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Hi everyone, this week we continue where we left off last week with part 2 of the blog posting on VMware TAM Metrics.
VMware Technical Account Manager Customer Intelligence Program (Part 2 of 2)
By Eric Crossley
In a previous post, I introduced the Technical Account Manager (TAM) Customer Intelligence Program, some benefits of participating, and one of the key deliverables: the Customer Intelligence Dashboard. It’s worth reading that post if you haven’t already. In this blog I am introducing another important deliverable of the TAM Customer Intelligence Program: the Customer Usage Report (CUR).
This is a shorter week with Monday being Memorial Day so I would like to extend my wishes to everyone on this day.
Have a fantastic rest of your week and I look forward to speaking to you again next week.
Virtually Yours
Neil Isserow
Staff Technical Account Manager, Team Lead
San Francisco, CA
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- On-Demand: The Software-Defined Data Center: the Future of IT
- On-Demand: A Practical Roadmap to Moving Beyond Server Virtualization
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- What’s new in vSphere 6 Security? Learn here about the new security features in vSphere 6, and also the vSphere Hardening Guide.
- Top 5 Tips when considering vCenter Architecture Design in vSphere v6.0 are here.
- On-Demand: Getting More Out of vRealize Automation, No Scripting Required
- On-Demand: Log Insight Deep Dive
- On-Demand: Performance & Troubleshooting – Improving Quality of Service
- On-Demand: Operational Efficiency – Understanding Waste and Rightsizing your Environment
- On-Demand: vRealize Operations 6.0 Installation and the Migration from vCenter Operations v5.x
- On-Demand: What’s New in vRealize Operations 6.0
- On-Demand: vRealize Operations 6.0: Capacity Management and Planning
- On-Demand: Four Ways to Maximize the Value of VMware vRealize Operations Manager
- On-Demand: Take Virtualization to the Next Level with vSphere with Operations Management
- On-Demand: Take control of your vSphere environment with Operations Management
- VIDEOS: 50 new vRealize Operations 6 videos available on the vR Ops product website (on the Resources tab), covering Key Concepts, Use Cases, Installation, Analytics Badges, and How To & Tech Tips.
- New: View 3 additional Log Insight clustering use cases here.
- New: There is a new Health Monitoring tool for vRealize Suite deployments called vRealize Production Test. This is an add-on component to the vRealize Suite that ensures the operational status of vRealize Suite deployments from their initial deployment stages to ongoing Production Testing. Emphasis was placed on vRA and vR Ops. Get latest version 1.1 here. Read more about it here.
- VMworld! Choose from 17 sessions that include Log Insight here. Learn the breakdown of which sessions are being offered in this area here.
- On-Demand: 5 Ways Cloud Automation Drives Greater Cost and Operational Transparency – Led by Kevin Lees, VMware Principal Architect and Lead Architect for Global IT Operations Transformation.
- This infographic shows how automating private cloud infrastructure management can improve the efficiency of cloud operations, resource management, accelerated virtualization, and deliver enormous CapEx and OpEx savings.
- New: On-Demand: Learn how NSX delivers a comprehensive security approach for Horizon environments
- On-Demand: Introduction to NSX (VMware ViewPoint Training & Certification Webinar Series)
- On-Demand: VMware NSX – Technical Overview
- On-Demand: Listen to Martin Casado explain NSX and Microsegmentation
- On-Demand: A 3-minute summary of NSX and Microsegmentation
- On-Demand: NSX Distributed Firewall Deep Dive (VMUG)
- Every other Tuesday, 1pm EST: VMware NSX. Learn how VMware has applied the industry’s leading virtualization operating model to the network through this bi-weekly webinar.
- Product walk-through demo on NSX can be found here.
- VMware is once again positioned as Visionary in Gartner’s 2015 Magic Quadrant for Data Center Networking! Read more here.
- There are security threats imminent for customers who will not migrate off of Windows 2003 by mid-July, when support ends. Read more here. You can use NSX help you through this transition.
