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- vSphere 6.0 is here! – KBs you need to know about (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6486)vSphere 6.0 has been released for all to download. We’re sure vSphere users are all eager to install a copy and start kicking the tires, and we’re just as eager to see that you get started on the right foot. With this in mind, we have created the following list of Knowledge Base articles that […]
- How to install the vCenter Server 6.0 Platform Services Controller on a Windows machine (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6467)Our second video today will discuss and demonstrate How to install the vCenter Server 6.0 Platform Services Controller on a Windows machine and also How to install an additional vCenter Server 6.0 Platform Services Controller on a Windows machine. For additional information, see VMware Knowledge Base article Installing the VMware vCenter Server 6.0 Platform Services Controller on a […]
- Troubleshooting File Level Recovery with vSphere Data Protection – KBTV Webinars (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6482)This video is the second in a new series of free Webinars that we are releasing in which our Technical Support staff members present on various topics across a wide range of VMware’s product portfolio. The title for this presentation is Troubleshooting File Level Recovery with vSphere Data Protection and it dives into some real […]
- How to upgrade vCenter Server 5.5 to vCenter Server 6.0 with an external Platform Services Controller (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6465)Our first video today discusses and demonstrates how to upgrade vCenter Server 5.5 to vCenter Server 6.0 with an external Platform Services Controller. For additional information, see VMware Knowledge Base article Upgrading VMware vCenter Server 5.5 to vCenter Server 6.0 with an external Platrfom Services Controller (2109562).
- Green vs. Grey: Rethinking Your IT Operations (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=1460)By Neil Mitchell Many of the customers I work with wish, at least in the short term, to provide IT services internally rather than outsource. They are also considering introducing cloud services as a catalyst for transitioning away from traditional IT practices—to establish new practices and processes appropriate for effective and efficient cloud service delivery. […]
- Tackling Policy in the Software-Defined Data Center (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3745)One of the most compelling aspects of software-defined data centers (SDDC) is the potential to automate much of the manual configuration of the infrastructure to support applications and services. While the virtualization of storage, compute and now, networking resources has enabled a much higher degree of automation than previously possible, a significant bottleneck still exists […]
- Another Mobile World Congress Down! | #MWC15 (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3730)By Sanjay Poonen, EVP and GM, End-User Computing, VMware Last week, dozens of our VMware and AirWatch team members traveled to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress – the industry’s leading mobility event that drew together over 93,000 industry leaders, business innovators and technology experts for four jam-packed days of excitement. This was my second Mobile […]
- Cloud-based Disaster Recovery for Stormy Times (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3735)This post was originally published on The Bridge. A ferocious storm in early December caused many disaster recovery jitters for Silicon Valley area companies. Most businesses in downtown San Francisco lost power for more than 12 hours; Burt Bacharach’s performance at the Symphony Hall was cancelled; and many office Christmas parties were ruined as Pacific […]
- 50% off VCP exams at EMC World (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5423)Select VMware Certified Professional (VCP) certification exams will be available at EMC World 2015 at a 50% discount. To claim your 50% discount follow these steps: Complete the VMware certification authorization process (click here for detailed instructions) After you receive your authorization, click here to pre-register for the VCP EMC World conference testing discount. To […]
- Migration Paths from v5 Certification to v6 (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5365)A few weeks ago we announced the new roadmap of version 6 certifications, and mentioned that there would be migration paths for those who held certifications on the previous version. Here is more about those migration paths. Upgrading from VCP5 to VCP6: Only one exam is required. There is no course attendance required (but it […]
- New Lab Connect and vRealize Automation Courses Released (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5380)We’re happy to announce the availability of two new Lab Connect courses and a new instructor-led course on vRealize Automation. NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.0] – Lab Connect – Includes self-paced access to the 18 cloud-based labs from the NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.0] course for 30 days or 30 hours. Horizon (with View): Install, Configure, Manage [V6.0] […]
- Storage Blog Recap: Top Blogs From February (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16804)The third week of every month, we compile a list of the top vSphere Storage posts from the previous month for you to enjoy. Here are the top storage posts from February: VMware Virtual SAN 6.0 Rawlinson Rivera announced, and explained the inner workings of, VMware Virtual SAN 6.0 — VMware’s latest software-defined storage product. […]
