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Hi everyone, as a member of our TAM community there are many benefits that you are afforded from health assessment, virtualization reviews, support and escalation management and so much more. One of the other benefits is getting deep technical sessions from our internal VMware experts. This week we have a session coming up that I think is important for all to join. Here are all of the details again in case you missed it and still wish to register.

VMware Software Manager - Managing the Lifecycle of VMware's SDDC
Wednesday, February 25, 8:00 a.m. PST

Join us for an interactive discussion on how VMware’s SDDC will be downloaded, installed, upgraded, and patched in the future. During this session, Bob Perugini, Senior Product Manager will share VMware’s Install and Update strategy, provide you with an early preview of the products, and participate in an active discussion on the user interface, features, functionality, and priorities.

Event Registration Link: https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&eventid=937300&sessionid=1&key=71123B02BAB3221DE5F3F76750A59408&sourcepage=register

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NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM VMWARE

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How to Take Charge of Incident Ticket Ping Pong (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=1415)By Pierre Moncassin When incident tickets are repeatedly passed from one support team to another, I like to describe it as a “ping pong” situation. Most often this is not a lack of accountability or skills within individual teams. Each team genuinely fails to see the incident as relevant to their technical silo. They each […]
Hybrid Cloud Will Enter the Professional Era in 2015. Here’s Why. (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3654)By Bill Fathers, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Cloud Services Business Unit I think it’s fair to characterize the last five or so years as an experiment in the merit and feasibility of cloud-based enterprise IT. To be sure, the notion of taking corporate workloads and data off-prem was hardly a guaranteed sell at the […]
New Videos: Elevator Pitches from VMware Partner Exchange 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3649)VMware Partner Exchange 2015 wrapped up last week and it was truly a fantastic event. We dared attendees to “Thrive” as we unveiled a major product launch, acquisitions and partnerships. During the Partner Exchange general session, VMware President and Chief Operating Officer Carl Eschenbach challenged three members of the company’s leadership team to describe the value proposition […]
Top Posts from Professional Services (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5270)Our friends from around the VMware blogosphere publish everything from how-to content to put your skills to the test, to strategic concepts that can help you think differently about how you work. Check out the latest posts and try something new! ISO Standards and the VMware Private Cloud Operating Model Operations Transformation Architect Craig Savage […]
From VCDX Candidate to Panelist (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5239)This post was written by Joe Silvagi. Joseph is a Systems Engineer at VMware in the Network & Security Business Unit. He has been in IT for 20 years, with 11 of those involving vSphere implementation and design going back to ESX 2. Over his career he has held a number of positions from administration […]
New Courses on vSphere 6, NSX, vRealize, and More (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5260)Check out the newest courses from VMware Education Services. Classroom and Live Online VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6] VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V6] VMware vSphere: What’s New [V5.5 to V6] VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.0] VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.1] Self-Paced eLearning VMware vCloud Air Fundamentals VMware Exam Preparation […]
vSphere Virtual Volumes Interoperability: VAAI APIs vs VVOLs (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16399)In 2011 VMware introduced block based VAAI APIs as part of vSphere 4.1 release. This APIs helped improving performance of VMFS by providing offload of some of the heavy operations to the storage array. In subsequent release, VMware added VAAI APIs for NAS, thin provisioning, and T10 command support for Block VAAI APIs. Now with […]
Storage Blog Recap: Top Blogs from January (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16396)The third week of every month, we will be compiling a list of the top vSphere Storage posts from the previous month for you to digest. Here are the top storage blogs from January: VMware Virtual SAN: File Services with NexentaConnect Rawlinson Rivera discusses NexentaConnect for Virtual SAN, a software-defined storage solution designed specifically to […]
Oracle Licensing On VMware Webinar (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16390)VMware is announcing the sponsorship of a webinar to address confusion on the subject of licensing Oracle Software running on vSphere. Database Trends and Analysis will host the webinar. Please use the link below to register. Don Sullivan will moderate a discussion between David Welch of House Of Brick and Daniel Hesselink of License Consulting. […]
Horizon View PCoIP issues? (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6412)Here’s our latest top list of KB articles you should know about when encountering issues with PCoIP with Horizon View. It can be a tricky thing to configure and troubleshoot even for the best of us, so here’s some golden nuggets to help you on your way. Troubleshooting a black screen when logging into a […]
New Free Webinars (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6405)VMware Support Delivery has announced a new series of webinars for our customers. Customers can join these live sessions on Thursdays. There is something for both beginners and more advanced customers. Anyone that is unable to attend the live events will be able to view the recorded versions of the sessions on the Friday of […]
VMware App Volumes™ with F5′s Local Traffic Manager (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=2060)By Dale Carter, Senior Solutions Architect, End User Computing & Justin Venezia, Senior Solutions Architect, F5 Networks App Volumes™—a result of VMware’s recent acquisition of Cloud Volumes—provides an alternative, just-in-time method for integrating and delivering applications to virtualized desktop- and Remote Desktop Services (RDS)-based computing environments. With this real-time application delivery system, applications are delivered […]
Upgrading VMware Horizon View with Zero Downtime (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=2040)By Dale Carter, Senior Solutions Architect, End-User Computing Over the last few years working with VMware Horizon View and doing many upgrades, two of the biggest issues I would hear from customers when planning for an upgrade was: “Why do we have to have so much downtime, and with seven connection brokers, why do we […]
vRealize Automation Content Pack for Log Insight Now Available! (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6046)I am happy to announce that the vRealize Automation (vRA) content pack for Log Insight (LI) is now available! You may be wondering why the announcement given that a vCAC content pack for Log Insight has been out for some time now. Is this just a rebranding update? No. This is a major update to […]
Catching up with Cricket World Cup 2015 using vRealize Operations Manager 6.0 (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6062)This post is to add a little fun to how we use the VMware management solutions in our day to day lives at our workplaces. We know the power of vRealize Operations Manager that allows us to capture structured and unstructured data from literally any object in your datacenter, run smart analytics on this data […]
Network Log Management with vRealize Log Insight Content Packs (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6032)This blog post is authored by Bill Erdman and Sudhir Bhatti. The use of unstructured data, for better understanding operational issues within the data center infrastructure, is fast becoming a mainstream technology. And where this data was once relegated to the propeller heads, who had intimate tribal knowledge of “machine generated data,” given the ability […]
Quick and Easy Provisioning on vCloud Air (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=4907)By: Paco Gómez This is a repost from Paco Gómez’s personal blog. For those minimalist DevOps engineers out there, this post describes how to provision a virtual machine on VMware vCloud® Air™ the quickest way possible. The steps include adding a public SSH key and configuring the network to make the machine SSH-Ready. On my previous post, I […]
Active Directory and vCloud Air Disaster Recovery (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=4849)A number of articles have been written in the past explaining how to setup and configure VMware vCloud® Air™ Disaster Recovery. These range from how to deploy the vSphere Replication Appliance, through initiating a full failover test. However some of the considerations involved in deploying a disaster recovery solution include how to protect your infrastructure […]

