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Hi everyone and welcome to this weeks VMware TAM newsletter. This week I would like to direct your attention to our latest VMware TAM Blog posting. Here is a summary.

Crafting an Organizational RACI Document to Support Virtualization Solutions by Jason Gaudreau

It is no secret, designing a virtual infrastructure is a complex undertaking, but one aspect that certainly needs to be considered is how the environment will be supported. In small- to medium-sized businesses, a majority of the IT departments support all aspects of the infrastructure; but in enterprise organizations, different divisions support technical competencies in end-user computing, servers, mid-range, networking and storage. For instance, when deploying a virtual desktop infrastructure (VD

Continue Reading: http://blogs.vmware.com/tam/2015/03/crafting-organizational-raci-document-support-virtualization-solutions.html

I wish you all a very successful week ahead and look forward to speaking to you again next week.

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• Approval Policies: It’s All About the People (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=1466)By David Crane Talking with customers, I hear a consistent message that is being asked of IT from the business; that is the ability to deliver IT services more rapidly and efficiently while reducing costs. Combined with the demand for greater flexibility in delivering infrastructure and application services, my customers are implementing cloud environments, and […]

   

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  Are you applying for VCDX? (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5439)The next VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) application deadline is coming up quick! If you’re interested in defending a design in June, be sure to complete your application and design by April 1. With the application deadline looming, there are most likely some questions regarding the next defense session. I want to answer those questions […]

   

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  VMware Certification GI Reimbursement Program (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5441)VMware is proud that the Veterans Education Department has approved VMware certifications as part of their GI Bill Reimbursement Program benefit. As of today, Veterans may follow the instructions posted at GI Bill Reimbursement Program Instructions to submit any expenses they may have paid for those VMware certifications that have been approved. There may be […]

   

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  Crafting an Organizational RACI Document to Support Virtualization Solutions (http://blogs.vmware.com/tam/?p=2030)By Jason Gaudreau It is no secret, designing a virtual infrastructure is a complex undertaking, but one aspect that certainly needs to be considered is how the environment will be supported. In small- to medium-sized businesses, a majority of the IT departments support all aspects of the infrastructure; but in enterprise organizations, different divisions support […]

   

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  What We Read This Week (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3771)Hyperconverged industry insight, March Madness (tech style) and indigenous innovation in China  ① EVP and GM of VMWare’s Cloud Services business unit gives us an insider’s look into how his military service helped him recognize the significance of infrastructure. Blogs.VMware.com/TribalKnowledge> ② Chuck Hollis lists ten reasons why VMware is leading — and will continue to lead — […]

   

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  Deploying EVO:RAIL: Why You Should Use the Checklist (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3767)When we saw him last, our intrepid engineer could hardly contain his excitement at the arrival of his brand new EVO:RAIL in the mail. Eventually he was able to temper his enthusiasm enough to get down to brass tacks, which is where we find him next. As a colleague soon demonstrates in the video below, […]

   

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  VMware – a natural shoe in for Brown (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3763)This post was originally published on The Bridge. Chances are you’ve bought shoes from the Brown Shoe Company — perhaps you’re even wearing one of their products right now. The $2.6 billion global footwear corporation earns a lot of its revenue through online sales, which requires a considerable investment in the cloud to ensure that customer […]

   

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  Seeding Indigenous Innovation in China (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3759)Last October, VMware established a new R&D hub in China with the aim of fostering IT innovation and closer collaboration with the country’s local organizations and institutions. As work at VMware Labs Asia continues to thrive, we wanted to offer an overview of the types of projects that will be hosted there, as well as […]

   

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  VMware’s Perspective on Recent Good Litigation (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3754)By Dawn Smith, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary Last week, Good Technology issued a news release relating to reputed developments in an infringement lawsuit it filed against AirWatch in Germany last December.  In this release, Good Technology suggests AirWatch’s products have been found to infringe Good Technology’s patents and that […]

   

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  A War Zone Taught Me the Importance of Infrastructure (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3750)By Bill Fathers, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Cloud Services Business Unit at VMware We’ve arrived at a pivotal turning point in IT. As the pace of innovation continues to accelerate and our technology begins catching up with our imaginations, the greater challenge is no longer building the next disruptive product, but providing a cloud […]

