FROM THE EDITORS VIRTUAL DESK
Hi everyone, this is the final newsletter for 2019 and we have had a fantastic year of news from VMware and virtualization. I think for me the highlights were of course VMworld in both the US and Europe as well as the many VForum and VMUG events around the world that keep us all together to collaborate on our chosen technology. There have also been some major updates from VMware specifically with the addition of various new organizations such as Carbon Black, Pivotal and Avi Networks to name a few. These have also provided a platform for our increased collaboration in the Open Source community particularly focused around Blockchain and Kubernetes.
The newsletter has always tried to keep up with this ever changing landscape that has been shifting to a more DevOps centric service. Over the past 11 years we have tried to continue this trend and ensure that you are given the news and content that is relevant and matters to you. We are looking forward to doing the same in 2020 and I am sure there will be even more changes that we will be focusing on.
This week as we end 2019 I want to introduce you to an exciting new feature - VMware TAM Labs. These are videos that our TAMs have created and continue to create on specific solutions based on their now home lab or work with their customers. This is a really exciting addition and I urge you to take a look at the intro here and the featured lab below.
So with that; the end of 2019 is upon us, and I wish you all a Happy Holidays.
Virtually Yours
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TAM LABS
VMware TAM Lab Program Overview - 5 minutes
Quick overview video which outlines the VMware TAM Lab program. In the video we discussed the following items: Purpose/Mission, Benefits, Session Examples, Social Channels, Customer Facing, Call to Action.
TAM Lab 004 - vRA 7.5 Deployment via Lifecycle Manager - 1 Hour
Deployment of a minimal configuration of vRealize Automation 7.5 via vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager in Steve Tilkens' (https://twitter.com/stevetilkens) lab. The install did complete successfully despite some challenges getting through the pre-validation checks.
TAM CUSTOMER WEBINAR
Recording: December TAM Customer Webinar: Container Orchestration – Scott Lowe
For those that were unable to attend December’s TAM Customer Webinar live, a recording link is now available at:https://vmware.zoom.us/recording/share/9r8Ow5i5jl_iPl2F7E8t5go91G7SHBwvEYGbhb-BAGiwIumekTziMw.
VMware Public Cloud Strategy and Tools
Presenter: Adam Osterholt
Date: Thursday, January 9th
Time: 11:00am EST/ 10:00am CST/ 8:00am PST
Duration: 1.5 Hour
Synopsis:
Please join us for the first webinar of 2020 when Principal Cloud Solutions Architect Adam Osterholt will provide an update on VMware’s public cloud strategy. He will also discuss some tooling that will streamline this journey. This is a session you don’t want to miss!
Guest speaker:
Adam Osterholt – Principal Cloud Solution Architect focused on VMware Cloud on AWS, SME for Cloud-Native Apps, and member of the OCTO Global Field at VMware.
Registration Link:
https://vmware.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4tgO6phXTm62h_nNhT_Fiw
SKYLINE UPDATE
New Skyline Release Includes Dell EMC Support Assist Integration
We’re excited to announce a new VMware Skyline release that includes several new features designed to provide even more value to you and your organization. Be sure to update your Skyline Collectors to the latest version (2.3) to take advantage of the new features and functionality. If you have the “Auto Update” feature enabled, your Collectors will update approximately within the next seven days. Please continue reading the blog post here!
NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM VMWARE
Open Source Blog
- What Does 2020 Have in Store? Our Open Source Engineers Explain
Contributors include: Malini Bhandaru, John Hawley and Tim Pepper. We asked some of the engineers in VMware’s Open Sourc... - Wavefront Plugin for Jenkins: The Native Wavefront-Jenkins Integration Solution
By Dimitar Parapanov Wavefront by VMware (Wavefront) is a massively scalable, real-time, analytics platform for metrics ... - The Top 10 Open Source Blogs of 2019
If open source was born in the late 1990s and hit adolescence in the early 2000s, then this past decade represents its m... - Six Takeaways from KubeCon 2019
By Tasha Drew Going into KubeCon 2019, the idea of bringing about processes that make it easier for more people to both ... - VMware’s Dirk Hohndel: Why Container Security Has No Easy Answers
We need to get serious about container compliance and security, presses VMware’s Chief Open Source Officer Dirk Hohndel ...
