VMware TAM Source 7.17

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Hi everyone, and welcome to the last edition of the VMware TAM Source Newsletter. This week we have a very interesting TAM related blog post of you to read. As a TAM we are mostly generalist’s knowing all there is at a very broad level as well as some subject matter expertise. What happens if you want a specific skill for your organization. This week we introduce you to our NSX TAM offering which is exclusively focused around our NSX solution.

Ensuring Success with VMware NSX TAM Services
By Curtis Miller

For networking, VMware NSX is a game-changer in the same way VMware vSphere was for data center servers. NSX virtualizes and consolidates legacy networking functionality back into a hypervisor. As a result, adding or changing network capabilities no longer requires the costly replacement of networking gear. It’s all software based—so upgrades are now just a right-click away. [more…]

I hope you have a productive week.

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NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM VMWARE

GENERAL NEWS

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  VMware vRealize Code Stream: Is DevOps Tools or Transformation? (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=1510)By Ahmed Al-Buheissi In a previous blog, I wrote about the need for DevOps to rapidly release software and argued that DevOps is first and foremost about transforming operations. The Operations and Development teams can be a roadblock to each other’s work schedule. The Development team frequently requires infrastructure and platform to test their code, […]

   

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  What We Read This Week: A VMware News Recap, April 24, 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3903)Secure Containers, Going Green at VMware HQ & The Problem with Mobile Security in Healthcare ① VMware answers some of the questions about how it plans to compete in a containerized world with the release of two tools it plans to open source, both of which help enterprises build and deploy cloud-native applications. (Insider Tip: […]

   

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  Introducing the VMware EVO:RAIL vSphere Loyalty Program (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3900)By Mornay van der Walt, vice president, EVO:RAIL Group, VMware Today, we are delighted to announce the launch of the VMware EVO:RAIL vSphere Loyalty Program. We developed the VMware EVO:RAIL vSphere Loyalty Program to allow our VMware vSphere customers to apply their licenses to the purchase of VMware EVO:RAIL appliances from our nine Qualified EVO:RAIL […]

   

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  A Look At Our LEED-Certified Palo Alto Headquarters for Earth Day (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3893)Nowhere is VMware’s commitment to the environment more apparent than at our global headquarters in the heart of Silicon Valley in Palo Alto, Calif. For Earth Day this year, we’ve collected some of the most eye-popping stats about our eco efforts and presented them in the infographic below. Did you know VMware generates more than […]

   

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  RSA 2015: VMware News, Sessions and Awards (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3885)The information security industry continues to be front and center in the news as corporate and individual privacy breaches alike seem to constantly be hitting the headlines.  And while we continue to see tremendous innovation in security, the recognition of the security industry has come paired with increased scrutiny. Enter the RSA Conference – in […]

   

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  Cloud-Native Apps: Making the Developer a First-Class User of the Datacenter (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3878)By Kit Colbert, vice president & CTO, Cloud-Native Apps at VMware Today’s an exciting day for the Cloud-Native Apps team at VMware (read press release).  We’re excited to share our vision with the world, and to back it up with concrete project announcements. Before getting too far ahead of myself, let’s take a step back and reexamine the […]

   

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  Elite Database Workshop Program – SQL Server Event #2 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=17209)The 3rd VMware Elite Database Workshop is set to start at 7AM on Tuesday April 21.  The program is an invitation only event for the some of the world’s top SQL Server experts in which VMware selects groups of database specialists within various disciplines to include Oracle and SQL Server and soon to include Big […]

   

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  Run Containers on vSphere with Project Photon and Project Lightwave (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=17186)When you think of VMware, virtualization clearly jumps to mind.  But if you take a step back, virtualization is really a means to an end.  IT pros don’t earn their salary because they run virtual machines — but VMs support application services that are essential to business, ultimately contributing to the bottom line.  VMware is […]

   

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  Top 10 VMware Knowledge Base Resources (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5610)Tips for how to use the VMware Knowledge Base and the Top 10 articles. Take a look, it may contain answers to questions you’ve had in the past.