Join Sanjay Poonen’s Twitter chat on new trends in wearables and IoT (http://vmwareemeablog.com/uk/?p=1757)Join AirWatch and VMware’s vice president of end-user computing Sanjay … Read More
Recognising Women in Technology (http://vmwareemeablog.com/uk/?p=1752)According to a recent report, only one in 20 IT … Read More

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Software-Defined, Hyper-Converged VDI with Nexenta (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7098)By Michael Letschin, Director of Products, Nexenta VDI has moved from an IT administrator’s pet project into a de facto standard for many enterprises, regardless of size, scale, or vertical industry. This acceptance might not have been the case previously, unless of course the IT admin was one of the early zealots and adopters who […]
Announcing VMware Mirage 5.3 (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7107)By Sachin Sharma, senior product marketing manager, End-User Computing, VMware Today, I am excited to announce VMware Mirage 5.3, the latest version of the product that includes enhancements that help IT administrators manage point of sale/point of service (POS) machines. The product is expected to be generally available later this quarter and it will be […]
Enterprise mobility news recap: Feb 16 – 20 (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=34606)This week’s recap highlights Sao Paulo’s application of IoT and Chinese startup Xiaomi’s upcoming presence in the mobile market. Samsung is taking a swipe at the mobile payment system. This week Samsung acquired LoopPay, a mobile wallet software that is built on Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) technology and functions with card readers that already exist […]
Join Sanjay Poonen’s Twitter chat on new trends in wearables and IoT (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=34588)Join AirWatch and VMware’s vice president of end-user computing Sanjay Poonen the week before AirWatch Connect at Mobile World Congress for a 30-minute Twitter Chat about wearables, the Internet of Things and enterprise security. The chat will offer a preview of the enterprise impact of these and other trends, all of which will be covered […]
Leading analysts to speak at AirWatch Connect at Mobile World Congress (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=34537)AirWatch announced today in a press release the lineup of analysts speaking at AirWatch Connect at Mobile World Congress March 2-5, 2015 in Barcelona. The enterprise mobility-focused event, which features exhibitors from the AirWatch mobile ecosystem and showcases new innovations in business mobility, will include sessions from the following analysts. Leif Olof-Wallin, Gartner Mobility in the Enterprise: […]