Network Virtualization Blog
- VMware at Gartner IOCS
The speed and agility delivered by fast-moving cloud technologies and modern application architectures have become centr... - NSX Service Mesh on VMware Tanzu: CONNECT & PROTECT Applications Across Your Kubernetes Clusters and Clouds
Authors: Mark Schweighardt, Tom Spoonemore Modern enterprises are sprawling and complicated. They are transitioning from... - Announcing VMware NSX Distributed IDS/IPS
Six years ago, VMware pioneered the concept of micro-segmentation to stop the internal, lateral spread of malware. We th... - NSX Cloud – Choice of Agented or Agentless Modes of Operation
VMware NSX through its NSX Cloud offering enables customers to implement a consistent networking and security framework ... - Visit the VMware Team at ONUG 2019 in NYC!
Come see VMware and the Networking and Security team at ONUG Fall 2019 in NYC, NY from October 16-17. Why Attend ONUG 20...
vSphere Blog
- VMware Loves Turtles
(To mark the end of the year we are posting every day through January 1 with lighter vSphere and VMware topics. We hope ... - Now Available! vSphere Upgrade: The Inside Track
With such interest in our vSphere Upgrade workshops, David Stamen and Kev Johnson have put together a 7 Part Video serie... - The Beginning of the End of 2019: Finishing the Decade with vSphere
The end of a year is always a time to contemplate the past and make changes for the future. For many, 2019 was a good ye... - Explore the vSphere Hands on Labs Today
The VMware Hands on Labs (HOL for short) has been a tremendous tool for Customers, Partners, and even VMware Employees t... - Hot and Cold Migrations; Which Network is Used?
A common question arises when customers are migrating workloads between ESXi hosts, clusters, vCenter Servers or data ce...
Cloud management Blog
- Performance of vRealize Operations REST APIs
About three years ago I posted a blog discussing the performance of the vRealize Operations REST APIs. That blog post st... - Improved Application Awareness in vRealize Operations 8.0
Customers trust vRealize Operations for Self-Driving Operations powered by AI/ML to provide the best performance, optimi... - Extending vRealize Automation Custom Forms with vRealize Orchestrator
Within the vRealize Automation Service Broker is the Custom Forms designer which, much like previous versions of vRealiz... - Planning Application Migration to VMware Cloud on AWS with vRealize Network Insight Cloud
When the decision is made to migrate applications to a cloud like VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC on AWS), a few things need to... - The 10 Foundations of DevOps for Traditional Applications: Virtual Machines are Not Dead
Copyright © 2019 VMware, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Much has been written about the benefits of adopting container...
Cloud Native Blog
- Taking Kubernetes to the People: How Cluster API Promotes Self-Service Infrastructure
Two key goals of Cluster API are to manage the full lifecycle of a Kubernetes cluster, including scaling up and scaling ... - Stable for the Holidays: Kubernetes 1.17 Focuses on Refining Existing Features
In a calendar year, the final release of Kubernetes will typically lack new enhancements but advance the current feature... - Introducing The Podlets Podcast: Your Audio Guide to Cloud Native Concepts
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With KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2019 closing out the calendar year, it’s a great opportunity to reflect on t... - Troubleshooting Clusters with Crash Recovery and Diagnostics for Kubernetes
When your cluster is properly configured and working as intended, Kubernetes can be a beautiful thing. Inevitably, howev...
EUC Blog
- Introducing VMware AVA as a part of Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub
At VMworld this year, we announced the new virtual assistant capability as a part of Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub – the... - How Zero Trust Security with Workspace ONE Solves Three Key Cybersecurity Challenges
Cybersecurity continues to inspire both concern and frustration across industries—and for good reason. Despite our best ... - Tech Preview: Windows Virtual Desktop Benefits with Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure
At VMworld U.S. 2019, we announced that a Tech Preview of Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure with support for the benefits... - What’s New: VMware Horizon 7.11, CART 5.3, and Dynamic Environment Management 9.10
The latest release of VMware Horizon 7.11, VMware Horizon Client 5.3, and VMware Dynamic Environment Management 9.10 inc... - Q4 Updates: What’s New with VMware End User Computing for Healthcare
Healthcare organizations continue to innovate to improve patient care, enhance patient engagement while streamlining ope...
Cloud Foundation Blog
- Workload Migration Strategies with Cloud Foundation – Whitepaper
I am pleased to announce the availability of a whitepaper co-authored with John Nicholson, Workload Migration Strategi... - Get the Facts about VMware Cloud Foundation – Part 3
Welcome to part three of our #VCFacts series, where we’re addressing frequently asked questions and misnomers about Clou... - Delivering Global Scale, Management and Visibility with VMware Cloud Foundation 3.9
As customers continue to expand their VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) footprint at global scale, there is a growing set of... - Managing Large Scale Deployments with VCF Multi-Instance Management
By: Lavanya Shastri, Product Line Manager, VMware Cloud Foundation Managing Large Scale Deployments with VCF Multi-Insta... - Single SSO Domain with Multiple Cloud Foundation Instances
So, you have adopted VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), or maybe you have spent some time reviewing the VMware Validated Des...
EXTERNAL NEWS FROM 3RD PARTY BLOGGERS
Virtually Ghetto
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After publishing my Running Nested ESXi, NSX-V or NSX-T on top of NSX-T article which actually turned out to be quite po... - Packer reference for building PhotonOS Virtual Appliance using OVF properties
I was introduced to HashiCorp Packer several years back by Timo Tsugliani, who if you are not following on Twitter, you... - Running Nested ESXi, NSX-V or NSX-T on top of NSX-T
Nested Virtualization is an extremely useful tool that helps customers easily test and try out new VMware products and s...
ESX Virtualization
- VMware OS Optimization tool now supports Windows Server 2019
One of the very popular “Flings”, a free utility from VMware Labs got an update recently. One of the interes... - StarWind VSAN has a high level of customization
I don't think that I have to re-introduce StarWind company to our readers. Their software solutions were simple but effe... - VMware vSphere 6.7 U3b Released
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If you're Amazon EC2 instances you might need to back them up, right? Good news today as Veeam has just released Veeam B... - Cheapest way of going virtual with StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN)
Very small shops and often hesitate to go virtual and stay on physical servers. Usually it's because they only have and ...
Cormac Hogan
- Tanzu Mission Control – VMworld 2019 Updates
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This week at VMworld in Barcelona, I was honored to be able to co-present the HCIBU Spotlight Session with our GM and ...
Scott's Weblog
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Keynotes Bryan Liles kicked off the day 3 morning keynotes with a discussion of “finding Kubernetes’ Rail... - KubeCon 2019 Day 2 Summary
Keynotes This morning’s keynotes were, in my opinion, better than yesterday’s morning keynotes. (I missed... - KubeCon 2019 Day 1 Summary
This week I’m in San Diego for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. Instead of liveblogging each session individually, I thou...
vSphere-land
- vVols at VMworld 2019 Special Report
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NTPRO.NL
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By extending the FortiGate-VM native integration with the VMware NSX-T Data Center, Fortinet delivers advanced se... - VMware Labs has released and updated tons of new Flings
HCIBench stands for "Hyper-converged Infrastructure Benchmark". It's essentially an automation wrapper around the p... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ntpronl/~3/ohQQcjJNHMA/3546-unknown.html
This book provides tips that help administrators maximize the performance of VMware vSphere 6.7, Update 2. Sections... - VMware Port and Protocols - ports.vmware.com
VMware has launched a new website with all the ports and protocols of their products. The URL for this new website ... - New Technical White Paper - Performance of VMware vCenter Server 6.7 in Remote Offices and Branch Offices
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Virten.net
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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)
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vEducate.co.uk
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During my migration from vRSLCM 2.1 patch 2 to the latest version 8 release, I encountered the following error; Error Co... - VMware vRealize LifeCycle Manager 8 – Migration Process Screenshots
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vSwitchZero
- Preventing MikroTik RouterOS Bridge MAC Changes
I noticed that my Windows 10 VM kept becoming inaccessible after shutting down and powering up my lab. As part of the po... - Overheating NVMe Flash Drives
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I just created a packaged vib that includes ipmitool 1.8.11 that can be run directly from the ESXi CLI. I needed to be a... - NSX-T Troubleshooting Scenario 3 – Solution
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It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, so what better way to get back into the swing of things than a troubleshoo...
vNinja
- macOS Catalina Chrome Self-signed Certificate Issues
Way back in 2017, the CA/Browser Forum voted on Ballot 193 – 825-day Certificate Lifetimes, which passed. In short, this... - Guide: Creating an Isolated Ubiquiti Unifi IoT Network
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VMExplorer
- Create an ESXi installation ISO with custom drivers in 9 easy steps!
One of the challenges in running a VMware based home lab is the ability to work with old / inexpensive hardware but run ... - Going to 10Gbe from 40Gb with the MikroTik CRS309-1G-8S+IN
As my Home Lab has evolved I’m always looking to make it better and at the same time learn something new. When I s... - FIX for Netgear Orbi Router / Firewall blocks additional subnets
Last April my trusty Netgear Switch finally gave in. I bought a nifty Dell PowerConnect 6224 switch and have been worki... - 7 tips for getting to VMworld 2019
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KB Articles
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Status of TLSv1.1/1.2 Enablement and TLSv1.0 Disablement across VMware products Guest Introspection status reports ̶... - New KB articles published for the week ending 1st December,2019
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