vSAN in the Cloud: Architecture and Best PracticesvSAN in the Cloud: Architecture and Best PracticesAs a core building block for the software-defined data center (SDDC), VMware vSAN powers many industry-leading hyper-converged infrastructure solutions. Its ascent into the cloud offers cloud providers increased agility and flexibility while lowering costs. If you’re a cloud service provider with... Continue Reading →

BroadcastBi-annual Leaderboard Reset - Congratulations...VMware Social Media Advocates, today is the first day your points will count towards the new bi-annual leaderboard. You have not lost the total points that have been awarded to your account, but your ranking and corresponding points that were awarded over the last period have been cleared. This reset will... Continue Reading →

vSpeaking Podcast Episode 66: vSAN Support InsightvSpeaking Podcast Episode 66: vSAN Support InsightVMware has made several improvements to vSAN 6.6 to improve the experience in working with VMware support. Now powerful phone home capabilities are being delivered to improve both the customer and VMware support’s visibility into vSAN performance and health. This week on the... Continue Reading →

High Availability and Disaster Recovery with VMware vSAN and VMware Site Recovery ManagerHigh Availability and Disaster Recovery with...In this session, we will learn how a vSAN stretched cluster and vSphere HA provide resiliency against entire site failures. We will also cover the ease of integrating vSphere Replication and Site Recovery Manager to provide reliable, automated... Continue Reading →

How to check if VXLAN Offload is active on Intel X540 NIC - See what others are doing for NSX on #VMTNHow to check if VXLAN Offload is active on...Does anyone know how to check if VXLAN Offload is enabled and active on Intel X540 10Gig NIC's ? I use the ixgbe v4.5.2 driver on... Continue Reading →

vSAN from the eyes of a Storage AdminvSAN from the eyes of a Storage AdminGlenn Sizemore recently joined the vSAN team coming from one of the big blue storage vendors. His first hand knowledge of traditional storage and now also of vSAN gives him an interesting perspecti...Read MoreVMware Social Media Advocacy

VMware NSX for vSphere 6.4 Eases Operations, Improves Application Security with ContextVMware NSX for vSphere 6.4 Eases Operations,...Summary: Generally available today, VMware NSX for vSphere 6.4 raises the bar for application security and planning, and introduces context-aware micro-segmentation For those working in security, thinking and talking about the cyber threats in the world is a... Continue Reading →

It’s Not Too Late to Get the Scoop on vSphere 6.5It’s Not Too Late to Get the Scoop on vSphere 6.5Just before the new year, the VMware Community Roundtable podcast covered all the key insights to vSphere 6.5 in a live episode. In case you missed it, moderator Eric Nielsen discussed reasons to upgrade to... Continue Reading →

Create and configure VMWare vSphere VSAN cluster step by stepCreate and configure VMWare vSphere VSAN...VMware vSAN is a Hyper-Converged storage (Software Defined Storage) solutions with a vSphere-native, high-performance architecture. With software defined storage, it has opened new opportunities to...Read MoreVMware Social Media Advocacy