#VMware vSphere: Design and Deploy Fast Track [V6] – a review
In line with the new VCIX6-DCV certification a new course has been launched, a 5-day fast track training delving into designing and deploying vSphere 6.
Log Insight 3.3: Authentication API
Log Insight 3.3 introduced an authentication API. In this post I would like to discuss what it, why do you need it, and how do you use it. Read on to learn more!
Knowledge. Networking. Food. Fun. Get it all at #VMworld 2016! http://vmw.re/1XrkaPE
Knowledge. Networking. Food. Fun. Get it all at #VMworld 2016! http://vmw.re/1XrkaPE
It’s beta time! Get your voice in and shape the direction of #vSphere
It’s Beta Time! The VMware vSphere team invites you to indicate your interest to join the vSphere Beta. This is a unique opportunity to get your voice in and shape the direction of vSphere. Please fill out this short survey to register your interest to join the vSphere Beta. Confirmed participants will be notified via email.
Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) Products: #VMware Hyper-Converged Software (HCS)
Hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) allows the convergence of physical storage onto industry-standard x86 servers, enabling a building block approach with scale-out capabilities. VMware provides a unique, software-defined approach to HCI, leveraging the hypervisor to deliver compute, storage and networking in a tightly integrated software stack, called VMware Hyper-Converged Software (VMware HCS).
Authorized Keys and ESXi 6.0 Update 2 – Changes to OpenSSH
William Lam brought up some feedback on Socialcast the other day. The story was of a customer who updated to ESXi 6.0 Update 2 and the SSH keys he was using no longer worked. The customer was advocating for changing the file /etc/sshd_config so that he could continue to use the keys on his ESXi […] The post Authorized Keys and ESXi 6.0 Update 2 – Changes to OpenSSH appeared first on VMware vSphere Blog .
Advantages of ECC vs Non-ECC Memory
ECC (which stands for Error Correction Code) RAM is very popular in servers or other systems with high-value data as it protects against data corruption by automatically detecting and correcting memory errors. Standard RAM uses banks of eight memory chips in which data is stored and provided to the CPU on demand. ECC RAM is different as it has an additional memory chip which acts as both error detection and correction for the other eight RAM chips.
Installing #VMware vCenter 6 on Windows Server 2012 R2 with SQL Server 2014
With VMWare recently releasing VSphere 6 products, I will show you how to install VMWare VCenter 6 on Windows Server 2012 R2 using MS SQL Server 2014 as the backend Database.
Building the business case for Software-Defined Networking
“Security breaches are the only things growing faster than security spending,” said Pat Gelsinger, Chief Executive Officer, VMware – wise words that resonate more and more as each day passes. At a macro level, we’re not just seeing security threats escalate; we’re also seeing them change in nature. Gone are the days of the inconvenient virus and annoying spam malware. Today, we live in a different world where cyber threats and attacks are significant global and political challenges.
Free e-book – #vSphere Design Best Practices
vSphere allows you to transform your IT infrastructure into a private cloud, then bridge it to public clouds on-demand, delivering an IT infrastructure as an easily accessible service. vSphere delivers uncompromised control over all IT resources with the highest efficiency and choice in the industry.
Understanding #VMware Tools (and how it affects VMware Monitoring)
VMware Tools is a suite of tools that installs into the guest OS. The suite is offered for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and Netware OSs, and the tools are created to provide an additional level of functionality within the virtual machine (VM) environment.
Cloud Pod Architecture feature in Horizon 7 Part Three
This is the third part of the series on the Cloud Pod Architecture feature in Horizon 7
Cloud Pod Architecture feature in Horizon 7, Part One
This is part one of a three part series that covers the Cloud Pod Architecture feature in Horizon 7.
Flings On A Roll in 2016 (via #VMware CTO Blog)
So far this year we have already had seven Fling updates and three new Flings released. The feedback we get from you helps in a big way so we can fix bugs and add new features to Flings! We kicked off the year with important updates that included bug fixes and new features. Be sure you have the latest downloads:
Top 5 Virtual SAN Posts From 2016 to-Date
Time doesn’t slow down for anybody, so it’s understandable if you miss some information here and there. Luckily, we’ve got you covered on Virtual Blocks. Take a look back on some of the most popular Virtual SAN posts from the past few months. What’s New-VMware Virtual SAN 6.2 On February 10th, we announced VMware Virtual SAN […] The post Top 5 Virtual SAN Posts From 2016 to-Date appeared first on VMware vSphere Blog .
Let’s learn #VMware #PowerCLI (via vLenzker)
In the second post of my let’s learn series I will try to summarize useful links, classes, lectures and recommendations for getting started with PowerCLI.
#VCP6-DTM Objective 4.3 – Troubleshoot connectivity between Horizon (with View) components
VMware Desktop and Mobility certification exam continue today with a new topic. VCP6-DTM Objective 4.3 – Troubleshoot connectivity between Horizon (with View) components. All exam topics can be found on VCP6-DTM Study Guide page on this blog.
Important – vCNS and #NSX End of Availability and Support Notifications
For a while now we have known that vCloud Networking and Security’s days where numbered…with the release of NSX as a replacement+ product it had been communicated to current vCNS customers that an upgrade to NSX-v would be on the cards to ensure continued support and functionality. The date has now been set for the EOA of vCNS and in somewhat of a surprise to me VMware also last week announced the EOA for NSX-v 6.1.x will reach end of availability later in the year.
Horizon View 7 on #VSAN – Policies Revisited
It has been some time since I last looked at Horizon View on Virtual SAN. The last time was when we first released VSAN, back in the 5.5 days. This was with Horizon View 5.3.1, which was the first release that inter-operated with Virtual SAN.
ESXi host vCPU/pCPU reporting via #PowerCLI to LogInsight
Some time ago I had a discussion with one of my customers how to achieve vCPU/pCPU ratio 1:1 on their Tier 1 cluster. Unfortunately, there is not any out-of-the box vSphere policy to achieve it. You can try to use vSphere HA Cluster admission control with advanced settings to achieve such requirement but it is based on CPU reservations in MHz so it would be tricky settings anyway with some additional risks for example after physical server hardware replacement.
