VMware TAM Source 7.18

FROM THE EDITORS VIRTUAL DESK

Hie everyone, welcome to this weeks TAM Source Newsletter where we try and bring you the latest news from around the VMware world. This week we have another excellent blog post from our resident TAM Jason Gaudreau titled “The Importance of Business Outcomes”.

The Importance of Business Outcomes

As technologists, most IT professionals have a hard time connecting the dots between technology solutions and business value. This predicament isn’t something relegated only to system engineers and middle managers; it can extend to IT directors and CIOs, too. When working with business leadership, it can be difficult for most IT professionals to describe the benefits of deploying IT solutions. [Read More…]

I hope you have a fantastic and productive week.

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NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM VMWARE

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• Top 20 Articles for April 2015 (https://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6538)Here is our Top 20 KB list for April 2015. This list is ranked by the number of times a VMware Support Request was resolved by following the steps in a published Knowledge Base article. 1. VMware ESXi 5.x host experiences a purple diagnostic screen mentioning E1000PollRxRing and E1000DevRx (2059053) 2. Troubleshooting Fusion virtual machine […]

   

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  VMware vCloud Air Disaster Recovery – KBTV Webinars (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6534)This video is the fifth 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 VMware vCloud Air Disaster Recovery and it goes through some aspects of Disaster Recovery […]

   

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  How to import an Oracle VirtualBox virtual machine into VMware Fusion, Workstation or Player (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6529)Did you know that it is possible to bring virtual machines running in Oracle VirtualBox over into VMware’s virtualization software? As more and more customers are making the transition, we get asked over and over how to move the VMs over. This video discusses and demonstrates how to import an Oracle VirtualBox virtual machine into […]

   

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  When to Engage Your Organization in Their Cloud Journey (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=1526)By Yohanna Emkies The most common question I hear from my customers is: “What’s going to happen to me (read: my organization) if we introduce the cloud?”  Closely followed by: “How are we going to begin the planning process…?” These are fair questions, which have to be discussed and worked out. A question that is […]

   

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  What We Read This Week: A VMware News Recap, May 1, 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3931)Best of Interop Award Winners, the Golden Age of Network Administration and How to Explain Enterprise Mobility Management to a Four-Year-Old Congratulations to the VMware Cloud Management team! This week we learned that vRealize Operations 6 won the Best of Interop Award 2015 in the Performance/Management/Monitoring category at Interop in Las Vegas. Blogs.VMware.com/TribalKnowledge> “The [SDN] […]

   

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  VMware vRealize Operations 6 Claims Best of Interop Award 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3915)By Sajai Krishnan, vice president of product marketing, Cloud Management Business Unit I’m happy to announce that vRealize Operations 6 won the Best of Interop Award 2015 for Performance/Management/Monitoring category this week at Interop in Las Vegas. Four years after securing its initial best of Interop award in the Cloud Computing and Virtualization category, vRealize […]

   

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  Explain It Like I’m Four: Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3911)Last time on Explain It Like I’m Four, we took a look at micro-segmentation, which leverages network virtualization to enable IT administrators to institute a Zero Trust security framework. In our latest entry, we focus on the quickly growing and increasingly critical field of enterprise mobility management (EMM). What is EMM? Enterprise mobility management is […]

   

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  Understanding the Importance of Business Outcome (http://blogs.vmware.com/tam/?p=2070)By Jason Gaudreau As technologists, most IT professionals have a hard time connecting the dots between technology solutions and business value. This predicament isn’t something relegated only to system engineers and middle managers; it can extend to IT directors and CIOs, too. When working with business leadership, it can be difficult for most IT professionals […]

   

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  High performance lab and Infrastructure for Elite Database Workshop – SQL Server Event #2 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=17262)The VMware BCA team successfully conducted the second batch for SQL Server MVPs April 21st-23rd. The attendee list includes.   Steve Jones, Tim Ford, Arnie Rowland, Wendy Pastrick, Eddie Wurech, Robert Davis, Sean McCown, Allan Hirt, Geoff Hiten,  Randy Knight, Chris Shaw, Jason Strate, Brandon Leach, Shawn Meyers, Melissa Connors. Alumni guests include David Klee, Mike Corey […]

   

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  vSphere 6 Security Update (https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=17242)Recently I was asked by the vBrownbag community to present on vSphere 6 security. vBrownbag is a community-lead podcast series that features online webinars covering various Virtualization and VMware Certification topics, all led by members of the community. It’s an outstanding resource if you are looking to achieve certification or are just in the mood […]

   

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  Configure DHCP and TFTP for Auto Deploy (https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=17101)In the previous post, we covered Enabling Auto Deploy on vCenter Server Appliance 6. There are several more steps that need to be taken to get Auto Deploy configured correctly. In this post we discuss the next step in our journey to running Auto Deploy in your environment, which is configuring your DHCP server. Upcoming […]

   

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  Top KB Articles, KBTV Webinar Series, and More from Global Support Services (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5623)Catch up on the top posts from Global Support Services on the VMware Education and Certification Blog.

