It’s Time — VMware EMPOWER Online AmericasIt’s Time — VMware EMPOWER Online AmericasEMPOWER Online Americas: May 25-27. Don’t miss out on this partner enablement opportunity. Participate in 150+ technical, sales and marketing sessions covering our five key solution areas. Attend live to participate in the EMPOWER Challenge, Marketing Track Raffle, and VMware Odyssey™ to win... Continue Reading →

VMware ESXi 7 boot optionsVMware ESXi 7 boot optionsThere are many ways to boot an ESXi 7 host from different media or from a network. The topic of boot options for VMware ESXi is one that you need to master in order to pass the datacenter certification exam. In this post, we can cover only... Continue Reading →

vSphere 7 ESXi Secure Boot OptionsvSphere 7 ESXi Secure Boot OptionsESXi provides the option of using UEFI Secure Boot. UEFI Secure Boot is a mechanism that makes sure that only trusted code is loaded by the EFI firmware. Then only the ESXi OS is loaded and you get finally to the UI where you can... Continue Reading →

Using Packer vsphere-iso provider with VMware Cloud on AWSUsing Packer vsphere-iso provider with VMware...I am a huge fan of HashiCorp Packer, which makes automating Virtual Machine images for vSphere including OVF, OVA and vSphere Content Library Templates extremely easy. Packer supports two vSphere Providers, the first being vmware-iso which requires SSH access to an ESXi... Continue Reading →

V2T Livefire 1.0 | NSXV2T Livefire 1.0 | NSXLivefire Solutions provide advanced technical training for the VMware field, partners, and strategic customers. Developed and delivered by Solutions Architects with real world experience, Livefire Solutions provide the high quality, hands-on technical enablement required for successfully [...]VMware Social Media Advocacy

VMware vRealize Automation SaltStack SecOps: Technical Overview Part 2 – Vulnerability ManagementVMware vRealize Automation SaltStack SecOps:...In my first blog post, I covered the compliance management aspects of SaltStack SecOps. For this post I will cover how vulnerability management works. The process is very similar to how compliance management works, except Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)... Continue Reading →

Deploying Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters with Tanzu Mission ControlDeploying Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters with Tanzu...Learn how to use Tanzu Mission Control to deploy Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters from a registered TKG management cluster in VMware Cloud on AWS.VMware Social Media Advocacy

vSphere 7 with Tanzu UpdatesvSphere 7 with Tanzu UpdatesAt some point, you’ll be faced with an upgrade request. New Kubernetes features, new security patches, or just to maintain your support. In this post we’ll walk through an update to vSphere, then update the Supervisor namespace, and then finally the Tanzu Kubernetes cluster.VMware Social Media Advocacy

Internal Firewalls for Dummies GuideInternal Firewalls for Dummies GuideOrganizations can no longer rely on edge firewalls alone to provide network security. Once attackers get past an edge firewall, they can move laterally to high-value assets. This book illustrates how internal firewalls can help your organization secure east-west network traffic and [...]VMware Social Media Advocacy

VxRail Technical Overview – Part 2 CTO Advisor PoCVxRail Technical Overview – Part 2 CTO Advisor PoCAlastair and Thom are joined by Dell Technologies’ Joe Mauer to discuss the technical details of VMware Cloud Foundation. What did Thom find in his implementation and use of VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail?VMware Social Media Advocacy