Hello all,

Recently I installed an ESXi 5 on a Cisco UCS C220 M3. When I tried to access ESXi from my notebook using vSphere or using SSH I got the message "cannot complete login due to an incorrect username or password".

If I go through monitor and keyboard, I can login normally. If I point to the IP address on my browser, I get the ESXi web interface. I mean, I have no connection problem and I'm not using the wrong username and password and I'm not using AD credential. It is local credential.

Looks like I need to perform some more task to get it done. What could be wrong ? I saw some KB talking about similar problem but all of them looks like does not apply to my scenario.

PS.: I didn´t configure DNS server and Custom DNS Suffixes.

vSphere/ESXi 6.0, all patches applied.  Multicast performance test is failing with 0.00 received bandwidth.  All other health checks including the multicast assessment and proactive storage performance tests are passing.

What can I check to determine the problem here?

I have a fresh vcenter 6 install and when i tell it to deploy operations manager it has greyed out the local source to browse.  It also has the URL path greyed out and i cannot change it.  I try to connect with my username and password and click next, but after awhile it just comes back cant connect to server?

I can manually download and deploy the OVA file, but then I do not see a way of syncing it to vcenter?  What am I missing?

Hi all,

Has anyone experienced not being able to add a network resource?

When I try to add a network, the list of port groups is empty.

When I had standard switch port groups, they would show up, but not distributed switch port groups.

The hosts and vCenter are version 6.0

Thanks

Jim Streit

I'm trying to get BDE to work with Cloudera.

I'm using BDE version 2.2

Does anyone know of any documentation that takes you step-by-step to get Cloudera working with BDE?

Thanks

Jim

We're running 5.5 and we have standard vSwitches with separate multipathed vswitches for management, vmotion and iscsi. We swapped 2 vmnics on one of our hosts today by moving one from vmotion to iscsi and vice versa so that it would match the network layout of our other hosts. The change went smoothly and everything appears to be fine, but since the change, one of the iscsi vmkernels shows a status of Active and the other shows "Last Active". Both show Compliant.  Does that mean that the active adapter on that vmkernel hasn't received traffic yet and will turn to Active when it does? Or is this something that I need to fix?

Thanks.

I keep gettting this error when registering vrealize application services (darwin) to the vra.

can anyone help on this?

Hello,

At the moment we are using a vCO Stub to do out Guest Customization.

Most Steps are in Guest Scripts injected by VMware Tools.

Now we checked the Guest Agent Way but there is a big Problem for us. All Provisioned VMs are in another Network than the vCAC IaaS Part…

And some of the actions required in the Guest are only possible in the destination Network e.g. Join an other domain.

At the moment during the provisioning process the VM is directly placed in the destination network.

Has anyone else to solve such a situation?

Hello,

I created a new port group in my lab and it is not showing up in the web client, but is in the thick client.

The only thing that I found is that my default filter applied, showing has 3/6 and I know that this count is correct, but I do not know how to see these other 3 port groups in the web client.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Trying to upgrade my home lab to 5.5 to test out some of the new features before getting it rolling at work and I've run into a problem with installing it.

I have a pair of hosts running 5.1 installed to a USB key with an internal SSD for use as a host cache disk (prob to be swapped to vCache if i can ever get 5.5 to install).

5.1 and 5.0 before it recognised the USB key and installed to it with no problems, 5.5 however does not see the USB key at all. In fact as far as I can tell half way through the boot (at the yellow top half point) it seems to turn the USB subsystem off entirely as the usb keyboard plugged in turns off at this point. It does however continue booting off the USB cdrom drive

My best guess is that the UEFI boot is keeping the usb controllers in legacy mode and presenting them to the boot evironment, then ESXi starts the drivers for the USB controllers attempts to take them over from the UEFI bios and shuts them down/fails to load/who knows.

Wondering if anyone else has seen this and has a workaround?

My systems are:

ASUS P8H61-I R2.0 motherboard

i3-3220 cpu

USB key plugged into usb2 ports NOT the usb3 ports

Guys,

On my home lab, where i have a simple router (Netgear Nighthawk R7000) and two workstations after updating to WS11 i cannot connect one PC to another.  On 10 i had many shared vms on one pc, and would connect from my main box and run them.  I get this error: VMWARE Workstation 11 failed to connect to server. Server is an unknown server. VMware Workstation cannot connect to this server.

If i replace the name of the pc with the IP it will connect.  I did not have this issue on WS10.  I uninstalled 10 and recreated my old set up and still have this problem.....

I can connect with IP for the DNS name; however, I want to know whats going on and if this bug will be fixed.

Any advice?

FROM THE EDITORS VIRTUAL DESK

Greeting from New York City. Yes this week I am traveling and the newsletter is brought to you from the wonderful New York City instead of it’s usual home in San Francisco. This week we have a very informative posting by our Senior TAM Services Development Manager, Eric Crossley. As part of the VMware Technical Account Manager program there are a number of deliverables that we provide our customers. One of these is the collection and presentation of customer metrics. Eric provides an explanation of these in his blog post.

VMware Technical Account Manager Customer Intelligence Program (Part 1 of 2)

By Eric Crossley

VMware Technical Account Manager (TAM) Services customers have an opportunity that those without TAMs do not – most notable, participation in the TAM Customer Intelligence Program. Upon opting in (under NDA protection), your TAM will undertake a thorough yet unobtrusive infrastructure interrogation process. The goal is to gather a range of specific data, including infrastructure configuration, types of hosts, and core virtualization achievements, among many others. [Read more…]

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  How to install vSphere 6 ESXi using the Interactive Installer (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6559)Interactive installations are recommended for small deployments of four or less hosts. Installation using this method involves booting from the ESXi 6.0 installation media by inserting the media in to the host and following the prompts from the installation wizard to choose a destination disk in the host and begin the installation. Our video today […]

   

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  Maintaining the vCenter Server Database (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6555)This video is the seventh in a series of free webinars for you, our customer. This one is titled: Maintaining the vCenter Server Database. It provides a high level overview of the vCenter Server Database architecture as well as best practices and tips for maintaining the database. The video is roughly 15 minutes in length so […]

   

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  Introduction to VMware vRealize Orchestrator 6 - KBTV Webinars (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6551)This video is the sixth in a series of free webinars on various topics. This one is titled: Introduction to VMware vRealize Orchestrator 6. The video is roughly 40 minutes in length so it would be worth blocking out some time to watch it. To see the details of upcoming webinars in this series, see […]

   

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  The Business Case for Cloud Automation (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=1540)

   

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  Get Tips for Talking Cloud Strategy at Your Organization—Plus More Top Posts from VMware Professional Services (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5681)Check out the latest posts from VMware professional services for how-tos and more!

   

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  VMware Named to 2015 Learning! 100 (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5658)VMware has been named to 2015 Learning! 100 by Elearning! Media Group for a third time. “The Learning! 100 recognizes the top 100 global learning organizations for high performance. These organizations are innovative, collaborative and have a truly immersive learning culture,” reports Catherine Upton, Award Chairperson. In its fifth year, the Learning! 100 includes 60 corporate […]

   

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  Get Virtually Fit with vSphere 6 Boot Camp (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5669)When VMware introduced vSphere 6 in February, it was one of the most anticipated product launches in VMware’s history. This new version of vSphere came loaded with over 650 new features. VMware vSphere 6 delivers powerful capabilities. You need to be trained to take advantage of them. That’s why we’ve introduced the VMware vSphere 6 Boot […]

   

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  Special VMworld 2015 US Training Offers (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5650)Make the most of your VMworld 2015 US experience with our special training offers and hone your skills on the latest VMware technologies and solutions. 1) Get to the event early and take advantage of our pre-conference training courses at 25% off the regular price. VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6] VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.0] […]

   

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  VMware Technical Account Manager Customer Intelligence Program (Part 2 of 2) (http://blogs.vmware.com/tam/?p=2107)By Eric Crossley In a previous post, I introduced the Technical Account Manager (TAM) Customer Intelligence Program, some benefits of participating, and one of the key deliverables: the Customer Intelligence Dashboard. It’s worth reading that post if you haven’t already. In this blog I am introducing another important deliverable of the TAM Customer Intelligence Program: […]

   

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  vSphere Replication Without DNS (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=17321)I believe most individuals know proper DNS configuration is essential to a smooth operating VMware environment - or pretty much any environment, for that matter. However, there are a few cases where certain components must be deployed to an environment that does not have DNS servers. I had a question about this specific to vSphere […]

   

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  Big Data on vSphere : Two Customer Case Study White Papers Published (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=17303)Two new white papers are now available on the work done at Adobe on virtualizing Hadoop. The VMware-authored paper,  Adobe Deploys Hadoop as a Service on VMware vSphere, focuses on the business background and justifications for virtualizing the workload. It also talks about implementing Hadoop-as-a-Service by the central Technical Operations function to satisfy the needs of the business units […]

   

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  What We Read This Week: A VMware News Recap: May 15, 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3985)Project Enzo, NSX Momentum and Expanding Classroom Borders with vCloud Air  If you could start from scratch and develop an innovative, bold new solution that could transform the way IT deploys and manages virtual workspaces with greater speed, flexibility and cost savings, what would it look like? That was the question the VMware End-User Computing […]

   