- SRM 6.0 is now GA – What’s New? (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16648)Now that Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 6.0 is available for download, here is an overview of the latest features, additions and improvements: Improved interoperability with Storage DRS and Storage vMotion Simplified SSL certificate requirements Full integration with vSphere 6.0 IP customization enhancements Improved interoperability with SDRS and Storage vMotion In previous versions of SRM there […]
- Virtualized Big Data Faster Than Bare Metal (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16783)VMware is excited to highlight a new partner benchmark effort in the Big Data technology space. Dell recently published two TPCx-HS results that demonstrate that Big Data technology on vSphere is actually ‘faster’ than bare metal. Let’s take a look… Many organizations and their operations teams are still not confident that big data technologies should […]
- Video: Virtual SAN From An Architect’s Perspective (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16775)Video: Virtual SAN From An Architect’s Perspective Have you ever wanted a direct discussion with the people responsible for designing a product? Recently, Stephen Foskett brought a cadre of technical bloggers to VMware as part of Storage Field Day 7 to discuss Virtual SAN in depth. Christos Karamanolis (@XtosK), Principle Engineer and Chief Architect for […]
- Help us improve vSphere! (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16770)Are you a vSphere user? If so, we want to hear from you. Attached is our new survey. Help us build a better product and make sure our features are aligned with your business needs. http://www.surveymethods.com/EndUser.aspx?B094F8E0B1F6ECE7B3
- How To Double Your VSAN Performance (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16755)How To Double Your VSAN Performance VSAN 6.0 is now generally available! Among many significant improvements, performance has been dramatically improved for both hybrid and newer all-flash configurations. VSAN is almost infinitely configurable: how many capacity devices, disk groups, cache devices, storage controllers, etc. Which brings up the question: how do you get the maximum […]
- vSphere 6: Updates to Host Profiles (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16591)With the announcement of vSphere 6 becoming Generally Available, I figure it a good time to shine some light on some of the updated features of Host Profiles. Host Profiles allow you to establish standard configurations for your ESXi hosts and to automate compliance to these configurations, simplifying operational management of large-scale environments and reducing errors […]
- Upgrading to VMware Virtual SAN 6.0 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16662)Virtual SAN 6.0 introduced new changes to the structural components of its architecture. One of those changes is a new on-disk format which delivers better performance and capability enhancements. One of those new capabilities allows vSphere Admins to perform in-place rolling upgrades from Virtual SAN 5.5 to Virtual SAN 6.0 without introducing any application downtime. […]
- Enhancing User Experience: Customization of vRealize Automation 6.2.x Email Notifications (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16692)User Experience (“UX”) focuses on the intimate understanding of your users. What is it that they need or desire, what do they value, what are their abilities, as well as their limitations? As you embark upon the journey to the software-defined data center (SDDC), think and architect in terms of the user experience in addition to “boxes and arrows.” What are the desired […]
- VCDX-NV Interview: Chris Wahl (http://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/?p=1838)Chris Wahl is a Senior Solutions Architect at Ahead, located in Chicago, Ill. He has more than 14 years of experience as an IT Pro. Chris originally went to school for networking, and has a bachelor’s degree in networking and communications management. More recently he’s been doing sys admin work in sys admin engineering, architecture, and […]
- Deploying VMware NSX with Horizon (http://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/?p=1847)As part of the recent launch of Horizon 6, Tony Paikeday, senior product line manager, End-User Computing, VMware, takes a look at the value proposition of deploying the VMware NSX network virtualization platform together with Horzon. Deploying VMware NSX with Horizon VMware NSX, deployed with Horizon, offers a better alternative to securing east-west traffic between […]
- Introducing the Zephyr Benchmark (http://blogs.vmware.com/performance/?p=2234)The ways in which we use, design, deploy, and evaluate the performance of large-scale web applications have changed significantly in recent years. These changes have been driven by the increase in computing capacity and flexibility provided by virtualized and cloud-based computing infrastructures. The majority of these changes are not reflected in current web-application benchmarks. Zephyr […]
- Virtual SAN 6.0 Performance: Scalability and Best Practices (http://blogs.vmware.com/performance/?p=2253)A technical white paper about Virtual SAN performance has been published. This paper provides guidelines on how to get the best performance for applications deployed on a Virtual SAN cluster. We used Iometer to generate several workloads that simulate various I/O encountered in Virtual SAN production environments. These are shown in the following table. Type […]
