FROM THE EDITORS VIRTUAL DESK
Hi everyone, it has been a while since our last newsletter and of course a lot has happened in the world of VMware and virtualization in general. Please take some time to read through the security announcements, education updates as well as TAM webinars and of course our digest of new articles from this past few weeks.
I wish you all a fantastic week ahead, until the next newsletter.
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VMware TAM Team
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VMWARE SECURITY ADVISORIES
October 16, 2018
VMSA-2018-0026 - VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion updates address an out-of-bounds read vulnerability
October 09, 2018
VMSA-2018-0025 - VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion workarounds address a denial-of-service vulnerability
TAM CUSTOMER WEBINARS
October replay – vRealize Network Insight, recording: https://vmware.zoom.us/recording/share/2P8rKwCzwTzHiQeZnG-lAhxveJ58uAYNPFQCGy746uewIumekTziMw
- Synopsis: This session is to introduce you to vRealize Network Insight (vRNI) which is VMware’s network & security monitoring & operations platform for SDDC & Cloud. The vRNI product team members will be available to walk you through the product use cases, provide a product demo and answer product and roadmap related questions.
October 24th at 10am – VMware Cloud on AWS: NSX Networking and Security Enhancements
- Register Here: https://bit.ly/2OrPp20
- Synopsis: VMware Cloud on AWS provides a solution for customers looking to adopt or extend/migrate to the cloud. VMware Cloud on AWS leverages the VMware stack (vSphere, vCenter, vSAN, NSX) customers are already familiar with on-prem to allow for ease of adoption. The new networking and security enhancements coming to VMware Cloud on AWS with NSX-T such as distributed firewall (DFW), grouping object support, connectivity enhancements with VPN and Direct Connect, and new monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities, provides additional robust capabilities and allow customers to support additional use cases. You will learn the networking and security enhancements coming to VMware Cloud on AWS and see a demo of some of the new functionality.
EDUCATION NEWS
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NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM VMWARE
Open Source Blog
- Kubernetes 1.12 Release Lead Retrospective
I spent the period from July to September 2018 volunteering as the Kubernetes 1.12 release lead. As this stint comes to ... - All Things Open 2018: Exploring Open Source and the Open Web in the Enterprise
While many of the best and brightest open source minds will be at Open Source Summit Europe from October 22-24, there’s ... - The Future of Service Mesh, Part One: Service Mesh Architectures Are Inevitable—and Set to Grow in Importance
By Stephen McPolin and Venil Noronha When Istio 1.0 was released a couple of months ago, TechCrunch called it “probably ... - Attending Embedded Recipes and Kernel Recipes in Paris
At the end of September, I attended the double conference Embedded Recipes followed by Kernel Recipes. Embedded Recipes ... - Reflections on CHAOSScon 2018
By Alexandre Courouble and John Hawley Previously, we’ve explored the challenge of measuring progress in open source pro...
Network Virtualization Blog
- App Micro-Segmentation How To’s: Informatica, Oracle, and SAP
Are you someone that prefers a blank sheet of paper or an empty text pad screen? Do you get the time to have that though... - The Ultimate Guide to Networking & Security Sessions & Activities at VMworld Europe
At VMworld 2017, we took the NSX show on the road and demonstrated our expanded capabilities and support for new use cas... - NSX Cloud 2.3 – Support for AWS, Free Visibility into Public Cloud Workloads & more!
We are very excited about the following key NSX Cloud features which are shipping as part of the latest NSX release – NS... - Virtual Cloud Network Deep Dive: Join us in New York and Toronto!
