Managing vSphere DRS Groups and Rules with PowerShell | Manually maintaining vSphere DRS Groups can be an onerous task. VCF Automation is a great tool to help with this but a simple PowerShell script can assist just as easy. Read on from #vExpert Donagh MoynihanManaging vSphere DRS Groups and Rules with...Manually maintaining vSphere DRS Groups... Continue Reading →

Infrastructure Operations – Reports | With the introduction of VCF 9 and VCF Operations, we’ve seen a growing need for deeper insight into these useful new capabilities To address this, we’re launching a new series of updates focused on VCF Infrastructure Operations. In this blog post we will take a closer look at the “Reports”.... Continue Reading →

User Input During Running Action | This blog post presents an approach that allows to made an user input during the runtime of a VCF Automation action. – #vExpert Stefan SchnellUser Input During Running ActionJavaScript code to use an user input dialog at the runtime of a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) action. Normally an input... Continue Reading →

VCF Security Services Platform (SSP) / vDefend Advanced Threat Protection – Part 2.5 (Bugfix) | Before we proceed further with the VVS Implementation, Broadcom has released a support bulletin for SSP Workload Cluster Instability which impacts SSP version 5.1. – Jarrad Cox, gibsonvirtualizationVCF Security Services Platform (SSP) / vDefend...Before we proceed further with the VVS... Continue Reading →

VCF 9.0 GA Mental Model Part 1: Fleets, Instances, Domains, and the Fleet Management Layer – #vExpert Paul BryantVCF 9.0 GA Mental Model Part 1: Fleets,...Learn the VCF 9.0 GA mental model with clear definitions of fleet, instance, management domain, and workload domains. Get a practical ownership map, blast radius guidance, and topology patterns for... Continue Reading →

#112 – Introducing VMware vDefend featuring Chris McCain!#112 – Introducing VMware vDefend featuring...A few episodes ago we had Yves Hertoghs on the show to discuss networking, so I decided it was also time to discuss security. As Chris McCain has been at the forefront of networking and security at VMware for over a decade, it... Continue Reading →

VCF 9.0 GA Mental Model Part 2: Fleet Services vs Instance Management Planes (and Who Owns What) – #vExpert Paul BryantVCF 9.0 GA Mental Model Part 2: Fleet Services...Build an accurate VCF 9.0 GA mental model by separating fleet-level services from per-instance management planes. Learn what runs where, day-0 to day-2 ownership, SSO boundaries, and... Continue Reading →

Unexplored Territory episode 112 - Introducing VMware vDefend featuring Chris McCain! | A few episodes ago we had Yves Hertoghs on the show to discuss networking, so I decided it was also time to discuss security. As Chris McCain has been at the forefront of networking and security at VMware for over a decade, it... Continue Reading →

VCF 9 - VKS with NSX VPCs and AVI – #vExpert Steven SchrammVCF 9 - VKS with NSX VPCs and AVIIn my last blog post I wrote about the integration of VKS with NSX and VPCs. As LoadBalancer I used the NSX native version and the AVI integration was not done. In addition to the... Continue Reading →

VMware Cloud Foundation Operations View 9.x - What are Dashboards and How Do We Create Them? – #vExpert Stephen DeBarrosVMware Cloud Foundation Operations View 9.x -...In this video we will discuss the built-in dashboards that are built-in to VCF Operations as well as how to create a custom dashboard. We will also discuss What a... Continue Reading →