(2) New VMware Cloud on AWS Technical Whitepapers – Now Available!(2) New VMware Cloud on AWS Technical...(2) New VMware Cloud on AWS Technical Whitepapers Now Available! If you are interested in learning more about the VMware Cloud on AWS offering, VMware has released two new whitepapers...Read MoreVMware Social Media Advocacy
The (r)evolution of vSANThe (r)evolution of vSANvSAN is VMware’s software-defined storage solution, built from the ground up for vSphere virtual machines. It abstracts and aggregates locally attached disks in a vSphere cluster to create a storage solution that can be provisioned and managed from vCenter and the vSphere Web Client. This week on the Virtually... Continue Reading →
A Deeper Look Into OpenStack Policy UpdateA Deeper Look Into OpenStack Policy UpdateWritten by Xiao Gao, with valuable feedbacks and inputs from Mark Voelker. While working with customers that are switching over to VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO) from a different OpenStack distribution, customers expressed the need to update policies. Reasons were: Backward compatibility with their... Continue Reading →
PowerCLI BetaPowerCLI BetaThe PowerCLI Beta containing support for MacOS and Linux is LIVE! How to participate: Log in to the VMware Community and read this first! https://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-37537 Join the Community discussions in the beta forum: https://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/automationtools/powercli/powercli-beta Join us on VMware {Code} Slack in the #PowerCLI channel! https://code.vmware.com/join That’s it for now! Happy Automating! ❤️Jake The... Continue Reading →
VMware: Repairing orphaned ESX snapshotsVMware: Repairing orphaned ESX snapshotsVMware hard drives are stored as two files, a “name”.vmdk descriptor text file and a “name”-flat.vmdk binary (or “name”-delta.vmdk for snapshots) which holds the actual blocks. When you take a snapshot of a hard drive a new set of files are created. The new file holds any... Continue Reading →
how to install intel optane nvme u.2 8639 ssd into pcie slothow to install intel optane nvme u.2 8639 ssd...NVMe is in your future and there are many options for ssd form factor including intel optane nvme u.2 8639 m.2 pcie aic nvmeof fc-nvme among others for scm nvm pm persistent memory 3d xpointVMware Social... Continue Reading →
Running containers on vSphere – a brief overview about the optionsRunning containers on vSphere – a brief...Inspired by a tweet by Kendrick Coleman I decided to quickly summarize the current VMware and Pivotal provided options to running containers on vSphere. vSphere Integrated Containers (VIC): running…VMware Social Media Advocacy
Symantec, VMware Named Best in KLAS for Data Security SolutionsVMware Named Best in KLAS for EMM and MDMThe Best in KLAS awards included rankings for data security solutions in areas like data loss prevention and single sign-on.VMware Social Media Advocacy
Rapid Micro-segmentation using Application Rule Manager Recommendation EngineRapid Micro-segmentation using Application Rule...Customers understand the need for micro-segmentation and benefits it provides to enhance the security posture within their datacenter. However, one of the challenges for a Security admin is how to define micro-segmentation policies for applications owned and managed by application teams. This is even... Continue Reading →
Registering the Pure Storage VASA Provider - CormacHogan.comRegistering the Pure Storage VASA ProviderHot on the heels on Pure Storage's recent announcement on Virtual Volume (VVol) support, I wanted to take a closer look at their VVol implementation for myself. Thanks to the support team over at Pure, they were able to very quickly update our... Continue Reading →
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