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  [VIDEO] Cloud-Native Apps Partner Panel: Security, Containers and More (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3982)This week, the Cloud Foundry Summit 2015 gathered developers, operators and managers leveraging the open source platform-as-a-service. More than 1,500 attendees gathered, highlighting the growing popularity of platform-as-a-service options. VMware CTO Kit Colbert delivered a keynote talk on how businesses can make developers a first-class user of the datacenter by reshaping infrastructure to support Cloud-Native Apps alongside […]

   

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  Another VMware Cloud in Action – VIF International Education Expands Classroom Borders with vCloud Air (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3980)This post was originally published on the VMware vCloud Blog. Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, VIF International Education partners with more than 200 school districts to help prepare teachers and students for success in an interconnected world. For over 25 years, VIF has built many global education programs, ranging from […]

   

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  Creating the next-generation clinical workspace (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3977)This post was originally published on The Bridge. Having virtualized their datacenters and clinical care applications, providers are now focused on leveraging these investments to help them transform the delivery of patient care.  One of Healthcare IT’s many new challenges is improving caregiver productivity.  Mobile and wearable technologies, for example, will play a key role […]

   

   

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  12 Reasons Why You Should Use The Log Insight Forwarder (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6969)In Log Insight 2.5, a forwarding option was introduced, which provided similar capabilities to a syslog aggregator. I have been asked a few times why you should use the Log Insight forwarding option. I would like to cover 12 reasons in this post. Forwarders support sending events over syslog (TCP only) and over Log Insight’s […]

   

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  So You Virtualized Your Desktop Environment. Now what? (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=2254)By Mike Marx Most of my customers start with a low-risk user group consisting of a large number of users with identical application requirements. This is the common scenario when starting out on the virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) journey and 'testing the waters.' With proper design efforts, initial implementations are highly successful. I spend the […]

   

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  VCDX-NV Interview: Nemtallah Daher Discusses VMware NSX Certification (http://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/?p=1889)Nemtallah Daher is Senior Network Delivery Consultant at the consulting firm AdvizeX Technology. Recently he took some time out of his day to talk with us about why, as a networking guy, he thinks learning about network virtualization is critical to further one’s career.  *** I’ve been at AdvizeX for about a year now. I […]

   

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  On a Journey with VMware NSX Customers (http://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/?p=1920)Playing a part in the transformation of the networking industry has been one of the most rewarding opportunities of my career. On top of that I get the privilege of leading a team that continues to amaze me in their ability to execute. You’ve heard us talk about the more than 400 VMware NSX customers […]

   

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  Expand your offerings with the VMware vCloud Air Network Managed Services Provider Model (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5459)Service providers are always looking for new opportunities to expand their offerings. To supply them with those opportunities, we’re now including a Managed Services Provider model with the VMware® vCloud Air™ Network Program. With VMware’s new Managed Services Provider model, service providers can leverage vCloud Air as their core infrastructure while differentiating with managed services. […]

   

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  Prove Your Cloud Expertise and You Could Win An Apple Watch! (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5454)Earlier this year, we announced the general availability of our highly anticipated on demand cloud service offering. Now, just your credit card and web browser give you instant access to a scalable, flexible, pay-as-you-go public cloud. With VMware vCloud® Air™ Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand, moving to the cloud has never been easier. To celebrate, we’re […]

   

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  Another VMware Cloud in Action – VIF International Education Expands Classroom Borders with vCloud Air (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5449)Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, VIF International Education partners with more than 200 school districts to help prepare teachers and students for success in an interconnected world. For over 25 years, VIF has built many global education programs, ranging from professional development and curriculum to language immersion and cultural exchange […]

   

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  Deep Dive into Advanced Networking Services with vCloud Air (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5451)Earlier this year, we announced the upcoming release of VMware vCloud™ Air® Advanced Networking Services. Powered by VMware NSX™, these new services offer enhanced security controls and routing and network scaling capabilities in the cloud. This allows you to achieve seamless environment extensions, fewer network or architectural conflicts and the ability to run any application […]

   

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  AirWatch Container provides secure containerized profiles across iOS and Android devices (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36544)AirWatch Container version 2.0 recently hit the Apple and Google Play stores. Formerly known as AirWatch Workspace, AirWatch Container allows IT to deploy secure profiles on devices to protect corporate resources while maintaining employee privacy. The updated application simplifies the enrollment process for end users and provides IT with flexibility in EMM deployments across device […]

   

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  Watch video: Enterprise mobility news recap: May 11-15 (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36520)Welcome back to the AirWatch Weekly Recap! I’m Maddie Cook and today we will highlight a multi-billion-dollar acquisition, a new award recognizing Content Locker and recap the seven Microsoft 10 editions. No hotel key necessary for many Starwood Hotels! Starwood Hotels is pressing forward to enable guests’ smartphones to replace hotel room keys. So far […]

   

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  Watch the video: First annual AirWatch Hackathon spurs creativity among employees (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36427)AirWatch recently hosted the first annual hackathon challenge for employees at its Atlanta-based headquarters. During the first weekend of May, more than 100 employees competed to develop applications and create innovative ways to improve mobility at work. The hackathon brought together software developers, designers, project managers and members from other departments to collaborate and transform […]

   

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  Watch the video: Veracode and AirWatch address the mobile application landscape (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36379)Deploying applications is a crucial stage in activating an enterprise mobility program. A mobile workforce is successful thanks to business-critical public and internally developed applications. Securing corporate applications is vital, but in today’s world of expanding application stores and BYOD deployments, it can be nearly impossible to regulate the vast field of applications that make […]

   

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  Universitätsspital Basel designs patient communication and doctor collaboration with mobility (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36361)As one of the largest medical centres in Switzerland, Universitätsspital Basel (University Hospital Basel) is known for leading internationally recognised standards in medicine. To improve medical decision making and speed up access to patient data, the healthcare institution introduced AirWatch-managed iPads equipped with a mobile application that gives doctors instant electronic access to patient medical […]

   

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  Creating a Customized App Volumes AppStack Template VMDK (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7679)By Gina Daly, Technical Writer for Technical Marketing, End-User Computing, VMware, and Dean Flaming, Sr. Technical Marketing Manager | Lighthouse and End-User-Computing Enablement, VMware Would you like to optimize your App Volumes environment? Perhaps your current infrastructure is restricting performance. You may notice that it can take time to initialize the AppStack template. The default […]

   

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  Are you ready for VMworld 2015? (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1763)Get pre-registered today for VMworld 2015 US and Europe, the #1 cloud and virtualization technology conference. Join us to gain the tools and knowledge you need to transform conventional remedies into seamless, agile solutions. This year we will focus on real solutions, celebrating the latest innovations and showcasing some jaw-dropping new technologies.

   

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  New Open Source Projects to Accelerate Enterprise Adoption of Cloud-Native Apps (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1760)Read the press release to learn more about how these open source projects are designed to help enterprise developers securely build, deploy, and manage cloud-native applications. Project Lightwave is an identity and access management project that will extend enterprise-scale and security to cloud-native applications. Project Photon is a lightweight Linux operating system optimized for cloud-native […]

   

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  Create New Sales Leads with VOA (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1757)Take full advantage of this vSphere with Operations sales methodology, now localized in 10 languages, that is helping hundreds of partners create solid sales leads.  The vSphere Optimization Assessment (VOA) has been updated with VMware's latest vRealize Operations Management 6.0 capabilities that allow you to customize reports for your partners.  The power of a customer seeing their […]

   

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  Deliver Next-Generation Desktop Architecture and Enterprise Mobility with New End-User Computing Solutions (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1755)View the End-User Computing playbook to find out how to help customers establish a next-generation desktop architecture and achieve business mobility with these new solutions: VMware User Environment Manager VMware Horizon Application Management Bundle VMware Horizon 6 for Linux Capitalize on this $7 Billion market1 opportunity now by addressing your customers' needs from data center […]

   

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  Maximize Your Marketing Efforts with the Demand Center (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1752)Strengthen your marketing efforts by leveraging our syndication tools now on the Demand Center. Social Media Syndication offers daily social content that is published directly to your corporate Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts. The Website Content Syndication module makes it easy to showcase the latest and most accurate VMware information on your website. Just set […]

   

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  Cool Tool - Unitrends Free (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2915-guid.html)

   

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  What’s New in the vSphere 6.0 - vCenter Server Watchdog (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2914-guid.html)

   

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  My VMUG, My VMUG (http://www.mikelaverick.com/?p=6131)This little post to tell you about the stuff I’m doing to support the VMUG. You know I really don’t enough, you see. North East England VMUG Meeting – 21th May I’m speaking at a couple of VMUGs this year and my first date is with a location that close to my heart in the […]

   

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  EVO:RAIL – The vSphere Environment – The Metadata (Part1) (http://www.mikelaverick.com/?p=6122)One of the most common questions I get is what the vSphere environment looks like after EVO:RAIL has done its configuration magic. I think this is quite understandable. After all many of us, including myself, have spent many years perfecting the build of the vSphere environment and naturally want to know what configuration the EVO:RAIL […]

   

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  Using Mr Meeseeks as an Operations Automation Model (http://wahlnetwork.com/?p=13285)What can Mr Meeseeks, a magical cartoon gummy guy, teach us about operations automation? Find out in this wacky post! The post Using Mr Meeseeks as an Operations Automation Model appeared first on Wahl Network . Related posts: vRealize Automation and Operations Play Nice Together Using GitHub for your PowerCLI Scripts Automating and Enforcing a Consistent vSphere Configuration The Bajillion Spiffy Upgrades to vRealize Operations 6.0 Thoughts on vSphere DRS and Data Center Load Balancing