Attention New York and Toronto, the NSX team is heading your way to deliver Deep Dive Sessions to help you get a jump st... - Reference Guide Update: Deploying NSX Data Center on an ACI Underlay
NSX Data Center is now the de facto SDN standard for the Private Cloud. Reference guides for NSX Data Center are proven ...
vSphere Blog
- What’s New in vCenter Server 6.7 Update 1
Today I’m happy to announce vSphere 6.7 Update 1 is now generally available. This release includes a single vSpher... - Fully Featured vSphere Client in vSphere 6.7 Update 1
We’re pleased to announce that the vSphere Client is now ‘Fully Featured’ in vSphere 6.7 Update 1. This mean... - Machine Learning with GPUs on vSphere
The VMware team had a very productive summer when it comes to publishing studies of running Machine Learning workloads u... - vCenter Server Licensing Options
UPDATED (October 18th, 2018): The vCenter Server features by licensing chart has been updated to reflect that the vCente... - End of Availability of vSphere with Operations Management Enterprise Plus
VMware is announcing the End of Availability (EOA) of VMware vSphere with Operations Management Enterprise Plus edition,...
Cloud management Blog
- See All Cloud Management Demos in one Session!
So many demos and so little time at VMworld Europe! But don’t worry, we got you covered. Attend session MGT2204BU ... - Pivotal Container Service Integration with Project Hatchway: Application Deployment
By Aman Basotra and Alka Gupta This blog is a continuation from our previous blog where we had covered technical ... - Bigger, Stronger, Faster Dashboards using vRealize Operations 7.0
With the release of VMware vRealize® Operations 7.0 we are gifted many new features to improve Self-Driving Operations. ... - Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) perspective cloud automation services
At VMworld in Las Vegas we were excited to announce our new SaaS-based cloud automation services. Since then we have had... - Network Insight at VMworld: Enabling the Future of Cloud Networking and Security Operations
Every year at VMworld, we present our vision for the IT. This VMworld was no different. It just got bigger and better. W...
Cloud Native Blog
- Put DevOps Plans into Practice at DevOps Enterprise Summit
DevOps Enterprise Summit (DOES) is the premier conference for professionals implementing DevOps principles. The conferen... - Going to eXtremes: Securing Cloud-Native Workloads with X.509 Certificates
By Neel Shah, member of technical staff, Cloud-Native Apps BU An identity management system is critical to enable large-... - Configuring Fluent Bit on VKE for AWS Elasticsearch
By Bahubali Shetti, Director of Public Cloud Solutions for VMware Cloud Services at VMware As noted in one of my earlier... - Double Feature: Showcasing PKS and VKE at the Open Fintech Forum and Cloud Foundry Summit Europe
There’s something of a cloud-native double feature coming up on Oct. 10 and 11: Open Fintech Forum in New York City and ... - Open Source Webinars: Harbor; vSphere Integrated Containers Engine; and BOSH and the vSphere CPI
In October we have three open source-focused webinars scheduled, bring your questions and come join us! H...
EUC Blog
- You’re Invited to the Digital Workspace Showcase Keynote at VMworld Europe
Are you ready for Barcelona –Gaudi’s architectural masterpieces, the sun-kissed beaches of the Meditteranean, tapas, win... - What’s New in Workspace ONE UEM 1810
The latest updates and features for Workspace ONE UEM 1810 are now available! The 1810 release highlights include major ... - Phishing, Smishing, Man-In-The-Middle… How Cybercriminals Exploit The Network To Compromise Mobile Devices And How To Prevent Those Attacks
Part 2 of a 3-part series focused on application, network and device-related mobile threats. This article focuses on net... - Forming a Digital Workspace Strategy: Where to Begin
To deal with technological chaos, organizational growth and employee expectations, three IT leaders each formed a digita... - PEI Operating Partners Forum – Adopt the Digital Workspace
From enacting on a growth mindset to meeting regulatory requirements, we understand the many challenges Private Equity O...
vCloud Foundation Blog
- Cloud Scalability @ the Speed of a Click with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 3.0
As Enterprises create more data and transactions, demands are increasing on their private and public cloud instances. By... - Top 4 Cloud Foundation Sessions to Attend at VMworld 2018 Europe
What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas—and that’s especially true for VMworld. After wrapping up the U.S. ev... - Building a Hybrid Cloud with VMware Cloud Foundation and Hybrid Cloud Extension
IT administrators have been hearing about the hybrid cloud for what feels like eternities. You hear it discussed at conf... - VMware Cloud Foundation Goes Ubiquitous!