- VMware vSphere 6 and Oracle 12c Scalability Study: Scaling Monster Virtual Machines (http://blogs.vmware.com/performance/?p=2227)vSphere 6 introduces the ability to run virtual machines (VMs) with up to 128 virtual CPUs (vCPUs) and 4TB of RAM. This doubles the number of vCPUs supported from the previous version and increases the amount of RAM by four times. This new capability provides the potential for customers to run larger workloads than ever […]
- VMware Presents a Technical Demo on What’s New with vCloud Air Disaster Recovery (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5080)Every company should have a simple, cost-effective, and flexible disaster recovery solution to protect their data in the event of a disaster or disruptive event. It’s time to consider the cloud with VMware vCloud® AirTM Disaster Recovery. vCloud Air Disaster Recovery provides a warm-standby virtual data center, requires zero changes to your existing vSphere environment, […]
- Introducing the VMware vCloud Air Network Resource Center (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5102)Get the latest on the business side of the cloud with the VMware vCloud Air Network Resource Center. The vCloud Air Network Resource Center is your one stop shop for all the resources you need to migrate your cloud, increase agility and find cloud solutions. So how does it work? All you need to do […]
- vCloud Air Strengthens Compliance Portfolio (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5096)By Tony Savoy Concern around security, privacy and availability of critical business data is a common barrier to public cloud adoption. It doesn’t matter if that data is sensitive, private, or simply development and testing information; IT organizations are still required to sustain strict adherence to corporate security policies or regulatory controls. VMware understands these […]
- What’s New with vCloud Air Disaster Recovery (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5045)Today is an exciting day for the VMware vCloud® Air™ team, as we launch an update to our recovery-as-a-service offering – VMware vCloud® Air™ Disaster Recovery. For those of you not familiar with this service, vCloud Air Disaster Recovery is a low cost, cloud-based disaster recovery solution for your on-premises VMware vSphere® workloads. vCloud Air […]
- VMware Announces the General Availability of vCloud Air in Germany (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5072)Today VMware announced the expansion of VMware vCloud® Air™ in Europe with the general availability of its hybrid cloud service in Germany. Complementing VMware’s UK location and the VMware® vCloud Air™ Network of service providers, the new VMware-operated data center in Frankfurt will provide customers with a hybrid cloud service that addresses German and EU compliance and data […]
- Capacity Management in SDDC – Part 3 (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6112)In the previous post, I covered capacity management at VM level. In this post, I will cover capacity management at infrastructure level. At the infrastructure level, you look at the big picture. Hence, it is important that you know your architecture well. One way to easily remember what you have is to keep it simple. Yes, […]
- Support for NFS/iSCSI & VSAN in vRealize Operations Management pack for Storage Devices 6.0.1 (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6404)“Midmarket CIOs are frustrated with the high costs and complexity of the storage systems required to house this data. Rapid data growth continues to put pressure on capital budgets and increase the complexity of managing hybrid storage environments. Midmarket IT organizations can overcome this challenge by evaluating emerging storage vendors and new storage technologies and […]
- Creating a Workflow for vSphere Tags with vRealize Orchestrator (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6407)During a recent PoC at one of my customers, I was asked how they could assign some important vSphere Tags to their VMs during vRealize Automation’s provisioning process. While vRealize Orchestrator (vRO), is typically the place for such customizations, I found that vSphere tag functionality wasn’t included in vRO’s default Library. However, this functionality was […]
- Gating Rules in vRealize Code Stream (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6384)One of the key features in vRealize Code Stream is the ability to control what happens between individual stages in a pipeline. Let’s say you want to run an automated Selenium test against a Jenkins package. Or, suppose you want someone from your operations team to manually approve a deployment into a production environment. vRealize […]
- vSphere Datacenter Design – vCenter Architecture Changes in vSphere 6.0 – Part 1 (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=2116)By Jonathan McDonald As a member of VMware Global Technology and Professional Services at VMware I get the privilege of being able to work with products prior to its release. This not only gets me familiar with new changes, but also allows me to question—and figure out—how the new product will change the architecture in […]