   

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  New Pricing & New Videos for VMware Learning Zone (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5478)The VMware Learning Zone is a subscription-based service that gives you a full year of unlimited, 24/7 access to VMware video-based training. And for a limited time you can get a one-year subscription for just $500.  In addition to the current videos on Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Managed Object Browser, Horizon, and much more, we are […]

   

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  Share your Certification on your LinkedIn Profile (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5585)There’s a new way to spread the word about your VMware certification – sharing it on LinkedIn. Just log into to the Portal for your certification and then click on the “Add to Profile” button for your certification. You’ll be taken to LinkedIn and given the option to add your certification to your profile

   

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  EMEA VMware Certified Instructor (VCI) of the Quarter (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5599)EMEA VMware Certified Instructor (VCI) of the Quarter award is given to VCIs that aspire to be the best of the best. The awards are our version of the “Oscars” identifying and rewarding excellence. The award recognizes outstanding VMware Certified Instructors from the EMEA region who share their expertise about VMware technologies with others. The award […]

   

   

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  VCDX-NV Interview: Jason Nash On The Network Virtualization Career Path (http://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/?p=1873)Jason Nash is CTO of Varrow, a VMware Partner based out of the Carolinas. Previous to Varrow he was an enterprise architect for Wachovia’s investment bank. Jason has been in enterprise IT almost 20 years and originally started as a network admin working with Cisco gear. He maintains his Cisco CCNA and CCNP certifications. He […]

   

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  Windows 2003 Upgrade and the Cloud – Careful What You Are Signing Up For (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5420)By: Richard Munro Window 2003, like its predecessors have done, shuffles off this mortal coil on July 12th, 2015.  Estimates of how many Windows 2003 servers are in existence vary wildly but are often in the tens of millions, which is why just about every IT organisation has set aside budget this year to tackle […]

   

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  Discover How Secure-24 Enhances SAP HANA with Secure Cloud Services (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5427)Every great business aims to make life easier for their customer. For Secure-24, that means augmenting the power of SAP HANA® with a virtualized cloud infrastructure leveraging VMware. Secure-24’s one-two combo gives its customers the power and simplicity they need to focus on their core services. That means easier IT procurement, more scalability and availability. […]

   

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  Virtual SAN: An Ideal Choice for Management Storage (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=2225)By Martin Hosken The practice of separating management components onto a dedicated vSphere cluster has become common practice in recent years. However, such a cluster should aim to have no dependencies on the production systems with one of the key requirements being that any type of incident or outage affecting the production system does not […]

   

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  Virtualized Storage Performance: RAID Groups versus Storage pools (http://blogs.vmware.com/performance/?p=2398)RAID, a redundant array of independent disks, has traditionally been the foundation of enterprise storage. Grouping multiple disks into one logical unit can vastly increase the availability and performance of storage by protecting against disk failure, allowing greater I/O parallelism, and pooling capacity. Storage pools similarly increase the capacity and performance of storage, but are […]

   

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  Network Improvements in vSphere 6 Boost Performance for 40G NICs (http://blogs.vmware.com/performance/?p=2381)Introduced in vSphere 5.5, a Linux-based driver was added to support 40GbE Mellanox adapters on ESXi. Now vSphere 6.0 adds a native driver and Dynamic NetQueue for Mellanox, and these features  significantly improve network performance. In addition to the device driver changes, vSphere 6.0 includes improvements to the vmxnet3 virtual NIC (vNIC) that allows a […]

   

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  12 Reasons Why You Should Use The Log Insight Agent (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6963)When the Log Insight Windows agent was released in version 2.0, the decision to use the agent was easy because Windows does not natively support syslog. Given the release of the Log Insight Linux agent, I have been asked a few times why the agent should be used over already available syslog agents like Rsyslog […]

   

