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#StorageMinute: Virtual Volumes (VVols) and UNMAP

#StorageMinute: Virtual Volumes (VVols) and UNMAP

Welcome to the #StorageMinute series where we deliver key topics via bite-size content. In this edition, we will take a look at Virtual Volumes (VVols) and UNMAP. Recently I’ve had a few conversations on VVols and UNMAP asking whether UNMAP works with VVols and if so how. The short answer is yes Trim/UNMAP work very well The post #StorageMinute: Virtual Volumes (VVols) and UNMAP appeared first on Virtual Blocks.

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Exploring Open Source IoT Through an Automotive Lens – Part 3, Thoughts and Next Steps

Exploring Open Source IoT Through an Automotive…

By Malini Bhandaru and Alexandre Courouble In the first two posts of this three-part series, we looked at the current state of open source offerings in the IoT space and then described a proof of concept automotive IoT solution. While satisfying in many ways, the task highlighted the need for IoT frameworks that handled common tasks The post Exploring Open Source IoT Through an Automotive Lens – Part 3, Thoughts and Next Steps appeared first on VMware Open Source Blog.

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Intel’s new assault on the data center: 56-core Xeons, 10nm FPGAs, 100gig Ethernet

Intel’s new 56-core Xeons, 10nm FPGAs, 100gig…

Intel today launched a barrage of new products for the data center, tackling almost every enterprise workload out there. The company’s diverse range of products highlights how today’s data center is more than just processors, with network controllers, customizable FPGAs, and edge device processors..

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VMware vSphere Update Manager Enhancements in vSphere 6.7 Update 2

VMware vSphere Update Manager Enhancements in…

vCenter Server 6.7 Update 2 has been announced and will soon be generally available as an update and download, and with it come quite a few enhancements to the VMware vSphere Update Manager Interface! Back in October, I covered some enhancements within vSphere 6.7 Update 1. vSphere 6.7 Update 1 did bring feature parity to The post VMware vSphere Update Manager Enhancements in vSphere 6.7 Update 2 appeared first on VMware vSphere Blog.

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Enhanced vCenter Server Audit Event & Logging in vSphere 6.7 Update 2

Enhanced vCenter Server Audit Event & Logging…

A couple of years back I had published a detailed analysis on vCenter Server’s Authentication (AuthN) and Authorization (AuthZ) from an auditing and logging standpoint. This has been the go to reference for many of our customers and the posts also includes a number of log samples which I have documented in the following Github […]

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Use Persistent Memory with Go

Use Persistent Memory with Go

With the release of the new open source project, Go-pmem-transaction, support for byte-addressable persistent memory with Go programming language is now available. Announced as early as 2015, persistent memory technology has started to appear in servers only recently. Persistent memory provides RAM-like access time with the added benefit of persistence. It offers huge potential to reduce the execution time and The post Use Persistent Memory with Go appeared first on VMware Open Source Blog.

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How to immediately refresh the network GuestInfo using VMware Tools?

How to immediately refresh the network…

We all know the benefits of installing VMware Tools into your guest operating system which also includes additional functionality such as the Guest Operations APIs, allowing administrators to perform operations directly within the guest (credentials required), even if networking is not available. In addition to all these benefits, customers also get better visibility into the […]

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#StorageMinute: VVols and UNMAP

#StorageMinute: VVols and UNMAP

How do VVols and UNMAP work together? For more information visit https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2112333?lang=en_US

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Non-disruptive Testing with VMware Site Recovery

Non-disruptive Testing with VMware Site Recovery

You wouldn’t fly a plane before rigorous testing, and you shouldn’t rely on a disaster recovery solution without first testing your applications will run properly. VMware Site Recovery offers non-disruptive testing so you can run DR tests as your system evolves to verify RTO. The post Non-disruptive Testing with VMware Site Recovery appeared first on VMware Cloud Community.

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VMware Skyline V2.1 Now Available With New Features

VMware Skyline V2.1 Now Available With New…

New Release VMware Skyline V2.1 is now available. VMware Proactive Support VMware Skyline has new features with Skyline version 2.1.

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Goodbye SSH, use AWS Session Manager instead

Goodbye SSH, use AWS Session Manager instead

SSH is great. But the AWS Session Manager – whose full name is AWS Systems Manager Session Manager – matches the needs for interacting with your EC2 instances even better. BenefitsYou should think about..