- On-Demand: Managing Storage Policies with VMware Virtual SAN
- On-Demand: What’s All the Buzz about Software-Defined Storage? (Learn about Virtual SAN 6 and vSphere Virtual Volumes)
- On-Demand: What’s New in Virtual SAN v6.0 – Seeing What’s New in Storage
- On-Demand: Overcoming Performance Limitations with Dell Flash Storage (VMUG)
- On-Demand: Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery in Action
- On-Demand: Technical Demo: What’s New with vCloud Air Disaster Recovery
- On-Demand: Not Your Grandfather’s Data Protection (VMUG)
- On-Demand: Build Development and Testing Environments on VMware vCloud Air
- On-Demand: Set Your Cloud Agenda with VMware vCloud Air
- On-Demand: Scale Your Mobile App Development on vCloud Air
- New: Gartner just positioned VMware as Visionary in Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service. Read more here.
- New:Learn how you can use VMware's Hybrid Cloud to extend your existing applications and for development/testing here.
- Learn about VMware’s “One Cloud. Any Application. Any Device” value proposition here.
- New: On-Demand: Learn how NSX delivers a comprehensive security approach for Horizon environments
- On-Demand: VMware Horizon: Transforming Desktop and Application Delivery and Management
- On-Demand: Accelerate Your Desktop Transformation Strategy: Six New Additions to Horizon 6
- New: Watch this video to see how a high-powered graphics workstation looks firsthand with the VMware/NVIDIA TryGrid platform.
- New: VMware just expanded VMware Horizon Air in the Asia Pacific region. Now you can take advantage of VMware vCloud Air services for infrastructure-as-a-service and disaster recovery as well as desktop-as-a-service capabilities with Horizon Air. More here.
- New:Link Horizon Deployments Together with Cloud Pod Architecture. Read more here.
- New: Use Horizon View to Access Virtual Desktops Remotely – without a VPN. Read about it here.
- New:Have you heard about the new VMware User Environment Manager (UEM), which offers personalization and dynamic policy configuration across any virtual, physical, and cloud-based environment? Read more about it here.
- On-Demand: Webinar on Troubleshooting VMware vSphere [V5.5], covering SSL certificates, networking, storage, VMware vCenter SSO, and more. Read more about it here. (VMware ViewPoint Training & Certification Webinar Series)
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NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM VMWARE
GENERAL NEWS
- Introduction to VMware NSX - KBTV Webinars (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6579)Continuing on with our current series of KBTV Webinars, here we have the eighth webinar titled: Introduction to VMware NSX which provides an overview of what NSX is, and how it relates to the SDDC (Software Defined Datacenter). NOTE: This video is roughly 37 minutes in length so it would be worth blocking out some time to […]
- How to setup mirrored folders between your Mac and Fusion VM (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6577)Did you know that you can setup mirrored folders for your Mac and Fusion virtual machine? Mirrored folders allow the Mac and the virtual machine to see the same content in certain personal data folders. For example, any content put on the Mac's desktop also appears on the Windows desktop. Similarly any content put in the My Documents […]
- Fresh vSphere 6 KB articles! (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6567)vSphere 6.0 has been out now for a few weeks and you early adopters have been busy kicking the tires. We've heard some very encouraging things about this release ie: the web client improvements. It's always interesting and top of mind for us to see what issues emerge in everyone's environments and we monitor support […]
- Overview of Storage I/O Control (SIOC) - KBTV Webinars (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6563)This video is the seventh in a series of free webinars for you, our customer. This one is titled: Overview of Storage I/O Control (SIOC) and it goes through what Storage I/O Control is, its requirements and how it works. NOTE: This video is roughly 40 minutes in length so it would be worth blocking out […]
- The CMO-CIO partnership (http://blogs.vmware.com/cio/?p=130)The CMO-CIO partnership Common Goals, Unified Approach, Unique Capabilities By Bask Iyer, CIO, VMware There is a lot of chatter about tension and conflict between IT and Lines of Businesses (LOBs)for a variety of reasons. The discussion around bi-modal IT follows this narrative: Traditional IT is slow to respond to business needs; is not at […]
