New VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2018-0028New VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2018-0028Today, VMware has released the following new security advisory: “VMSA-2018-0028 (https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0028.html) – VMware vRealize Log Insight updates address an authorization bypass vulnerability” This documents the remediation of a moderate severity authorization bypass vulnerability (CVE-2018-6980 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6980) in VMware vRealize Log Insight. The issue exists due to improper authorization... Weiterlesen →

vSAN Maintenance Mode Impact to Object ResiliencevSAN Maintenance Mode Impact to Object ResilienceHCI clusters use local storage devices Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) clusters powered by VMware vSAN consist of multiple hosts with local storage devices in each host contributing to a shared vSAN datastore. This model combines the cost savings of using local storage devices with... Weiterlesen →

Changing the SD-WAN Game with a Robust Network EcosystemChanging the SD-WAN Game with a Robust Network...Software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) is changing the way we think of networking today. Whereas traditional networking infrastructure was designed for business needs of 30 years ago, SD-WAN is bridging the gap between the needs of today and the requirements of the... Weiterlesen →

Have 30 minutes to spare? Give the VMware NSX Lightning Hands-on Lab a tryHave 30 minutes to spare? Give the VMware NSX...In 30 minutes, gain hands-on experience with logical switching and review the scalability and availability of the NSX platform. Hands-on Labs are free and can be up and running in your web browser in... Weiterlesen →

Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Dummies, 2nd EditionHyperconverged Infrastructure for Dummies, 2nd...Maintaining an agile data center infrastructure tends to be a source of headaches for IT leaders and administrators. It doesn't have to be. Hyper‐converged infrastructure (HCI) evolves the way that compute, storage, and management are delivered and provisioned to help you cut operational and capitalVMware Social... Weiterlesen →

Storage DRS Performance Improvements in vSphere 6.7Storage DRS Performance Improvements in vSphere...Virtual machine (VM) provisioning operations such as create, clone, and relocate involve the placement of storage resources. Storage DRS (sometimes seen as “SDRS”) is the resource management component in vSphere responsible for optimal storage placement and load balancing recommendations in the datastore cluster. A... Weiterlesen →

ESXi on ARM/Raspberry Pi for vSAN Witness purposes or for?ESXi on ARM/Raspberry Pi for vSAN Witness...Advertise here with BSA I was just catching up on a couple of VMworld sessions. One session that stood out to me was most definitely once again the session by Chris Wolf and Daniel Beveridge. I am not going to... Weiterlesen →

Integrating vRealize Automation with Network InsightIntegrating vRealize Automation with Network...In order to get a complete view of your network traffic flows between applications inside Network Insight, it should know things about your application stacks. This post will go into how to create an integration with vRealize Automation in order to get all new application stacks... Weiterlesen →

Script - Create VMware vSphere NetApp NFS Volume - my cloud-(r)evolutionScript - Create VMware vSphere NetApp NFS...A few weeks ago I started to write a PowerShell function that creates a VMware vSphere NetApp NFS Volume and mounts this new Volume to all ESXi hosts within a Cluster.VMware Social Media Advocacy