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VMware TAMs Managing SLAs to Ensure Customer Satisfaction

VMware TAMs Managing SLAs to Ensure Customer…

One of the major hurdles that we come across as VMware Technical Account Managers (TAMs) is dealing with support requests that are urgent from our customers’ perspectives. We always consider our TAM customers to be the most important. As an organization, however, and as part of VMware Support, we do have service level agreements (SLAs) in place, and it’s vital that everyone understands them. This post examines why SLAs are important and how they help to provide customers with the best possible support outcomes. We have SLAs for all of our support offerings, including Production Support, Mission Critical Support, and Business Critical Support. SLAs are there to protect VMware customers and VMware. An extremely important part of our work…Read More

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VMware Code Stream: Builds as a Micro-Service

VMware Code Stream: Builds as a Micro-Service

I’ve been exploring the concept of treating software builds as micro-services. The reasons are below. Portability: Just do a docker run and you’ve got a clean environment to build your software! Scale : The whole master and agent type of CI infrastructure has some limitations as the master must track the state of all the…Read More

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New ESXi 6.0.0 patch released- includes critical bugfix

New ESXi 6.0.0 patch released- includes…

VMware have released a new critical patch for ESXi 6.0.0 including critical bugfix for PSOD issues. If you’re lucky enough to be running ESXi 6 in your environment then you’d be well advised to install this latest patch, particularly if you’re a VSAN customer as several VSAN-related PRs are fixed in the new build. The… The post New ESXi 6.0.0 patch released- includes critical bugfix appeared first on vMustard.com.

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Running Docker on CentOS on ESXi — Mistwire

Running Docker on CentOS on ESXi

Recently I’ve been playing with containers a little bit in my lab. Today I’m going to show you how to get a Docker engine running on a CentOS 7 VM running on an ESXi host. It’s surprisingly easy! First, what is Docker? It’s an engine that lays on top of an existing host OS and… Read More »

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Project Harbor in action–cormachogan

Project Harbor in action

A short time back, I showed you how to change the Project Harbor configuration to use persistent storage provided by docker volume driver for vSphere and save your images on Virtual SAN. In this post, I will show you how to use Project Harbor by adding a new user to Harbor, create a new project for this user, login to Harbor via docker, and then push and pull image from the Project Harbor repo. While these instructions are simplified just to get you started, you should refer to the official project hard documentation which is available on the github site. The user guide can be found here.

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Getting More Out of VMware – LIVE workshops at VMworld

Getting More Out of VMware – LIVE workshops at…

Are you having trouble deciding how to spend your Sunday in Las Vegas? Before the frenzy of VMworld kicks in, VMware’s Cloud and Systems Engineering teams are hosting two Getting More Out of vRealize Operations workshops on Sunday, August 28th, to share best practices for utilizing vRealize Operations. Topics covered include capacity planning, resource optimization, The post Getting More Out of VMware – LIVE workshops at VMworld appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .

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New VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2016-0010

New VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2016-0010

Today VMware has released the following new security advisory: VMSA-2016-0010 – VMware product updates address multiple important security issues This addresses a DLL hijacking issue in Windows-based VMware Tools “Shared Folders” (HGFS) feature (CVE-2016-5330) and an HTTP Header injection issue in vCenter Server and ESXi (CVE-2016-5331). Please sign up to the Security-Announce mailing list to […] The post New VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2016-0010 appeared first on VMware Security &…Read More

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Which Intel NUC to buy for running ESXi? (August 2016) — Virten.net

Which Intel NUC to buy for running ESXi?…

I’m using Intel NUCs in my homelab since a couple of years and have helped many peopleto get their lab up and running. This post takes a look at the models that are currently available and makessome considerations which NUC … Read more »

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VSphere HTML5 Web Client offers improved security over the C# client

VSphere HTML5 Web Client offers improved…

Security issues plaguing the Adobe Flash Player and C# have pushed enterprises like VMware to embrace HTML5 as an alternative for multimedia applications.

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How to change VCSA IP Address via EnterpriseDaddy

How to change VCSA IP Address

In today’s post, we will be looking at how to change VCSA IP Address. Recently, I was working with one of the users and we had to change VCSA IP Address. Bear in mind, that there are certain prerequisites that need to be taken care of when performing this activity. Although I do not recommend […] The post How to change VCSA IP Address appeared first on Enterprise Daddy.

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Deploy Mesos on Photon Controller (video) – CormacHogan.com

Deploy Mesos on Photon Controller (video) -…

This video will show you the steps involved in deploying Apache Mesos on VMware’s Photon Controller product using the “cluster” mechanism available in Photon Controller. It uses Photon Controller CLI to create a tenant, resource ticket and a project. It Continue reading →

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[Video] Network and Security Virtualization Part 1

Network and Security Virtualization Part 1

VMware Certified Instructor and Senior Technical Trainer Brian Watrous describes the components of network and security virtualization and detailing how network and security virtualization works.

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VDP Automatic Backup Verification Fails With VMware Tools Heartbeat Timeout

VDP Automatic Backup Verification Fails With…

So recently I was working on a colleague’s case where the backup verification, both manual and automatic were failing with VMware tools timeout. Now, there were multiple restore points being verified here and only one of them was failing. The VDP admin guide for verification states the below: “Set the heartbeat timeout interval to its optimal value, depending on the environment. Note that some On the verification job logs, the following was observed. ” >> ” Marks the…Read More

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How To Use VMware’s DRS Doctor Fling — Virtualization Review

How To Use VMware’s DRS Doctor Fling

It’s not the most user-friendly tool, although it’s extremely useful.

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Moving from Desktop to Mobile Apps: How NOT to Develop ‘Crapplications’

Moving from Desktop to Mobile Apps: How NOT to…

Most companies have developed less than 10 internal apps, according to Gartner (for some, none at all). Yet we increasingly hear that employees want to be more productive using the devices in their pockets, and leaders want to improve business processes and create new streams of revenue through digital transformation. So how do companies get […]

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Global software-defined networking market from 2016 to 2020 just published – WhaTech

Global software-defined networking market from…

The analysts forecast the global software-defined networking market to grow at a CAGR of 34.64% during the period 2016-2020.

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Failed to grant permissions on the following vCenter Server — Notes from MWhite

Failed to grant permissions on the following…

Hi there, I had uninstalled and removed Support Assistant from my lab, and when bringing it back hit a snag. This occurred when installing 6.0.2.1. During the config I got this odd permissions error. When I investigated, I found the … Read more ›

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The Evolution of Device Management -VMware Radius

The Evolution of Device Management

The evolution of device management, within the enterprise, is on the horizon. Where technology was once served to users based upon business requirements, now that has shifted and users expect the latest technology be available and supported by the organization. Mark Dunkerley, collaboration technology manager for The Coca-Cola Company, shares his insights into this evolution …

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[Whitepaper] Redefining Networking with Network Virtualization

[Whitepaper] Redefining Networking with Network…

By turning to the hybrid cloud, companies can expedite delivery of IT services while cutting back on OpEx and CapEx costs. But for IT organizations tied to legacy network infrastructure, inflexible hardware may be an obstacle. As the new definition of networking, network virtualization provides a bridge to the hybrid cloud and all the benefits. Learn more.

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Introducing AirWatch Express for Simplified Mobile Device Management

Introducing AirWatch Express for Simplified…

AirWatch Express is a simple and affordable MDM solution designed to get mobile devices up and running quickly. By removing the complex technical steps, AirWatch Express makes it possible for every business to simply and easily enable mobile productivity for all its workers. Learn more or sign up for a free trial here: http://bit.ly/2at4UCC

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