   

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  Top Questions From Our Micro-segmentation with NSX Webinar (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5578)Last week we held a webinar on Micro-segmentation with VMware NSX where VMware Certified Instructor John Krueger discussed the major features and capabilities of VMware NSX 6.1 and how in a software defined data center, a zero trust security model becomes achievable when taking advantage of features in VMware NSX. The conversation led to several questions, some of which […]

   

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  New Dates Set for VCDX Workshop Online (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5592)Our VCDX Workshop is one of the most popular ways we help people get ready for the VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) design defense. However, we know that not everyone can make it to one of the live sessions in person, so we’re going to deliver a shortened version of it via WebEx throughout the […]

   

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  2 New VCA Certifications Available: VCA6-DCV and VCA6-DTM (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5583)Last week we announced three new VMware Certified Associate programs, and today we’re making two more available: VMware Certified Associate 6 – Data Center Virtualization (VCA6-DCV) VMware Certified Associate 6 – Desktop and Mobility (VCA6-DTM)  The links above will take you to the requirements for new candidates, related training courses, and objectives for each exam. […]

   

  
  

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  Deploying VMware NSX on Cisco Nexus 9000 & Cisco UCS Infrastructure (http://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/?p=1903)As VMware NSX gains broader adoption, we have heard many customer requests for guidance to help them run NSX on top of the latest Cisco infrastructure, namely Cisco UCS and Nexus 9000 series switches. With customers choosing the benefits of VMware NSX along with the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC), the underlying hardware (Ethernet fabric, […]

   

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  VMware User Environment Manager Deployed in 60 Minutes or Less (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=2197)By Dale Carter With the VMware acquisition of Immidio, announced in February 2015, VMware has now released VMware User Environment Manager (UEM). In the last several weeks I have been doing some internal testing with UEM and looking at the different things the software can do, and how this will help administrators manage users and […]

   

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  Scaling Web 2.0 Applications using Docker containers on vSphere 6.0 (http://blogs.vmware.com/performance/?p=2339)by Qasim Ali In a previous VROOM post, we showed that running Redis inside Docker containers on vSphere adds little to no overhead and observed sizeable performance improvements when scaling out the application when compared to running containers directly on the native hardware. This post analyzes scaling Web 2.0 applications using Docker containers on vSphere […]

   

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  Understanding Relationship Mappings in vRealize Operations (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6982)vRealize Operations provides admins a multitude of capabilities to help them manage and simplify their IT environments. One of the most powerful features, relationship mapping, often goes a little unnoticed by some of the users.  Behind the scenes vRealize Operations relationship mapping out the relationship between each resource kind gets exposed within vRealize Operations. A […]

   

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  Migrating to vRealize Operations 6 – David Davis Post #22 (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6940)No one likes to have to upgrade their software. Sometimes it seems like wasted time away from more important projects, it can be frustrating (in some cases), and in other cases there is a cost to upgrade (either monetarily or from downtime). HOWEVER, we all enjoy the benefits that the latest version brings us (to […]

   

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  vRealize Operations Manager 6.0 brings in Scalable & Resilient Architecture (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6446)VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.0 managed to bring a robust, scalable and resilient architecture in the platform design. In this post, we are going to talk about the platform design, which brings you the massive scalable architecture. But before we jump into the scalability, let’s look at the platform design and the form factor of […]

   

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  Working with vRealize Code Stream and vRealize Orchestrator (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6922)One of the most critical aspects of being able to implement new software is to be able to leverage existing tools in the market. Many companies use Orchestration tools like vRealize Orchestrator to create new workflows that automate those custom one-off tasks.  In this blog post we are going to explore how vRealize Code Stream […]

   

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  Nested ESXi on vCloud Air (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5210)One of the benefits of having vSphere as the virtual infrastructure for vCloud Air is ability to run a wide variety of guest operating systems. This includes hypervisors such as ESXi, which can be installed within vCloud Air as a virtual machine. The solution, commonly referred to as Nested ESXi, opens the door to a […]

   