   

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  Synology’s Snazzy New DSM 5.2 is Now Available (http://wahlnetwork.com/?p=13276)Make sure to upgrade to Synology DSM 5.2 to take advantage of all the nifty new packages and features! The post Synology’s Snazzy New DSM 5.2 is Now Available appeared first on Wahl Network . Related posts: Running GitLab and Jenkins Containers on Docker in Synology DSM 5.2 Cloud Sync to Google Nearline with Synology’s DSM 5.2 Beta Combining ioSafe and Synology DSM 5.1 for Versioned Network Backups Protecting your Synology NAS from SynoLocker First Glance: Synology’s Sleek New DS414slim…

   

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  Automating and Enforcing a Consistent vSphere Configuration (http://wahlnetwork.com/?p=13232)Here's a little bit of PowerShell code that can be used to enforce a consistent set of configuration values for your vSphere environment. The post Automating and Enforcing a Consistent vSphere Configuration appeared first on Wahl Network . Related posts: Automating vSphere Replication Bandwidth Limits with PowerCLI Using GitHub for your PowerCLI Scripts Using Try and Catch with PowerShell’s Invoke-WebRequest Use a Synology NAS to Syslog All The Things Common Information Model (CIM) Data for…

   

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  VMworld voting has started… (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=16221)Advertise here with BSA Every year a percentage of VMworld sessions is selected based on community voting. This voting process has started this week and as I submitted a couple of sessions myself I would like to draw some attention to them and ask you to consider voting for them… that is, if you like the session of course. […] " VMworld voting has started… " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Pre-order my upcoming book Essential Virtual SAN via…

   

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  Lego Datacenter (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=16213)Advertise here with BSA I am at a VMware R&D offsite this week and I saw an awesome thing I wanted to share (unfortunately the only thing I can share). Our architecture team had a booth which displayed a datacenter created from Lego. Yes someone spent some serious time building this during the weekend considering the detail that went in […] " Lego Datacenter " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Pre-order my upcoming book Essential Virtual SAN via…

   

   

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  Public voting for VMworld 2015 sessions now open! (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5903)VMware just opened the public voting on session submissions for VMworld 2015. The way sessions are usually approved is via an independent content committee that reads through and scores each session submission, the ones with the highest scores make it in. I did it one year and it was a very tedious job and it was … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  Some Virtual Volumes (VVols) news and tidbits (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5899)I’ve been collecting VVols information and links to add to my VVols link page and ran across some interesting items that I thought I would share. Let’s start with events: Taneja is doing a deep dive webinar with Dell into their implementation on VVols on May 14th at 9:00am PST as a follow-up to the other … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  Running Docker on VMware Photon on VMware vCloud Air OnDemand (http://kendrickcoleman.com/index.php/Tech-Blog/running-docker-on-vmware-photon-on-vmware-vcloud-air-ondemand.html)Fret not, everyone! VMware still has a chance!   I was given the opportunity to get $500 in free credits for  vCloud Air OnDemand  and decided to put them to use. By the way, if you want $300 in free credits sign-up using this referral link  using code Influencer2015 . For everyone that signs up through  this referral link , you will be put in a drawing to win an additional $200 in free credits. 1 person signing up each week will win an EXTRA $200 in credits chosen by MKG Marketing . Use promo code…

   

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Hi everyone, a reminder again abut our upcoming events that I think you will find interesting to attend. Please also note that due to the timing of the newsletter publication I am not always able to include the latest KB articles. Please bear that in mind and ensure that you do a weekly check on these. I will always provide the link at the end of the newsletter for you.

Business Mobility: Enabling Business Process Innovation with Mobile-First Strategies
Online Event
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM PT

There's an exciting world of new opportunities evolving — a world where early movers can take advantage and winners will be defined by mobile-first or mobile-only strategies.
VMware has created a comprehensive, secure business mobility platform, working with customers across many industries and partnering with a rich ecosystem to deliver apps and services specific to customers' needs.
Register Now: http://www.vmware.com/go/businessmobility?cid=70134000000NvD1&src=Email_BusnMob_FieldEM_EUC_US

vSphere 6.0: All Things Storage!
Wednesday, June 17
8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 EST
Cormac Hogan will give an overview of new storage features in vSphere 6.0, including core storage, VVols and VSAN. In this presentation, we will look at enhancements made to core vSphere storage, look at the new, highly anticipated Virtual Volumes and the changes they will bring to the way vSphere Admins work with storage, and a look at the new enhancements made to VSAN 6.0.
Registration:
http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=977640&s=1&k=4CA3A3EB10F649D6DA4F707F2D299F71

I will be traveling again next week but I will be sure to bring you all of the latest news from VMware.

Have a great week.

Virtually Yours

Neil Isserow

Staff Technical Account Manager, Team Lead

San Francisco, CA

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San Fran

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While I do my best to publish unbiased information specifically related to VMware solutions there is always the possibility of blog posts that are unrelated, competitive or potentially conflicting that may creep into the newsletter. I apologise for this in advance if I offend anyone and do my best to ensure this does not happen. Please get in touch if you feel any inappropriate material has been published. All information in this newsletter is copyright of the original author. If you are an author and wish to no longer be used in this newsletter please get in touch.

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Staff Technical Account Manager, Team Lead

San Francisco, CA

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San Fran

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  Introduction to VMware NSX - KBTV Webinars (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6579)Continuing on with our current series of KBTV Webinars, here we have the eighth webinar titled: Introduction to VMware NSX which provides an overview of what NSX is, and how it relates to the SDDC (Software Defined Datacenter). NOTE: This video is roughly 37 minutes in length so it would be worth blocking out some time to […]

   

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  How to setup mirrored folders between your Mac and Fusion VM (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6577)Did you know that you can setup mirrored folders for your Mac and Fusion virtual machine? Mirrored folders allow the Mac and the virtual machine to see the same content in certain personal data folders. For example, any content put on the Mac's desktop also appears on the Windows desktop. Similarly any content put in the My Documents […]

   

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  Fresh vSphere 6 KB articles! (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6567)vSphere 6.0 has been out now for a few weeks and you early adopters have been busy kicking the tires. We've heard some very encouraging things about this release ie: the web client improvements. It's always interesting and top of mind for us to see what issues emerge in everyone's environments and we monitor support […]

   

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  Overview of Storage I/O Control (SIOC) - KBTV Webinars (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6563)This video is the seventh in a series of free webinars for you, our customer. This one is titled: Overview of Storage I/O Control (SIOC) and it goes through what Storage I/O Control is, its requirements and how it works. NOTE: This video is roughly 40 minutes in length so it would be worth blocking out […]

   

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  The CMO-CIO partnership (http://blogs.vmware.com/cio/?p=130)The CMO-CIO partnership Common Goals, Unified Approach, Unique Capabilities By Bask Iyer, CIO, VMware There is a lot of chatter about tension and conflict between IT and Lines of Businesses (LOBs)for a variety of reasons. The discussion around bi-modal IT follows this narrative: Traditional IT is slow to respond to business needs; is not at […]

   

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  VMware News Recap 5/22/15: What We Read This Week (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=4011)This week in VMware News: EVO:RAIL, vSOM & Horizon Air Updates, Transforming Education with the Cloud + Help us Shape VMworld 2015 Content On Thursday, VMware’s EVO:RAIL team announced that they shipped new releases of VMware EVO:RAIL software. The latest releases address feedback received from customers and partners. It also includes support for the recently […]

   

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  VMware EVO:RAIL Ships New Software Releases (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3994)By Mornay van der Walt, vice president, EVO:RAIL Group, VMware Today, I’m pleased to announce we have shipped new releases of the VMware EVO:RAIL software. These latest releases address some of the wide-ranging feedback we have received from our customers and partners over the last six months with regards to scale, hardware monitoring, serviceability automation, […]

   

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  Help Shape Content at VMworld 2015 | #VMworld (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=4004)Don’t miss your opportunity to help influence the content at VMworld 2015. Public Session Voting is now open, and you can vote for your favorite session proposals to help decide what content makes it into our final agenda. Session voting ends on May 26 at 11:59 pm PDT so be sure to select your favorites soon! Voting is open […]

   

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  Join Sumit Dhawan this Thursday for a vForum Online Spring 2015 Keynote: Mobilizing the Next Generation of Desktops (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3996)REGISTER HERE! The power of business mobility is driving investment in the next generation of desktop architectures, mobile platforms and, even more importantly, new and rebuilt business processes and business operations designed to make the greatest impact with an increasingly mobile workforce and customer base. VMware is responding to these market needs rapidly. 2015 has […]

   

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  5 Steps to Building Your High-Performance Cloud Organization (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=1543)Make sure learning happens by design; not just trial and error. By Pierre Moncassin One of the often-overlooked aspects of building an effective cloud organization lies in the training and development of team members. My customers often ask, “How do I accelerate my IT organization's transition to cloud?” Well, there is much more to my […]

   

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  Configure Auto Deploy Rules - PowerCLI (https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=17421)In the previous post Configure DHCP and TFTP for Auto Deploy, we discussed how to setup your DHCP and TFTP servers to allow your ESX hosts to PXE boot. However, once an ESX host boots, it will need directions to know what to boot. This is where Auto Deploy Rules come in. Download an ESXi […]

   

