Manual install of NSX 6.2 VIB’s (via bkdatacentre.com)
Manual install of NSX 6.2 VIB’s
Preparing your hosts for NSX in production is usually fairly straight forward, in my lab however I only have a single host, so this will fail.
Protecting Data Centers from the Inside:…
Protecting Data Centers from Inside: Micro-Segmentation and VMware NSX (via VMware Radius)
Protecting Data Centers from the Inside:…
The recent rash of cyber security breaches at well-known retail companies and government websites have made it excruciatingly clear that businesses today need a better solution to network and data security. Research shows that more than 30 percent of data center outages are caused by cyber attacks, and a 60-minute outage can cost businesses upwards …
8 Most Popular VMware EUC Product Diagrams &…
8 Most Popular #VMware EUC Product Diagrams & Charts, According to Social
8 Most Popular VMware EUC Product Diagrams &…
Thanks to recent product releases and the expertise of our VMware End-User Computing (EUC) technical and creative teams, we’ve developed some great resources for our @VMwareHorizon social followers in the past month or so. And thanks to social media, we can always tell when we’re providing you, our readers and customers, with the right product news, FAQs and how-to guides.
Log Insight for vCenter Server Facts
Log Insight for #vCenter Server Facts
Log Insight for vCenter Server Facts
Since the announcement of the free Log Insight for vCenter Server edition I have received a lot of questions about what you can and can not do. In this post, I would like to state the facts. Read on to learn more!
ESXi Version Information now available as JSON…
#ESXi Version Information now available as JSON (incl. Script example)
ESXi Version Information now available as JSON…
Out of many reasons, I need VMware ESXi version information in a format that can be reused in scripts. I maintain a manual list since a couple of years but this list can’t be used for automation purposes. VMware does not provide this information in the required format, so I created my own database which is now also available as JSON file.
vSphere Replication sso fails with error Bad…
#vSphere Replication sso fails with error Bad exit code:1 (via techbrainblog.com)
vSphere Replication sso fails with error Bad…
After upgrading the VCSA to the latest U2 and also with new machine certificate , noticed vSphere Replication was in failed status and when I tried to configure the lookup service address and restarting the service it was failing with the error BAD EXIT CODE:1.
VMworld 2016 Preview – The Software-Defined…
#VMworld 2016 Preview – The Software-Defined Data Center – Mission Critical Applications & Databases
VMworld 2016 Preview – The Software-Defined…
Continuing on the theme of making the VMware Software-Defined Data Center real, here is a preview of my abstracts for VMWorld 2016 submitted along with our partners Hitachi Data Systems and NetApp. One session will feature SAP HANA with the Dynamic Tiering option and the other session will feature Oracle 12c with the in-memory option. Both these sessions will showcase full stack SDDC architectures; NSX, vRealize Operations, vROPs Management Packs, and software-defined storage (virtual volumes). For the Oracle session NetApp will be a co-presenter and for the SAP HANA session Hitachi Data Systems will be the co-presenter. Get ready because VMWorld voting opens May 3rd – 24th
How HA handles a VSAN Stretched Cluster Site…
How HA handles a #VSAN Stretched Cluster Site Partition (via yellow-bricks.com)
How HA handles a VSAN Stretched Cluster Site…
Over the past couple of weeks I have had some interesting questions from folks about different VSAN Stretched failure scenarios, in particular what happens during a VSAN Stretched Cluster site partition. These questions were in particular about site partitions and how HA and VSAN know which VMs to fail-over and which VMs to power-off.
Problem Installing vCenter Server 6: The user…
Problem Installing vCenter Server 6: The user associated with the DSN has insufficient privileges
Problem Installing vCenter Server 6: The user…
Today while working in my lab I was facing one issue when I was trying to install vCenter Server on top of Server 2012. I was experimenting to deploy vCenter Server with external SQL 2014 database. This was my first experience with working on external database for vCenter Server and I knew I am gonna face some issues.
VMware NSX for Horizon
#VMware NSX for Horizon
VMware NSX for Horizon
VMware NSX for Horizon brings speed and simplicity to VDI networking. Within seconds, IT administrators can create policies that dynamically follow virtual desktops, without the need for time-consuming network provisioning. Extending security policy from the data center to the device, this joint solution provides a highly extensible platform that integrates with industry-leading security solutions.