- VMware News Recap 5/22/15: What We Read This Week (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=4011)This week in VMware News: EVO:RAIL, vSOM & Horizon Air Updates, Transforming Education with the Cloud + Help us Shape VMworld 2015 Content On Thursday, VMware’s EVO:RAIL team announced that they shipped new releases of VMware EVO:RAIL software. The latest releases address feedback received from customers and partners. It also includes support for the recently […]
- VMware EVO:RAIL Ships New Software Releases (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3994)By Mornay van der Walt, vice president, EVO:RAIL Group, VMware Today, I’m pleased to announce we have shipped new releases of the VMware EVO:RAIL software. These latest releases address some of the wide-ranging feedback we have received from our customers and partners over the last six months with regards to scale, hardware monitoring, serviceability automation, […]
- Help Shape Content at VMworld 2015 | #VMworld (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=4004)Don’t miss your opportunity to help influence the content at VMworld 2015. Public Session Voting is now open, and you can vote for your favorite session proposals to help decide what content makes it into our final agenda. Session voting ends on May 26 at 11:59 pm PDT so be sure to select your favorites soon! Voting is open […]
- Join Sumit Dhawan this Thursday for a vForum Online Spring 2015 Keynote: Mobilizing the Next Generation of Desktops (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3996)REGISTER HERE! The power of business mobility is driving investment in the next generation of desktop architectures, mobile platforms and, even more importantly, new and rebuilt business processes and business operations designed to make the greatest impact with an increasingly mobile workforce and customer base. VMware is responding to these market needs rapidly. 2015 has […]
- 5 Steps to Building Your High-Performance Cloud Organization (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=1543)Make sure learning happens by design; not just trial and error. By Pierre Moncassin One of the often-overlooked aspects of building an effective cloud organization lies in the training and development of team members. My customers often ask, “How do I accelerate my IT organization's transition to cloud?” Well, there is much more to my […]
- Configure Auto Deploy Rules - PowerCLI (https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=17421)In the previous post Configure DHCP and TFTP for Auto Deploy, we discussed how to setup your DHCP and TFTP servers to allow your ESX hosts to PXE boot. However, once an ESX host boots, it will need directions to know what to boot. This is where Auto Deploy Rules come in. Download an ESXi […]
- DRS Keeps VMs Happy (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=17376)Since the introduction of Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) almost 10 years ago, it has become the most trusted way to ensure virtual machines are running at their peak performance. Over 80% of customers that have introduced DRS use it in fully automated mode, which allows for automatic placement and rebalance operations that simplifies capacity planning […]
- vCenter Server 6.0 Availability Guide (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=17325)vCenter Server has become a mission critical part of most virtual infrastructures. It can be a single point of failure if it is not designed for availability. vCenter Server 6 has many changes relating to vCenter Server and its components and careful consideration has to be made in the design of its architecture. There are […]
- Project Lightwave Now Available (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=17361)Project Lightwave Now Available Today, we are happy to announce that Project Lightwave, an identity and access management project for cloud-native apps, has been released as a free, open source project and is now available via GitHub and JFrog Bintray. Project Lightwave was originally introduced last month (read the news release). What is Project Lightwave? […]
- Discover VMware tips and tricks from an SMB perspective (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5692)See how IT has changed, learn how to activate a new Horizon feature and upgrade your virtual environment in this month's SMB round up
- Save 50% off Certification Exams at VMworld 2015 US (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5688)The most popular VMware certification exams will be 50% off the regular price during VMworld 2015 US in San Francisco, California! This is an excellent opportunity to recertify your certification or validate new skills at a significant savings. Space is limited in our Certification Exam Center, so we recommend registering in advance. Option 1 – Bundle […]
- New VMware ViewPoint Webinar: Troubleshooting Strategies for vSphere 6 (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5686)Register for the VMware ViewPoint webinar, Troubleshooting Strategies for vSphere 6, on June 3
- Simple VDI Load Testing with View Planner (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=2261)By Jack McMichael, Solutions Consultant In the last few years it seems the number of customers asking for assistance in re-evaluating their “VDI 1.0” infrastructure is increasing at a faster rate than ever. It makes sense when you consider that in the rush to achieve datacenter consolidation many administrators were under pressure to just “make […]
- Enhance Infoblox DDI control using vRealize Log Insight (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=7088)Networks and networking requirements are rapidly evolving and leading to innovations that are driven by changing trends in security, cloud infrastructure, virtualization, IPv6, and the changing face of the Internet. This impressive trend list requires equally advanced solutions for managing critical network services in the physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Infoblox’s industry leading integrated, centrally […]
- Vblock Management with vRealize Operations Insight (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=7072)Vblock is an incredibly popular converged hardware/software offering from our friends at VCE. For those not in the know, VCE is an EMC business, and started life as a joint venture between VMware, EMC, and Cisco. It produces pre-assembled, rack-based solutions which contain Cisco UCS compute notes, Cisco network switches, EMC storage, and VMware software. […]
- Save the Date: Learn About vCloud Director 8.0 on 6/1 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5488)Service Providers, are you in search of a head start on the next iteration of VMware technology? Well we have news for you! We’re hosting a webinar on June 1st from 8 – 9:30 a.m. PST (4 – 5:30 p.m. BST) to kickoff the vCloud Director 8.0. beta. During this webinar, Amit Gupta, Sr. Director, […]
- Get Involved in the vCloud Air Community to Win Some Sweet Swag! (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5485)We are pleased to announce a new vCloud Air Community giveaway! Starting now, all Community discussion participants will be entered to win a vCloud Air prize package. One winner is selected and rewarded at the end of each month. The VMware vCloud Air Community is a forum designed to quickly answer users’ questions and concerns […]
- Why Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery is the Best Path to Disaster Security (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5474)Every company knows the importance of having a disaster recovery plan in place to protect business critical applications and data. But if that is the case, then why is it that nearly 60 percent of all businesses haven’t established a plan for disaster recovery? These businesses don’t want to wager on the chances of a […]
- Read the Newest VMware Comic Book: Hero On Demand (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5469)Your company is launching a new app in two days, and you’re in charge of finding a cloud service to develop and replicate test environments quickly. What do you do? Our newest comic book chronicles the path of IT manager, Gene, who needs to find a solution. Can he quickly purchase a service that meets […]
DESKTOP
- Desktop Transformation Powered by Dell Engineered Solutions for EVO:RAIL Horizon Edition (HE) (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7705)By Tony Paikeday, senior product line marketing manager, End-User Computing, VMware Today Dell is accelerating the desktop transformation journey for organizations small and large with their announcement of general availability of Dell Engineered Solutions for VMware EVO:RAIL Horizon Edition (HE). VMware and Dell have jointly invested in this space, to deliver on the benefits of […]
- Changing Desktop Economics: Cost Leadership with Horizon 6 (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7697)by Brian Gammage, Chief Market Technologist, End-User Computing VDI has long shown a lower TCO than physical desktops, but until mid-2014 the savings were in operational costs; per user capital costs were actually higher, representing a barrier to adoption for many organizations. With the launch of Horizon 6, the scenario changed and VDI is now […]
- VMware To Expand VMware Horizon Air in the Asia Pacific Region (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7713)By Josue Fontanez, senior product line marketing manager, End-User Computing, VMware Today, I’m excited to announce the scheduled expansion of VMware Horizon® Air™ cloud services into two major markets in the Asia Pacific region – Australia and Japan. This is another example of the growing footprint and interest in cloud-hosted services by VMware from customers […]
- Enterprise mobility news recap: May 18-22 (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36634)Welcome back to AirWatch Weekly Recap! Today we will highlight a new Google button, share ACE founding partners’ thoughts on the App Configuration for Enterprise program and provide a mobile wallet update. Google is partnering with retailers like Macy’s to add a “buy button” to some search results. Mobile shoppers will be able to add […]
- Frost & Sullivan shares how BYOD is “Done Right” with AirWatch and Samsung KNOX (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36604)Frost & Sullivan released a new whitepaper titled, “BYOD Done Right is a Win-Win for Workforce Mobility” that details how to build a “compromise-free approach” to bring your own device (BYOD) mobility plans. The analyst firm reports how combining Samsung KNOX and AirWatch EMM capabilities make this approach a reality. The whitepaper analyzes the various […]
- ACE founding partners describe the importance of standardizing enterprise app configuration (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36583)In March at Connect Barcelona, AirWatch, Box, Cisco, Salesforce, Workday and Xamarin announced App Configuration for Enterprise (ACE). The program serves as an open-standards approach to enterprise app building. The EMM neutral approach incorporates enterprise needs and security concerns to create a set of standards for app developers. ACE also enables a single app version […]
- Colegio Mirasur prepares students for technology influenced world (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36559)Colegio Mirasur is one of the leading educational institutions located in Madrid, Spain. The education institution teaches students ages 3-18 that ranges in grades kindergarten through high school. In alignment with Colegio Mirasur’s mission, teachers and administrators prepare students, “for a world defined by technology and globalization,” says Pedro Sampedro, president of Colegio Mirasur. The […]
- AirWatch Container provides secure containerized profiles across iOS and Android devices (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36544)AirWatch Container version 2.0 recently hit the Apple and Google Play stores. Formerly known as AirWatch Workspace, AirWatch Container allows IT to deploy secure profiles on devices to protect corporate resources while maintaining employee privacy. The updated application simplifies the enrollment process for end users and provides IT with flexibility in EMM deployments across device […]
- VMware Horizon Air set to Expand in Asia Pacific Region ()Today, I’m excited to announce the scheduled expansion of VMware Horizon® Air™ cloud services into two major markets in the Asia Pacific region – Australia and Japan. This is another example of the growing footprint and interest in cloud-hosted services by VMware from customers around the world. Customers can now take advantage of VMware vCloud® Air™ services for infrastructure-as-a-service and disaster recovery as well as desktop-as-a-service capabilities with Horizon Air. With this expansion…
PARTNER
- Dell Engineered Solutions for VMware EVO:RAIL Horizon Edition (HE) (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1774)Learn more about how this joint solution delivers the best in hyper-converged infrastructure for desktop virtualization through Dell Engineered Solutions for VMware EVO:RAIL. Help your customers see the power of the SDDC realized through rapid deployment and greater ease of use.
- New Desktop Assessment Tool (it's Free) (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1772)Leverage this partner kit to accelerate your sales cycle and increase your deal size with SysTrack Desktop Assessment, the latest collaborative offering from Lakeside Software and VMware. This is a free cloud assessment service using vCloud Air to accelerate the assessment of customer environments for VMware Horizon solutions. Use this offering to assess and analyze […]
- Learn More about the NetApp Integrated EVO:RAIL Solution on May 20th (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1770)Register today and join us tomorrow (May 20th to learn how the combined NetApp FAS2552 with Data ONTAP and VMware EVO:RAIL are integrated giving customers high performance, scalable, and cloud ready environments with the new NetApp Integrated EVO:RAIL solution.
- Deliver High-Performance Graphics to Customers with VMware and NVIDIA (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1767)Check out this video to find out how our joint solutions ensure your customers can access rich 3D graphics on any mobile device, and ultimately, become more productive and efficient. VMware and NVIDIA are making it simple for partners to deliver high-performance graphics to customers without delays or interference.