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  DRS Keeps VMs Happy (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=17376)Since the introduction of Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) almost 10 years ago, it has become the most trusted way to ensure virtual machines are running at their peak performance. Over 80% of customers that have introduced DRS use it in fully automated mode, which allows for automatic placement and rebalance operations that simplifies capacity planning […]

   

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  vCenter Server 6.0 Availability Guide (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=17325)vCenter Server has become a mission critical part of most virtual infrastructures. It can be a single point of failure if it is not designed for availability. vCenter Server 6 has many changes relating to vCenter Server and its components and careful consideration has to be made in the design of its architecture. There are […]

   

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  Project Lightwave Now Available (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=17361)Project Lightwave Now Available Today, we are happy to announce that Project Lightwave, an identity and access management project for cloud-native apps, has been released as a free, open source project and is now available via GitHub and JFrog Bintray. Project Lightwave was originally introduced last month (read the news release). What is Project Lightwave? […]

   

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  Discover VMware tips and tricks from an SMB perspective (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5692)See how IT has changed, learn how to activate a new Horizon feature and upgrade your virtual environment in this month's SMB round up

   

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  Save 50% off Certification Exams at VMworld 2015 US (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5688)The most popular VMware certification exams will be 50% off the regular price during VMworld 2015 US in San Francisco, California! This is an excellent opportunity to recertify your certification or validate new skills at a significant savings. Space is limited in our Certification Exam Center, so we recommend registering in advance. Option 1 – Bundle […]

   

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  New VMware ViewPoint Webinar: Troubleshooting Strategies for vSphere 6 (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5686)Register for the VMware ViewPoint webinar, Troubleshooting Strategies for vSphere 6, on June 3

   

  
  

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  Simple VDI Load Testing with View Planner (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=2261)By Jack McMichael, Solutions Consultant In the last few years it seems the number of customers asking for assistance in re-evaluating their “VDI 1.0” infrastructure is increasing at a faster rate than ever. It makes sense when you consider that in the rush to achieve datacenter consolidation many administrators were under pressure to just “make […]

   

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  Enhance Infoblox DDI control using vRealize Log Insight (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=7088)Networks and networking requirements are rapidly evolving and leading to innovations that are driven by changing trends in security, cloud infrastructure, virtualization, IPv6, and the changing face of the Internet. This impressive trend list requires equally advanced solutions for managing critical network services in the physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Infoblox’s industry leading integrated, centrally […]

   

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  Vblock Management with vRealize Operations Insight (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=7072)Vblock is an incredibly popular converged hardware/software offering from our friends at VCE. For those not in the know, VCE is an EMC business, and started life as a joint venture between VMware, EMC, and Cisco. It produces pre-assembled, rack-based solutions which contain Cisco UCS compute notes, Cisco network switches, EMC storage, and VMware software. […]

   

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  Save the Date: Learn About vCloud Director 8.0 on 6/1 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5488)Service Providers, are you in search of a head start on the next iteration of VMware technology? Well we have news for you! We’re hosting a webinar on June 1st from 8 – 9:30 a.m. PST (4 – 5:30 p.m. BST) to kickoff the vCloud Director 8.0. beta. During this webinar, Amit Gupta, Sr. Director, […]

   

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  Get Involved in the vCloud Air Community to Win Some Sweet Swag! (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5485)We are pleased to announce a new vCloud Air Community giveaway! Starting now, all Community discussion participants will be entered to win a vCloud Air prize package. One winner is selected and rewarded at the end of each month. The VMware vCloud Air Community is a forum designed to quickly answer users’ questions and concerns […]

   

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  Why Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery is the Best Path to Disaster Security (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5474)Every company knows the importance of having a disaster recovery plan in place to protect business critical applications and data. But if that is the case, then why is it that nearly 60 percent of all businesses haven’t established a plan for disaster recovery? These businesses don’t want to wager on the chances of a […]

   

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  Read the Newest VMware Comic Book: Hero On Demand (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5469)Your company is launching a new app in two days, and you’re in charge of finding a cloud service to develop and replicate test environments quickly. What do you do? Our newest comic book chronicles the path of IT manager, Gene, who needs to find a solution. Can he quickly purchase a service that meets […]

   

  
  

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  Desktop Transformation Powered by Dell Engineered Solutions for EVO:RAIL Horizon Edition (HE) (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7705)By Tony Paikeday, senior product line marketing manager, End-User Computing, VMware Today Dell is accelerating the desktop transformation journey for organizations small and large with their announcement of general availability of Dell Engineered Solutions for VMware EVO:RAIL Horizon Edition (HE). VMware and Dell have jointly invested in this space, to deliver on the benefits of […]

   

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  Changing Desktop Economics: Cost Leadership with Horizon 6 (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7697)by Brian Gammage, Chief Market Technologist, End-User Computing VDI has long shown a lower TCO than physical desktops, but until mid-2014 the savings were in operational costs; per user capital costs were actually higher, representing a barrier to adoption for many organizations. With the launch of Horizon 6, the scenario changed and VDI is now […]

   

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  VMware To Expand VMware Horizon Air in the Asia Pacific Region (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7713)By Josue Fontanez, senior product line marketing manager, End-User Computing, VMware Today, I’m excited to announce the scheduled expansion of VMware Horizon® Air™ cloud services into two major markets in the Asia Pacific region – Australia and Japan. This is another example of the growing footprint and interest in cloud-hosted services by VMware from customers […]

   

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  Enterprise mobility news recap: May 18-22 (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36634)Welcome back to AirWatch Weekly Recap! Today we will highlight a new Google button, share ACE founding partners’ thoughts on the App Configuration for Enterprise program and provide a mobile wallet update. Google is partnering with retailers like Macy’s to add a “buy button” to some search results. Mobile shoppers will be able to add […]

   

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  Frost & Sullivan shares how BYOD is “Done Right” with AirWatch and Samsung KNOX (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36604)Frost & Sullivan released a new whitepaper titled, “BYOD Done Right is a Win-Win for Workforce Mobility” that details how to build a “compromise-free approach” to bring your own device (BYOD) mobility plans. The analyst firm reports how combining Samsung KNOX and AirWatch EMM capabilities make this approach a reality. The whitepaper analyzes the various […]

   

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  ACE founding partners describe the importance of standardizing enterprise app configuration (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36583)In March at Connect Barcelona, AirWatch, Box, Cisco, Salesforce, Workday and Xamarin announced App Configuration for Enterprise (ACE). The program serves as an open-standards approach to enterprise app building. The EMM neutral approach incorporates enterprise needs and security concerns to create a set of standards for app developers. ACE also enables a single app version […]

   

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  Colegio Mirasur prepares students for technology influenced world (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36559)Colegio Mirasur is one of the leading educational institutions located in Madrid, Spain. The education institution teaches students ages 3-18 that ranges in grades kindergarten through high school.  In alignment with Colegio Mirasur’s mission, teachers and administrators prepare students, “for a world defined by technology and globalization,” says Pedro Sampedro, president of Colegio Mirasur. The […]

   

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  AirWatch Container provides secure containerized profiles across iOS and Android devices (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36544)AirWatch Container version 2.0 recently hit the Apple and Google Play stores. Formerly known as AirWatch Workspace, AirWatch Container allows IT to deploy secure profiles on devices to protect corporate resources while maintaining employee privacy. The updated application simplifies the enrollment process for end users and provides IT with flexibility in EMM deployments across device […]

   

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  VMware Horizon Air set to Expand in Asia Pacific Region ()Today, I’m excited to announce the scheduled expansion of VMware Horizon® Air™ cloud services into two major markets in the Asia Pacific region – Australia and Japan. This is another example of the growing footprint and interest in cloud-hosted services by VMware from customers around the world. Customers can now take advantage of VMware vCloud® Air™ services for infrastructure-as-a-service and disaster recovery as well as desktop-as-a-service capabilities with Horizon Air. With this expansion…

   

  
  

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  Dell Engineered Solutions for VMware EVO:RAIL Horizon Edition (HE) (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1774)Learn more about how this joint solution delivers the best in hyper-converged infrastructure for desktop virtualization through Dell Engineered Solutions for VMware EVO:RAIL. Help your customers see the power of the SDDC realized through rapid deployment and greater ease of use.

   

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  New Desktop Assessment Tool (it's Free) (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1772)Leverage this partner kit to accelerate your sales cycle and increase your deal size with SysTrack Desktop Assessment, the latest collaborative offering from Lakeside Software and VMware. This is a free cloud assessment service using vCloud Air to accelerate the assessment of customer environments for VMware Horizon solutions. Use this offering to assess and analyze […]

   

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  Learn More about the NetApp Integrated EVO:RAIL Solution on May 20th (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1770)Register today and join us tomorrow (May 20th to learn how the combined NetApp FAS2552 with Data ONTAP and VMware EVO:RAIL are integrated giving customers high performance, scalable, and cloud ready environments with the new NetApp Integrated EVO:RAIL solution.

   

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  Deliver High-Performance Graphics to Customers with VMware and NVIDIA (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1767)Check out this video to find out how our joint solutions ensure your customers can access rich 3D graphics on any mobile device, and ultimately, become more productive and efficient.  VMware and NVIDIA are making it simple for partners to deliver high-performance graphics to customers without delays or interference.