   

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  Access Denied – You don’t have permission to access … (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6506)We’ve noticed a number of you who are encountering an error when attempting to access the VMware Knowledgebase, whether it be the main landing page, or a specific article in the KB. You see something like: Access Denied – You don’t have permission to access “http://kb.vmware.com/” on this server. We are aware of the problem […]

   

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  VMware Thinclient FAQ (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6497)What are zero clients and thin clients you ask? No, they’re not skinny customers, they are hardware devices which rely on the server to do most of the work while they serve merely to deliver input and output back and forth for the user. Our research tells us many of you are wondering about zero […]

   

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  VMware Virtual SAN 6.0: Data Encryption with Hytrust DataControl (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16893)Customers from different industries and institutions are very interested in Virtual SAN as a storage solution not just because of the technological value it delivers today, but because of the product’s undeniable value around operational efficiency, ease of management, and flexibility. Some of these customers are from financial, healthcare and government institutions, and conduct their […]

   

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  Virtual SAN Certification & VCG Update (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16843)The Virtual SAN product team is pleased to announce that last week we released new certified components (I/O controllers, SSDs and HDDs), new Ready Nodes and a new Hardware Quick Reference Guide for Virtual SAN 6.0 along with a new and improved VCG page.  Please see updated links below: Updated Virtual SAN VCG Updated Virtual […]

   

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  vSphere 6.0 Lockdown Mode Exception Users (https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16881)In vSphere 6.0 we now have a new concept called Exception Users. The intent of Exception Users is that they are not general admin users. I would consider them more of a “Service Account” type of access. As a matter of fact, just the other day I got an email from someone internal at VMware […]

   

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  Enable SSH Root Login for vSphere Data Protection (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16823)VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP) is a backup and recovery solution based on EMC Avamar that is included with vSphere Essentials Plus Kit and higher editions of vSphere. VDP is deployed as a virtual appliance running a Linux guest operating system (OS). I have had several individuals ask about enabling the ability to log into […]

   

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  VCDX-NV Interview: Greg Stemberger (http://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/?p=1869)Greg Stemberger is an IT professional who started working in networking in 2000. Working in network operations at Sprint, he managed some of the largest enterprise networks in the world as the Managed Services Operations Engineer focused primarily on routing and switching. He managed more than 20,000 Cisco devices in his initial role at Sprint. […]

   

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  VMware NSX Ninjas – VMware TAM Services (http://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/?p=1860)VMware Technical Account Managers combine deep expertise with insights from successful implementations to provide unparalleled value to VMware customers’ business. Curtis Miller is a Technical Account Manager for VMware and in this post, which originally appeared on The VMware TAM Blog, he outlines how to help ensure success with VMware NSX TAM Services. For networking, […]

   

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  vSphere Datacenter Design – vCenter Architecture Changes in vSphere 6.0 – Part 2 (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=2136)By Jonathan McDonald In Part 1 the different deployment modes for vCenter and Enhanced Linked Mode were discussed. In part 2 we finish this discussion by addressing different platforms, high availability and recommended deployment configurations for vCenter. Mixed Platforms Prior to vSphere 6.0, there was no interoperability between vCenter for Windows and the vCenter Server […]

   

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  Exploring New vRealize Operations Capabilities – David Davis Post #21 (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6509)In my last post, I covered how you can view and test, first hand, how vRealize Operations and Log Insight can be integrated to work together in the VMware Hands on Labs (HoL). In this post, I’d like to explore some of the many new vRealize Operations, version 6.0, features. While vRealize Operations 6 was […]

   

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  How to Configure Widgets – vRealize Operations Tech Tips #13 (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6466)In my previous blog post, we discussed customizing vRealize Operations Manager to better meet your business needs by creating Custom Dashboards.  We would be remiss if we didn’t take some time here to discuss the Widgets that are the building blocks of the Custom Dashboards. This video will walk you through and explain the process […]

   

