Category: Cloud

Oracle RAC on VMware Cloud on Amazon AWS

Oracle RAC on VMware Cloud on Amazon AWS

Summary With the recent launch of the VMware Cloud on AWS Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) from VMware, many Business Critical Application (BCA) workloads that were previously difficult to deploy in the cloud no longer require significant platform modifications. This post describes a Better Together demonstration VMware and AWS presented at VMworld 2017 using an […] The post Oracle RAC on VMware Cloud on Amazon AWS appeared first on Virtualize Business Critical Applications .

---

VMware Social Media Advocacy

Manage vSphere Virtual Machines through AWS SSM

Manage vSphere Virtual Machines through AWS SSM

Amazon Web Services has some great tools to help you operate your EC2 instances with their Simple Systems Manager services. These services include ensuring patches are deployed within maintenance windows specified by you, automation routines that are used to ensure state and run commands on a fleet of servers through the AWS console. These tools […] The post Manage vSphere Virtual Machines through AWS SSM appeared first on The IT Hollow .

---

VMware Social Media Advocacy

Onboard AWS Instance to NSX Cloud Video Final 082617

Onboard AWS Instance to NSX Cloud Video Final…

Part of our NSX-T How-To series, learn how to onboard your existing EC2 instances to the NSX Cloud.

---

VMware Social Media Advocacy

VMware Cloud on AWS – Network Overview

VMware Cloud on AWS – Network Overview

Network is the foundation on which all others services depend, and it is fundamental that from both the AWS and VMware perspective we get this right before doing anything else. In this blog which f…Read More

---

VMware Social Media Advocacy

vSphere Integrated Containers – Application Repackaging

vSphere Integrated Containers – Application…

When talking about containers it’s inevitable to think about modern application built natively for the cloud, but the …Read More

---

VMware Social Media Advocacy

VMware Cloud on AWS Hands-on Lab

VMware Cloud on AWS Hands-on Lab

See the new VMware on AWS solution. Interact with the VMware Cloud interface to perform basic tasks and manage your public cloud capacity.

---

VMware Social Media Advocacy

VMware NSX/Kubernetes and F5 – A Cloud Native App Integration

VMware NSX/Kubernetes and F5 – A Cloud Native…

Introduction When Bob Dylan wrote back in the 60’s “times they are a-changin” it’s very possible he knew how true that would be today. Last week, we saw a few things announced in the container technology space during the DockerCon event in Copenhagen – but one thing that I believe came as a surprise to The post VMware NSX/Kubernetes and F5 – A Cloud Native App Integration appeared first on Network Virtualization .

---

VMware Social Media Advocacy

VMware Cloud Services – VMware Cloud on AWS – thecloudxpert

VMware Cloud Services – VMware Cloud on AWS -…

Just a short one for this post. Read all about my views on VMware Cloud on AWS (VMConAWS) in this new article here. TL:DR Version VMConAWS is an #awesome joint proposition from VMware and AWS but like with most Public Cloud Platforms/Services, it isn’t without its barriers to adoption. However, we have to remember that the service…Read More

---

VMware Social Media Advocacy

Kubernetes Introduction for VMware Users – Part 1: The Theory

Kubernetes Introduction for VMware Users – Part…

By Hany Michaels, Senior Staff Solutions Architect NSBU, VMware This is the second part of my “Kubernetes in the Enterprise” blog series. As I mentioned in my last article, it is important to get everyone to the same level of understanding about Kubernetes (K8s) before we can proceed to the design and implementation guides. I am The post Kubernetes Introduction for VMware Users – Part 1: The Theory appeared first on Cloud-Native Apps .

---

VMware Social Media Advocacy

Using vSphere Integrated Containers to Provide Persistent Storage for Legacy Applications

Using vSphere Integrated Containers to Provide…

By Tom Scanlan, Senior Consultant, VMware Linux containers have been great for stateless workloads. While stateful workloads can also run in containers, a limiting factor has been that most methods of providing storage for the state have been confined to the host serving the container. And if that host fails, the storage becomes inaccessible. Not The post Using vSphere Integrated Containers to Provide Persistent Storage for Legacy Applications appeared first on Cloud-Native Apps .

---

VMware Social Media Advocacy

VMware Cloud on AWS – VM Creation Date available in vSphere API

VMware Cloud on AWS – VM Creation Date…

I was recently doing some work with my VMware Cloud on AWS instance and I needed to verify something in the vSphere API. Since I already had a browser open, rather than context switch, I decided to quickly open up the vSphere MOB which is a debugging tool that provides a browser interface to the vSphere SOAP […]

---

VMware Social Media Advocacy

vSphere Integrated Containers – working with variables

vSphere Integrated Containers – working with…

If you play long enough with vSphere IntegratedContainers (VIC), sooner you will realize how long and tedious are…Read More

---

VMware Social Media Advocacy

VMware Cloud on AWS – Storage Overview

VMware Cloud on AWS – Storage Overview

This post follows on from the previous posts VMware on AWS – Overview and Setup and VMware on AWS – Elastic Resource Management I will focus firstly on VMC storage and then go to discuss Native AWS…Read More

---

VMware Social Media Advocacy

Is VMware Cloud on AWS a private Cloud?! Convince your CISO/BISO

Is VMware Cloud on AWS a private Cloud?!…

Since VMware and Amazon Webservices announced their partnership last year cloud seems to be more accessible to everyone of us. With this years VMworld VMware revealed more and more details on how t…Read More

---

VMware Social Media Advocacy

Understand the benefits of VMware Cloud on AWS

Understand the benefits of VMware Cloud on AWS

As you consider transitioning to cloud, especially with the benefits of VMware Cloud on AWS now available, the methods and reasons for transitioning must be examined and justified.

---

VMware Social Media Advocacy

Kubernetes in the Enterprise: A VMware guide on how to design, deploy and operate K8SaaS with NSX-T and vRA

Kubernetes in the Enterprise: A VMware guide on…

If you watched the VMworld 2017 keynote and got excited about the VMware PKS announcement, you are not alone. I personally think that this is one of the greatest VMware partnerships to date, and on…Read More

---

VMware Social Media Advocacy

VMware Cloud on AWS – Elastic Resource Management

VMware Cloud on AWS – Elastic Resource Management

In my previous post, I talked about the setup of a SDDC on AWS. Now I want to focus on resource management and the scalability features Add/Remove Hosts One of the coolest features of VMC, i…Read More

---

VMware Social Media Advocacy

Cloud Native Apps – Overview

Cloud Native Apps – Overview

Build, run and manage Cloud-Native applications. Find out more about VMware Cloud: http://cloud.vmware.com

---

VMware Social Media Advocacy

Hybrid Linked Mode for VMware Cloud on AWS

Hybrid Linked Mode for VMware Cloud on AWS

---

VMware Social Media Advocacy

VPN Configuration to VMware Cloud on AWS using pfSense

VPN Configuration to VMware Cloud on AWS using…

Provisioning a new SDDC on VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC) is not an operation that I perform on a regular basis. Usually, one of the first tasks after a new SDDC deployment is setting up a VPN connection between your on-premises datacenter and your VMC environment. Given this is not a frequent activity, I always forget the […]

---

VMware Social Media Advocacy