   

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  The Renewals Train Has Arrived (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2483)Attention VMware partners… opportunity is calling. The Renewals Campaign is here. This campaign focuses on current vSphere customers who are approaching the 90 days to renewal date (for their non-ELA transactional business), and are good candidates for the following products aligned with Power Plays: VMware vSphere with Operations Management VMware vSphere with Operations Management + […]

   

  
  

MORE NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM AROUND THE WEB

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  EMC and Mirantis/Canonical, solid joint OpenStack guidance. (http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2015/05/emc-and-mirantis-solid-joint-wp.html)This crossed my path this morning, and I wanted to share. A hot-off-the presses reference architecture doc co-authored by EMC, Mirantis and Canonical (Ubuntu of course) detailing HOWTOs for two of the key OpenStack partners and distributions. The Mirantis one...

   

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  Free e-learning course - VMware Integrated OpenStack Fundamentals (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2921-guid.html)

   

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  Video - App Volumes Technical Overview (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2920-guid.html)

   

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  What you need to know about OpenStack and VMware (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2919-guid.html)

   

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  VMware vCenter Server 6.0 Availability Guide (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2918-guid.html)

   

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  KBTV Webinars - Introduction to VMware vRealize Orchestrator 6 (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2917-guid.html)

   

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  Video - VMware Project Enzo Demo (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2916-guid.html)

   

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  Cool Tool - Unitrends Free (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2915-guid.html)

   

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  What’s New in the vSphere 6.0 - vCenter Server Watchdog (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2914-guid.html)

   

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  EVO:RAIL – The vSphere Environment – The Physical Resources (Part2) (http://www.mikelaverick.com/?p=6180)In my previous blog post I focused on the vSphere ‘metadata’ that makes up each and every configuration of vSphere, and for that matter, EVO:RAIL. Of course what matters is how we carve up and present the all-important physical resources. These can be segmented into compute, memory, storage and networking. Compute: The way compute resources […]

   

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  VAAI now available with vSphere Standard Edition (http://cormachogan.com/?p=5121)A short post today, but it highlights what I feel is an important enhancement to vSphere licensing. I’ve had lots of questions recently about why VAAI (Storage APIs for Array Integration) is not available in the standard edition of vSphere. Continue reading →

   

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  vSphere 6.0 HA and Component Protection with vMSC (http://cormachogan.com/?p=5105)I had a query recently about changes to vSphere 6.0, especially when it comes to vSphere HA and Component Protection (VMCP) with vMSC, vSphere Metro Storage Cluster. The question is very straight forward – do all the same advanced setting Continue reading →

   

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  VSAN 6.0 Part 10 – 10% cache recommendation for AF-VSAN (http://cormachogan.com/?p=5021)With the release of VSAN 6.0, and the new all-flash configuration (AF-VSAN), I have received a number of queries around our 10% cache recommendation. The main query is, since AF-VSAN no longer requires a read cache, can we get away Continue reading →

   

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  Using Mr Meeseeks as an Operations Automation Model (http://wahlnetwork.com/?p=13285)What can Mr Meeseeks, a magical cartoon gummy guy, teach us about operations automation? Find out in this wacky post! The post Using Mr Meeseeks as an Operations Automation Model appeared first on Wahl Network . Related posts: vRealize Automation and Operations Play Nice Together Using GitHub for your PowerCLI Scripts Automating and Enforcing a Consistent vSphere Configuration The Bajillion Spiffy Upgrades to vRealize Operations 6.0 Thoughts on vSphere DRS and Data Center Load Balancing

   

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  VAAI support in vSphere Standard and up as of 6.0! (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=16243)Advertise here with BSA After some internal discussions over the last months it was decided to move VAAI (vSphere APIs for Array Integration) and Multi-Pathing down to vSphere Standard as of 6.0. Main reason for this was that Virtual Volumes, by many considered as the natural evolution of VAAI, is also part of vSphere Standard. So if you have vSphere Standard […] " VAAI support in vSphere Standard and up as of 6.0! " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter -…

   

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  This host currently has no network management redundancy (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=16231)Advertise here with BSA Bumped in to this a billion times by now, and I wouldn’t recommend applying this in production but for your lab when you need to take clean screenshots it works great. I’ve mentioned this setting before but as it was part of a larger article it doesn’t stand out when searching so I figured I […] " This host currently has no network management redundancy " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Pre-order my upcoming book…

   

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  Deploy VCSA 6.0 firstboot error (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=16225)Advertise here with BSA I was doing some tests in my lab and while deploying a new VCSA 6.0 I received an error that firstboot was unsuccessful. Not really a great error message if you ask me but okay. I had already validated DNS twice before I got started, but I checked it again just in case… DNS was […] " Deploy VCSA 6.0 firstboot error " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Pre-order my upcoming book Essential Virtual SAN via Pearson today!

   

  
  

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Hi everyone, welcome to the latest TAM Source newsletter. This week we have a number of interesting items to bring to your attention.

The first is our upcoming Webcast in June.

vSphere 6.0: All Things Storage!
Wednesday, June 17
8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 EST
Cormac Hogan will give an overview of new storage features in vSphere 6.0, including core storage, VVols and VSAN. In this presentation, we will look at enhancements made to core vSphere storage, look at the new, highly anticipated Virtual Volumes and the changes they will bring to the way vSphere Admins work with storage, and a look at the new enhancements made to VSAN 6.0.
Registration:
http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=977640&s=1&k=4CA3A3EB10F649D6DA4F707F2D299F71

We also have a number of new TAM Blogs Posts to bring to your attention on http://blogs.vmware.com/tam/

Improve vRealize Orchestrator Workflows for Efficiency and Scalability
Are you struggling to organize your vRealize scripts or workflows? Ted Spinks—VMware's TAM Tech Lead for Cloud Automation Portfolio—shows you techniques to maximize efficiency and scalability with scripts and workflows. The blog addresses some handy tips, like:

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NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM VMWARE

GENERAL NEWS

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  Key People, Process and Policy Considerations for vRealize Automation Success (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=1558)By Choong Keng Leong Organizations implement VMware vRealize Automation (vRA) with the aim of shortening the provisioning of infrastructure services and the release of applications through self-service and automation. To achieve this, there is a need for balance between governance and business agility. Projects are more likely to fail or face significant obstacles if they […]

   

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  VMware vCloud Air Network: Building a Global Hybrid Cloud With Help From Our Partners (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=4043)In August 2014, VMware rebranded and expanded the VMware Service Provider Program to the VMware® vCloud Air™ Network. Although the name changed, our approach remains the same – since 2008, we have worked closely with service provider partners to deliver public and hybrid cloud services to a diverse customer base on a global basis. Through […]

   

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  VMware and VMUG Announce New Virtual SAN Evaluation Program (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=4025)In the spirit of knowledge sharing, and in partnership with the VMware User Group (VMUG), we are excited to announce a new Virtual SAN Evaluation program. The Virtual SAN Evaluation program, which is offered solely through VMUG, begins today. VMUG members can find more details and sign up for the program at: http://vmug.hs-sites.com/virtual-san-trial We caught […]

   

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  EMC Announces Agreement to Acquire Virtustream (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=4021)By Bill Fathers, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Cloud Services Business Unit, VMware Earlier today EMC announced that they have entered a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Virtustream, a cloud services provider focused on the managed private cloud. This is great news for our customers, VMware and the EMC Federation of companies. As the […]

   

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  Improve vRealize Orchestrator Workflows for Efficiency and Scalability (http://blogs.vmware.com/tam/?p=2123)Are you struggling to organize your vRealize scripts or workflows? Ted Spinks—VMware's TAM Tech Lead for Cloud Automation Portfolio—shows you techniques to maximize efficiency and scalability with scripts and workflows. The blog addresses some handy tips, like: How multiple scripts within a workflow can share connections to avoid over-consumption Applying these techniques to the vSphere […]

   

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  Better Together: VMware Hands-On Labs and Technical Account Managers (http://blogs.vmware.com/tam/?p=2116)By Adam Eckerle I've been traveling the Midwest lately speaking at VMUGs, USERCons, and vForum events. It's been a whirlwind few months talking to many people and answering questions on various topics, such as, “What's new with VMware vSphere 6?” “What are some new possibilities with technologies like VMware NSX and VMware vRealize Automation?” And—most […]

   

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  Bimodal IT, VMware, and Cloud-Native Apps (http://blogs.vmware.com/cto/?p=3402)Patrick Daigle is a Senior Systems Engineer and CTO Ambassador in Montreal, Canada. As part of VMware’s Technical Services organization, he works with large enterprises across Canada, leveraging the VMware Software-Defined Enterprise to help IT organizations bring quicker value to the business. He is also a contributor to VMware’s Cloud-Native Apps team.        In 2014, Gartner introduced the concept of Bimodal IT , the idea that enterprises need two speeds of doing IT: traditional IT (Gartner calls…

   

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  Let Us Wow You with vSphere 6 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=17437)Not yet on vSphere 6?  Join us for a webcast to learn why you should be.  Starting June 2nd, 2015 and recurring every other Tuesday at 9AM, join the vSphere product experts to learn what’s new and exciting about vSphere 6!  A different topic will be covered each session and time will be allocated at […]

   

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  Getting vSphere 6 off the ground and more from Global Support Services (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5725)Catch up on the top posts from Global Support Services on the VMware Education and Certification Blog.

