5 Ways Certifications help you stay ahead of…

5 Ways Certifications help you stay ahead of the curve

5 Ways Certifications help you stay ahead of…

Wake up, go to work, cook dinner, go to bed. Wake up, go to work … Of course, there are a few activities in between, but where can studying for an advanced certification fit in and where would the energy come from at the end of a long workday? The first step is the hardest […]


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VMware Data Services Manager – Database Creation

VMware Data Services Manager – Database Creation

VMware Data Services Manager – Database Creation

This is the third blog post in a series which describe how to get started with VMware Data Services Manager (DSM), a VMware solution that offers on-demand provisioning and automated management of databases on vSphere environments. In a previous installment, the deployment and configuration […]


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PowerCLI 13 update and installation hurdles on…

PowerCLI 13 update and installation hurdles on Windows

PowerCLI 13 update and installation hurdles on…

Since PowerCLI 13 is released last week (November the 22nd, 2022), I started the update process on my Windows and MacOS device. I needed the latest version to be able to create a customized ESXi 8 ISO installer for the vExpert Maxtang NUC that has the Realtek USB NIC drivers in it.


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How to install PowerCLI 13.0 and use new Image…

How to install PowerCLI 13.0 and use new Image Builder & Auto Deploy cmdlets on …

How to install PowerCLI 13.0 and use new Image…

PowerCLI 13.0 was just released about a week ago and I have been using it like crazy, especially with the new Image Builder and Auto Deploy cmdlets, which have now been ported over to PowerShell Core and finally removing the Windows-only dependency for these specific cmdlets! 😀 I have both […]


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Updated VSP Foundation Course

Updated VSP Foundation Course

Updated VSP Foundation Course

This new course offers an overview of the VMware journey, the vision that has guided VMware on the technology roadmap featuring the industry’s richest partner ecosystem. Based on Gartner projections, infrastructure-as-a-service will grow by more than 20 percent over the next two years, […]


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Heads Up – Unable to open VIB archive in…

Heads Up – Unable to open VIB archive in streaming mode using Export-EsxImagePro…

Heads Up – Unable to open VIB archive in…

An issue that I ran into after upgrading to the latest PowerCLI 13.0 release after it GA’ed was attempting to export an ESXi image profile that I had created to an ISO file using the Export-EsxImageProfile cmdlet and immediately hit the following error: Export-EsxImageProfile: Error retrieving […]


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Unexplored Territory Podcast #032 – IT giving…

Unexplored Territory Podcast #032 – IT giving McLaren Racing the edge! Featuring…

Unexplored Territory Podcast #032 – IT giving…

In this special episode, we talk to Edward Green (Head of Commercial Technology, McLaren Racing) and Joe Baguley (CTO EMEA, VMware) about VMware’s partnership with McLaren Racing. Joe talks about his passion for motorsports, and how VMware got involved with McLaren. Edward dives deep into […]


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Confidential Computing, Part 2: The Technical Bits

Confidential Computing, Part 2: The Technical Bits

Confidential Computing, Part 2: The Technical Bits

Part 1 of this series on Confidential Computing introduced the basic concepts and benefits of this emerging architecture for cloud computing. In this segment, we’ll dive deeper into the inner workings of this architecture and take a peek at some of the implementation challenges. Confidential […]


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How to configure Hardware Compatibility List…

How to configure Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) database for vSphere Lifecycl…

How to configure Hardware Compatibility List…

I was setting up another vSphere 8 environment in my homelab using my handy Automated vSphere & vSAN 8 Lab Deployment Script and I was reminded of another vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) question that I had received during VMware Explore Barcelona 2022. The question was about configuring […]


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Empowering healthcare organizations with VMware…

Empowering healthcare organizations with VMware Horizon multi-cloud solutions

Empowering healthcare organizations with VMware…

The healthcare industry is transforming as care shifts from traditional settings to more remote and virtualized locations. Therefore, healthcare organizations are having to adapt as virtual healthcare becomes a standard path of care. At the same time, points of care and points of sales are merging. Well-known retail brands will start to offer on-site wellness … Continued The post Empowering healthcare organizations with VMware Horizon multi-cloud solutions appeared first on VMware End-User…Read More


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Virtually Speaking Podcast: VMware Explore with…

Virtually Speaking Podcast: VMware Explore with Kelsey Hightower

Virtually Speaking Podcast: VMware Explore with…

This year at VMware Explore the Virtually Speaking Podcast caught up with Google Distinguished Engineer Kelsey Hightower. Kelsey discusses the secure software supply chain, service oriented networking, and the role of the virtual machine in the context of containers and serverless.


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Is It Time To Start Giving Broadcom’s Pending…

Is It Time To Start Giving Broadcom’s Pending Acquisition Of VMware A Chance?

Is It Time To Start Giving Broadcom’s Pending…

#1-Ranked Industry Analyst Patrick Moorhead’s first impression of Broadcom acquiring VMWare was negative. Broadcom CEO Hock Tan has been communicative, often indirectly responding to pointed criticism. That should be very positive for VMWare customers, its ecosystem, & Broadcom shareholders.


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Introducing multi-rack and multi-cluster…

Introducing multi-rack and multi-cluster capability for VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts

Introducing multi-rack and multi-cluster…

VMware introduced VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts in Oct of 2021, offering LCaaS (Local Cloud as a Service) to customers’ data center locations. VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts represents the latest joint engineering effort between VMware and AWS. The solution is powered by VMware’s enterprise-class Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) software for compute (vSphere), storage (vSAN), … Continued The post Introducing multi-rack and multi-cluster capability for VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts appeared…Read More


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Dell VxRail discovery with IP Adresse

Dell VxRail discovery with IP Adresse

Dell VxRail discovery with IP Adresse

If you have a problem with the IPv6 multicast discovery during the VxRail initial cluster deployment, here’s another option!! You can add hosts via IP address by klicking the + button in the top right corner and add all hosts by IP Address and root password. But first you need to configure […]


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Video: HOW TO: Suppress Configuration Issues…

Video: HOW TO: Suppress Configuration Issues and Warnings Alert displayed in Sum…

Video: HOW TO: Suppress Configuration Issues…

Watch HOW TO: Suppress Configuration Issues and Warnings Alert displayed in Summary status for ESXi 8.0 after enabling SSH or ESXi Shell & more how to videos from our expert community at […]


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NSX-T Federation Demo: Disaster Recovery (Part 2)

NSX-T Federation Demo: Disaster Recovery (Part 2)

NSX-T Federation Demo: Disaster Recovery (Part 2)

This second demo will drive you through a Disaster Recovery (DR) use case where 1 Location is lost, and Network and Security services are simply recovered thanks to NSX-T. This is done with our new element: NSX-T Global Manager (GM). GM offers the ability to manage and operate simply and […]


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NSX-T Federation Demo – Networking and Security…

NSX-T Federation Demo – Networking and Security (Part 1)

NSX-T Federation Demo – Networking and Security…

This first demo will drive you through NSX-T Global Manager (GM) UI, where different stretched networks and security are configured. GM is a new element of NSX-T that offers the ability to manage and operate simply and centrally Network and Security services with NSX-T Federation.


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DPU-based Acceleration for NSX

DPU-based Acceleration for NSX

DPU-based Acceleration for NSX

Learn how DPU-based NSX acceleration will free up networking and security teams and developers from depending on generic host computing resources to power operations. This VMware solution is the latest addition to Project Monterey, an initiative that VMware began two years ago.


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