PARTNER

Re-launching vSphere with Operations Management Customer Promotions (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1619)To help convert customers to vSphere with Operations Management, effective Feb. 1st, customers will receive 25% off when upgrading to vSphere with Operations Management or free training when buying vSphere with Operations Management / EnterprisePlus Acceleration Kits. Not only do customers benefit, you can benefit too – from up to 20% in partner incentives. Learn […]
Updated Strategy and Roadmap Materials (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1616)Partner customers surveyed indicate they feel better aligned with our strategy and roadmap. Our Strategic Initiatives Overview presentation now includes Services and the product overview videos have been expanded to include vCloud Air, Software-Defined Data Center Storage, and End-User Computing. These materials are designed to help you provide strategic advice to your customers.
A New & Improved Partner Central (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1614)We’ve listened to your feedback and we’re happy to introduce a new and improved Partner Central. The newly designed home page will make it faster and easier to find the information and content that’s important to you. Log on today and enjoy the whole new user experience.
Your Destination for Partner Marketing Success (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2390)Last year we invested time and resources into gathering feedback from partners worldwide to understand how to better address your needs. A few areas of improvement were highlighted to us: Increased diversification through additional campaigns flexibility and customization options. Ability to download campaigns content for execution via a partners’ marketing automation platforms. Focus on campaigns […]