   

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  New Titles added to VMware Learning Zone (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5629)The VMware Learning Zone is a subscription-based service that gives you a full year of unlimited, 24/7 access to VMware video-based training. In addition to the current videos on Site Recovery Manager, VMware Directory Services Database (vmdir), Virtual SAN, and much more, we are constantly adding content from VMware experts and instructors including tips, advice, and how to discussions on […]

   

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  2015 VCDX Advisory Council Survey (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5713)Back in October 2014, we announced that a VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) Advisory Council was being formed with initial members. It's coming time to rotate out the current members with new members for the second half of 2015. The panel is made up of three internal VMware employee VCDX's and three external VCDX's.  To make […]

   

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  NEW! VMware EMEA Education Course Catalogue Schedule for Q2-Q3 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5696)We’ve made it easier for you to see when VMware Delivered open-enrolment courses are scheduled in Europe, Middle East and Africa. To sit alongside our current course catalogue we have created a schedule (PDF) which shows all the Classroom and Live Online courses scheduled up until September 30th 2015. All courses can be found and booked via […]

   

  
  

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  VIO – A Closer Look from a vSphere Administrator View. (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=2278)By Julienne Pham A version of VMware Integrated OpenStack was released in April, and for the DevOps team, the Cloud API did not change from one vendor to another. So, how does it impact me as a vSphere administrator? This article will go through how VIO can be managed through the vSphere Web Client. After […]

   

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  If You Like vCloud Director, You Will Love vCloud Air (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5493)A couple of years ago, VMware made the decision to focus our vCloud Director development efforts on public cloud use cases and prioritize vRealize Automation (previously vCloud Automation Center) for private cloud use cases. As a result of this shift, we are using and leveraging vCloud Director to provide the compute service in vCloud Air, […]

   

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  Managing NetApp Storage with vRealize Operations Analysis Badge & 3rd Party Extensions (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=7159)From the earliest versions of vCenter Operations to the current vRealize Operations incarnation, we have been offering a multitude of capabilities to help IT administrators effectively manage, troubleshoot and simplify their infrastructure. One of the most powerful of these capabilities is the ‘Analysis Badge.’ Analysis Badges can be used to provide ‘at-a-glance’ views in numerous […]

   

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  Optimizing PowerShell workflows in vRealize Orchestrator (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=7135)In my previous blog post, we walked through configuring vRO’s PowerShell Plug-In and calling some PowerShell and PowerCLI scripts from within our vRO workflows.  In this post, we’ll take things a step further, and organize our scripts and workflows using techniques that maximize their efficiency and scalability.  We’ll start by learning how multiple scripts within […]

   

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  Understanding the Density badge – vRealize Operations Tech Tips #14 (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=7115)I recently got asked to explain the Density badge in vRealize Operations Manger.  Please note that videos of all the badges (and more…) are available at this page.  https://www.vmware.com/support/vrealize-operations-Manager-6-video.html  (You’re welcome!!) Density in vRealize Operations Manager compares the current density with the optimal density that has been determined by vR Ops based on Policy. The […]

   

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  Running Transactional Workloads Using Docker Containers on vSphere 6.0 (http://blogs.vmware.com/performance/?p=2442)In a series of blogs, we showed that not only can Docker containers seamlessly run inside vSphere 6.0 VMs, but both micro-benchmarks and popular workloads in such configurations perform as well as, and in some cases better than, in native Docker configurations. See the following blog posts for our past findings: Docker Containers Performance in […]

   

  
  

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  Watch video: Enterprise mobility news recap: May 26-29 (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36769)Welcome back to AirWatch Weekly Recap! I’m Maddie Cook and today we will highlight the Google I/O event, introduce the Business Mobility event and talk about securing smart cities. To begin today’s enterprise mobility headlines we will highlight the enterprise features announced yesterday at Google I/O. Yesterday at the event, Google revealed its priorities for […]

   

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  Google I/O keynote focuses on the mobile user experience (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36775)Considering the opening remarks at the Google I/O keynote yesterday, it is clear that Google is focusing on mobility. SVP Sundar Pichai took the stage to share company’s plans for the next year and framed the two-hour presentation to address how Google is evolving its computing platform and mobile experience. The mobile experience features announced […]

   

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  Join VMware for online Business Mobility Event (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36748)On June 16, VMware will be bringing together enterprise technology leaders for a virtual Business Mobility event. During the session, CEO Pat Gelsinger and EUC EVP and General Manager Sanjay Poonen will highlight mobility’s impact on the enterprise and share how VMware is poised to help enterprises prepare for the mobile business era. The virtual […]

   

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  Scania deploys enterprise mobility to optimize customer experience (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36700)Scania Great Britain Limited (Scania) is the local importer and wholesaler of Swedish manufactured heavy goods in the UK. The Milton Keynes-headquartered company, which owns half of the UK retail network, has increased its heavy truck market share to 17.3 percent in 2014, while its combined bus and coach market share grew to 9.7 per […]

   

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  Edison keeps employees plugged in with mobility (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36667)As Europe’s oldest energy provider, Edison delivers power to more than 1.5 million businesses and residential customers across the continent. It employs a workforce of more than 3,100 people to develop energy solutions in electricity, hydrocarbons and renewable resources. To improve collaboration across the ten countries where Edison operates, the company equips the workforce with […]

   

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  Application Delivery with Horizon 6: Newly Updated White Paper (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7724)By Cindy Heyer, Technical Writer, Technical Marketing, End-User Computing at VMware The newly updated Application Delivery with Horizon 6 white paper is now available. This new version is packed with easy-access tips about using the features and components of Horizon 6 to more effectively manage your applications and desktops. This paper has something for everyone. […]

   

  
  

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  Help Customers Leverage the Cloud Within Their Data Center Services (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1783)VMware and Fujitsu promote business growth and innovation via a 'Hybrid IT' cloud computing model. View this webinar to find out how the VMware and Fujitsu Hybrid IT model ensures that your customers can optimize the cloud within their data center services and effectively manage the resulting Hybrid IT environment.

   

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  Americas Partner Organization Town Hall - June 9th from 8-9am Pacific (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1781)Register today and join Vice President Frank Rauch, along with other key Business Unit leaders, for our quarterly virtual Town Hall. They'll share the latest news in terms of strategy, programs, and incentives to help you win more business.

   

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  Rewards Management System Update Training - June 2nd (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1779)Watch this vmLIVE recording and plan to attend the Partner Reward Management System vmLIVE on June 2nd in your geography - registration links below. These new upgrades will make Reward Management more simple and intuitive. You'll be able to enter plans online and group multiple PAs to a larger campaign. Plus, automatic fund selection based […]

   

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  VMware Continuent Now Generally Available (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1776)Access the resources now available to open the door to new revenue opportunities both on-prem and in vCloud Air with existing customers with MySQL deployments. VMware Continuent is a suite of products for clustering and replication for business critical MySQL database applications. Be sure to check out the introductory video on the Quarterly Partner Briefing portal as […]

   

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  VMware’s Business Mobility Online Event is Sure to Dazzle (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2490)There’s an exciting world of new opportunities evolving — a world where early movers can take advantage and winners will be defined by mobile-first or mobile-only strategies. VMware has created a comprehensive, secure business mobility platform, working with customers across many industries and partnering with a rich ecosystem to deliver apps and services specific to […]

   

  
  

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  Beauty in the “The Beast” (http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2015/05/beauty-in-the-the-beast.html)There’s no doubt IMO that we overdid it at EMC World with all the “Beast” theme when talking about XtremIO 4.0. You could tell that YES, there was a bit of “proud parent” dynamic… … And YES, we have a...

   

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  EMC and Virtustream – what’s up with that?! (http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2015/05/emc-and-virtustream-whats-up-with-that.html)Today, EMC announced the acquisition of privately held Virtustream (see info here) At the most important level, it’s a recognition that people want their technology in new, simpler consumption models – and that it’s not ONE model that wins –...

   

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  Chinwag Reloaded with Craig Waters (@cswaters1) (http://www.mikelaverick.com/?p=6117)This week’s chinwaggie is Criag Water (@cswaters1). His day job is with Pure Storage, and he used to work for Nutnanix. Prior to switching to vendor-side, Virtualisation Architect and a Data Centre Specialist (Compute/Storage/Network) with over 16 years of experience in the ICT industry. Focusing on virtualisation, Craig has enabled his clients to gain business […]

   

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  Virtual SAN – free 6 month trial – thank you VMUG (http://cormachogan.com/?p=5159)A short post again today. For those of you who are considering evaluating Virtual SAN, our friends over at the VMware User Group (VMUG) are giving you the opportunity to trial VSAN for 6 months. This offer is only available Continue reading →

   

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  Heads Up! Horizon View 6.1 and AF-VSAN Policies (http://cormachogan.com/?p=5136)I had a query recently from a partner who was deploying VMware Horizon View 6.1 on top of an all-flash VSAN 6.0. They had done all the due diligence with configuring the AF-VSAN appropriately, marking certain flash devices as capacity Continue reading →

   

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  A closer look at Rubrik (http://cormachogan.com/?p=5125)A couple of months back, I wrote a short article on Rubrik. They were just coming out of stealth mode and had started an early access program. Since they had not officially launched, there wasn’t a lot that I was Continue reading →

   

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  An Exciting Field Day Filled with Virtualization in Boston (http://wahlnetwork.com/?p=13342)Check out all the amazing vendors, solutions, delegates, and the gooey virtualization treats in store for you at Virtualization Field Day 5! The post An Exciting Field Day Filled with Virtualization in Boston appeared first on Wahl Network . Related posts: Advance Your Tech Career with Advice from IT Pros SpiceWorld Session and Discount Code Wahl Network at VMworld: Sessions, Books, and Charity How vSphere APIs for IO Filtering (VAIO) Changes Everything Now Available – VMware Certified…