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  Blue Medora extends VMware vRealize Operations to Cisco UCS (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6652)Cisco UCS is a common building-block within virtualized data-centers and is used in both converged (including VCE Vblock and NetApp FlexPod) and non-converged infrastructures because it integrates compute, network switching fabric, and an integrated management layer called UCS Manager. We are pleased to announce that Blue Medora has released a new VMware vRealize Operations Management […]

   

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  IT Compliance Management with vRealize Operations – How to Set Up Alerts and Reports (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6161)In this article I would like to provide some suggestions on following topics: How to enable pre-defined compliance alerts in vRealize Operations Manager? How to create and modify the rules? How to create a detailed compliance report? But first things first, why should we care about it? IT Compliance has always been an interesting topic […]

   

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  Capacity Management in SDDC – Part 4 (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6115)In the previous post, I covered capacity management for the compute element of data center. In this post, I will cover storage and network. For the storage node, capacity management depends on the chosen architecture. Storage is undergoing an evolution with the arrival of the converged storage, which introduces an alternative to the traditional, external […]

   

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  VMware vRealize™ Code Stream™: Troubleshooting Errors in a Release Pipeline (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6589)Continuous Delivery requires the capability to quickly spot errors while executing a release pipeline and easily investigate them. Determining the root cause of a pipeline failure can be quite hard to work out by just looking at the symptoms. However, if the failed execution can be compared against a previous successful run, then the differences […]

   

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  What is vRealize Air Compliance? (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6470)vRealize Air Compliance drives security and compliance by automating the detection of non-compliant infrastructure against industry best practices and hardening guidelines – without manual effort or custom scripting.  Discover, measure and manage the compliance of your infrastructure in real-time, not monthly or quarterly.  vRealize Air Compliance is a low friction compliance engine with an event driven approach that leverages […]

   

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  Share Your Experience with VMware and Win Gift Cards! (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6552)Thank you for being an engaged reader of the VMware Cloud Management blog! At VMware, we are consistently exploring new ways to refine our offerings. The Management Blog has been a great medium to stay in touch with you and share product announcements, technical content, use cases etc. The best way for us to improve […]

   

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  Kick the Tires: vRealize Automation and vCloud Air (http://blogs.vmware.com/management?p=6507&preview_id=6507)It wasn’t long ago that vRealize Automation could only provision virtual workloads into vCloud Air if you purchased a subscription to a dedicated pool within vCloud Air. That made it really difficult to just go in and kick the tires to see if the solution would work for your needs. Well, that’s all changed with […]

   

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  vCloud Air Meets PowerCLI – Part 1 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5134)PowerCLI is no doubt one of the most widely used automation tools among traditional vSphere Administrators. In the past, we have made separate PowerCLI modules available to manage vCloud Director resources. As many of you know, vCloud Director is a core tenet we use to deliver the compute service in VMware vCloud® Air™ (for both […]

   

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  Get on the Fast Track to the Cloud With VMware vCloud Air Network (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5160)Put your company on the fast track to a secure and flexible cloud with the VMware vCloud Air™ Network. The vCloud Air Network is the world’s largest network of VMware-based cloud service providers located in over 100 countries. Powered by VMware, our providers protect your business with the strongest privacy, security and encryption technology to […]

   

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  Connecting vRealize Automation to vCloud Air (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5090)By: George Kobar and Neal Elinski Automation empowers you and your team to not only accelerate the delivery of infrastructure to the business but frees up precious IT time and resources. Using VMware vRealize Automation you can create self-service portals with catalogs of corporate-approved images. Your users can access these catalogs to choose what infrastructure […]

   

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  Demand Center Now Delivers More Value (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1680)Visit the VMware Partner Demand Center and take advantage of the more flexible, holistic and differentiated approach to demand creation with VMware. Additional Integrated Marketing Services like the Social Media Syndication, Website Content Syndication, Marketing Services Store modules, and more are now available to support driving higher quality leads and building pipeline. 2 New Campaigns: […]

   

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  Attn: NORAM Partners – Q2 Velocity to Millions is Open for Registration (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1677)Register now and dedicate one day to focus on prospecting the week of April 20th – and don’t forget to join the check-in calls April 22nd.  By participating, you not only gain access to updated tools, it’s the first step to helping your team earn an extra $10,000 in marketing funds, as well as individual […]

   

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  AirWatch 8 Enables Partners Community to Drive a New Wave of Business (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1674)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.

