Let’s learn #VMware #NSX
In the new post series let’s learn I will try to summarize useful links, classes, lectures and recommendations to learn specific topics. I used many of those resources to pass my VCP6-NV exam and thought it might be useful to share them with everyone.
Virtual Volumes: A game changer for operations of virtualized business critical databases
This is first of a series of posts on deploying vSphere Virtual Volumes for Tier 1 Business Critical Databases. Although this article is written with a focus on Oracle databases, much of this discussion holds good for any Mission critical application. Business critical databases are among the last workloads virtualized in enterprises, primarily because of […] The post Virtual Volumes: A game changer for operations of virtualized business critical databases appeared first on Virtualize…Read More
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Who doesn’t love a good #infographic? See the benefits of #EVORAIL come to life: http://t.co/astPNvPEDh http://t.co/L2LBG3MwxQ
VMware Certificate Authority, Part 3: My Favorite New Feature of vSphere 6.0 – The New!
By Jonathan McDonald In the last blog, I left off right after the architecture discussion. To be honest, this was not because I wanted to but more because I couldn’t say anything more about it at the time. As of September 10, vSphere 6.0 Update 1 has been released with some fantastic new features in […] The post VMware Certificate Authority, Part 3: My Favorite New Feature of vSphere 6.0 – The New! appeared first on VMware Consulting Blog .
Time, Resources, and Modularity
“There is not enough time provided to complete all of the steps in the manual!” This is perhaps the most common bit of feedback we receive about the VMware Hands-on Labs. For the past few years, we have been working on ways to optimize resource utilization. One of these optimizations has been consolidation and sharing of […] The post Time, Resources, and Modularity appeared first on VMware Hands-On Lab (HOL) Blog .
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Download our new eBook: “Understanding Real-Time Log Analytics” and see how to apply analytics to transform you cloud http://t.co/G74sm0Myou
Virtualization Dominates in Financial Services
Virtual machines started showing up in banks soon after they were introduced, and today the full range of virtualization products are in use at just about every financial services company.
@VMware’s Cross-Platform Offerings To Drive Future Growth, Stock Worth $86
Virtualization giant VMware has witnessed massive growth in recent years, with its revenues growing from under $2 billion in 2008 to $6.5 billion in 2014.
.@VMware Engineers Are Having a Fling
A Fling is software developed by VMware engineers that provides functionality that enhances or complements existing VMware products or explores new ideas. It lets the company and its customers explore and validate the functionality, sometimes leading to its inclusion in future versions of a product. (Flings are “apps and tools built by our engineers that …
Reconfiguring and Repointing Deployment Models in vCenter Server 6.0 Update 1
In my last blog post, we discussed some of the new features and capabilities found in vCenter Server 6.0 such as how you can quickly and easily update the vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 to Update 1. Now, it’s time to focus our attention on a two key enhancements found in vCenter Server 6.0 Update 1 […] The post Reconfiguring and Repointing Deployment Models in vCenter Server 6.0 Update 1 appeared first on VMware vSphere Blog .
SIOC: I/O Distribution with Reservations & Limits – Part 2
Part 1 of this series explains the new reservation capabilities of the ESXi storage scheduler in vSphere 6.0 called mClock. That article explains how to calculate the number of entitled IOPS during times of contention. This article will expand on that topic with a couple new scenarios. The previous article assumed that all the VMs were evenly consuming the […] The post SIOC: I/O Distribution with Reservations & Limits – Part 2 appeared first on VMware vSphere Blog .
vSphere Integrated Containers – Technology Walkthrough
vSphere Integrated Containers (VIC) combines the agility and application portability of Docker Linux containers with the industry-leading virtual infrastructure platform, offering hardware isolation advantages along with improved manageability. VIC consists of several different components for managing, executing, and monitoring containers. This post delves deeper into key elements of VIC – for more information, please also see this introductory video: […] The post vSphere Integrated…Read More
Top 3 Reasons Why you Need Comprehensive Data Center Visibility by David Davis (Post #26)
The virtual infrastructure is no island. If you treat it like that, you shouldn’t be either. There’s much more in the datacenter world than the virtual infrastructure, it’s called the software defined datacenter (SDDC). The SDDC is more like a powerful and efficient modern city – kind of like “Tomorrow Land” (I haven’t seen the move […] The post Top 3 Reasons Why you Need Comprehensive Data Center Visibility by David Davis (Post #26) appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .
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This #infographic shows how #EVORAIL allows your business to simplify data centers & more: http://t.co/astPNvPEDh http://t.co/XAyfCdIN0x
CloudCred: VCP6-NV Exam Prep Task Series – Part… | VMware Communities
CloudCred announces the first half of the VCP6-NV Exam Preparation Task Series! 110 NV-EXAM tasks will be available on October 12 at #CloudCred, covering the first four of nine sections outlined in the VCP-NV Exam Blueprint version 1.2.
El Capitan now available and fully supported!
Mac users worldwide rejoiced as Apple released the public general availability of OS X 10.11 El Capitan today. As with all major OS updates, often the question isn’t simply “Should I upgrade?”, but rather “Should I upgrade right now or wait until the first point release?”. The community has had the time to dig into El Capitan with great […] The post El Capitan now available and fully supported! appeared first on VMware Fusion Blog .
Five Strategic Acquisitions That Reshaped @VMware
Watching VMware grow from a being a young silicon valley startup to a formidable force in the enterprise market was interesting. It is one of the fastest growing entities in the history of computing. With a market cap of $36B and a revenue of $6B, it was positioned as the fifth largest software company by Forbes.
#VMware NSX tech may close a critical hole in Docker security
The future of Docker networking was introduced at VMworld 2015. Get a brief rundown of the container tech’s potential.
VMware Certificate Authority, Part 2: My Favorite New Feature of vSphere 6.0
By Jonathan McDonald Picking up where Part 1 left off, I will now discuss the architecture decisions I have seen commonly used for the VMware Certificate Authority. This comes from many conversations with customers, VMware Professional Services, VMware Engineering and even VMware Support. In addition to these sources I recently participated in many conversations at […] The post VMware Certificate Authority, Part 2: My Favorite New Feature of vSphere 6.0 – The Architecture appeared first on…Read More
Simplified Registration Process for Advanced Exams Coming
We are in the process of simplifying the registration and scheduling process for VMware Advanced exams (VCAP5-DCA, VCAP5-DCD or VCIX-NV) to eliminate the need for a second PearsonVue account. However, this entails some short term impacts to our registration process you should be aware of. From now until October 15, you will not be able […] The post Simplified Registration Process for Advanced Exams Coming appeared first on VMware Education and Certification Blog .