   

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  Using Double-Take’s New Cloud Migration Center (http://wahlnetwork.com/?p=13297)How to easily shoot VMs into Azure with Double-Take's newest Cloud Migration Center offering. The post Using Double-Take’s New Cloud Migration Center appeared first on Wahl Network . Related posts: Double VCDX (DCV & NV) – What Does It All Mean? The 4 Step Migration from a Standard vSwitch to Distributed vSwitch with LACP Active Directory 2012 R2 Upgrade and DHCP Services Migration to Meraki vCloud Suite, vCloud Air, and vRealize Cloud Management Platform (CMP) Exposed Zerto Announces…

   

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  New Book - Mastering vRealize Operations Manager (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2922-guid.html)

   

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  Rubrik follow up, GA and funding announcement (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=16264)Advertise here with BSA Two months ago I published an introduction post on Rubrik. Yesterday Rubrik announced that their platform went GA and they announced a funding round (series B) of 41 million dollars led by Greylock. I want to congratulate Rubrik with this new milestone, major achievement and I am sure we will hear much more from them in […] " Rubrik follow up, GA and funding announcement " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Pre-order my…

   

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  No one ever got fired for buying IBM/HP/DELL/EMC etc (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=16250)Advertise here with BSA Last week on twitter there was a discussion about hyper-converged solutions and how these were not what someone who works in an enterprise environment would buy for their tier 1 workloads. I asked the question: well what about buying Pure Storage, Tintri, Nimble or Solid Fire systems? All non-hyper converged solutions, but relatively new. Answer was straight […] " No one ever got fired for buying IBM/HP/DELL/EMC etc " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow…

   

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FROM THE EDITORS VIRTUAL DESK

Hi everyone, there is quite a bit going on right now that I would like to bring to your attention.

Business Mobility: Enabling Business Process Innovation with Mobile-First Strategies

Online Event
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM PT

There's an exciting world of new opportunities evolving — a world where early movers can take advantage and winners will be defined by mobile-first or mobile-only strategies.
VMware has created a comprehensive, secure business mobility platform, working with customers across many industries and partnering with a rich ecosystem to deliver apps and services specific to customers' needs.

Register Now: http://www.vmware.com/go/businessmobility?cid=70134000000NvD1&src=Email_BusnMob_FieldEM_EUC_US

vSphere 6.0: All Things Storage!
Wednesday, June 17
8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 EST
Cormac Hogan will give an overview of new storage features in vSphere 6.0, including core storage, VVols and VSAN. In this presentation, we will look at enhancements made to core vSphere storage, look at the new, highly anticipated Virtual Volumes and the changes they will bring to the way vSphere Admins work with storage, and a look at the new enhancements made to VSAN 6.0.
Registration:
http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=977640&s=1&k=4CA3A3EB10F649D6DA4F707F2D299F71

Have a fantastic week everyone.

Virtually Yours

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  Top 30 Horizon with View KB articles (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6595)Horizon View users will enjoy our latest list of top issues. We decided to present 30 this time around. Some you may have seen before, but we've also added new content to the Knowledgebase for View. Have a look and see if you're battling any of these currently. Generating and importing a signed SSL certificate […]

   

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  Top 20 Articles for May 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6591)Here is our Top 20 KB list for May 2015. This list is ranked by the number of times a VMware Support Request was resolved by following the steps in a published Knowledge Base article. VMware ESXi 5.x host experiences a purple diagnostic screen mentioning E1000PollRxRing and E1000DevRx (2059053) Installing async drivers on VMware ESXi […]

   

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  What's new in VMware vSphere 6 - KBTV Webinars (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6586)Continuing on with our current series of KBTV Webinars, here we have the ninth webinar titled What is new in vSphere 6 and it goes through what has changed since the vSphere 5.5 product release. NOTE: This video is roughly 35 minutes in length so it would be worth blocking out some time to watch […]

   

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  Green vs. Grey — Rethinking Your IT Operations (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=1572)By Neil Mitchell Can you really create a new greenfield IT organization with no legacy constraints? In this short video, operations architect Neil Mitchell explains that while anything is theoretically possible, most IT execs need to face the reality of impact on legacy IT operations. ==== Neil Mitchell is an operations architect with the VMware Operations […]

   

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  New Configurations for VMware EVO:RAIL to Provide Greater Customer Choice (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=4090)By Mornay van der Walt, vice president, EVO:RAIL Group, VMware Since the general availability of VMware EVO:RAIL™, we have moved quickly to offer EVO:RAIL customers greater choice and value with new programs, functionality and scale capabilities. Today, we continue this trend. I’m happy to announce that the EVO:RAIL hyper-converged infrastructure appliance will offer new levels of customer choice […]

   

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  #VMchat Recap: The Future of the C-Suite Social Chat (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=4080)On June 3rd, VMware hosted a lunchtime CrowdChat (#VMchat) to discuss the future of the C-Suite. Specifically, the #VMchat addressed: Are CIOs and CMOs endangered species? It’s a pressing question as technology transforms the way businesses function. VMware VP of Global Communications Oliver Roll and CIO Bask Iyer discussed the topic in an hour-long chat (using […]

   

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  Explain It Like I’m Four: Cloud-Native Apps (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=4075)In a previous “Explain It Like I’m Four” post, we took a look at micro-segmentation, an increasingly popular framework for IT security.  Now let’s turn our attention to a software paradigm that redefines the way applications are developed and deployed by making full use of modern IaaS and PaaS technology: cloud-native apps. What are cloud-native […]

   

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  New Video: The Evolving Role of the CIO (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=4063)Questions about the evolving role of the CIO? Tweet your questions in advance to #VMchat and RSVP for the event here: http://vite.io/vmchats The future of the workplace is at stake as rapid advancements in technology are changing the way business is conducted. Learn more from VMware CIO Bask Iyer in the short video below. Then join Oliver […]

   

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  I Know You’re Not Safe from a Cyber Attack (http://blogs.vmware.com/cio/?p=138)I Know You’re Not Safe from a Cyber Attack By Bask Iyer, CIO, VMware Benjamin Franklin famously said, “…nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” I would add enterprise network breaches to that list. If you think “cyber-attacks can’t breach my network security,” or more humbly, “our business isn’t that attractive […]

   

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  Training Courses for VMware AirWatch, vSphere 6, and More Top Posts from May 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5730)Catch up on the top posts you may have missed from the VMware Education and Certification blog

   

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  VCDX-NVs share their thoughts on the future of network virtualization (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5703)Are you ready for network virtualization? See why these experts got certified

   

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  Server Ops Troubleshooting 101: A Technical Account Manager’s Perspective (http://blogs.vmware.com/tam/?p=2127)By Jodi Shely Your ability to consistently, effectively and efficiently troubleshoot your virtual infrastructure matters. It has significant and immediate impacts on your bottom line, including your ability to reduce capital expenditure (CapEx) and improve IT return on investment (ROI) – not to mention minimizing the risk of unpleasant operational experiences. As a Technical Account […]

   

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  Big Data Extensions Version 2.2 - What's New? A summary of the new features. (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=17462)The new  vSphere Big Data Extensions Version 2.2 shipped on the 5th June 2015! Here is a quick summary of the new features that appear in the 2.2 release. This is an exciting and much-awaited release. As always, refer to the technical documents and the release notes to get more detail on these subjects.  • Support for […]

   

   

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  ACI Specialty Benefits: vSOM Customer Spotlight (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=7218)We are proud to shine the spotlight this week on a VMware customer success story. Here’s proof that even smaller organizations can benefit greatly by upgrading from a naked vSphere environment to vSphere with Operations Management. This is especially true for a company like ACI Specialty Benefits in San Diego, an employee and student benefits […]

   

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  Management Pack for Storage Devices (now with VSAN): Beta (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=7195)We're pleased to announce signups for the beta program for the  vRealize Operations Management Pack for Storage Devices (MPSD), as reported on the VMware Storage Blog. This iterations of the program includes features to manage the latest version of Virtual SAN (VSAN). We're looking for folks who'd like to test out the latest iteration of our MPSD. The 6.0 version […]

   

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  IPAM Automation for Cloud (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=7216)by Rich Bourdeau Many companies use InfoBlox IP address Management (IPAM) to manage their IP addresses and DNS host records.  InfoBlox has recently updated their  vRealize Automation plug-in that allows IP Addresses and DNS configurations  to be automatically assigned  as part of the automated provisioning a new machine or application.    This integration has simplified and […]

   

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  Capacity Management in SDDC - Part 6 (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=7025)In Part 5, I explained a new concept, where we use Contention as the basis of Capacity Management in SDDC. In this part 6, I will now provide the super metric formula for each charts. We will cover Tier 1, followed by Tier 2 and 3. Tier 1 (Highest) To recap, we do not have […]

   

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  Log Insight Machine Learning: Event Trends (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=7201)One incredibly powerful use case of vRealize Log Insight that is often overlooked is the new Event Trends analyzer.  The Event Trends tab in the Interactive Analytics page provides automatic analysis of your events with context around new insights and anomaly detection.  I can now see how events are trending in a specified time interval and easily detect ones that […]

   