Drumrolls!!! VMware presents.. In association with Simplest Path to Hybrid Cloud Pictures.. Introducing the all new... - Announcing VMware Cloud Foundation 3.0 General Availability
I am pleased to announce that VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 3.0 is now generally available (GA)! We introduced VCF 3.0 ...
EXTERNAL NEWS FROM 3RD PARTY BLOGGERS
Virtually Ghetto
- Quick Tip – How to enable vGPU vMotion in vSphere 6.7 Update 1
Since this question has come up a few times this week, I thought it is worth a quick blog post on how to enable the new ... - All vSphere 6.7 Update 1 release notes & download links
The highly anticipated vSphere 6.7 Update has officially GA'ed! Below is an aggregation of all the related release notes... - Automating downloads from MyVMware
I recently came across a really cool project called vmw-cli which was built by Andrew Obersnel, an Engineer who works ov... - Quick Tip – How to clear all Hybrid Cloud Extension (HCX) Migrations in the vSphere UI
During the development of my Cloud Motion with vSphere Replication automation script for Hybrid Cloud Extension (HCX), I... - Can I assign my Active Directory users a non-CloudAdmin vCenter Server role in VMC?
In VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC), when a user is logged into vCenter Server, they are not running as the Administrator role ...
ESX Virtualization
- Free NFR Keys for KMS from Hytrust for all VMware vExperts
It’s been a while since I was thinking of testing a Key Management Server (KMS) in a lab and do some encryption based sc... - VMware vSphere 6.7 U1 Download Now
Yes, it’s been finally released. VMware vSphere 6.7 U1 Download is now available. It’s been already few weeks since VMwa... - Free Tool – HammerDB Benchmark Tool New Release
If you want to benchmark your DB you’ll search for a tool for the job. One of them is HammerDB which is a free and Opens... - VMware PowerCLI 11 Released – Get Your Copy
VMware has released already version 11 of their powerful scripting environment – PowerCLI 11. PowerCLI cmdlets are creat... - VembuHIVE FileSystem Details
Vembu software uses an interesting file system within their backup product and we’ll have a look today at some details. ...
Cormac Hogan
- What’s new in vSAN 6.7U1
Yesterday, we saw the announcement that VMware has release vSphere 6.7U1. This includes new releases of vCenter Server 6... - iSCSI on vSAN Stretched Cluster
vSAN readers will most likely be aware that we introduced support for iSCSI on vSAN way back in vSAN 6.5. That is to say... - See you at VMworld 2018 (Barcelona)
The content catalog has just gone live with the schedule of break-out sessions for VMworld 2018 in Barcelona. All three ... - New steps to use HyTrust KMIP with vSAN Encryption
I’m back in the lab this week, looking at some of the newer features around vSAN. As part of this, I needed vSAN E... - VMworld 2018 vSAN Roundup – Monday, Aug 27th
VMworld is now officially underway, and as usual, day 1 is full of new announcements. vSAN is no exception. There have b...
Scott's Weblog
- Validating RAML Files Using Docker
Back in July of this year I introduced Polyglot, a project whose only purpose is to provide a means for me to learn more... - Technology Short Take 105
Welcome to Technology Short Take #105! Here’s another collection of articles and blog posts about some of the comm... - VMworld EMEA 2018 and Spousetivities
Registration is now open for Spousetivities at VMworld EMEA 2108 in Barcelona! Crystal just opened registration in the l... - Setting up the Kubernetes AWS Cloud Provider
The AWS cloud provider for Kubernetes enables a couple of key integration points for Kubernetes running on AWS; namely, ... - A Markdown-to-PDF Workflow on Linux
In May of last year I wrote about using a Makefile with Markdown documents, in which I described how I use make and a Ma...