- The Renewals Train Has Arrived (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2483)Attention VMware partners… opportunity is calling. The Renewals Campaign is here. This campaign focuses on current vSphere customers who are approaching the 90 days to renewal date (for their non-ELA transactional business), and are good candidates for the following products aligned with Power Plays: VMware vSphere with Operations Management VMware vSphere with Operations Management + […]
MORE NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM AROUND THE WEB
- EMC and Mirantis/Canonical, solid joint OpenStack guidance. (http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2015/05/emc-and-mirantis-solid-joint-wp.html)This crossed my path this morning, and I wanted to share. A hot-off-the presses reference architecture doc co-authored by EMC, Mirantis and Canonical (Ubuntu of course) detailing HOWTOs for two of the key OpenStack partners and distributions. The Mirantis one...
- EVO:RAIL – The vSphere Environment – The Physical Resources (Part2) (http://www.mikelaverick.com/?p=6180)In my previous blog post I focused on the vSphere ‘metadata’ that makes up each and every configuration of vSphere, and for that matter, EVO:RAIL. Of course what matters is how we carve up and present the all-important physical resources. These can be segmented into compute, memory, storage and networking. Compute: The way compute resources […]
- VAAI now available with vSphere Standard Edition (http://cormachogan.com/?p=5121)A short post today, but it highlights what I feel is an important enhancement to vSphere licensing. I’ve had lots of questions recently about why VAAI (Storage APIs for Array Integration) is not available in the standard edition of vSphere. Continue reading →
- vSphere 6.0 HA and Component Protection with vMSC (http://cormachogan.com/?p=5105)I had a query recently about changes to vSphere 6.0, especially when it comes to vSphere HA and Component Protection (VMCP) with vMSC, vSphere Metro Storage Cluster. The question is very straight forward – do all the same advanced setting Continue reading →
- VSAN 6.0 Part 10 – 10% cache recommendation for AF-VSAN (http://cormachogan.com/?p=5021)With the release of VSAN 6.0, and the new all-flash configuration (AF-VSAN), I have received a number of queries around our 10% cache recommendation. The main query is, since AF-VSAN no longer requires a read cache, can we get away Continue reading →
- Using Mr Meeseeks as an Operations Automation Model (http://wahlnetwork.com/?p=13285)What can Mr Meeseeks, a magical cartoon gummy guy, teach us about operations automation? Find out in this wacky post! The post Using Mr Meeseeks as an Operations Automation Model appeared first on Wahl Network . Related posts: vRealize Automation and Operations Play Nice Together Using GitHub for your PowerCLI Scripts Automating and Enforcing a Consistent vSphere Configuration The Bajillion Spiffy Upgrades to vRealize Operations 6.0 Thoughts on vSphere DRS and Data Center Load Balancing
- VAAI support in vSphere Standard and up as of 6.0! (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=16243)Advertise here with BSA After some internal discussions over the last months it was decided to move VAAI (vSphere APIs for Array Integration) and Multi-Pathing down to vSphere Standard as of 6.0. Main reason for this was that Virtual Volumes, by many considered as the natural evolution of VAAI, is also part of vSphere Standard. So if you have vSphere Standard […] " VAAI support in vSphere Standard and up as of 6.0! " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter -…
- This host currently has no network management redundancy (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=16231)Advertise here with BSA Bumped in to this a billion times by now, and I wouldn’t recommend applying this in production but for your lab when you need to take clean screenshots it works great. I’ve mentioned this setting before but as it was part of a larger article it doesn’t stand out when searching so I figured I […] " This host currently has no network management redundancy " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Pre-order my upcoming book…
- Deploy VCSA 6.0 firstboot error (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=16225)Advertise here with BSA I was doing some tests in my lab and while deploying a new VCSA 6.0 I received an error that firstboot was unsuccessful. Not really a great error message if you ask me but okay. I had already validated DNS twice before I got started, but I checked it again just in case… DNS was […] " Deploy VCSA 6.0 firstboot error " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Pre-order my upcoming book Essential Virtual SAN via Pearson today!
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