Getting Started with PowerCLI for VMware Horizon 7
Learn about PowerCLI and how it can help in automating VMware Horizon 7. Get started by following demos on installation, connecting and trying a few basic commands.
SDRS VM settings always set to fullyautomated with New-VM cmdlet — via Michael Ryom
Came across an issue when doing deployment of VMs using the PowerCli cmdlet New-VM. If not specified and deployed into a datastore cluster, SDRS behavior will always be set to automated. Even if the datastore clusters default setting is set to something else. It seems weird to bypass the datastore clusters default settings and per default just set it to automated, but that is just how it is at the moment.
Streamline Your SMB with AirWatch Express & Apple Deployment Programs — via AirWatch Blog
You already have a lot on your plate figuring out your entire IT strategy with constrained budget and resources. Mobility is our expertise, and we’re here to help.
What’s New vSphere 6.3 and VMware NSX-T 1.1. — via VMware Velocity
Back on February 2nd, VMware announced two new products, VMware NSX for vSphere 6.3 and VMware NSX-T 1.1, and the adoption rate has reached new heights for VMware, as Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger mentioned in the Q4 2016 earnings that NSX is on track to bring in $1 Billion in revenue this year. That is impressive especially if you take into account the initial slow adoption rate of NSX.
vSAN Design Considerations — via VCDX133.com
I have gone through the vSAN 6.2 Design and Sizing Guide, the vSAN 6.2 Network Design Guide and the vSAN 6.2 Stretched Cluster & 2 Node Guide (230+ pages) and aggregated all of the design decisions, design considerations and best practices into one page of bullet points that is easy to consume.
PowerShell GUI VMware and FlashArray Snapshot Management Tool — via Cody Hosterman
There are a variety of methods of managing VMware objects (VMFS volumes, VMs, VMDKs and RDMs) and the underlying snapshots to recovery or clone them. But often I get asked if I have a PowerShell (PowerCLI) script to do one or all of them.
vSAN Named Server-Based Storage Product of the Year by Storage Magazine/SearchStorage.com — via VMware Radius
VMware vSAN 6.2 was selected the Gold winner in the Server-Based Storage category of the Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com 2016 Products of the Year award.
Deploying WordPress in vSphere Integrated Containers — via VMware vSphere Blog
WordPress is a popular, open-source tool for the agile deployment of a blogging system. In this article, we offer a step-by-step guide for deploying WordPress in vSphere Integrated Containers. This involves creating two containers: one running a mysql database and the other running the wordpress web server. We provide three options:
vSphere 6.5 Seeks to Solve the Virtual Machine Encryption Conundrum — via ServerWatch
Encryption within a virtual machine has never really taken off due to the negative performance impact it inevitably has. Has VMware solved this performance dilemma in vSphere 6.5?
Best practices for datacenter storage design — via TechGenix
Designing a storage solution for a datacenter involves making lots of decisions. Here are some tips to keep you on the right path.
v101tv – vSAN Configuration — via Tim’s Tech Thoughts
Now that the VCSA (vCenter Server Appliance) is installed and networking is configured on our hosts, it’s time to setup vSAN and go over some of the options.
Microsoft SQL Server Content Pack for Log Insight — via VMware Solution Exchange
The Microsoft SQL server content pack provides a set of dashboards, pre-defined extracted fields, queries and alerts which can be imported to any instance of Log Insight to provide easier to read and more organized monitoring to server administrators. It gives you a convenient overview of the major parameters of MS SQL server which play a necessary role in analyzing the overall health of a MS SQL server.
Backup or Recover SPBM Profiles with PowerCLI — via Jase’s Place
As a result of a new VCSA deployment, only a few SPBM policies will be present. Any previously available SPBM polices are lost with the previous VCSA instance.
Building vSphere Integrated Containers from source — via MyVirtuaLife.Net
In the last blog post we I introduced vSphere Integrated Containers or VIC but to be quick and simple I used binaries from Bintray instead of building it from source.
Looking for vSphere 6.5 information? Check out my huge Link-O-Rama — via vSphere-land
One of the behind the scenes things I do on this site is constantly maintaining my link list collections which serve as a master index for all the content on the inter webs related to a specific topic (i.e. VVols, VSAN, vSphere versions, etc). This makes for a one stop shop for anyone looking for information on that topic so they can easily find it without searching all over the internet for it.
Deploying NSX Manager 6.3 — via Let’s v4Real
In this blog post we will be deploying the NSX manager appliance. This is the first step in beginning to deploy NSX in your VMware environment. First things first, after downloading the NSX OVA file, right click on the cluster you want to deploy the appliance in and click Deploy OVF Template. Browse to and select the NSX OVA file and click Next.
NSX-V 6.3: Cross-VC NSX Security Enhancements — via VMware Network Virtualization Blog
In this blog post I’ll discuss the new Cross-VC NSX security enhancements in NSX-V 6.3. For additional information on Cross-VC NSX check-out my prior Cross-VC NSX blog posts.
Important information before upgrading to vSphere 6.5 (2147548)
This article provides important documentation and upgrade information that must be reviewed before upgrading to vSphere 6.5.
VMware vSphere 6.5 – What to be aware of before upgrade — via StarWind Blog
VMware vSphere 6.5 has been released few weeks back and many users would like to hit the upgrade button. Not so fast. I this post I’ll talk little bit about what to consider before upgrading to vSphere 6.5.
Deploying Hadoop on VMware vSphere – Topology Matters — via Just Another IT blog
As it has always been on virtual environments, there are, at least, two aspects you should always take into consideration when designing your solutions:
