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Hi everyone, welcome to our second newsletter of 2019. Yes it is almost the end of January already and there has been so much news, updates and other items from our fascinating world of VMware and Virtualization. Please ensure that you interface regularly with your VMware TAM and VMware Team and are well aware of the current editions, patches and security advisories that we have provided to ensure that your environment stays healthy. One of the items that I regularly do with my customers is our TAM Best Practice Review. This is a really important part of our TAM service to provide visibility into the environment with analysis of VMware best practices to ensure that everything is as expected.
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NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM VMWARE
Open Source Blog
- Network Service Mesh Goes Public at KubeCon
By Nikolay Nikolaev I attended last December’s North America KubeCon where the Network Service Mesh project had its firs... - Announcing Precaution – A New Open Source GitHub App That Automatically Scans Pull Requests for Security Vulnerabilities
By Eric Brown, Antoine Salon, Martin Vrachev Our team is announcing the initial public release of Precaution, an open so... - The Importance of Compliant Containers in Open Source
At last month’s KubeCon North America, Dirk Hohndel, VP and chief open source officer at VMware, sat down for an episode... - Top 10 Open Source Blogs of 2018
2018 marked the 20th anniversary of open source and one could argue that it really came into its own this year. Whether ... - Purser: Visibility into Cloud Native Applications
Kubernetes clusters can be challenging to monitor. With applications decomposed into microservices and then deployed acr...
Network Virtualization Blog
- Onward & Upward: Recapping NSX-T in 2018 and Beyond
Overview 2018 was a big year for NSX-T Data Center, VMware’s network virtualization platform designed and optimized for ... - Ensuring Security Posture In A Multi Cloud World: A NSX(mas) Carol
Holidays are a great time of year to take a moment and reflect. In 2018 at VMware Networking & Security, we’ve had y... - Enhance Security with NSX Cloud and Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure
While virtual desktops have successfully helped address security and operational challenges, IT organizations still have... - VMware Cloud on AWS with NSX-T SDDC – Connectivity, Security, and Port Mirroring Demo
VMware Cloud on AWS with NSX-T SDDC – Connectivity, Security, and Port Mirroring Demo VMware Cloud on AWS w... - Introducing VMware NSX Service Mesh
Introducing VMware NSX Service Mesh We are excited to introduce VMware NSX® Service Mesh. Built on the foundation of Ist...
vSphere Blog
- Configuring a VMware Tools Repository in vSphere 6.7U1
As you upgrade your vSphere hosts we generally recommend that you also upgrade VMware Tools in your virtual machines. Th... - ESXi Network Troubleshooting Tools
In the previous post about the ESXi network IOchain we explored the various constructs that belong to the network path. ... - Upgrading to vCenter Server 6.7 – New Feature Walkthroughs Available
We are proud to announce we have two new feature walkthroughs available which cover the vCenter Server upgrade from vSph... - Understanding the ESXi Network IOChain
In this blog post, we go into the trenches of the (Distributed) vSwitch with a focus on vSphere ESXi network IOChain. It... - The vSphere Upgrade Blog Series (Wrap-Up)
The vSphere Upgrade Blog Series began in July and ran through September 2018. It provided customers with screen-by-scree...
Cloud management Blog
- Cloud Automation Services: To dispatch or not to dispatch?
To dispatch or not to dispatch? This is an old question we ask ourselves again and again and it is still relevant in the... - Windows Cloud-Init solution
Windows Cloud-Init solution Ten years ago the word Cloud was the buzz word in every IT conference. The Cloud prom... - What Users Really Think About VMware vRealize Automation
Over the last year, VMware vRealize Automation has grown in popularity among enterprise tech professionals in the IT Cen... - Cloud Automation Services Webinar
Do you want to streamline infrastructure and application delivery? Do you need to provision Multi-cloud workloads? Are y... - The Business Case for SaaS-based Multi-Cloud Automation and Management
The Business Case for SaaS-based Multi-Cloud Automation and Management By Stephen Elliot, Program Vice President, IDC As...
Cloud Native Blog
- Enterprise-Ready Containers with VMware vSphere Integrated Containers 1.5
By Susan Wu, Senior Product Marketing Manager and James Zabala, Senior Product Manager, Cloud Native Apps BU We a... - VMware PKS 1.3 Now Generally Available with Azure Support and Enhanced Networking, Security, and Management Features
We are excited to announce the general availability of VMware PKS 1.3 today. VMware PKS 1.3 adds rich features that enha... - Congratulations CNCF Community Award Winners!
It was a very proud moment last night for the cloud native community as the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) rec... - VMware PKS Customer Highlights at VMworld 2018
At this year’s VMworld, several of our joint customers with Pivotal shared their stories during sessions, panels, and ke... - VMware Completes Heptio Acquisition
By Paul Fazzone, senior vice president and general manager, Cloud Native Apps Business Unit, VMware Today, I am pleased ...
EUC Blog
- Workspace ONE SDK Capabilities You Should Know About
Every industry across the globe is adopting digital technologies to transform the way employees work. One of the primary... - George Sink Law Firm Makes Disaster Recovery Simple with VMware Cloud on AWS
One of the largest personal-injury law firms in the Southeast, George Sink, P.A. is based in Charleston, South Carolina.... - Google™ Recognizes VMware’s Commitment Through Android Enterprise Recommended for EMMs Validation
VMware is excited to be an inaugural validated partner for the launch of Android Enterprise Recommended for EMMs! Contin... - Workspace ONE Intelligence Series: November 2018 Releases
Workspace ONE Intelligence Series: November 2018 Releases As we moved into the start of the holiday season a couple mont... - Android Series: Corporate-Owned Personally-Enabled
Throughout this series, we’ve been putting focus on the different use cases that Android Enterprise supports with its va...
vCloud Foundation Blog
- Introducing VMware Cloud Builder, Automated Deployment of VMware Validated Designs
I’m excited to be writing this blog, on January 22nd the Integrated Systems Business Unit (ISBU) released version 1.0 of... - VMware Validated Design for Software-Defined Data Center (VVD for SDDC) 5.0
On January 22nd, 2019, VMware released the VMware Validated Design for Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) version 5.0. ... - Announcing VMware Cloud Foundation 3.5 General Availability
Announcing General Availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 3.5 At VMworld EMEA 2018 VMware announced the upcoming VMWare... - Announcing VMware Cloud Foundation 3.5
Today at VMworld EMEA 2018, we are announcing VMware Cloud Foundation 3.5. VMware Cloud Foundation continues to provide... - Integrated Composability with VMware Cloud Foundation and HPE Synergy
Author Bhumik Patel – Technical Alliances, VMware @bhumikp Introduction: Earlier this year we announced cer...
EXTERNAL NEWS FROM 3RD PARTY BLOGGERS
Virtually Ghetto
- PowerShell for PhotonOS on Raspberry Pi 3
Did you know VMware PhotonOS can also run on a Raspberry Pi (rPI) 3? I definitely did not until recently when I found ou... - Automating Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) configuration using vSphere API and PowerCLI
After publishing my recent article on the new the vSphere Health capability which takes advantage of VMware's Customer E... - Dynamic vSphere Health Checks in vSphere 6.7+
One really neat feature of the vSphere HTML5 Client that was shipped in vSphere 6.7 is the ability to deliver new data a... - GPU Passthrough of Radeon RX Vega M in Intel Hades Canyon
With the latest Intel Hades Canyon now being able to run ESXi, a number of folks have been interested in taking advantag... - Dual Intel M.2 Optane 4801x in Supermicro E300-9D
For those that have been following along, I have been testing the Supermicro E300-9D (SYS-E300-9D-8CN8TP) kit in my home...
ESX Virtualization
- Veeam Availability Suite 9.5 Update 4 Released with vSphere 6.7 U1 and Server 2019 Support
Veeam has recently released a major update to their product line. Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5 Update 4 and also Vee... - StarWind V2V Converter v9 Free Utility Updated
Hey readers, it’s Friday and today we have a cool news update for you. A free utility from StarWind got a new update. St... - VCP6.7-DCV 2019 VMware Certification Exam Officially Announced
VMware is announcing a new professional certification VCP6.7-DCV 2019. I’ve already blogged about the new certification ... - Windows Server 2019 Book in Spanish
A fellow blogger from Barcelona Xavier Genestos has written another book which will be a good read for Spanish speaking ... - How To Create NVMe-Of Target With StarWind VSAN
NVMe Over Fabric (NVMe-Of) is a protocol which is defacto becoming high-speed standard to take advantage of huge IOPS pr...
Cormac Hogan
- Degraded Device Handling (DDH) Revisited
Degraded Device Handling (DDH) or Dying Disk Handling as it was formerly known, is a feature that has been available in ... - vSAN Erasure Coding Failure Handling
I had a very interesting question recently about how vSAN handles a failure in an object that is running with an erasure... - VMware vSAN 6.7U1 deep dive book now available
I am delighted to announce the availability of our newly updated VMware vSAN 6.7U1 Deep Dive book. This is the 3rd editi... - NFS TCP Connections on vSphere revisited
Some time back, nearly 6 years ago in fact, I wrote about how you might hit the NFS maximum value for the number of conn... - Kubernetes, Hadoop, Persistent Volumes and vSAN
At VMworld 2018, one of the sessions I presented on was running Kubernetes on vSphere, and specifically using vSAN for p...
Scott's Weblog
- Technology Short Take 109
Welcome to Technology Short Take #109! This is the first Technology Short Take of 2019. It may be confirmation bias, but... - On Thinking About Infrastructure as Code
I just finished reading Cindy Sridharan’s excellent post titled “Effective Mental Models for Code and System... - The Linux Migration: December 2018 Progress Report
In December 2016, I kicked off a migration from macOS to Linux as my primary laptop OS. Throughout 2017, I chronicled my... - Looking Back: 2018 Project Report Card
Over the last five years or so, I’ve shared with my readers an annual list of projects along with—at the yea... - The Linux Migration Series
In early 2017 I kicked off an effort to start using Linux as my primary desktop OS, and I blogged about the journey. Tha...
vSphere-land
- Recorded webinar now available: A Farewell to LUNs – Discover how VVols forever changes storage in vSphere
Pete Flecha from VMware and I just finished recording a webinar on VVols where we discuss challenges with external stora... - VMware VVols Today: Part 1 – What VMware has delivered so far
This is a multi-part series covering various aspects of VMware Virtual Volumes (VVols) from support to adoption to benef... - Introducing Top vBlog 2018!
It’s that time of year again, well a little later then usual. My annual Top vBlog contest just kicked off and anyone can... - Voting now open for Top vBlog 2018!
After a slight delay, voting for Top vBlog 2018 is now open! The number of blogs devoted to VMware and virtualization co... - History of VMware vQuiz results and winners
Over 200 people took the vQuiz to test their knowledge on how well they know the history of VMware through a series of 2...
NTPRO.NL
- 10 Free NSX e-books
Automating vSphere with PowerNSX VMware Micro Segmentation Say 2 VMware NSX Microsegmentation Building NSX Powered ... - Free e-book - Operationalizing VMware vSAN
Operationalizing VMware vSAN written by Paul Wiggett and Kevin Lees ofers guidance to management-level de... - TECHunplugged Industry Insights – The Solid-State Memory Industry in 2019
With no faltering in capacity demand, the solid-state memory industry finds itself in interesting times. Exciting t... - Free e-book - Upgrading to VMware vSphere 6.7
This eBook is written by Nigel Hickey and David Stamen especially for vSphere administrators looking for ... - Deep-dive into the VMware vSphere 6.7 VMSN snapshot file
The .vmsn file includes the current configuration (.vmx) and bios setting (.nvram). The memory is stored in the ....