   

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  Attn: EMEA Partners – Are You Utilising the VOA Tool? (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1672)VMware vSphere Optimization Assessment (VOA) is a sales acceleration tool that allows you to quickly show the power of Operations Management, and with updates announced at Partner Exchange, v6 now includes vRealize Operations Insight, new PPT-based assessment report format, and new tools to promote the VOA on your website. Don’t just take our word for […]

   

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  VMworld 2015 Call For Papers— Now Open (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2424)Extra, extra, read all about it! As of March 24, 2015, the VMworld 2015 Call For Papers is officially open. If you’re a VMware partner and have integrated VMware solutions and technologies in an innovative or unconventional way, share your story at VMworld 2015 by submitting your session abstract today. Submit your 2015 Call For Papers […]

   

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  VCP Recertification Deadline Extended- Partners Need to Recertify By May 8 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2421)Attention VMware Partners with expiring VCP’s due to the VCP Recertification requirement— VMware has extended the deadline for VCP Recertification to May 8th. As part of this extension, we have also extended the delta exam offerings making it easy for current VCPs to recertify and avoid having to take any classes.  The delta exam is […]

   

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  3 Tips for a Shark Tank Worthy Disaster Recovery Pitch (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2416)The next time you watch Shark Tank, imagine that the three “sharks” ready to hear your pitch are the VP of IT Operations, the VP of Applications and the CIO. Your job is to convince them to invest in vCloud Air Disaster Recovery (DR). What would you say? Here are 3 tips to prepare a […]

   

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  Watch the Top vBlog 2015 Results Show Live! (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5689)Join the vChat gang, Eric Siebert from vSphere-land, David Davis from Virtualization Software and Simon Seagrave from TechHead along with special guests Scott Davis from Infinio and John Troyer from TechReckoning as we countdown the top 25 bloggers based on the results from my annual VMware/virtualization blog survey. This event will be broadcast live via Google Hangouts at 9:00am … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  VMTurbo is giving away a great home lab just for watching a webinar (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5683)Register for the VMTurbo 5.1 Release Webcast and get THREE CHANCES to win a Turbostack Home Lab, valued over USD $1,600.00! Now I would encourage you to watch the webcast even if they weren’t giving away a pretty cool home lab kit (that’s what they call it in the UK) as VMTurbo makes a great … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  New paper on VMware Virtual Volumes (VVols) from Evaluator Group (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5670)Want to know more about VMware Virtual Volumes (VVols) and get an analyst perspective of this exciting new VMware storage architecture? Well you can, Evaluator Group has a new paper entitled “Evaluation of HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage with VMware VVOLs” that details their experience and opinions after some hands-on experience with VVols running on 3PAR. The … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  vBlogger Spotlight: William Lam (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5674)Follow @lamw 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 William Lam, automation wizard extraordinaire and voted last year as the #2 vBlogger in the world. Let’s face … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  VMworld 2015 Call for Papers now open! (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5663)  It’s that time of year again, time to submit your best session ideas for VMworld for that oh so slight chance that it might get accepted. Below are the timelines for the whole CFP process. Call For Papers opens March 24, closes April 28 June 12 (+/- a few days) Speaker Resource Center opens … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  Upcoming round-table panel discussion on Virtual Volumes (VVols) hosted by Taneja Group (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5659)I’ll be participating as one of the panelists in an upcoming round-table discussion on Virtual Volumes (VVols) that is being hosted by Tom Fenton of the Taneja Group. Click the image below to sign-up and hope to see you there. VMware Virtual Volumes – What impact will they have on the datacenter? Thursday, April 2nd at 9:00 … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  When it comes to implementing Virtual Volumes (VVols) you better be on time (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5655)I was conversing with one of our VVol engineers today after he mentioned that we have seen customers experiencing problems with using VVols due to time sync issues in their vSphere environment. These problems could of easily been avoided with some simple RTFMing. VMware’s New Virtual Volumes (VVols) architecture has a lot of moving parts … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  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! ]]

