New Release – vSphere Automation SDK for RubyNew Release – vSphere Automation SDK for RubyThe vSphere Automation SDK for Ruby has been around for almost four years now. Originally released as the vCloud Suite SDK for Ruby in 2015, this was the first VMware supported Ruby SDK and was used to interact with the REST... Continue Reading →

New KB articles published for the week ending 19th January, 2019New KB articles published for the week ending...vCloud Availability for vCloud How to create a new virtual disk on the SDDC Manager Controller VM in VMware Cloud Foundation Date published: 1/13/2019 VMware Cloud Foundation 3.0 password update fails with message “Password update transaction X is... Continue Reading →

Testing SAP S/4HANA On Stretched Cluster for VMware Cloud on AWS – Part 2 Compute PoliciesTesting SAP S/4HANA On Stretched Cluster for...This is a follow up to an earlier blog where we tested a SAP HANA system on stretched cluster in VMware Cloud on AWS. Testing showed that running the application and database server virtual... Continue Reading →

Upgrading or Migrating vCenter Server 5.5 on Windows to version 6.5Upgrading or Migrating vCenter Server 5.5 on...This video covers upgrading or migrating vCenter server 5.5 on Windows to version 6.5 The post Upgrading or Migrating vCenter Server 5.5 on Windows to version 6.5 appeared first on Tech Communications Video Blog.VMware Social Media Advocacy

Introducing GitLab Integration in VMware Cloud AssemblyIntroducing GitLab Integration in VMware Cloud...https://blogs.vmware.com/management/2019/01/gitlab-integration-cloud-assembly.html GitLab integration has been added to VMware Cloud Assembly! GitLab integration allows you to synchronize blueprints from GitLab source control into projects within Cloud Assembly. Take a look at this walkthrough where Cody demonstrates configuring this integration. Sign up for a trial for... Continue Reading →

Building a Cloud Automation Services Ready Ubuntu Template for vSphereBuilding a Cloud Automation Services Ready...In a previous post (here), by Cody De Arkland (@Codydeakland), he discussed how to get started using Cloud Assembly and Cloud-Init to build robust blueprints that can do just about anything!! In this post I am going to go through the... Continue Reading →

VMware Certification: Recertification Is Changing and What It Means to YouVMware Certification: Recertification Is...Part of our goal as a certification program is to create policies that enable you to validate your expertise and show your relevancy in the industry. The recertification policy of a two-year upgrade was in place to help you maintain that relevancy... Continue Reading →

vMotion across hybrid cloud: performance and best practicesvMotion across hybrid cloud: performance and...VMware Cloud on AWS is a hybrid cloud service that runs the VMware software-defined data center (SDDC) stack in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud. The service automatically provisions and deploys a vSphere environment on a bare-metal AWS infrastructure, and lets you... Continue Reading →

Extracting Data From vRealize Operations with the REST APIsExtracting Data From vRealize Operations with...A frequent request from the field and VMware customers is, “How can I get data out of vROps using the REST APIs?” The reasons for this vary, but typically there is a desire to incorporate the metrics and properties from vROps with... Continue Reading →

Configuring vRealize Operations (vROps) for Application TeamsConfiguring vRealize Operations (vROps) for...I have heard many customers ask the question "Can vRealize Operations be configured to provide our application teams access so that they can see dashboards/metrics for only the objects they are responsible for?". Of course the answer is "YES"; however, there is not a lot... Continue Reading →