Virten.net
- How To Secure Erase ESXi Disks (HPE or Generic Hardware)
Since a couple of versions, vSphere comes with an erase function in the GUI. This function deletes all partitions to reu... - VMware ESXi 6.7 Installation on Intel NUC8i7HNK and NUC8i7HVK
When you try to install VMware ESXi 6.7 on the smaller version of the 8th Gen Hades Canyon Intel NUC (NUC8i7HNK), the in... - 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...
vinfrastructure
- Some changes in Veeam licensing
Reading Time: 3 minutes One big change in the new Veeam Availability 9.5 Update 4 is the new licensing mode called Veea... - My experience with the Advanced Deploy vSphere 6.5 2018 exam
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Advanced Deploy vSphere 6.5 2018 exam is one of the first “new rebranded” VMwar... - Veeam Availability Suite 9.5 Update 4
Reading Time: 5 minutes Veeam has just released the new versions of Veeam Backup and Replication, Veeam ONE and the bun... - Veeam Availability for AWS
Reading Time: 3 minutes One year ago, Veeam acquires N2WS with the intent to extend Veeam capabilities to the public cl... - Veeam live announcement Q1 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutes New years, new products and features announcements. And for Veeam, this mean the announce of th...
Nukescloud
- Implementing vRA 7.4 Patch HF8 on top of HF3 ( deep-dive )
There was a requirement for us to work on implementing HF8 on a environment which was running on HF3. I created a run-bo... - Docker Containers vs Virtual Machines
Note : Docker Containers are not Virtual MachinesWhat is a Virtual Machine ?Let's explain each layer from the bottom Eve... - RabbitMQ in vRealize Automation
To understand what's the role of RabbitmQ in vRealize Automation , first of all let's figure out what's RabbitMQRabbitMQ... - Reverse Proxy in vRealize Automation
Understanding Reverse Proxy ( haproxy )On vRealize Automation Appliance we have multiple services running simultaneously... - Behind the Scenes : Installing vRealize Automation 7.4
This article is being written to help my team to understand what goes on behind the scenes when you install vRealize Aut...
vSwitchZero
- Testing NSX VTEP Communication
Virtual Extensible LAN – or VXLAN – is the key overlay technology that makes a lot of what NSX does possible. It abstrac... - NSX Troubleshooting Scenario 14 – Solution
Welcome to the fourteenth installment of a new series of NSX troubleshooting scenarios. Thanks to everyone who took the ... - NSX Troubleshooting Scenario 14
Welcome to the fourteenth installment of my NSX troubleshooting series. What I hope to do in these posts is share some o... - Updating NIC Drivers with VMware Update Manager
In my last video, I showed you how to update ESXi NIC drivers from the command line. This method is great for one-off up... - Updating NIC Drivers in ESXi from the CLI
There are a number of reasons you may want to update your NIC drivers and firmware. Maybe it’s just a best practice reco...
vNinja
- Netlify, Slack and IFTTT Webhooks for fun and ... profit?
A few months ago I migrated this site from Wordpress to Hugo, hosted by Netlify, and I have been very happy with it sinc... - Top vBlog 2018
The top vBlog 2018 voting has opened, time to go rock the vote and show your favorite bloggers some love for their hard ... - VMworld 2018 NSX Roving Reporter: Eirik Vada
My good friend, and colleague, Eirik Vada was interviewed by Ather Beg, the NSX Roving Reporter, during VMworld 2018. Si... - Headshot-as-a-Service VMworld Europe 2018
Headshot-as-a-Service was a success, but I have to say it didn’t quite turn out the way I wanted. Finding a proper... - VeeamON Virtual 2018 — Reserve Your Seat Now
Hot on the heels of VMworld Europe 2018, Veeam is hosting its annual virtual conference on december 5th. Just like last ...
VMExplorer
- vCenter Server 6.5 – Migrate VMs from Virtual Distributed Switch to Standard Switch
I was doing some testing the other day and had migrated about 25 test VM’s to a Virtual Distributed Switch (vDS) f... - VMworld 2018 – Recorded Sessions
Here is a great list of the VMworld 2018 sessions. Thank you to William Lam and Hadleigh Rush (both with VMware) for cre... - VMworld 2018 – See you there!
VMworld 2018 is just around the corner and I’m really looking forward to this years event. Can’t wait to reconnect with... - Home Lab Gen IV – Part V Installing Mellanox HCAs with ESXi 6.5
The next step on my InfiniBand home lab journey was getting the InfiniBand HCAs to play nice with ESXi. To do this I nee... - Turning a ‘No’ to a ‘Yes, you can attend’ for VMworld 2018
I’ve been lucky enough to make it to very VMworld since 2008 but it wasn’t always easy getting there. Being ...
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