Replacing default certificates in vSphere 6 –…
Replacing default certificates in #vSphere 6 – Part 1 (via vpirate.in)
Replacing default certificates in vSphere 6 –…
We all know that SSL certificates enable secure communication between a browser and a web server. During the initial setup, all the VMware components are installed with self-signed certificates and it is a best practice to replace the default certificates with custom CA signed certificates. This process of replacing default certificates in vSphere 6 is very simple compared to the tedious process that was present in the previous versions of vSphere (5.1 and 5.5).
5 VMware Flings Worth Your Time
5 #VMware Flings Worth Your Time (via Virtualization Review)
5 VMware Flings Worth Your Time
They’re free and useful, but not officially supported, so use with caution.
Prediction: By end of 2016, VMware Horizon will…
Prediction: By end of 2016, #VMware Horizon will be neck-and-neck with Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp (via TechTarget)
Prediction: By end of 2016, VMware Horizon will…
I predict that by the end of next year, VMware Horizon 6 will be neck-and-neck with Citrix XenDesktop / XenApp in the enterprise. I base this prediction on talking to many customers (several of them very large), who are seriously looking at Horizon 6 as their next platform to replace their current XenApp 6.
How to override the default CPU/Memory when…
How to override the default CPU/Memory when deploying Photon Controller Management VM?
How to override the default CPU/Memory when…
When installing Photon Controller, the resource configuration of the Management VM is sized dynamically as mentioned here based on the total available CPU, Memory and Storage on the physical ESXi host that it is being provisioned to. This is generally not a problem when deploying Photon Controller in Production with larger hosts but if you are trying to play with it in a home lab or a resource constrained environment, then this can be a challenge.
All-Flash Versus Hybrid VMware Virtual SAN™:…
All-Flash Versus Hybrid #VMware Virtual SAN™: Performance vs. Price
All-Flash Versus Hybrid VMware Virtual SAN™:…
How do databases and business critical applications compare on all-flash versus hybrid VMware Virtual SAN? We worked jointly with ESG to compare the performance and cost impact.
Best practices for working with a VMware appliance
Best practices for working with a #VMware appliance (via TechTarget)
Best practices for working with a VMware appliance
When working with a VMware appliance, administrators must make the tough decision of whether to troubleshoot faulty virtual machines or start fresh.
Network Virtualization: Why Get Certified?
Network Virtualization: Why Get Certified?
Network Virtualization: Why Get Certified?
As a networking professional, you know there’s only one certainty in today’s business landscape: change. As technology continues to grow and evolve, so has the way we operate and manage the network. Throughout most of the data center, hardware-centric infrastructure has been replaced with more agile, efficient, software-defined solutions. That’s a huge step forward—but the transformation won’t be complete until the network is virtualized, too.
[Whitepaper] 7 Reasons Why Micro-segmentation…
[Whitepaper] 7 Reasons Why Micro-segmentation is Powerful to Have and Painless to Add
[Whitepaper] 7 Reasons Why Micro-segmentation…
Like any industry transition, software-defined storage will take several years to be fully realized. But even at this early stage, the “genetic code” behind this new approach to storage is becoming better understood. While we will certainly see variations on a core theme, the essence behind software-defined storage serves to differentiate it from other forms. As software-defined storage grows and matures, this blueprint has the ability to change how we think about storage: both as a standalone discipline and as part of an integrated software-defined data center.
6 Nifty And Versatile Tools To Get You Started…
6 Nifty And Versatile Tools To Get You Started With #VMware Virtual SAN
6 Nifty And Versatile Tools To Get You Started…
I was so excited to see that the Hands-On-Labs (HOL) had finally been updated to Virtual SAN 6.2 that it prompted this blog. I just couldn’t stop at HOL! The VMware storage & availability team offers many other nifty tools to get you started with VMware Virtual SAN. If you haven’t yet, check out these 6 tools to get you on the path to hyper-convergence.
vCenter Server 6.0 Hardware Status: No host…
#vCenter Server 6.0 Hardware Status: No host data available (via running-system.com)
vCenter Server 6.0 Hardware Status: No host…
After the upgrade to VMware vCenter Server 6.0 I noticed, that the hardware status tab displays “No host data available”: