FROM THE EDITORS VIRTUAL DESK
Hi everyone, welcome to this weeks TAM Source newsletter. We are getting closer to VMworld and of course the most exciting event in the VMware calendar. As mentioned last week I am providing some essential VMworld news for you. I would also like to point out this weeks featured article from the VMware TAM blog.
Virtually Yours
Neil Isserow
FEATURED ARTICLE
MyVMware Quick Tour
By Kelly Dare
If you work with VMware in any way, there are a few things you should know about the MyVMware portal. (www.myvmware.com ) Understanding how to navigate it and how it is set up will help you minimize your administrative effort working with VMware in several key ways.
VMWORLD 2015
Be Ready For Any at VMworld 2015! Don’t miss our 7/28 #VMworldChat!
Year after year, VMworld has continued to grow into one of the largest virtualization and cloud computing events in the world. With an expected attendance of over 25,000 people, this year’s conference looks to be no different.
VMworld 2015 is around the corner. Are you Ready For Any?
To get VMworld attendees Ready For Any, we’re excited to announce the first #VMworldChat!
On July 28th, at 11am PDT, we invite attendees, New V and Alumni alike, to join our #VMworldChat to discuss predictions, opinions and field questions on the must-see events. Co-hosting this chat will be longtime VMworld veteran Eric Nielsen (@ericni25)!
NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM VMWARE
GENERAL NEWS
Q2 2015 Earnings, Tech Coding Schools Foster Diversity, VMware Joins the Cloud Native Computing Foundation + More This Week in VMware News On Tuesday, VMware reported second quarter 2015 results. Coming out of the earnings call, The Motley Fool covers “5 Things VMware Inc’s Management Wants You t...
Jul 24, 2015 6:57:36 PM
Today, VMware is pleased to announce that the company has joined the Stanford Medicine Corporate Partners Program. VMware joins 10 other leading Silicon Valley companies to partner with Stanford Medicine to transform health care and medicine – from treating disease to promoting lifelong health. V...
Jul 24, 2015 4:55:24 PM
We know there are unique challenges when it comes to implementing enterprise IT at a small or mid-size business (SMB) — that’s why we’ve pulled together posts from the VMware blogosphere that we think might be useful to you: get tips and how-tos on VMware solutions, along with additional resource...
Jul 24, 2015 3:00:01 PM
Who loves virtual Performance? Who wants to learn more about it? Everybody of course! I'm very excited about this year's Extreme Performance Series mini-track being hosted at VMworld San Francisco and Barcelona. These sessions are created and presented by VMware's best and most distinguished perf...
Jul 23, 2015 10:06:05 PM
Today we'd like to talk about some common issues that have been seen when customers were upgrading to the latest version of our vSphere Web Client. Perhaps you, during an upgrade, missed some products that were no longer supported (ie: removing plugins that are no longer supported), and now are p...
Jul 23, 2015 3:53:16 PM
By Kelly Dare If you work with VMware in any way, there are a few things you should know about the MyVMware portal. ( www.myvmware.com ) Understanding how to navigate it and how it is set up will help you minimize your administrative effort working with VMware in several key ways. Get Support Rig...
Jul 22, 2015 7:40:35 PM
By Michael Adams, director of vSphere product marketing, VMware For a sixth year in a row, we are proud to announce VMware is once again a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure. (1) (Read the press release) Gartner’s report, we believe, validates our vi...
Jul 22, 2015 12:00:17 PM
We recently asked you to submit your questions for the students at Girls Who Code. The girls were on campus at VMware’s Palo Alto headquarters for a Summer Immersion Program where they learn essential industry skills while gaining exposure to the tech industry and receiving valuable mentorship fr...
Jul 21, 2015 4:33:03 PM
Last week we shared the first part of an interview with Hatem Naguib, VMware Vice President, Network and Security, where we asked him to share his insight on VMware NSX, the tangible business benefits it makes possible, and the advantages it offers VMware customers. Here is the rest of that fasci...
Jul 21, 2015 4:19:19 PM
Tech Target has completed and published an interview of the authors (Don Sullivan and Kannan Mani) of the Oracle on vSphere VMware press book. The published interview is linked below: The official VMware press book and the definitive authority on the subject of Oracle on vSphere: http://www.amazo...
Jul 21, 2015 3:18:37 PM
We've just put the finishing touches on a new video which discusses how to confirm ESX and ESXi host hardware compatibility using the VMware Hardware Compatibility Guides, which are available here . You can use the VMware Hardware Compatibility Guides to confirm whether or not your particular ser...
Jul 21, 2015 1:21:47 PM
Part 1 – Establishing your Cloud Business Management Practice By Khalid Hakim, Charlie McVeigh History, particularly IT history, sure does have a way of repeating itself. Think back to the 80’s and the advent of mini computers. Mini computers were widely adopted by business units because of the p...
Jul 20, 2015 6:36:52 PM
Are you experiencing challenges with your current vSphere storage environment (i.e., performance, capacity constraint, complexity, expensive renewals) or just not sure if VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) would be a good fit? Now VMware partners, SEs, or reps can help you with a free VSAN Assessment . In...
Jul 20, 2015 5:45:01 PM
On Sept 21 -25 in Cary, NC, you have a unique opportunity to participate in the beta version of our new VMware Cloud Automation: Design and Deploy Fast Track [V6.0] course. This BETA offering is sure to fill up fast, so act now. This course focuses on designing and deploying an enterprise cloud b...
Jul 20, 2015 4:19:35 PM
The mClock scheduler was introduced with vSphere 5.5 Storage I/O Control (SIOC) and laid the foundation for new capabilities for scheduling storage resources. vSphere 6.0 expands upon these capabilities and adds the ability to reserve IOPS, providing even more flexibility and control when deliver...
Jul 20, 2015 4:00:21 PM
By Michael Gandy, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, EVO:RAIL, VMware As the EVO:RAIL Hands-on Lab Challenge moves into its third month, we are pleased to announce the challenge winners for June. Sam Byrne, David Morehead and Adrian Ngo achieved the three best scores. Congrats guys! Each of them will...
Jul 20, 2015 1:52:10 PM
by Rich Bourdeau VMware NSX and vRealize Automation deliver secure, scalable, and high performing applications on-demand Applications need much more than appropriately sized virtual machines. They also need accurately configured network connectivity, security, availability, scale, and performance...
Jul 22, 2015 10:35:58 AM
Continuing from our April 2015 release of the new VMware Continuent 4.0 products is a new 4.0.1 release that provides important fixes to both the replication and MySQL clustering. For full details, read the full release notes, available at the links below, but the highlights are as follows: VMwar...
Jul 21, 2015 7:30:30 PM
Getting the latest tricks and tips for all things VMware vCloud® Air™ shouldn’t be a struggle. That’s why we made vTech Talk, our video series highlighting the myriad things you can do with your deployment of vCloud Air. In our latest video, users ask where they can get the best training and reso...
Jul 21, 2015 4:04:20 PM
by Rich Bourdeau Considering deploying a private cloud? Need to get better control over public cloud health, performance and utilization? Most industry analysts see IT infrastructure environments evolving to a hybrid cloud environment over the next 2-3 years. IDC expects that over 65% of enterpri...
Jul 21, 2015 10:35:55 AM
By Bekah Suttner, Blue Medora Virtual administrators on NetApp storage often receive complaints from end users about slow-running virtual machines when writing large amounts of data. This slowdown can often be the result of a QoS (Quality of Service) policy within the NetApp storage environment. ...
Jul 21, 2015 10:00:07 AM
A large part of the software-defined datacenter is policy-based management (heard of SPBM?) so how do you manage policies in vRealize Operations and how do you create your own custom policies? Let's find out! Understanding Policies in vRealize Operations 6 Before you start creating custom policie...
Jul 20, 2015 10:00:54 AM
DESKTOP
Apple record earnings, Amazon record hiring and steps to a split billing solution, we’re lined up with big news this week on the weekly recap. I’m Maddie Cook and this is your weekly recap of the AirWatch Blog. AT&T for Work Platform is now available for AirWatch customers. Combined with AirWatch...
Jul 24, 2015 7:54:20 PM
At the VMware Business Mobility event on June 9, Sundhar Annamalai announced that AirWatch customers who have implemented BYOD initiatives can now gain greater visibility of their telecom costs. This capability enables enterprises to care for business oriented data usage on their employees’ perso...
Jul 23, 2015 4:19:58 PM
AirWatch Connect Atlanta is right around the corner and sponsorship is still available! This year at AirWatch Connect, the Mobility Expo will provide partners the opportunity to showcase products, solutions and services to gain exposure to attendees from across the mobile ecosystem. Last year’s e...
Jul 23, 2015 1:53:37 PM
Over the past several decades, the Windows operating system has fundamentally changed the way we access, create and share information. However, the workplace has shifted too, from static workstations to dynamic work environments where employees access and share information across various devices....
Jul 21, 2015 9:16:52 PM
It's about that time again! The VMware Fusion team is excited to announce availability of the Fusion Technology Preview 2015! You can get it today from the Community Forums: Fusion Technical Preview 2015 Community We've been hard at work delivering the features our users have been asking for, and...
Jul 21, 2015 8:19:13 PM
451 Research recently released results from the survey “Voice of the Enterprise: Information Security.” In the survey, EMM/MDM users answered a comprehensive survey asking opinions and insights from the Information Security market. Based on the results, EMM/MDM users rank AirWatch as the most imp...
Jul 20, 2015 7:40:45 PM
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As the VMware portfolio continues to grow we want to provide you with focus for delivering on our Software-Defined Data Center, Hybrid Cloud, and Business Mobility visions. There is tremendous opportunity to accelerate our transactional business together. Here are the Power Play Products for the ...
Jul 20, 2015 5:17:14 PM
MORE NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM AROUND THE WEB
Project Enzo is VMware’s new hybrid cloud-scale architecture designed to combine the economic benefits of cloud-based VMware virtual desktops and application technology, with the simplicity of hyper-converged infrastructure to transform the IT experience. The webcast "Project Enzo: Redefining Wor...
Jul 23, 2015 1:37:00 PM
Advertise here with BSA Every year I do a top VMworld sessions post. It is getting more complicated each year as there are so many great sessions. In the past years I tried to restrict myself to 20 but it always ends up being 22, 23 or even more sessions. This year I am going to be strict, 15 at ...
Jul 22, 2015 3:34:26 PM
Inspired by Mister Yellow Bricks himself, here is a list of 10 interesting sessions that I’ve scoped out while browsing this year’s VMworld 2015 Content Catalog . My picks are pretty heavily slanted towards automation because that’s how I roll! In addition to the three sessions that I’m presentin...
Jul 22, 2015 2:10:34 PM
In Virtual SAN 6.0, a new snapshot format was introduced called vsanSparse. This improves snapshot functionality by leveraging the new VirstoFS on-disk format used with VSAN 6.0. I had a question recently about what would happen if I migrated a VM with a traditional vmfsSparse/redo log type snaps...
Jul 22, 2015 1:00:47 PM
In TechReckoning Dispatch v2n10, John Troyer writes: What’s your home off-site backup strategy? Right now I’m just backing up the household Macs via Time Machine to a local 4TB disk. This is ok… unless we have a fire. Guess who just had a fire? (A three-foot section of our wood fence caught on fi...
Jul 21, 2015 2:20:37 PM
Around the end of 2014 the EVO:RAIL team released an update to their core software in the shape of the 1.0.1 release. One of the key features the release introduced was something we call “Link and Launch”, an optional feature used by our partners. As you might know, from a hardware perspective mo...
Jul 21, 2015 12:51:08 PM
Advertise here with BSA Over the last couple of months I’ve spoken to many customers about Virtual SAN. What struck me during these conversations is how these customers spoke about Virtual SAN. In all cases when we start the conversation it starts with a conversation about what their environment ...
Jul 21, 2015 11:56:31 AM
I’ve created a YouTube playlist with 32 newly released VMworld 2014 sessions.
Jul 21, 2015 8:25:00 AM
VMware vSphere 6 continues to enhance the performance features and capabilities of the vSphere platform, making it the most robust and highest-performing cloud platform. vSphere 6 supports larger virtual machines and physical hosts to accommodate even the most demanding workloads. It also introdu...
Jul 21, 2015 7:38:00 AM
Onyx is a tool I have been using for years, it’s a tool that sat between the vSphere C# Client or Windows Client and the vCenter server and intercepted the SOAP calls, it would inspect these SOAP calls and convert them into PowerCLI code. With the recent move away from the C# Client there is an o...
Jul 20, 2015 5:20:31 PM
VMWARE TAM WEBCASTS
On-Demand Webinars:
SDDC:
- NEW: On-Demand: What’s New in VMware vSphere 6: First Look and Upgrade Best Practices
- On-Demand: Web Client
- On Demand: Troubleshooting Strategies for vSphere 6
- On-Demand: Designing a Virtual Infrastructure Architecture
- On-Demand: Demystifying the Software Defined Data Center
- On-Demand: vSphere with Operations Management
- On-Demand: Troubleshooting VMware vSphere [v5.5]
- On-Demand: vCenter Server (vSphere 6)
- On-Demand: vSphere Security (vSphere 6)
- On-Demand: Examining your Security Posture in the Software-Defined Data Center
- On-Demand: What’s New with vSphere and Operations Management 6
- On-Demand: New Video from HP Discover: VMware and HP’s Global Innovation Center
- On-Demand: VMware vForum Online Spring 2015
- On-Demand: The Software-Defined Data Center: the Future of IT
- On-Demand: A Practical Roadmap to Moving Beyond Server Virtualization
- On-Demand: Datacenter Refresh: Traditional vs Converged vs Hyper-Converged
- Every Wednesday, 3pm EST: VMware Communities Roundtable
- NEW:On-Demand: New You See Me – Data Path Visibility from Host to Disk with vRealize Operations
- On-Demand: vRealize Operations v6.0: Installation, Sizing, and Migration
- On-Demand: Using vRealize Automation and NSX to Deploy and Secure Multi-tiered Applications
- On-Demand: Getting More Out of vRealize Automation: Cloud Business Management (vRealize Business)
- On-Demand: Getting More Out of vRealize Automation: Integrate with Anything
- On-Demand: Getting More Out of vRealize Automation: Introduction to Customization and Extending
- On-Demand: Getting More Out of vRealize Automation: 6.2 Installation and Configuration
- 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: vRealize Operations for Horizon now offers a single pane of glass to monitor and report on VMware Horizon and Citrix XenApp 6.5 deployments. Download the eval here, visit the webpage here, and download the data sheet here.
- NEW: Log Insight:
- Now live on the Web, the vSphere Optimization Assessment (VOA) demonstrates the power of Operations Management via a free, 30-day product evaluation health check that will provide you a comprehensive analysis of the optimization opportunities in your virtualized environment. Learn more about the VOA through this video.
- VMware has a new 5-day Performance & Capacity Management Detailed Workshop service to help you transform your operational processes and organizational structures to realize the greatest value from your investments in VMware technology. Ask your TAM if you’re interested in getting more information about this offering.
Automation:
- https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__vmware.us9.list-2Dmanage1.com_track_click-3Fu-3D8f871aa62ed46a084e7ee5051-26id-3D66bad600f5-26e-3Deb18caa7be&d=BQMFaQ&c=Sqcl0Ez6M0X8aeM67LKIiDJAXVeAw-YihVMNtXt-uEs&r=olOAJndCX3PnTOG-Khl_fkghMjHKRs9utIwNAdwNDo4&m=-d05sp41XfkKDwxeTKpLW97ZwMtSgQFZkEMGHzQCLB4&s=G4AGP5y5ANn5GVjtRiuRyVVeTBAgX11QeGfIPK4Jtho&e=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.
- On-Demand: Microsegmentation with VMware NSX
- On-Demand: Using vRealize Automation and NSX to Deploy and Secure Multi-tiered Applications
- On-Demand: VMware NSX for Horizon (video series)
- On-Demand: Learn how NSX delivers a comprehensive security approach for Horizon environments
- On-Demand: Introduction to NSX
- 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
- 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.
- NEW: NSX/Checkpoint integration is now Generally Available. Check Point vSEC for VMware NSX delivers multi-layered defenses to protect east-west traffic within the VMware-deployed data center. vSEC transparently enforces security at the hypervisor level and between virtual machines, automatically quarantines infected machines for remediation, and provides comprehensive visibility into virtual network traffic trends and threats. Read more here and here.
- NEW: Deep-dive on VDI networking and security with NSX for Horizon. With the exponential growth in security threats from “east-west” traffic within the datacenter, IT pros are increasingly looking to network virtualization with VMware NSX to deliver automated, intelligent, and persistent application of policies to virtual desktops and apps. Watch this overview video to learn about the solution, and check out our brand new demo video series here that steps you through NSX deployment for Horizon environments.
- Product walk-through demo on NSX can be found here.
- Do you still have Windows 2003 in your environment? There are security threats imminent for customers who still on Windows 2003, as support has ended for this operating system. Read more here. You can use NSX help you through this transition.
- NEW:On-Demand: Virtualization at the Speed of Flash
- On-Demand: A Technical Overview of Virtual Volumes
- On-Demand: Storage Policy-Based Management with Virtual SAN
- On-Demand: vSphere 6.0: All Things Storage! (led by Cormac Hogan)
- On-Demand: Lower Storage Costs with VMware Virtual SAN
- On-Demand: VMware Virtual Volumes and their Impact on the Datacenter
- 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
- 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
- On Demand: Accelerate and Control your IaaS with VMware Cloud Management Platform
- On-Demand: IT Security does not have to End where the Public Cloud Begins
- On-Demand: Check out VMware and Fujitsu joint solutions that bring a “Hybrid IT” model to optimize the cloud and support innovation and growth.
- 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
- On-Demand: VDI on the Front Lines: One Hospital’s Journey to Deployment
- On-Demand: VMware and NVIDIA Simplify Desktop Virtualization for Higher Education Customers
- On-Demand: What’s New with View: Update on VMware Horizon (with View) [v6.0]
- On-Demand: VMware and NVIDIA: Extending the Power of Virtualization in Higher Education
- On-Demand: Tips and Tricks for Building a Mobile Secure Workspace with VMware Horizon
- On-Demand: Business Mobility: Enabling Business Process Innovation with Mobile-First Strategies (hosted by CEO Pat Gelsinger and EVP Sanjay Poonen).
- On-Demand: VMware NSX for Horizon (video series)
- On-Demand: Deliver High-Performance Graphically-Accelerated VDI
- On-Demand: Extend the Benefits of Workspace Environment Management to Virtual Desktops and Apps Using VMware App Volumes, UEM, vRealize Ops and More
- 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: vRealize Operations for Horizon now offers a single pane of glass to monitor and report on VMware Horizon and Citrix XenApp 6.5 deployments. Download the eval here, visit the webpage here, and download the data sheet here.
- NEW: Deep-dive on VDI networking and security with NSX for Horizon. With the exponential growth in security threats from “east-west” traffic within the datacenter, IT pros are increasingly looking to network virtualization with VMware NSX to deliver automated, intelligent, and persistent application of policies to virtual desktops and apps. Watch this overview video to learn about the solution, and check out our brand new demo video series here that steps you through NSX deployment for Horizon environments.
- NEW: App Volumes 2.9 is now Generally Available. Click here.
- NEW: Mirage 5.4 is now Generally Available. Click here.
- NEW: Citrix customers can optimize their environments with the Horizon Application Management bundle here.
- NEW: AirWatch by VMware has been recognized as a leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant here.
- 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.
Scheduled Webinar Events:Jul 28: Virtual Volumes and Storage Policy-Based Management (vSphere 6 Webcast)Jul 28: IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Virtual Client Computing Software 2015 Vendor AssessmentJul 30: 3 Things You Should Know about VMware Virtual SANAug 5: Visualizing Data with Dashboards, Views & Reports (Getting More Out of vRealize Operations Series) (Link forthcoming)Aug 11: vCenter Server Availability (vSphere 6 Webcast)Aug 19: Symptoms, Alerts, Recommendations, and Actions (Getting More Out of vRealize Operations Series) (Link forthcoming)Sep 16: Technical Overview of vCloud Air(ViewPoint Webinar Webcast)
- Aug 30-Sep 3: VMworld 2015
- Registration: here.
- Pricing: here.
- PSO Credits: Use 22 PSO Credits to buy your ticket. FAQ’s are here. 10 ticket limit per organization. Credits must not expire before the end of VMworld.
- TAM Day:Sunday Aug 30th, 10am-6pm. These invitation-only, customer sessions will focus on the most timely and pressing business and technical issues. Read more here. [TAM Day is now sold out. Add your name to the Wait List during the VMworld Registration process.]
- Who should attend: Learn here why all levels of management should go to VMworld, and why you should want your own manager there.
- Content Catalog: Available here.
- Schedule Builder: Available here.
- Training Discount: You can maximize savings on training classes by signing up for pre-conference training courses or discounted self-paced courses during VMworld registration. Get more details here. View more on PearsonVue’s site here.
- See last year’s sessions here.
- Registration: here.
- 100,000 members strong! This vibrant VMware community welcomes you to network, learn best practices, and share ideas about VMware solutions.
- Program for VMUG Advantage subscribers: EVALExperience by VMware – a renewable 365 day, non-production license so that you can access and evaluate the latest and greatest VMware products. Click here for the press release, here for the blog, and here to sign up! NEW: VMware vSphere 6, VMware Integrated OpenStack, and VMware Virtual SAN 6 are now available. Visit here to place an order for the updated products.
- VMUG COMPASS: Click here
- The inaugural issue tackles topics such as “Upgrade Your Sandbox”, “The Truth About Agentless Security”, and “Understanding Micro-Segmentation”.
- - VMUG Feed4ward mentor program. Learn more here.
- - VMUG eLearning Webcast Page: Click here
- - VMUG eLearning Center: Click here
- - VMUG wiki: Click here
- - Webcast Archive File Library: Click here (Latest additions: Keeping Up with VMware Backup & Recovery Challenges of the Software-Defined Virtual Data Center)
- https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__vmware.us9.list-2Dmanage.com_track_click-3Fu-3D8f871aa62ed46a084e7ee5051-26id-3D6db5196f20-26e-3Deb18caa7be&d=BQMFaQ&c=Sqcl0Ez6M0X8aeM67LKIiDJAXVeAw-YihVMNtXt-uEs&r=olOAJndCX3PnTOG-Khl_fkghMjHKRs9utIwNAdwNDo4&m=-d05sp41XfkKDwxeTKpLW97ZwMtSgQFZkEMGHzQCLB4&s=RIt34vdR_AUTxKiBO4usiDLFDXNopZCid4eollgYReE&e=Jul 30, 1-5pm: Raleigh VMUG(12 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709)
- Optimize and Better Protect Your VM Environment (DataGravity)
- FVP and In-Memory Computing (PernixData)
- Register here today!
