Category: VMware
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 is important to understand the core constructs of the vSphere networking layers for i.e. troubleshooting connectivity issues. In a second blog post on this topic, we will look closer into virtual network troubleshoot tooling.
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Current UI Capabilities of VMware vCloud Director 9.5 in MindNode
As many of you may be aware, the conversion to HTML5 UI for VMware vCloud Director is a phased approach. With the release of vCD 9.5, this introduced additional H5 functionality for both the tenant and provider. I’ve had prior requests on the “parity” of UI capabilities between the new H5 UI and the Flex … Continue reading “Current UI Capabilities of VMware vCloud Director 9.5 in MindNode”
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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-screen guidance from start to finish of a vSphere Upgrade in a six part blog series. Since each part of the blog series was posted over a few months, it’s common for steps or posts to be missed
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VMware vCloud Director Rights Correlation to VCPP NSX Bundles
I was recently asked by a colleague if we have any existing collateral on VMware vCloud Director (vCD) that maps to the VMware Cloud Provider Program (VCPP) NSX levels that are currently available to partners. Well, there wasn’t, until now. ? First, let’s talk about the NSX bundles inside of VCPP – There are three … Continue reading “VMware vCloud Director Rights Correlation to VCPP NSX Bundles”
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Now Available – Upgrading to VMware vSphere 6.7 eBook
I am proud to announce availability of the new VMware vSphere eBook Upgrading to VMware vSphere 6.7, authored by Nigel Hickey and David Stamen. This is a free resource to assist customers upgrading to vSphere 6.7. The eBook further builds on the foundational guide Upgrading to VMware vSphere 6.5 by Emad Younis which has been widely adopted when
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Setting up VMware vCloud Director 9.5 for Cross-VDC Networking
In this post, I will be reviewing the necessary steps to support Cross-VDC Networking inside of VMware vCloud Director 9.5. These are fairly straightforward since it aligns to the standard requirements set forth from Cross-vCenter NSX. Pre-Requisites: Multi-Site management must be configured between the vCloud Director instances. I will try to add a post on … Continue reading “Setting up VMware vCloud Director 9.5 for Cross-VDC Networking”
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Announcing Project Dimension Beta
The beta program for Project Dimension was officially announced at VMworld Europe 2018. Learn more and find out how to inquire about joining the program.
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A New VMware Badge Appears: VMware Specialist – Cloud Provider 2019
Many of you may be aware of the new VMware Specialist – Cloud Provider badge. However, I am going to spend some time to highlight the effort and provide some guidance on this new badge/exam. Also, it’s officially announced with many of our other great announcements at VMware Europe! What is it? Well, the Specialist Cloud … Continue reading “A New VMware Badge Appears: VMware Specialist – Cloud Provider 2019”
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External Platform Services Controller, A Thing of the Past
VMware is deprecating the external Platform Services Controller deployment model. In a future vSphere release (not update release), there will no longer be an option to deploy the external PSC The Platform Services Controller (PSC) was first introduced in vSphere 6.0. It served a couple of purposes. First, it was to simplify the distributed vCenter
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Announcing the vSphere 6.7 Update 1 Security Configuration Guide
Back in March I released the vSphere 6.5 Update 1 Security Configuration Guide (a.k.a “The SCG”). At that time, I went in to detail on more than just the guide. I covered the topic of why some guidelines are removed or changed. I also covered how more settings were set to “secure by default” now
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Announcing General Availability of VMware vSphere Platinum
Today, I am excited to announce the general availability of VMware vSphere Platinum, the latest edition of our industry leading compute platform, VMware vSphere. Included in vSphere Platinum is VMware AppDefense that extends the core capabilities of vSphere to deliver purpose built and application centric security. It uses machine learning to learn and lock
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vSphere Update Manager Enhancements in vSphere 6.7 Update 1
vSphere 6.7 Update 1 is now out, and with that the vSphere Client is now Fully Featured for your vSphere Environment. With the addition of vSphere Update Manager in the vSphere Client we have quite a few new workflows compared to the old vSphere Web Client. Let’s highlight some of these new improvements. We have
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Migrate to the vCenter Server Appliance
vSphere 6.7 is the final release that will include vCenter Server for Windows. VMware’s direction for vCenter Server is the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA). The good news is there’s a dedicated migration tool to help customers transition to the VCSA. Today I would like to announce several new VCSA migration product walkthroughs. These new walkthroughs
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Announcing vSphere Upgrade on vSphere Central
vSphere Central has always been a great resource to find content, but it has previously been grouped by product such as vCenter Server, Security, ESXi and Virtual Machine, and other categories. When trying to share content on vSphere Upgrade it overlaps all of these categories. We have created a new consolidated vSphere Upgrade section that will
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