Figure out how to use APD and PDL in #vSphere 6.0
During the past weeks i have received a couple of questions about the VM Component Protection (VMCP) feature introduced in vSphere 6.0. The VMCP feature adds another layer of protection for the vir…Read More
Create a pair of Platform Service Controllers in #vSphere 6
Providing a highly available single sign on for vRealize Automation is a fundamental part of ensuring the availability of the platform. Traditionally, (vCAC) vRA uses the Identity Appliance and rel…Read More
Not all Virtual Volumes are the same
VMware Virtual Volumes (or VVols) are a new important features of vSphere 6.0 that could be really important for storage vendors, because they permit to convert external storage in VM-aware storage. It could be really useful for block based storage, but also for NFS storage it can be used to provide a complete per-VM granularity, policy based management and integration with specific storage services: But note that storage vendors can implement different features in different way, so does not…Read More
10 winners every month. Are you ready to take on the #EVORAILchallenge? http://t.co/Das0p6zxpD
10 winners every month. Are you ready to take on the #EVORAILchallenge? http://t.co/Das0p6zxpD
Performance Testing Oracle Databases with Swingbench Order Entry Schema
When you are looking at a new project and want to validate the performance of adatabase platform you intend to choose, it is wise to set a baseline for the source system that can then be compared to the destination (under similar conditions). There are various ways to set a baseline that can then be […]]> When you are looking at a new project and want to validate the performance of adatabase platform you intend to choose, it is wise to set a baseline for the source system that can then be…Read More
Do you know what #NFV is?
Posted on June 30, 2015 by Gary Hamilton I decided it would be a good idea to write a series of blog posts about NFV. Why? Over the last year, I have had to traverse a steep learning curve to understand what NFV is so that I would be in a position where I am comfortable having conversations with service providers and Telcos about it. As I have worked with others in our community, I have recognised the same look of confusion I had when I first started. Secondly, it is clear there is a lot of general confusion around this topic, and I think it is important to provide some clarity about the general concepts. This is a new area for us as a company, so it is OK for there to be some confusion at this point. But that will need to change over…Read More
VMware KB Digest – New KB articles published for week ending 7/4/15
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Unable to Connect to vCenter Inventory Service
When I was doing a demo today, I got an error saying “An internal error has occurred – Error #1099. Reloading the client is recommended, so as to clear any problems left by this error. Click Yes to reload the vSphere Web Client?” After reloading the Web Client, I got the same error. So something […] Unable to Connect to vCenter Inventory Service originally appeared on DoubleCloud by Steve Jin, author of VMware VI and vSphere SDK (Prentice Hall) and creator of VMware vSphere Java API. His…Read More
PernixData – transforming to a new arc… #PernixPro #PernixPrime
Nearing then end of their Virtualization Field Day 5 presentation, Satyam Vaghani, CTO and co-founder of PernixData touched on something dubbed “The arc of company life” – basically explaining how a companies journey involves an arc, moving from startup, through growth, till finally peaking and then beginning a decline. Certainly all of these stages sound
Under The Covers – What happens when…EVO:RAIL Adds an additional appliance (Part 2)
In my previous blog post I walked you through what happens when EVO:RAIL is being configured for the very first time. Now I want to look at the next important workflow. As you might know from reading this series of posts, EVO:RAIL has auto-discovery and auto-scale-out functionality. A daemon called “VMware Loudmouth” which is available on each of the four nodes that make up and EVO:RAIL as well as the vCenter Server Appliance, is used to “advertise” additional EVO:RAIL appliances on the…Read More
Queues, Queues and more Queues #vExpert, #VCDX
Introduction to Queues Sizing Proper queues sizing is a key element in ensuring current database workloads can be sustained and all SLA’s are met without any processing disruption. Queues Queues are often misrepresented as the very “bane of our existence” … Continue reading →
#VSAN vs. #Nutanix — Head-to-Head Performance Testing — Part 4 — Exchange!
For those of you have been following this thread for a while, you know we’re in the midst of head-to-head performance testing on two identical clusters: one running VSAN, the other running Nutanix. Recently, we’ve updated the Nutanix cluster to vSphere 6 and 4.1.3 — however, no differences have been observed performance since the change.
Scan and fix provisioning errors with ViewDbChk tool
Continuing on with our current series of KBTV Webinars, here we have the eleventh webinar titled How to connect your Datacentre to vCloud Air over IPsec VPN . Note : This video is roughly 46 minutes in duration so it would be advisable to block out some time in order watch it fully.
Always make sure you have the right license for your infrastructure
Making sure you have the right licenses for your infrastructure is hard work. Real hard work. A lot of companies have one or more employees just to make sure they conform to all licensing requirements of their vendors. To make life a little easier I collected the posts we did in the past on this subject. But before you give away licenses based on the things you read here: Always check with your own licensing expert, since licensing can be very complex.
VMware NSX installation flow chart diagram
There are many great NSX installation blogs and videos, so in this post I will just post the flow chart diagram. I could not find a diagram, so I created this. From the above, you can see it’s pretty straight forward I’m showing some tasks as parallel as the order does not matter. Otherwise, […] The post VMware NSX installation flow chart diagram appeared first on virtual red dot.
Upgrading your HomeLab to Windows 10 + VMware Workstation ??
The official and unofficial truths of how to HomeLab on Windows 10
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 6.0
Performance and Reliability Multiple simultaneous conversions enable large-scale virtualization implementations. Quiescing and snapshotting of the guest operating system on the source machine before migrating the data ensures conversion reliability. Hot cloning makes conversions non-disruptive, with no source server downtime or … Continue reading →
Replacing vCenter Server Certificate Authority Root CA
vSphere 6 makes managing SSL certificates a lot easier than previous releases. It ships with its own Certificate Authority, (VMCA) that issues certificates for all components on your behalf, rather than having to replace each service certificate manually, or relying on self-signed certificates. This new VMCA comes with the Platform Services Controller (PSC) that can be installed as a separate appliance, or embedded within the vCenter Server installation or Appliance. By default, the VMCA will…Read More
Grab your free (un)official #VMware VCIX-NV Study Guide!
VMware released a new certification for NSX back in October 2014; the VMware Certified Implementation Expert (VCIX-NV). This new certification is the next level for VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization (VCP-NV) and validates your skills and your ability to install, configure and administer VMware NSX for vSphere. You can learn more about VCIX-NV here. During the preparations before this exam, I started keeping notes. These notes turned into blog posts and these blog posts turned into complete coverage of the VCIX-NV blueprint. After 3 months, all the objectives were done, I passed the VCIX-NV exam myself and decided to compile everything into an easy to use format. It took a while, but after a lot of text formatting,…Read More