- Jul 30: Congratulations, You Are Virtualized. What’s Your Data Protection, Backup and Recovery Strategy? (Tintri)
- Aug 4: The Changing Storage Industry and the Impact on Virtual Desktop Solutions (Infinio)
- Aug 6: Ensuring Security is Never a Burden in the Software-Defined Data Center (TrendMicro)
- Aug 12: Overview of EVO:RAIL and Deep Dive into Version 1.2 Features (VMware)
- Oct 8: Raleigh VMUG
- Nov 9: Virtual Event 3.0. Connect live with peers, VMware experts, and VMUG leaders while exploring the latest products and services presented by VMware and vendors, downloadable content, and more.
VMware Education:
- NEW COURSES!
NEW BETA in Cary, NC! VMware Cloud Automation: Design and Deploy Fast Track V6.0 – click here
- On-Demand: VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6] - click here
- VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V6] - click here
- FREE eLEARNING COURSE! EVO:RAIL Fundamentals – click here
- FREE VMware Integrated OpenStack training is here.
- More new courses and special offers can be found here.
- Save 50% on VMware Learning Zone: Subscribe to Learning Zone for 12 months of 24/7 access to VMware video-based support. Learn more here.
- New Publication! “DevOps for VMware Administrators” can be found here.
- NEW VMWARE PRODUCTS / TERMINOLOGY: There are a few new products and ideas that have been introduced by VMware. Here is a synopsis of a few of the most recent:
- NEW FLINGS:
- Are you aware of the VMware vSphere Mobile Watchlist? This is a mobile application, available for both Android and iOS, that allows you to monitor sub-sets of virtual machines and hosts on your vSphere server or standalone VMware ESXi environment. Read more here.
- DID YOU KNOW? myVMware has a subscription feature whereby you can subscribe for updates on a major, minor, or patch release? These settings are all modified under your profile within myVMware under the “Subscriptions” Tab. You simply select the product you’d like to receive updates on. That’s it! Details on how to update your myVMware profile can be found here.
- Certifications/Free Education:
- New VMware Certified Associate (VCA) level certifications.
- VMware Certified Associate 6 – Data Center Virtualization (VCA6-DCV) - click here
- VMware Certified Associate 6 – Desktop and Mobility (VCA6-DTM) - click here
- VMware Certified Associate 6 – Cloud Management and Automation (VCA6-CMA) - click here
- VMware Certified Associate 6 – Hybrid Cloud (VCA6-HC) - click here
- VMware Certified Associate 6 – Network Virtualization (VCA6-NV) - click here
- New VCP 6 certifications. (Read about the new classes here. Watch this video to review program changes.)
- MORE FREE EDUCATION!
- High Level Overviews of VMware Solutions:
- High Level Feature Walkthroughs:
- Free Self-Paced Training:
- Hands-On Labs:
- http://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalogs/
- (Search: vSphere 6, vCAC 6, vCO, etc..)
- Link to TONS of VMware vSphere v5.5 and 6.0 information in one spot:
- New VMware Certified Associate (VCA) level certifications.
- VMware offers many ways to get trained in VMware products and solutions. These include Classroom, Live Online, Online self-paced, Lab Connect, On Demand, Instructional Videos, ViewPoint Webinar Series, VMware TV on YouTube, Partner University, Hands On Labs, The Learning Zone, SolutionTracks, Demos on Demand, Online Events, Local Events, Beta classes, VMworld, Partner Exchange, Partner Library, vBrownbag, and VMUGs. If you’d like to learn more about any of these, please reach out and let me know.
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