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Addressing Enterprise Software Update Challenges with Samsung E-FOTA and Workspace ONE

Addressing Enterprise Software Update…

Samsung Enterprise Firmware Over-the-Air (E-FOTA) enables control over the deployment of new firmware on Samsung devices. Why is it important to manage updates on mobile devices and to select what firmware is on those devices? Samsung releases new versions of the Android operating system to devices to bring new features and improve device performance. But […] The post Addressing Enterprise Software Update Challenges with Samsung E-FOTA and Workspace ONE appeared first on VMware End-User…Read More

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Edge and IoT VMware Compatibility Guide (VCG) is now live!

Edge and IoT VMware Compatibility Guide (VCG)…

You can check out the VCG supported devices for Edge and IoT here: Edge Gateways for Pulse IoT Center Embedded Systems for Pulse IoT Center This is a result of some great work by our Edge and IoT product and engineering teams to test and validate gateway vendor hardware with our Pulse Agent and The post Edge and IoT VMware Compatibility Guide (VCG) is now live! appeared first on Edge and IoT.

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IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions: Designed for Simplicity

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions: Designed for…

Cloud Provider Insights highlights VMware Cloud Provider Program partners and the business impact of the Cloud Provider Platform. In this video, Simon Kofkin-Hansen CTO of IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions, talks about how IBM enables Cloud Providers to transform their journey to the cloud by expanding their on-premises VMware data centers to IBM Cloud with the foundation of the VMware Cloud Provider Platform. Explore IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions here: https://www.ibm.com/cloud/vmware Learn more about VMware-based cloud services here: https://cloudsolutions.vmware.com/ Products covered: VMware Cloud Provider Platform, vSAN, NSX, HCX

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New Upgrade Paths – Take Advantage of Your Training

New Upgrade Paths – Take Advantage of Your…

We continue looking for ways to help you certify, recertify, and stay current, to help you prove and share your expertise. We recently removed the mandatory two-year recertification requirement (providing you flexibility over your own certification paths) and changed to an annual naming convention (allowing you to show your relevancy and currency in the The post New Upgrade Paths – Take Advantage of Your Training appeared first on VMware Education Services.

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HPE and VMware – Empowering the Digital Workplace

HPE and VMware – Empowering the Digital Workplace

For more information on the HPE and VMware alliance please register at http://www.hpeandvmware.com.

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Is it Possible to Move Live Production Workloads to a New Data Center with Less than Four Hours of Downtime?

Is it Possible to Move Live Production…

By: Chanh Chi (Senior Director, IT), Charlene Huang (Database Architect), Jino Jose (Lead Applications Database Administrator), Grant Nowell (Director, IT Infrastructure PMO & Compliance), Donald Philpott (Senior Manager, Global DC Metro & Backbone), Stephen Sheen (Manager, IT Infrastructure PMO) and Zaigui Wang (Senior Manager, Cloud Infrastructure) Eighty percent of VMware’s production workloads, including The post Is it Possible to Move Live Production Workloads to a New Data Center with…Read More

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Take a Lightning Labs – Win an Apple Watch!

Take a Lightning Labs – Win an Apple Watch!

We know your time is valuable so we have been working on identifying the best way you can learn more about VMware products in small segments of time. How? With the development of Lightning Labs. What are Lightning Labs? Lightning Labs are the fastest and easiest way to test-drive the full technical capabilities of VMware […] The post Take a Lightning Labs – Win an Apple Watch! appeared first on VMware Hands-On Lab (HOL) Blog.

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macOS Management In A Modern World

Mac Management in a Modern World, Wave bye bye…

For those of you who have watched the mobility space for a few years now, you’ll have seen and understand the evolution of Mobile Device Management (MDM), through to Enterprise Mobility…Read More

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Review of the Service-defined Firewall

Review of the Service-defined Firewall

Recap of the Service-defined Firewall Launch About a month ago, VMware launched the Service-defined Firewall to supplement the traditional perimeter firewall’s susceptibility to lateral movement of attacks. Because traditional perimeter firewalls are designed to safeguard the network against malicious north-south traffic, once breached, they are inadequate for detecting and containing attacks that spread swiftly across The post Review of the Service-defined Firewall appeared first on VMware…Read More

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