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- Enterprise mobility news recap: Mar 16 – 20 (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=35245)It has been a week full of Internet of Things and Microsoft news. Coverage of IoT is touching all corners of the globe, and Edward Snowden emphasizes the importance of endpoint security at CeBIT. In an effort to address pirated software, Microsoft has announced they are offering free upgrades to Windows 10 in the Chinese […]
- CeBIT 2015 – the Internet of Things and security take centre stage (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=35224)The world’s largest and most international information technology trade fair, CeBIT 2015, got underway on Sunday 15 March at the Hanover fairground in Germany, with thousands of exhibitors huddling up to showcase their latest technological advances to more than 300.000 visitors. The show, which is considered an annual barometer of the latest innovations in office automation, […]
- Technology Association of Georgia to induct Alan Dabbiere, AirWatch chairman into Hall of Fame (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=35212)On Monday, PwC announced Alan Dabbiere’s upcoming induction into the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) Hall of Fame. The induction will be on March 25 at the 2015 Georgia Technology Summit. At the Cobb Galleria Centre event, Dabbiere will be honored among an audience of other technology executives and professionals that help bolster and further […]
- Watch video: AirWatch preps for HIMSS 2015 (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=35170)This year Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) will welcome more than 38,000 attendees across the globe, including industry leaders and health IT professionals. AirWatch and VMware representatives will be on site in Chicago discussing the latest healthcare trends, mobile use cases and joint healthcare solutions. HIMSS brings together innovative healthcare organizations to collaborate on […]
- F5 Integration and Migration Strategies for VMware Horizon (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7446)Guest blog by Justin Venezia, Sr. Solutions Architect, F5 Networks Are you thinking of migrating to VMware Horizon from a competitive offering such as Citrix? Looking for ways to integrate your existing Citrix environment with VMware Horizon so everything appears in one easy place or with one simple interface? Oh, and how about making it […]
- New Application Partners Validate Benefits of VMware-NVIDIA Collaboration That Offers 3D Application Support Using High-Performance Virtual Desktops (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7427)By Tony Paikeday, senior product line manager, desktop products, End-User Computing, VMware Here we are at NVIDIA GTC 2015 talking with customers, partners and the industry at large about the groundswell that’s been building for high-performance virtual desktops enabled by VMware and NVIDIA. With NVIDIA GTC as our backdrop, let’s talk about why there’s so […]
- In-depth: NVIDIA GRID vGPU with VMware Horizon 6.1 (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7398) By Pat Lee, Sr. Director, Remote Experience, End-User Computing, VMware — @patlee In February, VMware announced that NVIDIA GRID vGPU on VMware vSphere 6 with VMware Horizon 6 was coming soon and now the software is available for download! VMware Horizon 6.1 and vSphere 6 with NVIDIA GRID vGPU enables designers, architects and engineers to […]
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- AirWatch 8 Enables Partners Community to Drive a New Wave of Business (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1667)Learn more about the key enhancements of this enterprise mobility management platform release. AirWatch 8 will enable you to provide the most simple and secure experience for end users and IT, for virtually any app on any device.
- Download the SDDC Launch Playbook (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1664)Leverage the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) playbook for a quick recap of the recent launch announcements of Virtual SAN 6 and vSphere with Operations Management, which now includes the new vSphere 6.
- Download the SDDC Deployment Toolkit (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1662)This release candidate version of the SDT supports the latest GA versions of VMware software, and includes numerous bug fixes and features. With this release, we would also like to move to a collaborative development model. If interested, please contact SDTFeedback@vmware.com.
- VMware and NVIDIA: Empowering IT at the Speed of Life (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1659)With VMware Horizon with NVIDIA GRID vGPU, your customers can access all of their critical applications, including even the most graphic-intensive apps, on any device. Read this blog post to find out how you can explore the benefits of VMware Horizon with NVIDIA GRID vGPU and ultimately, help your customers empower IT at the speed […]
- We’ve Got Your Marketing Needs Covered (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2411)It’s time to take your marketing best practices to the next level and create demand for your company and offerings. We know how important marketing and social selling are to promote your business, though sometimes it’s hard to find the right resources on how to get started. This is why we created 15 bite-sized, 2 […]
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- Chinwag Reloaded with Amy Manley (@wyrdgirl) (http://www.mikelaverick.com/?p=6023)This week’s chinwaggie is Amy Manley (@wyrdgirl) she blogs at http://virtualchick.com/ and has particular interest in orchestration and automation. I spoke to on a weekend back in Feb, but just getting round to releasing our chat this week – I like to have a bit of buffer in terms of interviews in case I get busy […]
