2016 VCDX Defense Improvements

2016 #VCDX Defense Improvements

2016 VCDX Defense Improvements

Q4 is always an exciting time for the VCDX program. As the year wraps up, this is time we spend planning, reviewing, and adjusting for the coming year. There are a few areas that have long been in discussion with the two VCDX Advisory Council members all year, as well as, many of the panelists. Those areas involve the Defense and Troubleshooting scenarios, and the time spent on them in the VCDX-Desktop and VCDX-Cloud defenses specifically. We are happy to announce some improvements that should make these easier to prepare for in 2016.


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What’s New with VMware Horizon 6.2, Part 3

What’s New with VMware Horizon 6.2, Part 3

What’s New with VMware Horizon 6.2, Part 3

By Matt Coppinger, Director, End-User-Computing Technical Marketing and Enablement, VMware In our last blog post, What’s New with VMware Horizon 6 version 6.2, Part 2, we continued to look at some of the new features in Horizon 6.2, specifically VMware Access Point and the new Microsoft RDSH load-balancing feature for Horizon 6 hosted applications. In […] The post What’s New with VMware Horizon 6.2, Part 3 appeared first on VMware End-User Computing Blog .


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VMware: Dell’s purchase and the spoils of war

VMware: Dell’s purchase and the spoils of war

VMware: Dell’s purchase and the spoils of war

The real prize from the EMC Dell deal is the associated purchase of VMware, Inc. Analysts from all over the globe predict everything from utter VMware destruction to VMware as a cash-producing Wunderkind. They’re all wrong.


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How To Erase ESXi Disks With ESXi Host Client v3

How To Erase ESXi Disks With ESXi Host Client v3

How To Erase ESXi Disks With ESXi Host Client v3

Newly released ESXi host client v3 (already) has been up for few weeks. I’ve been quite busy visiting VMworld Barcelona and VeeamON recently. However I’m back home, at Reunion, and can fully work as usually. Homelabbing, blogging and providing IT services to few clients localy here where I live. Today we will focus on quick […] Read the full post How To Erase ESXi Disks With ESXi Host Client v3 at ESX Virtualization.


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Virtual SAN and support for SATADOM

Virtual SAN and support for SATADOM

Virtual SAN and support for SATADOM

Advertise here with BSA It seems that a lot of people haven’t picked up on this… With Virtual SAN in the past, or better said with vSphere, booting from SATADOM was not supported. This had to do with the default location of the scratch partition, the number of expected writes to the SATADOM device and simply the fact that […] “Virtual SAN and support for SATADOM” originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com. Follow me on twitter – @DuncanYB.


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VMware Horizon Integration – How the Pieces Fit…

VMware Horizon Integration – How the Pieces Fit Together, Part 2

VMware Horizon Integration – How the Pieces Fit…

By Anthony Rizzo, Staff End-User-Computing Technologist, VMware Part 1 in this Horizon Integration blog series introduced the concept of VMware Horizon as a very flexible and adaptable tooling system for building next-generation end-user-computing architectures—and interoperability is a key contributor to these characteristics. Before going into the details of interoperability, it is essential to understand three […] The post VMware Horizon Integration – How the Pieces Fit Together, Part 2…Read More


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NSX & IT Operations Videos Released in the…

NSX & IT Operations Videos Released in the VMware Learning Zone

NSX & IT Operations Videos Released in the…

Four new Network Virtualization videos by instructor Paul McSharry and two videos on transforming your IT Operations have recently been added to the VMware Learning Zone video library: NSX Architecture – Troubleshooting This video walks though building a logical design, including a close look at NSX components, how they work together, and how data flows between them. […] The post NSX & IT Operations Videos Released in the VMware Learning Zone appeared first on VMware Education and…Read More


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Lesson Learnt While Working With SSL Certificates

Lesson Learnt While Working With SSL Certificates

Lesson Learnt While Working With SSL Certificates

From last 2 days I was working on using signed certificates for my vSphere lab and was determined to replace my self-signed certificate with signed certificate generated by my CA server. I have written a blog post on how to … Continue reading →


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Fusion 8.0.2 now available

Fusion 8.0.2 now available

Fusion 8.0.2 now available

Today we have released an important update to Fusion 8 and Fusion 8 Pro, bringing our current version to 8.0.2. All users on Fusion 8 or Fusion 8 Pro will receive notification that a free update is available through the app, but here’s the download link in case you haven’t got the notification yet: Direct Download This release […] The post Fusion 8.0.2 now available appeared first on VMware Fusion Blog .


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Workstation Pro and Workstation Player updates…

Workstation Pro and Workstation Player updates released

Workstation Pro and Workstation Player updates…

Updates to VMware Workstation 12 Pro and Workstation 12 Player are now available All users on Workstation 12 Pro and Workstation 12 Player users will receive a notification that a free update to version 12.0.1 is available through the app. The update is mainly focused on minor bug fixes, with an important update for users deploying Windows Server 2016 […] The post Workstation Pro and Workstation Player updates released appeared first on VMware Workstation Zealot .


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If you are interested when the #vExpert…

If you are interested when the #vExpert applications open visit https://t.co/XiVWBbha7o Current vExperts do not need to do this.

If you are interested when the #vExpert…

If you are interested when the #vExpert applications open visit https://t.co/XiVWBbha7o Current vExperts do not need to do this.


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Update SRM 5.8.0.1 to 5.8.1 ASAP if you use…

Update SRM 5.8.0.1 to 5.8.1 ASAP if you use linked mode

Update SRM 5.8.0.1 to 5.8.1 ASAP if you use…

VMware have not shouted about this one as much as they should have, given the potential gravity of the situation. If you use linked mode to connect multiple sites and have SRM 5.8.0.1 installed, then you will not be able to run an SRM recovery when you have the sites disconnected. As in, when you are experiencing a disaster which you want to recover from as quickly and painlessly as possible, as in, precisely what you purchased SRM for in the first place, you’re out of luck. So, if you are…Read More


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1000 VM per rack is the new minimum

1000 VM per rack is the new minimum

1000 VM per rack is the new minimum

The purpose of the above article is to drive a point that you need to look at the entire SDDC, and not just a component (e.g. Compute, Storage, Network, Security, Management). Once you look at the whole SDDC infrastructure in its entirety, you maybe surprised that everything fits into just 1-2 rack! The purpose is […] The post 1000 VM per rack is the new minimum appeared first on virtual red dot.


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What’s New with VMware Horizon 6.2, Part 3

What’s New with VMware Horizon 6.2, Part 3

What’s New with VMware Horizon 6.2, Part 3

By Matt Coppinger, Director, End-User-Computing Technical Marketing and Enablement, VMware In our last blog post, What’s New with VMware Horizon 6 version 6.2, Part 2, we continued to look at some of the new features in Horizon 6.2, specifically VMware Access Point and the new Microsoft RDSH load-balancing feature for Horizon 6 hosted applications. In […] The post What’s New with VMware Horizon 6.2, Part 3 appeared first on VMware End-User Computing Blog.


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Getting started with vRealize Log Insight

Getting started with vRealize Log Insight

Getting started with vRealize Log Insight

VMware has a lot of tools these days. From the tools for virtualization all kinds of workloads to managing all that in an automated manner.In that last category VMware also has a tool called vRealize Log Insight. vRealize Log Insight, together with vRealize Operations gives you everything you need to monitor and troubleshoot your environment. I think that Log Insight is one of the most undervalued tools in a VMware environment. Every other week I am going to post something about Log Insight,…Read More


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