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Maximizing the Use of VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2861-guid.html)
Application-Delivery Options in VMware Horizon 6.0 (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2860-guid.html)
Cool Tool - BaiBoard - Visualize, Create, Collaborate (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2858-guid.html)
Top vBlog Update (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5461)Just wanted to give everyone an update as I’m a little behind, the vSphere 6 launch coincided with the voting this year and I’m trying to keep up on my vSphere 6 link page as well. I’m still updating the vLaunchpad, so if you don’t see your blog up there yet it should be soon. … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
New technical paper on implementing VMware Virtual Volumes (VVOLs) (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5458)Want to know more about the new VVOL storage architecture that is coming soon in vSphere 6? HP has just published a new Technical Implementation Guide for VVOLs on 3PAR StoreServ. I managed the creation, development and review of this paper and actually had a hand in writing some of it. So give it a … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Veeam slays the giant Symantec in patent court (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5447) If you remember back a few years ago backup giant Symantec filed a lawsuit against up and coming start-up Veeam basically claiming that they invented virtualization backup and Veeam was violating several of Symantec’s patent’s, they also files a similar lawsuit against Acronis. Symantec’s claim was that Veeam was “free riding” on the backup technologies … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Big Moves by Big Players in a Big Week in Big Data (http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2015/02/big-moves-by-big-players-in-a-big-week-in-big-data.html)This week has seen big moves, big changes in the big data landscape – and that’s big :-) First, the industry took a dramatic turn – led by HortonWorks, Splunk, Pivotal and others with the creation of the Open Data...
Startup introduction: Springpath (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=15917)Advertise here with BSA Last week I was briefed by Springpath and they launched their company officially yesterday, although they have been around for a long time. Springpath was founded by Mallik Mahalingam and Krishna Yadappanavar. For those who don’t know them, Mallik was responsible for VXLAN (See the IETF draft) and Krishna was one of the folks who was responsible […] " Startup introduction: Springpath " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.…
vSphere 6.0: Breaking Large Pages… (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=15852)Advertise here with BSA When talking about Transparent Page Sharing (TPS) one thing that comes up regularly is the use of Large Pages and how that impacts TPS. As most of you hopefully know TPS does not collapse large page. However, when there is memory pressure you will see that large pages are broken up in to small pages […] " vSphere 6.0: Breaking Large Pages… " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Pre-order my upcoming book Essential Virtual SAN…
Enabling and Mounting NFS on CoreOS (http://blog.scottlowe.org/2015/02/20/config-mount-nfs-coreos/)I’ve written about CoreOS a fair amount (see here , here , and here ), but one of the things that is both good and bad about CoreOS is the automatic update mechanism. It’s good because you know your systems will stay up to date, but it’s bad if you haven’t taken the time to properly address how automatic updates will affect your environment (for example, you’ve manually started some Docker containers instead of using systemd unit files—when the CoreOS system reboots after an update, your Docker…
Presentations in Markdown Using Deckset (http://blog.scottlowe.org/2015/02/18/presentations-markdown-deckset/)Over the past couple of years, Markdown has become an important part of my computing landscape. I’ve transitioned almost all of my text-based content creation, including this blog, over to Markdown. I’d also been looking for ways that I might be able to extend my use of Markdown into creating presentations as well, but hadn’t—until recently—found a tool that fit into my workflow. Then I started using Deckset . The idea behind Deckset is not unique; there are other projects out there that do the…
Vagrant Box for Learning Open vSwitch (http://blog.scottlowe.org/2015/02/17/vagrant-box-ovs/)As you may have picked up from some of my recent posts, I’m focused on building content and tools that will help others learn new projects, products, and technologies that I think will be very relevant in the future. One such project is Open vSwitch (OVS) , which I’ve written about quite a bit (you can see all OVS-related posts here ). To help others work with and learn about Open vSwitch, I’ve published a new Vagrant base box. (In the event you’re not familiar with Vagrant, take a look at this…
A Quick Thought About Mesos-DNS (http://blog.scottlowe.org/2015/02/17/quick-thought-mesos-dns/)A colleague recently pointed me to the recent Mesosphere announcement of Mesos-DNS , a DNS-based service discovery mechanism for Apache Mesos clusters . A comment made in the announcement got me thinking, and I wanted to briefly share my thoughts. The comment that got me thinking was this: Mesos-DNS is simple and stateless. Unlike Consul and SkyDNS , it does not require consensus mechanisms, persistent storage, or a replicated log. If you’ve been following along here on my site, you know that I’ve…
Battle RA Royale: More VDI For Less Moolah (http://longwhiteclouds.com/?p=9376)The VDI market is heating up and it’s a real Battle Royale out there between all of the different VDI reference architectures that promise to deliver more VDI for less Moolah. There have been at least 4 major reference architectures published by different vendors in 2014 for Citrix VDI. All providing a scalable building block […]
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vSphere 6 release date in KB? (http://www.gabesvirtualworld.com/?p=3357)Removed by request. Sorry. See full post at: vSphere 6 release date in KB?
What about the Windows C# Client for vSphere 6? (http://www.gabesvirtualworld.com/?p=3350)Let’s be honest, nobody has made the full swap to the vSphere Web Client yet. I’ve been pushing my colleagues and some customers to start using the Web Client, but it just isn’t up to par with the Windows Client. And I hate to admit but when a host or VM is down and I […] See full post at: What about the Windows C# Client for vSphere 6?
2015-ene-15 #vBrownBag LATAM VMware Network Virtualization– @ercruzv Randall Cruz (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=5305)The following content is in Spanish, the language in which the webinar is presented. El pasado 15 de enero 2015 en ProfessionalVMware #vBrownBag LATAM se presentó el tema: VMware Network Virtualization – @ercruzv Randall Cruz #vBrownBag, en Español, LATAM, podcast, professionalvmware.com, recording, Spanish, vbrownbaglatam2015feb19, Virtualization, VMware
#vBrownbag “What Is Required In A #VCDX Submission?” Follow Up (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=5302)On the 17th of February 2015 , the EMEA #vBrownbag covered the second session in the VCDX series with a discussion around “What is required in a VCDX submission?”. The session was hosted by Rene van den Bedem and myself Gregg Robertson. The recording of the session is below and the previous session can be […]
#vBrownBag vRealize Automation Custom Properties with Brian Ragazzi (@brianragazzi) (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=5300)Brian Ragazzi talks how you can use custom properties in VMware vRealize Automation vRealize Automation Custom Properties Video You can follow Brian on Twitter @brianragazzi and his blog http://brianragazzi.com/ where he blogs about vRealize Automation, vRealize Orchestrator, and many other VMware related topics. Originally published at http://ProfessionalVMware.com– Sign up for the live #vBrownBag broadcast at http://professionalvmware.com/brownbags/ where you […]
#vBrownBag Sharing and Managing vCO Workflows using FlowGrab with Kaido Kibin (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=5297)vRealize Orchestrator is one of the best kept secrets in VMware. It is the orchestration solution playing a central role in the vRealize and vCloud product family. Although it is very powerful, it is relatively unknown among the virtualization community. FlowGrab is a repository and collaboration tool for vRealize Orchestrator. During this session Kaido Kibin […]