- EVO:RAIL – Under The Covers: Daemons in the Machine (http://www.mikelaverick.com/?p=6032)This title is a bit of a pun on “Ghost in the Machine”, typically used to describe some undocumented hidden magic at the heart of things – think of Arthur C. Clarke’s famous pronouncement!. Of course, there’s no ghost in the EVO:RAIL machine, but there are certainly daemons. By which I mean the services running […]
- More Virtual Volumes (VVols) and Snapshots goodness (http://cormachogan.com/?p=4760)Well, I got so many questions about my previous articles on a new way of doing snapshots with VVols that I decided to take the time and get even deeper into their behaviour. In this setup, I take a Windows Continue reading →
- VSAN 6.0 Part 3 – New Default Datastore Policy (http://cormachogan.com/?p=4743)One of the most common issues I got questions about in VSAN 5.5 was “why is VSAN deploying thick disks, when all of the documentation stated that VSAN deploys thin disks”? The answer was quite straight forward, and was due Continue reading →
- VSAN 6.0 Part 2 – v2 On-disk Format Upgrade Considerations (http://cormachogan.com/?p=4711)I was heavily involved in the documentation effort for VSAN 6.0, but I know that not everyone likes to RTFM, so to speak. What I thought I would do in this post is give an overview of the upgrade process, Continue reading →
- Another way to fix your non compliant host profile (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=16050)Advertise here with BSA I found out there is another way to fix your non compliant host profile problems with vSphere 6.0 when you have SAS drives which are detected as shared storage while they are not. This method is a bit more complicated though and there is a command line script that you will need to use: /bin/sharedStorageHostProfile.sh. It works as […] " Another way to fix your non compliant host profile " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.…
- Host Profile noncompliant when using local SAS drives with vSphere 6? (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=16045)Advertise here with BSA A couple of years ago I wrote an article titled “Host Profile noncompliant when using local SAS drives with vSphere 5?” I was informed by one of our developers that we actually solved this problem in vSphere 6. It is not something I had see yet so I figured I would look at what we did […] " Host Profile noncompliant when using local SAS drives with vSphere 6? " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Pre-order my upcoming book…
- NetApp Communities Podcast – all about the vSphere 6 launch (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=16035)Advertise here with BSA I had the pleasure to be on the NetApp Communities Podcast last week and I wanted to share it with you. It is all about the vSphere 6.0 launch. Very much enjoyed the conversation, thanks guys for having me! " NetApp Communities Podcast – all about the vSphere 6 launch " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Pre-order my upcoming book Essential Virtual SAN via Pearson today!
- RVTools 3.7 is here! (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=16028)Advertise here with BSA It has been a year since the last version. This weekend Rob de Vey finally released RVTools 3.7. With over 400.000 downloads so far, this is for sure the most used free health check tool that exists. And there is a good reason for it, it is most definitely also one of the bests tools […] " RVTools 3.7 is here! " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Pre-order my upcoming book Essential Virtual SAN via Pearson today!
- Deduplicating Amazon S3 Storage with StorReduce (http://wahlnetwork.com/?p=12937)Check out how the folks at StorReduce are offering up a simple way to deduplicate files headed to Amazon's S3 buckets The post Deduplicating Amazon S3 Storage with StorReduce appeared first on Wahl Network . Related posts: How To Point Synology Backups to Amazon Glacier using IAM Violin Memory’s Flash Storage Platform Targets Primary Enterprise Storage Hands On With Coho Data’s DataStream Storage Architecture Thoughts from SFD5 – Using Flash DIMMs for Server-Side Storage Zerto Announces…
- Common Information Model (CIM) Data for Home Lab Server Hardware (http://wahlnetwork.com/?p=12936)If you're concerned that your home lab equipment won't be able to use CIM data for hardware status monitoring, check out this post! The post Common Information Model (CIM) Data for Home Lab Server Hardware appeared first on Wahl Network . Related posts: vSphere Client 5.5 U2 offers Restricted Edit of Hardware Version 10 VMs Adding Home Lab Network Capacity Across Hardware Vendors Home Lab DS411 Gets Beefy Capacity and File Server Role Applying New IP Addresses to vCenter, ESXi Hosts, and…
- vBlogger Spotlight: Mike Laverick (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5646)Follow @Mike_Laverick While we wait for the Top vBlog results I thought I would shine the spotlight on several prominent bloggers in the community to give you some insight into their experiences with blogging. Today’s spotlight is on Mike Laverick, one of the OG bloggers who started his RTFM (Read The Frigging Manual) Education website … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
- Top vBlog voting has ended (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5639)The polls have closed after being open for just over 2 weeks and over 2,200 people have voted which is a new record high compared to the 1,400 last year. So what’s next? I have to run all the votes through my vote processing contraption to determine the results, hopefully we don’t run into any … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
- vBlogger Spotlight: Scott Lowe (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5633)Follow @Scott_Lowe While we wait for the Top vBlog results I thought I would shine the spotlight on several prominent bloggers in the community to give you some insight into their experiences with blogging. Today’s spotlight is on Scott Lowe, not to be confused with the Other Scott Lowe or the gamer Scott Lowe (lots … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
- The evolution of bloggers as seen through the vLaunchpad over the years (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5624)I recently dug into some of my website design archives and came across many version of how the vLaunchpad has grown and evolved over the last 8 years. Because is contains links to all the blogs out there this time capsule serves to illustrate how bloggers have evolved and gorwn over the years. The earliest … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
- VMTN wayback machine – spotlight on Jason Boche (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5619)Years and years ago on my old vmware-land.com website I had a page devoted to shining the spotlight on very active and influential members of the VMTN community so we could find out more about them. I thought I’d resurrect some of those spotlights and give you a glimpse back into the early days of the VMTN … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
- NFS 4.1 support in vSphere limitations and caveats (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5614)vSphere 6 finally bumped the version of NFS that was supported as a datastore from v3 to v4.1. NFS v4.1 is certainly not new having been introduced in 2010 but VMware has never seen to support v4.1 until vSphere 6. As expected NFS v4.1 brings a number of enhancements over v3 including support for multi-pathing and … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
- Videos to help you learn about VMware Virtual Volumes (VVOLs) concepts and architecture (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5605)VMware has published two short videos that go over the concepts and architecture related to their new Virtual Volumes (VVOLs) storage architecture in vSphere 6. After you are done checking them out head on over to my Virtual Volumes link page for a lot more content on VVOLs. Chromeless Doc Player Chromeless Doc Player [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
- Bloggers get some free bling for your Top vBlog 2015 commemorative coin (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5588)Any blogger that tweets to promote this post with the hashtag #SupportvSphereland and makes the top 50 will receive a cool metal coin stand courtesy of me so they can proudly display their commemorative coin on their desk. You can use the below button to easily tweet this. Tweet [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
- Check out these great companies that support vSphere-land and Top vBlog 2015 (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5557)Maintaining this site and my vLaunchpad as well as executing Top vBlog each year is very time-consuming. In return I would ask that you take a moment and learn a bit about my great sponsors that support me and make this all possible. Below check the latest news and events from my sponsors and be sure … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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- vSphere release cycle bounces back to the old VI3 days (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5543)Back in 2013 I did a post comparing number of days between major vSphere releases that highlighted VMware’s fast pace of delivering new vSphere versions. That fast pace has now slowed down considerably with vSphere 6.0 as VMware wasn’t able to keep up with the zippy one year cycle they had fallen into. Now with the … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
- Only 4 vendors support VVOLs on Day 1 of vSphere 6 GA (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5530)VMware has added a new category to their Hardware Compatibility Guide specifically to show vendor support for Virtual Volumes (VVOLs) called vSphere APIs for Virtual Volumes (VVols). On Day 1 of the vSphere 6 launch just 4 partners showed up as supporting VVOLs on their storage arrays, those partners & supported models are shown below: … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
- Maximum Virtual CPU support cut in half in vSphere 6.0 (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5520)I was reviewing the Configuration Maximums document for vSphere 6.0 which was released today and comparing it to vSphere 5.5 to see what has changed and noticed that the maximum Virtual CPU support (vCPU) was reduced by half from 4,096 in vSphere 5.5 to 2,048 in vSphere 6.0. Not sure if this is a typo … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
- vSphere 6.0 is now available! (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5512)You can download it here. Also check out the documentation here, the first doc that I always go to is the Configuration Maximums to see how things have grown. And be sure to read through my Summary of What’s New in vSphere 6.0 post and check out my huge vSphere 6.0 Link-O-Rama. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
- New white paper and webinar on management of hyper-converged environments (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5508)I recently wrote a white paper for SolarWinds on the impact of management in hyper-converged environments and will also be presenting a webinar along with fellow vExpert Kong Yang from SolarWinds on that topic next week. If you’re interested give it a read and I look forward to seeing you next week. Webinar: Hyper-convergence: Is it … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
- History of the Top vBlog Part II (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5498)This years top blog voting is already in progress and while we wait to see the results I thought I’d refresh a post I did that provides a retrospect on how the top blog voting started and also comparing the voting results over the years. 2008 – The beginning Many years ago I used to do … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
- PowerCLI and PowerShell Workflows (http://www.lucd.info/?p=4878)In PowerShell v3 the Workflow feature was introduced. But until now there haven’t been too many examples available on how to use PowerCLI in PowerShell Workflows. Today I was triggered by a thread from Mark in the PowerCLI VMTN community, … Continue reading →
- If I Ruled VMware... or at least for a day (http://kendrickcoleman.com/index.php/Tech-Presentations/if-i-ruled-vmware-or-at-least-for-a-day.html)Here's the slide deck I presented at the St. Louis VMUG http://kendrickcoleman.com/slides/rulevmware
- vCloud Director Database Migration (http://www.boche.net/blog/?p=5073)This week I’ve been working on getting some lab infrastructure fitted with much needed updates. One of those components was an aging Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 server on Windows Server 2008 R2 which I had been using to host databases for various projects. Since I had chosen to build the new SQL server in […] Post from: boche.net - VMware Virtualization Evangelist Copyright (c) 2010 Jason Boche. The contents of this post may not be reproduced or republished on another web page or web site without…
- VMware Horizon View Agent 6.1.0 Installation Rollback (http://www.boche.net/blog/?p=5066)With the release of vSphere 6 last week, I decided it was time to update some of the infrastructure in the home lab over the weekend. I got an early start Friday as I had my three remaining wisdom teeth pulled in the AM and took the rest of the day off work. Now I’m […] Post from: boche.net - VMware Virtualization Evangelist Copyright (c) 2010 Jason Boche. The contents of this post may not be reproduced or republished on another web page or web site without prior written permission. VMware Horizon…
- VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.0.1 & Dell Storage Speed Run (http://www.boche.net/blog/?p=5060)For the most part – 12:38 was my time. There are a few spots where I could improve but what you see here is what you get – a quick video I threw together outlining a simple VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.0.1 appliance deployment, including: vCenter adapter configuration Active Directory role integration Dell Storage Solutions […] Post from: boche.net - VMware Virtualization Evangelist Copyright (c) 2010 Jason Boche. The contents of this post may not be reproduced or republished on another web…
- Friday Shorts – Certs, Tools, Loads, VVOLs and #SFD7 (http://blog.mwpreston.net/?p=4363)It’s been quite a long time since my last “Friday Shorts” installment and the links are certainly piling up! So, without further ado here’s a few tidbits of information that I shared over the last little while… A little bit of certification news! VMware education and certification has certainly taken it’s fair share of backlash
- Nutanix Platform Expert (NPX) (http://vcdx56.com/?p=5324)This is really awesome, today Nutanix has released the enterprise computing certification Nutanix Platform Expert (NPX). Since the certification is released by Nutanix it will off course require that each candidate completely master the Nutanix web-scale hyper converged infrastructure (HCI) concept and products. What will make NPX absolutely outstanding, and is a huge differentiator compared to other … Continue reading »
- vRealize Automation 6.2.1 released (http://vcdx56.com/?p=5312)A new version of the vRealize Automation (vRA) formerly known as vCloud Automation Center (vCAC) software was released yesterday, actually the same day as when vSphere 6.0 was released. Based on that and the fact that is just a minor release i can unedrstand it didn’t got that much attention. However, there are one really … Continue reading »
- Two years as a blogger (http://vcdx56.com/?p=5305)Today, March 13 2015, i have been a blogger for two years. During my first year as a blogger i posted 113 blog posts and the last year i followed up with 116 blog posts meaning a total of 229 blog posts. As i mention in my one year as a blogger summary, which you … Continue reading »
- Tuning vSphere 6 for lab environment (http://vinfrastructure.it/?p=15280)If you plan to build a lab for vSphere 6.0 you can use all the approches for vSphere 5.x (see also Building a vSphere 5 lab): usually using a nested environment (or three physical systems, if you have) as a common platform. Of course, the other way to test new products it’s just use the VMware Hands on Labs that you can also “broke” or use in a different path compared to the one suggested by the guide. But having a local environment permit more flexibility and more time for testing or learning. The…