   

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  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! ]]

   

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  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! ]]

   

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  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! ]]

   

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  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! ]]

   

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  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! ]]

   

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  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! ]]

   

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  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! ]]

   

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  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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  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 →

   

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  Simple Gmail Hacks That I Use Daily (http://kendrickcoleman.com/index.php/Tech-Blog/simple-gmail-hacks-that-i-use-daily.html)Email is the thing we all love to hate. However, if we can't use Slack , then Gmail is by far the next best thing. Having been a user for Gmail since its early early beta days when you need an invite, I've grown fond of it. The spam filters, the style, the responsiveness, and the access from anywhere is what I love. There are some hidden "features" that many don't know about. I'm going to highlight some that I use daily.   In true Google form, everything always seems to be in a…

   

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  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

   

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  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

   

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  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…

   

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  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…

   

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  vSphere 6.0 Install Pt. 8: Toolkit Configuration (http://www.derekseaman.com/?p=2662)Advertise here with BSA Now that we have the PSC installed, it’s time to configure the variables for the Toolkit script, and also make sure we can download our root certificates. Depending on your configuration, you may need to manually download your root public certificates. VMware needs certificates in a specific format, and they need the full certificate chain. […] The post vSphere 6.0 Install Pt. 8: Toolkit Configuration appeared first on Derek Seaman's Blog .                    …

   

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  vSphere 6.0 Install Pt. 7: Config SQL DBs (http://www.derekseaman.com/?p=2650)Advertise here with BSA Now that we have the Windows PSC installed, it is time to prepare for installing vCenter. vCenter can support three database types: embedded vPostGres (supports up to 20 hosts and 2000 VMs), Microsoft SQL, and Oracle. SQL seems to be the most popular choice, so that’s what I’ll help you configure here. Now to be […] The post vSphere 6.0 Install Pt. 7: Config SQL DBs appeared first on Derek Seaman's Blog .                     Related Stories vSphere 6.0 Install…

   

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  vSphere 6.0 Install Pt. 5: ESXi Upgrade Best Practices (http://www.derekseaman.com/?p=2506)Advertise here with BSA In this installment of the vSphere 6.0 installation how-to series we cover upgrading ESXi hosts, VMs, and VMFS. You do need to understand ESXi/VM/VMFS upgrade best practices, recommended order, and gotchas. That’s what this post is for. Blog Series vSphere 6.0 Install Pt. 1: Introduction vSphere 6.0 Install Pt. 2: Platform Services Controller vSphere 6.0 Install Pt. 3: Certificate […] The post vSphere 6.0 Install Pt. 5: ESXi Upgrade Best Practices appeared first on Derek…
  

  Cloudy with a Chance of Explosive Growth (http://www.datacenterdude.com/?p=2575)The infrastructure of today is almost drowning in choice. There are countless competing platforms and ecosystems that each offer their own unique attributes. The problem with this landscape is simple. Organizations are struggling to realize the economic and competitive advantage that these ecosystems provide for one simple reason. They are far too busy running their business to fully investigate these opportunities. They have fallen into the trap of simply keeping the lights on. This is a travesty for…

   

   

  Swimming in the Deep End with NetApp Flash Pools (http://www.datacenterdude.com/?p=2562)Disk Pools, which leverage similar partitioning technology as Advanced Disk Partitioning (also new to cDOT 8.3), are a new way to allocate SSD capacity to be used by hybrid aggregates.

   

   

  Cisco Champions Radio – S2E7: Podcasting! (http://datacenterdude.com/?p=2520)http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-132150/TS-948244.mp3 Recently, I had the opportunity to co-host an episode of the Cisco Champions Radio podcast, where the topic was.... PODCASTING!

   

   

  Cloud Inception (http://datacenterdude.com/?p=2533)Cloud is not a new concept - it is essentially the Internet, which has its root in the 1960s.

   

   

  All Aboard the S.S. Docker (http://datacenterdude.com/?p=2539)What exactly is Docker? Before we dig into that lets take a step back and look at its underlying technology, OS-level virtualization which is commonly referred to as containers.