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  New Health Monitor Tool for vRealize Suite: vRealize Production Test (http://blogs.vmware.com/management?p=6994&preview_id=6994)You are well on your way to making your private cloud a reality… You have stood up the tools such as vRealize Automation, vRealize Operations and/or vRealize Business Standard, configured, tested, extended, tested, architected, and are ready to roll your new tools into production. As you progress though the final stages of your production roll […]

   

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  Registration now open for Connect Atlanta 2015! (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36061)Mark your calendars for September 21-24. AirWatch Connect Atlanta will be hosted in downtown Atlanta for its fourth consecutive year. At last year’s Connect Atlanta, AirWatch welcomed over 1,400 attendees and 500 of these attendees left the conference AirWatch certified. The conference trended on social media exceeding 1,700 tweets and represented a diverse population of […]

   

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  Infographic: Mid-market mobile adoption, progressive or conservative? (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36127)AirWatch and The SMB Group teamed up to create an infographic highlighting mobile solution adoption trends among mid-market companies. View the infographic here. The report surveys two types of mid-market segments: progressive and conservative adopters. Progressive adopters make up 59 percent of the mid-market and are increasing revenues and technology spending. Conservative adopters make up […]

   

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  Is your enterprise video ready? (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36085)Written by AirWatch Video product manager Avanti Kenjalkar Video is playing an increasingly important role in the way people share information.  Chances are, all of us will watch at least one video today for either entertainment or informational purposes. A recent Gartner press release indicated that by 2015, 60 percent of workers will be consuming […]

   

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  New telecom management capabilities in AirWatch 8 help IT save money (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36031)Continuing the AirWatch Blog series on new features in AirWatch 8, today we’re going to take a deeper look at AirWatch telecom management features introduced with the recent AirWatch 8 release. Telecom management is a key feature in an enterprise mobility program. It involves collecting mobile device usage such as voice, SMS, and data along […]

   

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  French banking group finds success in mobile device adoption in latest #MobileGameChanger (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36034)The evolution of the mobile market and employees’ demands for user-friendly devices led Groupe BPCE (BPCE), France’s second largest banking group, to migrate from BlackBerry devices to multi-OS devices. To comply with the banking industry’s rigorous regulatory requirements, BPCE’s IT leadership required an enterprise mobility management (EMM) solution to grant these new devices secure access […]

   

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  Manually Copying an App Volumes AppStack (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7621)By Gina Daly, Technical Writer for Technical Marketing, End-User Computing, VMware, and Dean Flaming, Sr. Technical Marketing Manager | Lighthouse and End-User-Computing Enablement, VMware Perhaps you have migrated or installed a new App Volumes Manager server, and want to know how you can import or share AppStacks. There are two scenarios to consider. Scenario 1: […]

   

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  Apply Today! VMware Horizon Client for Chrome OS Early Access Program (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7615)by Claude Robinson, Director End-User Computing Enterprise Software Applications and Healthcare Alliances Team VMware and Google have been working together over the last year to deliver compelling enterprise solutions to our customers. We have had the opportunity to work closely with Google to deliver a virtualization solution on Google’s Chromebook leveraging VMware End-User Computing products. Many […]

   

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  VMware User Environment Manager Deployed in 60 Minutes or Less (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7590)By Dale Carter, Senior Solutions Architect, VMware Technology Consulting Services In only two months after the acquisition of Immidio, announced in February 2015, VMware has released VMware User Environment Manager. User Environment Manager is a powerful, simple, and scalable user environment management solution that helps IT with profile management and setting up dynamic policies. It […]

   

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  Hybrid Cloud Solution Competency Update (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1735)Effective immediately, the VCP5-DCV certification is no longer a requirement in order to achieve the Hybrid Cloud Competency.

   

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  Updated Virtual SAN Partner Starter Kit (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1733)Download it today. It’s the easiest way to get all the latest VMware Virtual SAN 6.0 sales enablement assets to learn, market, and sell Virtual SAN.

   

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  The Science (and Economics) Behind A Carefully Crafted Software Defined Storage Strategy for Cloud Service Providers (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2464)As seen on Talkin’ Cloud: Do you remember your high school years – of calculating the boiling point of isopropyl alcohol in chemistry or studying the impact of supply and demand on the costs of goods in economics class? Many of us wondered, “When will we ever use these principles in real life?” For those […]

   

MORE NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM AROUND THE WEB

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  vSphere 6.0 Storage Features Part 7: VAAI XCOPY improvements (http://cormachogan.com/?p=5003)The more astute of you who have already moved to vSphere 6.0, and like looking at CLI outputs, may have observed some new columns/fields in the PSA claimrules when you run the following command: # esxcli storage core claimrule list Continue reading →

   

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  Virtual Volumes (VVols) – Syslog and Scratch Usage (http://cormachogan.com/?p=4982)I had a very interesting query in my recent VVol post on vSphere HA interop. In that post I showed how the VVol datastore could be used for datastore heartbeating. The question then arose when the VVol datastore could be Continue reading →

   

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  When and why do we “stun” a virtual machine? (http://cormachogan.com/?p=4975)This is a question that seems to come up regularly, but I don’t think it appears in any great detail in external facing documentation. The question is “when do we stun (or in other words, quiesce) virtual machines”, why do Continue reading →

   

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  Building a Dashboard with Grafana, InfluxDB, and PowerCLI (http://wahlnetwork.com/?p=13200)Looking to get your hands dirty with Grafana? Check out my walk-through using InfluxDB and PowerCLI to build a vSphere Lab Dashboard. The post Building a Dashboard with Grafana, InfluxDB, and PowerCLI appeared first on Wahl Network . Related posts: Building a New Network Design for the Lab Working with NSX – Fixing VTEPs and Building Logical Switches Cloud Sync to Google Nearline with Synology’s DSM 5.2 Beta Automating vSphere Replication Bandwidth Limits with PowerCLI Use a Synology NAS to…

   

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  Active Directory 2012 R2 Upgrade and DHCP Services Migration to Meraki (http://wahlnetwork.com/?p=13104)Can the Wahl Network lab survive another round of my constant fiddling? Find out in my latest Active Directory Upgrade and DHCP Migration project! The post Active Directory 2012 R2 Upgrade and DHCP Services Migration to Meraki appeared first on Wahl Network . Related posts: Building a New Network Design for the Lab Adding Home Lab Network Capacity Across Hardware Vendors Migrating a Dual-NIC vMotion Network to IPv6 Applying New IP Addresses to vCenter, ESXi Hosts, and Plugins Home Lab DS411 Gets…

   

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  Latest Fling from VMware Labs - Horizon View Events Database Export Utility (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2907-guid.html)

   

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  New Training Course - VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V6] (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2845-guid.html)

   

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  Technical White Paper - VMware Software-Defined Data Center (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2906-guid.html)

   

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  VMware AlwaysOn Desktop Design Guide (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2905-guid.html)

   

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  App Volumes 2.6 Products Features and Functions What's New (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2904-guid.html)

   

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  VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes: Getting Started Guide (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2903-guid.html)

   

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  VMware User Environment Manager - Technical Overview (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2902-guid.html)

   

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  Using vApp resource management capabilities? (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=16203)Advertise here with BSA This post is for those who are using vSphere vApps in their environment today. I’ve been talking with various Product Managers about the vApp and how it is used and we have made certain assumptions which we would like to validate. So far it seems to us that most of  you are using the vApp […] " Using vApp resource management capabilities? " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Pre-order my upcoming book Essential Virtual SAN…

   

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  Chinwag Reloaded with Amy Lewis (@Commsninja) (http://www.mikelaverick.com/?p=6060)This week’s chinwaggie is Amy Lewis (@Commsninja). Her day job is with @SolidFire, and she used to work for Cisco. I first met her some years ago when I was speaking at the VMUG at the Research Triangle Park (RTP)  is one of the largest research parks in the world. It is located near Durham, […]

   

   

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  Persistent Data on Docker Containers from EMC {code} (http://kendrickcoleman.com/index.php/Tech-Blog/persistent-data-on-docker-containers-from-emc-code.html)Docker containers are architected to be ephemeral, meaning the entire container can be wiped out and no harm is done. But what about containers that you are using for databases such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB? What about containers that need access to backend storage. There are tricks that can be done such as using LVM to mount volumes, or using something like NFS or Amazon's new elastic NFS services to automatically mount those shares on docker run. But what about creating those volumes directly from…

   

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  Introducing the Top vBlog 2015 Virtual Coin (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5879)The physical Top vBlog 2015 commemorative coins are being mailed out to the Top 50 winners this year. If you don’t have your coin yet you should in the next 1-2 weeks. I’ve had people ask about logos to display on their blogs so I’ve hired a graphic designer to P2V the coins for me. … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  Upcoming webinar: Boosting Storage Performance from the Server Side (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5882)Join Infinio and the mad chief scientist from Deep Storage himself, Howard Marks for a webinar on May 7th at 10:00am PST to find out how using compute server resources to accelerate storage access can bring greater levels of storage performance and flexibility to the modern data center while simultaneously helping to keep costs under control. The always … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  vBlogger Spotlight: Jason Boche (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5875)Follow @jasonboche Top vBlog 2015 is over but I’m still continuing my vBlogger Spotlight series to 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 Jason Boche, a good friend of mine from way back to the days when we were VMTN … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  What’s inside the Config Virtual Volume (VVol) of a VM? (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5868)On a VMFS volume a VM is comprised of many files that all have different purposes, the configuration file for a VM (.vmx) is a small text file (<100KB) that contains various information about the virtual hardware configuration of the VM. With the Virtual Volumes (VVols) architecture the configuration information for a VM is stored in … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  Is Your Data Replication Solution Aligned with Virtualization? (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5855)In today’s virtual world where disk-based media rules and everything is interconnected via the internet there is a very high probability that you’ll need replication for BC/DR to get your valuable VMs protected off-site to another location. Fortunately Zerto makes that simple by offering a virtual-aware, software-only, tier-one, enterprise-class replication solution purpose-built for virtual environments. Unlike traditional storage … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my…

   

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  Another VVols webinar from Taneja Group featuring VMware speakers (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5850)Another VVols webinar coming up from Taneja Group who is doing a whole series of webinars on VVols, the first which was on April 2nd and I participated in was a panel discussion with several storage vendors (NetApp, HP, NexGen & Dell) giving their views and opinions on VVols. The next one on April 30th … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  Turn your Top vBlog 2015 coin into a medal courtesy of Nutanix (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5842)I’ve started shipping the Top vBlog 2015 coins that were custom made this year courtesy of Infinio to the Top 50 bloggers. I’m sending them out in small batches due to all the work packing them, printing labels, filling out customs forms, etc. When you receive yours you might find a something little extra in the … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  New webinar from Infinio: Disruptive Innovations: How Storage is Changing in the Enterprise (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5839)Scott Davis from Infinio who was a special guest on the Top vBlog 2015 results show is presenting a webinar for technology geeks tomorrow, that sounds pretty cool so go sign up now! Also speaking of cool, Infinio was recently named by Gartner as one of the Cool Vendors in Storage Technologies for 2015, find out what … 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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  Nutanix vRealize Automation reference architecture (http://vcdx56.com/?p=5443)Just realised that the blog post i put together after the Nutanix vRealize Automation (vRA) formerly known as vCloud Automation Center (vCAC) reference architecture was published earlier this year was still unpublished. Received quite a few questions about it since the podcast, that can be found here, i did a few weeks back was released. During the past years i … Continue reading »

   

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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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  Scheduling Veeam Backup Free Edition backups (http://blog.mwpreston.net/?p=4441)As you might be aware Veeam has released Update 2 for it’s Backup and Replication software.  With that comes a slew of updates, integration with Endpoint Backup, vSphere 6 support, features, enhancements, bug fixes – you know the usual suspects that you might find inside of an update pack – you can see them all

   

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  VXLAN on Ravello between Google and Amazon EC2 (http://blog.mwpreston.net/?p=4429)A week or so ago I did a post around a cross vCenter vMotion lab that I had setup utilizing both Amazon EC2 and Google Cloud through Ravello Systems new beta which allows us to run nested ESXi.  It was a fun project to work on, migrating VMs back and forth through the clouds, but

   

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  Veeam Backup & Replication 8.0 Update 2 Has Arrived (http://www.boche.net/blog/?p=5091)Veeam Backup & Replication 8.0 Update 2 has arrived and with it comes compatibility with VMware vSphere 6.  The announcement (here’s another) from Veeam came yesterday following the vSphere 6 launch by about six weeks.  I was personally notified in a DM via Twitter as promised.  Talk about red carpet treatment from an organization which […] Post from: boche.net - VMware Virtualization Evangelist Copyright (c) 2010 Jason Boche. The contents of this post may not be reproduced or republished on…

   

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  Dell Enterprise Manager Client Gets Linux Makeover (http://www.boche.net/blog/?p=5084)Dell storage customers who have been watching the evolution of Enterprise Manager may be interested in the latest release which was just made available.  Aside from adding support for the brand new SCv2000 Series Storage Centers and bundling Java Platform SE 7 Update 67 with the installation (a separate Java installation is no longer required), […] Post from: boche.net - VMware Virtualization Evangelist Copyright (c) 2010 Jason Boche. The contents of this post may not be reproduced or republished on…

   

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