- VMware certifications upgrade rules (http://vinfrastructure.it/?p=15922)With the new major version of most VMware products (the last was vSphere 6.0) there are, of course, new version of the main certifications (that mean also new exams). As written this was not the only change, because also some name has been changed (including the VCAP exams that now become VCIX). The VCP itself has been changed a lot, not only for the re-certification policy, but recently also the two different exams: a core one and one specific on each technology (for each path). Finally VMware announce…
- Nutanix launches the new certification: Nutanix Platform Expert (NPX) (http://vinfrastructure.it/?p=15896)Nutanix announced a cutting edge technology certification, the Nutanix Platform Expert (NPX). This flagship educational program, set to become the most rigorous technical qualification in enterprise computing, creates a new standard in IT certifications and highlights the increasing adoption of multi-hypervisor environments in enterprise datacenters. NPX is a peer-vetted, hypervisor agnostic certification designed for veteran Solution Engineers, Consultants, and Architects. It’s an higher level (or a next…
- Veeam Endpoint Backup with Veeam repository (http://vinfrastructure.it/?p=15864)As you probably know, some days ago Veeam has released the RC version of their free tool Veeam Endpoint Backup (announced for the first time on Oct 2014). Veeam Endpoint Backup is a free data protection and disaster recovery solution for physical machines, both client or server, but actually limited to “recent” version of Windows (mainly from NT 6.1 release). Comparered to the beta version, this new version add a lot of new features, including: Backup directly into Veeam backup repositories Full…
- Syneto – When innovation came from Europe (http://vinfrastructure.it/?p=15645)Syneto is a young European storage vendor with main offices in Ireland, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland and Romania, and with customers spread in all major European countries. Honestly this is a rare case, considering that most storage vendor came from US (and most of them from Silicon Valley) but it’s nice see some exception and that something good arrive also from the old continent. This company has a clear market target (the SMB segment) and a clear vision, trying to solve this common dilemma (for the SMB…
- VMware vSphere 6.0 – Upgrade or not upgrade? (http://vinfrastructure.it/?p=15305)The new VMware vSphere 6.0 has so much interesting new features and scalability properties that make interesting for each new environment, but also for existing customers (with an active subscription, so that you can also upgrade your 5.x license keys). But like each new version you have to make some consideration first and especially before starting the upgrade procedure, so be sure to start from the vSphere Upgrade Center, the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix, the VMware Compatibility Guide, but…
- The new standard in Enterprise Architecture certifications (http://www.joshodgers.com/?p=3309)I am very proud to have been selected to be part of a team of absolute superstars who in the last few months have developed what I believe will be the new standard in Enterprise Architecture certifications, the Nutanix Platform … Continue reading →
- Microsoft Support for MS SQL on NFS datastores (http://www.joshodgers.com/?p=3303)QUESTION: Is MS SQL supported when running in a vSphere environment where the SQL databases/logs are in a VMDK on an NFS datastore? Short answer: YES! Note: I have confirmed this with the Principal Program Manager for SAP, SQL & Azure … Continue reading →
- Calculating Actual Usable capacity? It’s not as simple as you might think! – Part 2 Nutanix (http://www.joshodgers.com/?p=3286)In Part 1, the example provided showed usable capacity for a SAN/NAS using a combination of RAID 10, RAID 5 and RAID 6 along with the various sizing considerations resulted in 35.68TB usable capacity or approx 1/3rd of the RAW 100TB. … Continue reading →
- Calculating Actual Usable capacity? It’s not as simple as you might think! – Part 1 SAN/NAS (http://www.joshodgers.com/?p=3281)Calculating the usable capacity for your next SAN/NAS is easy. Work out the number of drives you have, what RAID config your going to use and your done, right?! Wrong! There are numerous factors which come into play to understand the ACTUAL … Continue reading →
- Online VCDX Workshop Feedback (http://www.chriscolotti.us/?p=4653)A week ago today we held the first online VCDX Workshop with some amazing results! We had over 600 people registered and over 300 people attend the session. We’ve already posted the recording and the slides from this session on the VCDX VMTN Forum. What I am going to do here is just address a ... The post Online VCDX Workshop Feedback appeared first on Chris Colotti's Blog . Related Stories June VCDX Defense Contingency Plan For Desktop and Cloud How Are Your VCDX Related…
- Software-Defined Storage – Defined! (http://datacenterdude.com/?p=2483)Manageability is the engine powering the entire Software-Defined movement.
- #vBrownBag Follow-Up – What’s New in vSphere 6 with Nick Marshall (@nickmarshall9) (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=5363)Nick Marshall, author of Mastering vSphere 6 and long time #vBrownBag’er kicks off our What’s New in vSphere 6 series with an overview of the enhancements and features new in vSphere 6 such as the Platform Services Controller, VVOLs, VSAN, NIOC, and more. What’s New in vSphere 6 Video You can follow Nick on Twitter […]
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