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  VMware Continuent 4.0 – Deployments Examples (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5398)Data is one of the most fluid elements in the world, and it continues to change and develop at a rapid pace. This presents a number of rich challenges and practicalities that need to be taken into account, such as how to get the data effectively to your applications and ultimately into your customers hands, […]

   

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  Connecting vCloud Air Services (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5311)VMware vCloud Air offers different ways to purchase and consume cloud resources based on whether you need resources physically isolated from other tenants or on a multi-tenant platform, and whether you purchase via a subscription or based on consumption in a pay-as-you-go manner. However, there are times where you have workloads that are better fit […]

   

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  A New Path to Cloud Success for Customers, New Opportunities for the vCloud Air Network (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5287)By Geoff Waters, Vice President, Service Provider Channel, VMware VMware vCloud® Air™ continues to flourish, and is now available to customers delivered as a managed service through VMware vCloud Air Network service providers.  As we announced at Partner Exchange 2015, VMware service provider partners now can deliver managed services to their customers around the globe […]

   

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  IT Security Does Not Have to End Where the Public Cloud Begins (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5274)Terms like public cloud and multi-tenancy are the blinking warning signs on the road to cloud adoption. Who would think of putting their valuable data on a platform that doesn’t reside inside their data center?  Well, under the right circumstances, would you? At a minimum, you’d need to have an effective way of completely limiting […]

   

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  Mark Your Calendar – vCloud Air Community Goes Live with Ask vCloud Air Event (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5265)Join us on Wednesday, April 29th, from 9 to 11 a.m. PST, for a special event: Ask vCloud Air (#AVCA). During the Ask vCloud Air event, VMware vCloud® AirTM experts will be on hand to answer your questions and chat about vCloud Air, all live from our VMware vCloud Air Community forum. All participants will […]

   

  
  

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  Making Citrix Work Better: VMware Simplifying Application Management for Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop Environments (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7580)By Harry Labana, vice president of products, End-User Computing, VMware  This past February, VMware announced the acquisition of Immidio and introduced a new approach to application delivery and user management called VMware Workspace™ Environment Management (WEM). With Workspace Environment Management, IT organizations have the ability to comprehensively isolate and deliver applications, manage users and monitor […]

   

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  Enterprise mobility news recap: April 20 – 24 (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36001)This past week was full of significant reports as the earnings from Q1 were reported to the public. Mobile payments are making leeway into innovative companies, and Facebook’s mobile user base is continuing to increase. To celebrate a solid performance in VMware earnings from the first quarter, AirWatch employees in Atlanta and Milton Keynes enjoyed […]

   

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  AirWatch demonstrates strong Q1 performance and record results with VMware (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=35974)Earlier this week, VMware held its quarterly earnings call to discuss financial results from the first quarter of 2015. Company representatives reported that total revenues for the first quarter were $1.51 billion, an increase of 11 percent from the first quarter of 2014, or up 13 percent year-over-year in constant currency. (Listen to the call […]

   

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  Socialcast named a “Leader” in G2 Crowd’s Grid℠ for Social Collaboration Products (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=35941)G2 Crowd recently published its  Grid℠ report for social collaboration products. In it, Socialcast by VMware was named one of only four Leaders. The Grid℠ ranks social collaboration products based on customer satisfaction as reported by users in their reviews and vendor market presence. Socialcast is an enterprise-grade social networking platform that brings people, conversations […]

   

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  Chrome Live webinar addresses security in the browser and enterprise functionality (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=35965)Yesterday Google hosted a Chrome Live session where the company presented several new product announcements. Google shared its plans for both Google for Work and Chrome for Work and how it aims to meet enterprise mobility needs. AirWatch integration with Android for Work helps address security and device management concerns that Google spoke of throughout […]

   

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  Radicati reports AirWatch has largest market share among EMM vendors in fourth-annual Market Quadrant (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=35878)The Radicati Group has released its fourth-annual Enterprise Mobility Management Market Quadrant. In the report, Radicati ranked AirWatch as a “Top Player” for the fourth consecutive year and reported that AirWatch owns the largest market share among the EMM vendors it evaluated. The Radicati EMM Market Quadrant ranks vendors on two axes: market share and […]

   

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  AirWatch and VMware ready to address security at RSA (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=35914)Beginning today, the AirWatch and VMware booth is ready for RSA! The four-day cyber security conference is hosted at the Moscone Center in San Francisco today through Thursday. This year’s RSA theme is “Change: Challenge today’s security thinking.” To help meet this theme, AirWatch and VMware will be participating in several speaking sessions and events […]

   

  
  

PARTNER

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  Save 50% Off VCP-NV Certification Exam (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1729)Keep your skills relevant and future-proof your career by earning your VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization (VCP-NV) accreditation (exam code VCPN610) for half price through June 30, 2015 using discount code VCPNV50.

   

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  VMware App Volumes…Why Care? (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1726)View these couple of slides highlighting the primary reasons and resources to get you started. The tremendous partner opportunity available right now should pique your interest.

   

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  Attn: EMEA Partners — Close Deals with vSphere with Operations Management Promos (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1724)Check out the updated promotions. Customer offers include 25% off on their upgrade from vSphere to the latest edition of vSphere with Operations Management or free training with the vSphere with Operations Management Acceleration Kits Ent/Ent+. Additionally, you could also benefit from up to 20% in partner incentives. Not sure what’s new with v6? Then […]

   

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  Cloud Migration Portal Released (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1721)Download the Cloud Migration Portal (CMP) tool to manage and automate large scale migration projects to VMware vSphere and Cloud. CMP supports migration of workloads from physical to virtual, virtual to virtual, and virtual to Cloud.

   

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  Quarterly Partner Briefing Portal Launched (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1719)The Quarterly Partner Briefing portal is the forum for us to share with you the latest information on our upcoming product and solution launches, along with other important announcements and programs. This quarter’s briefing portal features videos with product launch news and updates around vSphere, Virtual SAN, vCloud Suite, vSphere with Operations Management, VMware Integrated […]

   

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  Key SDDC and Hybrid Cloud Products Available to Sell (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1716)Leverage the Launch Playbook to help you sell the latest releases of key Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) products such as: vSphere with Operations Management, vCloud Suite, and Virtual SAN. Also, you can now access the vCloud Air webpage for all of the resources needed to learn, market, and sell the latest release of vCloud Air Disaster […]

   

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  Mobility— Blurring the Lines Between Everyday and Professional Experiences (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2457)Isn’t it great when you’re on the bus headed to work or perhaps on a plane, and you can open your kindle app on your smartphone and pick up right where you left off from the night before while reading the same book on your iPad? Our day-to-day mobile experiences that take place in our […]

   

  
  

MORE NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM AROUND THE WEB

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  EMC World: A Preview and Things on the “Must See and Do” List (http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2015/04/emc-world-a-preview-and-things-on-the-must-see-and-do-list.html)Every EMC World I’ve been to has certain things in common: Fun! Friends! Learning! Community! Getting to take the detailed covers off things I’ve been hinting at… … And, of course, face-melting reveals of things no one expects! This year...

   

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  Virtual Volumes (VVols), vSphere HA and Heartbeat Datastores (http://cormachogan.com/?p=4959)I had a few queries recently on how Virtual Volumes (VVols) worked with vSphere HA. In particular, I had a number of questions around whether or not VVol datastores could be used as a heartbeat datastore by vSphere HA. The Continue reading →

   

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  VSAN 6.0 Part 9 – Proactive Re-balance (http://cormachogan.com/?p=4944)This is another nice new feature of Virtual SAN 6.0. It basically is a directive to VSAN to start re-balancing components belonging to virtual machine objects around all the hosts and all the disks in the cluster. Why might you Continue reading →

   

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  VSAN 6.0 Part 8 – Fault Domains (http://cormachogan.com/?p=4908)One of the really nice new features of VSAN 6.0 is fault domains. Previously, there was very little control over where VSAN placed virtual machine components. In order to protect against something like a rack failure, you may have had Continue reading →

   

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  Requirements Driven Data Center (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=16166)Advertise here with BSA I’ve been thinking about the term Software Defined Data Center for a while now. It is a great term “software defined” but it seems that many agree that things have been defined by software for a long time now. When talking about SDDC with customers it is typically referred to as the ability to abstract, pool […] " Requirements Driven Data Center " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Pre-order my upcoming book Essential…

   

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  Not submitted a VMworld session yet? How about a “quick talk”? (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=16156)Advertise here with BSA I was submitting some VMworld sessions and noticed there was a new type of session called a quick talk. It is something new so I started digging and found the following in the VMworld CFP Q&A: Quick Talk – 30 minutes (NEW!) Quick Talks are abridged breakouts focused on non-technical topics. More consumable, the Quick […] " Not submitted a VMworld session yet? How about a “quick talk”? " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter -…

   

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  Spinning Gold with the PowerCLI Cookbook (http://wahlnetwork.com/?p=13177)I recently poured through the newly released PowerCLI Cookbook - here's the results of my reading adventures! The post Spinning Gold with the PowerCLI Cookbook appeared first on Wahl Network . Related posts: Writing PowerShell Code Compatible with PowerCLI Modules and Snapins Using GitHub for your PowerCLI Scripts Automating vSphere Replication Bandwidth Limits with PowerCLI Rockin’ VMTurbo’s Operations Manager with UCS Integration New SolarWinds Virtualization Manager 6.1 Creates…

   

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  On vSphere Upgrades, Version Numbers, and Semantic Versioning (http://wahlnetwork.com/?p=13166)In which I riff a bit on when to upgrade vSphere, the importance of version numbers, and how semantic versioning plays into the mix. The post On vSphere Upgrades, Version Numbers, and Semantic Versioning appeared first on Wahl Network . Related posts: vSphere Client 5.5 U2 offers Restricted Edit of Hardware Version 10 VMs The Bajillion Spiffy Upgrades to vRealize Operations 6.0 vSphere 6.0 Web Client: Still Flash, But Vastly Better User Experience vSphere 4.x Approaching End of General Support …

   

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  New Book - Mastering VMware Horizon 6 (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2901-guid.html)

   

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  New Certification: VMware Certified Associate 6 - Desktop and Mobility (VCA6-DTM) (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2900-guid.html)

   

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  New Certification: VMware Certified Associate 6 – Data Center Virtualization (VCA6-DCV) (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2899-guid.html)

   

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  Latest Fling from VMware Labs - PowerCLI Cmdlet for NFS (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2898-guid.html)

   

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  Project Photon Runs Docker and Rocket Containers via Vagrant and VMware Fusion (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2897-guid.html)

   

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  Project Lightwave Provides Authentication for Project Photon SSH Logins (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2896-guid.html)

   

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  vBeers The Hague - The second edition (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2895-guid.html)

   

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  Introducing the VMware EVO:RAIL vSphere Loyality Program (http://www.mikelaverick.com/?p=6099)Today, we are delighted to announce the launch of the VMware EVO:RAIL vSphere Loyalty Program. We developed the VMware EVO:RAIL vSphere Loyalty Program to allow our VMware vSphere customers to apply their licenses to the purchase of VMware EVO:RAIL appliances from our nine Qualified EVO:RAIL Partners. This program enables our customers to preserve their existing […]

   

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  EVO:RAIL – Under The Covers – Networking (Part3) (http://www.mikelaverick.com/?p=6076)This is my third and final blog post about the networking side of the configuration of EVO:RAIL. In this blog post I want to talk about the current configuration of the networking from a vSphere Virtual Switch perspective. But before I get into that here is a reminder of the physical world. Each EVO:RAIL node […]

   

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  Introducing VMUG’s WIKI (http://www.mikelaverick.com/?p=6069)Hi there, and thank you for reading this. It’s with great delight that I’m able to write to you today about a big project for VMUG and our great community. It’s called “WIKI” and I want to explain what it is and what inspired its creation. Some years ago, John Troyer floated the idea of […]

   

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  My VVols guest post on VMware’s storage blog (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5830)As I’ve been pretty involved with 3PAR support for VVols during my day job at HP, my VMware storage marketing counterpart contacted me and wanted me to write a guest post on their storage blog on implementing VVols on 3PAR. So if you are interested in that head on over there and give it a … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  3 new vendors added to the VMware Virtual Volumes Compatibility Guide (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5816)I posted about a month ago that only 4 vendors supported VMware Virtual Volumes (VVols) on Day 1 of the vSphere launch. Now a month later 3 more vendors have completed their certification of VVols with vSphere 6 and have been added to the VMware Hardware Compatibility Guide: NetApp, Hitachi (HDS) and Fujitsu. The following … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  vSphere 6.0 Install Pt. 15: VCSA vCenter Install (http://www.derekseaman.com/?p=2799)Advertise here with BSA If you are a VCSA (vCenter server appliance) convert, and wish to use the vCenter server appliance, this post is for you! It assumes you already have an external VCSA PSC setup, per Part 10. So this post will walk you through a similar deployment process, but this time install vCenter instead of a PSC. If you’ve […] The post vSphere 6.0 Install Pt. 15: VCSA vCenter Install appeared first on Derek Seaman's Blog .                     Related Stories vSphere 6.0…

   

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  vRealize Orchestrator service won’t start (http://vcdx56.com/?p=5420)So the other day i ran in to a problem where i couldn’t connect to my vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) formerly known as vCenter Orchestrator (vCO) version 5.5.2 server using the vCO client. It was working perfectly fine before a restart of the Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual machine (VM), required because of Windows patching. When … Continue reading »

   

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  Problem reading mime attachment in vRealize Orchestrator (http://vcdx56.com/?p=5403)A few days ago i had to create a vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) formerly known as vCenter Orchestrator (vCO) workflow that reads a file. For that you can use the MimeAttachement type. What i didn’t know was that once you read the file its content will be cached internally in vRO and since i need to run the vRO … Continue reading »

   

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  VMware Horizon – Creating shortcut (http://vinfrastructure.it/?p=16159)Using VMware View was possible set specific shortcuts using the View client CLI in order to automatically open a specific virtual desktop. The CLI has not changed (at least not so much) in the recent Horizon View Client, but starting from version 3.0 there are also new options. The old approach was build a Windows shortcut like this one: "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware View\Client\bin\wswc.exe" -desktopName "RESOURCENAME" -serverURL VIEWPORTAL -userName USER…

   

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  VMware cloud-native applications vision (http://vinfrastructure.it/?p=16268)It’s not a secret that there are several changes in enterprise, not only in the infrastructure part, but also on how applications are developed and operated (for example with DevOps), how they’re architected (for example with micro-services apps), and how they’re deployed (for example with Docker and containers). The agility of (public) cloud and the possibility that offer brings new type of applications called “cloud-native” as they’re may or must re-designed for the mobile-cloud era. Those…

   

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  Support for Active Directory on vSphere (http://www.joshodgers.com/?p=3423)I heard something interested today from a customer, a storage vendor who sells predominantly block storage products was trying to tell them that Active Directory domain controllers are not supported on vSphere when using NFS datastores. The context was the vendor … Continue reading →

   

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  vSphere Replication Add-On registration and Folder issue. (http://www.bussink.ch/?p=1647)While deploying recently the vSphere Replication solution on an infrastructure, I found myself confronted with a strange situation. I had deployed the vSphere Replication 6.0 appliance (Management and Replication), I was looking to add a 2nd vSphere Replication appliance to the primary site. Yet, once the Add-On vSphere Replication appliance was deployed, I was not able to […] (Visited 35 times, 1 visits today)

   

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  What Makes a Quality VCDX Submission (http://www.chriscolotti.us/?p=4732)I get this question a lot and I plan on updating a few slides for upcoming VCDX Workshops to address it.  In the past the workshop certainly focusses on the defense day, but I am reminded today of some things that make a proper submission.  Actually there is probably a good list of things NOT ... The post What Makes a Quality VCDX Submission appeared first on Chris Colotti's Blog.

   

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