   

   

  Why Virtual Volumes? (http://datacenterdude.com/?p=2527)VVols has finally arrived! It was shipped with vSphere 6.0 and brings the ability to leverage VM Storage Policies - and the array-specific features surfaced by the VASA Provider - to specify which storage features you want applied to your virtual machines.

   

   

  What Are We Up to at DatacenterDude.com? (http://datacenterdude.com/?p=2518)You may have noticed some things changing over here at DatacenterDude.com. New names appearing, higher frequency of content, guest slots on the podcast, the list goes on.

   

   

  #73 March Madness, Certifications, & Data ONTAP 8.3 (http://datacenterdude.com/?p=2523)We dive into the world of certifications, why they're important, and sometimes why they're not, and with the GA announcement of Data ONTAP 8.3, we dive in head-first and talk about our favorite features and what customers will like the most!

   

   

  In-Kernel verses Virtual Storage Appliance (http://www.joshodgers.com/?p=3355)Let me start by asking, What’s all this “In-Kernel verses Virtual Storage Appliance” debate all about? It seems to me to be total nonsense yet it is the focus of so called competitive intelligence and twitter debates. From an architectural perspective … Continue reading →

   

   

  Nutanix support on vSphere – No Bull! (http://www.joshodgers.com/?p=3333)Recently it seems the spreading of Fear, Uncertainly and Doubt (FUD) about Nutanix has ramped up, probably due to Nutanix ongoing success and enormous growth. Still It’s unfortunate when large companies, and especially people in senior positions at these companies … Continue reading →

   

   

  VMware vExpert 2015 benefits (http://vinfrastructure.it/?p=15230)The primary reason for becoming vExpert certainly should not be related to any possible benefits of the program. And once confirmed (for me is the sixth year in a row) you have to think more about what you can give rather to what is to be expected. But I’d be a hypocrite to deny that there are also practical advantages in being a vExpert! Officially, VMware, according with the vExpert FAQ, say that the biggest benefit of the award is the public recognition as a VMware vExpert Award winner. But benefits…

   

   

  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…

   

   

  Backup products and vSphere 6.0 compatibility (http://vinfrastructure.it/?p=15287)Some days ago I’ve wrote about why upgrade and why don’t upgrade to the new vSphere 6.0 and one of the main reason was the compatibility aspect. Not only with hardware (most of vSphere 5.5 hardware is in HCL also for version 6.0), but mainly for the software part, especially the 3rd part software! And the most important is your backup solutions: if maybe you can accept some risks using a new release of vSphere, you cannot accept the risk of loose your backup or use beta backup product in an environment.…

   

   

  My experience with VCIX-NV exam (http://vinfrastructure.it/?p=16035)The Network Certified Implementation Expert (VCIX-NV) certification is something recent (introduced in October 2014) in the Network Virtualization path on the VMware NSX product. I’ve recently took the exam and I can share my consideration on it. This exam is just like other VCAP Admins exam (and a pre-authorization is required), and consists of 18 live lab activities and a short pre-exam survey consisting of 9 questions. The total time for this exam is 210 minutes (seems a lot, but for this exam could…

   

   

  VCIX-NV study guides (http://vinfrastructure.it/?p=15900)As written in a previous post, it’s possible study for the VCP-NV exam using only on-line resources, but the same it’s not really possible for the Network Certified Implementation Expert (VCIX-NV) certification that require really a good practice with the interface and a well understand of all NSX concepts. This exam is available since October 2014. As usual, the first source of information is the Exam Blueprint (actually in version 1.7, dated 9 December 2014) that give you a lot of information about…

   

   

  Learning about VMware NSX without having it (http://vinfrastructure.it/?p=14568)One issue about VMware NSX it that it does not exist an evaluation or a trial code in order to study and test it. This because the code is still on a Nicira web site and is much more restricted compared to other VMware code. Also VMware partner may be not entitled to download it, unless they don’t have the NSX competency. Individual can got an access only through one of the NSX official course: I’ve take the ICM on NSX 6.0 and the access on Nicira web site was granted me at the end […] The post…

   

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