…

Over the last month or so, I have looked at various ways of securing Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) clusters. One recent post covered the integration of LDAP through Dex and Pinniped so you can control who can access the the non-admin context of your TKG cluster. I’ve also looked at how TKG clusters that do not have direct access to the internet can use a HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Similarly, I looked at some tips when deploying TKG in an air-gapped environment, pulling all the necessary images from our…Read More


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Automating VCF – Configure the Depot Credentials

Automating VCF – Configure the Depot Credentials

Automating VCF – Configure the Depot Credentials

In this post we will look at how we can use the Get-VCFDepotCredential and Set-VCFDepotCredential cmdlets within PowerVCF to check the current configuration of the Repository Settings and if its blank configure it. […]


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What’s New and What’s Retiring…

What’s New and What’s Retiring…

What’s New and What’s Retiring…

Written by Lindsay Fowkes, November 2021 The Hands-on Labs team is excited to present our latest batch of new labs! At VMworld 2021 you got a taste of our most popular labs, and now they are being released for everyone to enjoy Take a look through the catalog Here or use the table and links below to go … Continued The post What’s New and What’s Retiring… appeared first on VMware Hands-on Labs Blog.


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The Hard Facts: Hardware vs. Software Load…

The Hard Facts: Hardware vs. Software Load Balancers | Network and Security Virtualization | VMware

The Hard Facts: Hardware vs. Software Load…

Get the deep dive on hardware versus softward, and why many ADC vendors have started to make the move to software-defined, multi-cloud load balancing.


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VMware: How to create a Microsoft Windows…

VMware: How to create a Microsoft Windows Server 2022 VMware Template – step by …

VMware: How to create a Microsoft Windows…

Greetings everyone, from time to time it is better we go back to basics, especially if an easy task has not been done for years. For example, VM Templates, a really basic component that we keep using day to day, most of the time we will rely on that old great Template we produced […]


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Discover the New Networking and Security…

Discover the New Networking and Security Hands-on Labs

Discover the New Networking and Security…

Written by Leanne Jones & NSBU Lab Captains / November 09, 2021 The team constructing these Networking and Security labs work at VMware in multiple roles like Systems Engineers, Technical Account Managers, Product Managers and HOL Architects. A variety of new labs are now available and coming […]


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What is VMware Cloud? VMware CTO Kit Colbert…

What is VMware Cloud? A single layer of #multicloud management. Hear more from VMware CTO Kit Colbert.

What is VMware Cloud? VMware CTO Kit Colbert…

VMware CTO Kit Colbert gives a brief explanation of VMware Cloud, including how it enables IT professionals to get the best of every cloud with a consistent infrastructure platform, and a single layer of multi-cloud management.


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VMware’s Vision for Storage and Data in a…

VMware’s Vision for Storage and Data in a Multi-Cloud World

VMware’s Vision for Storage and Data in a…

VMware continues to innovate storage and availability solutions for use on-premises and in the cloud. The speakers in this session will share VMware’s vision and direction for the current and next-generations of products such as vSAN, vVols, VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery, and more.


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The VMware Multi-Cloud Computing Infrastructure…

The VMware Multi-Cloud Computing Infrastructure Strategy of 2021

The VMware Multi-Cloud Computing Infrastructure…

Come and hear from VMware executives on the VMware strategy to deliver industry leading, multi-cloud infrastructure and management for the public cloud, local cloud, managed cloud, and private cloud – innovating to deliver a breakthrough foundation for any application. This session will cover the latest releases and capabilities of our core infrastructure (vSphere, vSAN, NSX) and cloud management offerings, the latest on our cloud provider and hyperscaler partnerships, and discuss industry examples from our enterprise customer base.


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Announcing Integration for VMware vRealize…

Announcing Integration for VMware vRealize Automation and VMware Carbon Black Cloud

Announcing Integration for VMware vRealize…

Today we’re thrilled to announce the VMware vRealize Automation SaltStack SecOps integration with VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload. This new integration allows VMware customers to combine intelligent vulnerability insight from Carbon Black Cloud Workload with powerful IT automation from vRealize Automation SaltStack SecOps for closed-loop detection and remediation of dangerous vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. By integrating … Continued The post Announcing Integration for VMware…Read More


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vRealize Automation 8 Logical Design & Service…

vRealize Automation 8 Logical Design & Service Onboarding Visualization Part 1

vRealize Automation 8 Logical Design & Service…

vRealize Automation version 8 (vRA) enables full stack deployment services across the VMware SDDC stack. With vRA, admins, developers, and users can request services through the Service Broker portal and can manage resources without going against business policies without the need for extensive [..]


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Configure VMware Cloud Builder as a Backup…

Configure VMware Cloud Builder as a Backup Target for SDDC Manager

Configure VMware Cloud Builder as a Backup…

By default, when VMware Cloud Foundation is deployed, SDDC Manager and NSX-T Data Center are configured to use an SFTP service running locally on the SDDC Manager Appliance. For production environments its critical that this is changed before going live to ensure that you have the ability to […]


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VMware Validated Solutions – Tips Index

VMware Validated Solutions – Tips Index

VMware Validated Solutions – Tips Index

Last Updated: 04-Nov-2021 VMware Validated Solutions are byte sized solutions developed to extend the foundational capabilities of VMware Cloud Foundation, for background reading see my previous post here. To help customers get the most out of VMware Validated Solutions I’ve put together a […]


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