vSphere-land
- Take the vQuiz and test your vKnowledge on the history of VMware
I’m starting a new feature called the vQuiz which is designed to test your knowledge on virtualization and VMware.... - Upcoming Webinar: A Farewell to LUNs – Discover how VVols forever changes storage in vSphere
I’m hosting a webinar on Tuesday October 23rd at 8:00am PST with Pete Flecha from VMware to discuss the many bene... - Upcoming webinar this week: Towards near-zero data loss. What you need to get right
Data loss is a key concern for every business, especially in today’s hostile world where malware and ransomware ru... - The legendary turtles at VMware HQ
If you have ever been to VMware’s campus in Palo Alto you have probably seen or heard of the legendary turtles tha... - Happy Endday vSphere 5.5!
vSphere 5.5 was released almost 5 years ago to the day, Sept. 22nd 2013. Today VMware officially ended support for it an...
NTPRO.NL
- New Certification: VMware Specialist – Cloud Provider 2019
This badge for currently VCP-certified professionals validates expertise in deploying and managing VMware vCloud Di... - vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 2.0 - What's New
In this video, we explore what's new with vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager version 2.0 vRealize Suite Lifecycle ... - Whats new in vRealize Automation 7.5
Join Cody from VMware’s Cloud Management Business Unit as he takes us on a spotlight tour of the key features in ... - vSAN 6.7 - vSAN Management Today and in the Future
The momentum of technical innovation continues with the latest release of vSAN, the industry leading HCI solution... - vRealize Operations 7.0: Workload Optimizaton for SLA Tiering
Make the most of your SDDC server hardware with Workload https://bit.ly/2yLKfH5 Optimization in vRealize Operatio...
Virten.net
- 7th Gen NUC Remote Management with KVM using vPro AMT
Intel's latest 7th Gen Dawson Canyon NUCs are equipped with AMT vPro Technology. Intel AMT (Active Management Technology... - ESXi on 7th Gen Intel NUC (Kaby Lake - Dawson Canyon)
Intel launched a commercial version of their 7th Gen NUCs. The new Dawson Canyon named NUCs are available with vPro tech... - vCenter Service Appliance 6.7 Tips and Tricks
VMware is moving their vCenter Server from Windows to the Linux based Photon OS. The following tips and tricks might com... - Free ESXi 6.7 - How to Download and get License Keys
vSphere 6.7 has been released and as known from previous versions, VMware provides a free version of their Hypervisor ES... - VMware ESXi 6.7 - IO Devices not certified for upgrade
Beside Server Hardware, also double check if your IO Devices (eg. NIC, HBA,..) are supported when updating ESXi hosts fr...
vinfrastructure
- VeeamON Virtual 2018
Reading Time: 3 minutesEvery year, the VeeamON Virtual online event brings together more than 2,500 industry experts to ... - VMware vSphere 6.7U1 supports Active Directory 2016
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe new release VMware vSphere 6.7U1 has a lot of improvements, but one has not been emphasized t... - A3 Communications Technology Live!
Reading Time: 2 minutesA3 Communications helps organisations in the data storage and virtualisation industries to signif... - Veeam Backup & Replication issue with vSphere 6.7 Update 1
Reading Time: 2 minutesSeams that the new VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 1 will break all the Veeam Backup & Replication ... - VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 1 is finally GA
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter some months from the announce, finally VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 1 is general available (GA...
Nukescloud
- Upgrade vRealize Lifecycle Manager
At the end of this blog post, you should be able t Upgrade vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager to a newer versionLocate upg... - vRealize Automation 7.4 HF6 released
vRealize Automation 7.4 HF6 has been officially releasedNew issues resolved in this patch areUser cannot see owned items... - Behind the Scenes : vRealize Automation Upgrade to 7.5
We monitor /opt/vmware/var/log/vami/updatecli.log and upgrade-iaas.log during upgrade of vRealize Automation , it might... - Requests stuck at "IN PROGRESS", even after a successful "APPROVAL" ?
Recently, was working on a interesting problem with vRA 7.3 where user's request get's into IN PROGRESS state after a su... - Could not parse OVF at URL http://<>/<>.ova -()
Recently, bumped into an issue where users were trying to configure a blueprint to use ImportOvfWorkflow.When ImportOvfW...
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