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  How to Integrate Log Insight with vRealize Operations (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6972)I realized I have never covered vRealize Operations (vR Ops) integration for Log Insight (LI)! This integration is extremely powerful and worth digging into in order to understand the value it brings. As you may know, there are two primary types of data in your environment: Structured: vR Ops is meant to collect primarily structured data, […]

   

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  What Value does Log Analysis Bring to Operations? (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=7174)We can all recognize and agree on the benefits of operations management, allowing you to become more proactive and to quickly address and resolve building performance, configuration, and capacity problems across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.  So what added value would log analysis provide, and why isn’t everyone using this data proactively today?  In this […]

   

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  Extend Your Potential with our new vCloud Air for Managed Services Provider Model on 6/17 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5522)VMware vCloud® Air™ is our premier public and hybrid cloud platform. Supporting over 5,000 applications and over 90 operating systems, its prominence in the IT industry is unsurpassed. And, now, we’re bringing it to the vCloud Air Network. That’s right: vCloud Air is now available for Managed Services Providers through the vCloud Air Network Program. […]

   

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  Find the Right Provider. Find the Right Cloud. Take a Test Drive Today! (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5516)Finding a car that’s right for you isn’t all that different from finding the right cloud that fits your business needs. You wouldn’t want to buy a car without taking a test drive first, would you? So, to make sure the service you want is the right one for you, take a test drive of […]

   

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  vCloud Air Dev/Test Blog Series: Test Upgrades of Existing Applications (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5505)By Roshni Pary and Mike Roy Most organizations have long struggled with the need for scalable and highly available environments to both develop and test applications. In this age of agile software development, customers have many Dev/Test environments for quality assurance and time-to-market reasons. Additionally, packaged applications tend to have increasingly shorter lifespans and are […]

   

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  3 Reasons Why vCloud Air OnDemand is Different than Other Clouds (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5498)VMware vCloud® Air™ Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand gives you instant access to a production-ready public cloud that is built on the same VMware vSphere® environment that you use onsite. You can easily provision the resources you need, while only paying for what you use. But what makes it different than any other public cloud? Three […]

   

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  The Only Constant is Change: a Truism for IT Infrastructure and Desktops as a Service ()Supporting Temporary Use Cases with Desktops-as-a-Service (DaaS) The coming of summer makes me think of that big truism “the only constant is change,” and its counterpart, “it’s how you handle change that matters.” When it comes to IT infrastructure, the ability to effectively manage unforeseen business shifts, seasonal peaks and valleys, and ad-hoc temporary use cases is critical. How rapidly can you adjust? And how much will it cost you, both in financial and human resources? Businesses of…

   

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  ThinApp and VMware User Environment Manager (UEM) integration (http://blogs.vmware.com/thinapp/?p=1823)This blog post will explain how you can configure your ThinApp packages for integration with VMware UEM without using vb-script or any other black magic. When you have VMware UEM and ThinApp integrated users’ application settings flow seamlessly between both natively installed, published applications (Terminal Server/RDSH based) and ThinApp packaged applications. Using the integration you […]

   

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  Rapid Reaction: Apple WWDC shares vision of three platforms; one experience (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=37039)Today’s WWDC 2015 keynote brought together Apple’s vision of a unified ecosystem across platforms. With the combination of OS X, iOS and watchOS, Apple is more tightly integrating the experience between a user’s computer, tablet, phone and watch. The AirWatch Blog will dive deep on the enterprise-specific announcements later this week, but here’s a rapid […]

   

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  Video: Enterprise mobility news recap: June 1- 5 (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36970)Welcome back to AirWatch Weekly Recap! Today we will review the upcoming Business Mobility event, spotlight a few of the Windows 10 enterprise features and share a company’s use of MDM for the household. To start off the recap today, let’s talk about the VMware Business Mobility Summit. Business Mobility registration is still open! Interested in […]

   

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  451 Research provides insight on the top five enterprise mobility management vendors, including AirWatch (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36817)451 Research released its report titled “The top five enterprise mobility management vendors: product focus and financials” that analyzes the largest enterprise mobility management (EMM) vendors by revenue. The IT research company detailed the leading vendors in the EMM market that exceeded $150 million of GAAP revenue in 2014. 451 Research selected the top five […]

   

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  10 things IT pros should know about Windows 10 (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36853)The Windows 10 release on July 29 is shaping up to be one of the most-anticipated Microsoft software releases in recent memory. CIOs and consumers alike are getting excited about the software update that is loaded with enterprise-ready and innovative features. The new system will bring together a single operating system for both Windows mobile devices and […]

   

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  Register to attend VMware Business Mobility online event (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=36841)VMware invites you to join the virtual Business Mobility event on June 16, from 9 to 10 a.m. PT. VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger and End-User Computing EVP and General Manager Sanjay Poonen will launch VMware’s position on business mobility and share announcements, partnerships and customer stories. The event will feature customer speakers and partner attendees […]

   

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  Citrix XenApp and VMware ThinApp Working Hand-In-Hand to Improve Your World (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7808)By Debra Perrin Coltoff, Technical Writer, End-User-Computing Technical Marketing, VMware You already have a Citrix XenApp implementation, and it is working for you. Why not maximize the return on that investment by using XenApp with VMware ThinApp? Paired, the two solutions solve many of the problems of a XenApp implementation on its own. Wait a […]

   

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  Supporting Temporary Use Cases with Desktops-as-a-Service (DaaS) (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7763)By Josue Fontanez, Sr. Product Line Marketing Manager, Horizon Air The coming of summer makes me think of that big truism “the only constant is change,” and its counterpart, “it’s how you handle change that matters.” When it comes to IT infrastructure, the ability to effectively manage unforeseen business shifts, seasonal peaks and valleys, and […]

   

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  Expanding Beyond Windows with VMware Horizon 6 for Linux (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7785)By Pat Lee, Senior Director of Product Management, End-User Computing, VMware I am pleased to announce the general availability of VMware Horizon 6 for Linux. The release of VMware Horizon 6 for Linux builds on the success of our Early Access program where over 400 customers were able to test and validate the benefits of […]

   

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  A New Platter Of Releases Ready for Summer! (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7790)By Shankar Iyer, VP of Product Management, Desktop Solutions, End-User Computing, VMware It’s not yet summer but we’re already serving up some hot updates to several EUC products. We introduced VMware Horizon 6.1 last quarter and we’re back on our regular quarterly cadence of updates with innovations in several areas of our product portfolio. VMware […]

   

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  Enabling a Totally Mobile Workforce (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7750)By Cyndie Zikmund, Group Manager, EUC Product Marketing and Ben Siler, EUC Product Marketing Associate Your organization wants to unleash the power of a completely mobile workforce. Your users want to hop between corporate or personal devices, access their apps, data, and desktops at any time AND work from anywhere – home, public transportation, or […]

   

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  App Volumes Helps OGL Reduce Storage Requirements by 7X across our Citrix Environment (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7745)Guest blog by Mark Slater, Cloud Architect, OGL OGL is the premier provider of IT support and solutions to over 1,000 businesses throughout the UK. We pride ourselves on delivering superior services and support as customer satisfaction is our number one priority. We are constantly looking for technologies to enhance our offerings. Recently, we embarked […]

   

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  “Anytime, Anywhere, and Any Place” (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7728)By Ray Heffer, Senior Architect, End-User Computing, VMware In 2012 the VMware Professional Services Organization (PSO) team was invited by a global car manufacturer to work with their project team and a number of other vendors. We were asked to scope, assess, design, and assist with implementation of a desktop solution for 2,100 concurrent users. […]

   

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  Don't Miss the Americas Partner Organization Town Hall - June 9th (8-9am PT) (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1802)Register and join Vice President Frank Rauch, along with other key Business Unit leaders tomorrow, for our quarterly virtual Town Hall. They'll share the latest news in terms of strategy, programs, and incentives to help you win more business.

   

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  Early Bird Pricing for VMworld 2015 US ends June 9th (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1799)Early Bird pricing for VMworld 2015 US ends on June 9. This is your last chance to save $300 on the virtualization and cloud technology event of the year–Register now. You can't afford to miss out on the inaugural Partner Exchange @ VMworld 2015. This two-day event will serve up all the Boot Camps, Breakout […]

   

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  New Managed Services Provider Model (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1796)Learn more about how the VMware vCloud Air Network Program is expanding to include a Managed Services Provider model enabling service providers to leverage vCloud Air as their core infrastructure while differentiating with their managed services. Offering both license subscription and vCloud Air resell models gives partners more choice and flexibility in how to build and […]

   

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  Attn: EMEA Partners - vSphere-based Private Cloud Video to Share (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1794)Watch this video - it's also localised in DE, ES, FR, IT, and RU - and share it with customers wanting to get faster delivery and responsiveness at a reduced cost for IT services.

   

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  AirWatch by VMware - Mobility Management Solution Competency Promo (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1792)Gain a competitive edge in the rapidly growing Mobility space by taking the new VMware Mobility Management Solution Competency courses now. Partners who complete 4 out of the 6 required courses before 3 July, 2015 and you will be given provisional competency status along with the associated benefits and rewards until 3 October, 2015.

   

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  Simplify vCloud Air Sales with SPP (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1789)Read through the blog to find out how simple it is to use this new program. The Subscription Purchasing Program (SPP) is our new, flexible channel transaction model for VMware vCloud Air, Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand, and VMware Horizon Air.

   

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  Attn: EMEA Partners - Updated vSphere with Operations Management Cheat Sheet & Video (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1787)Download it today to get all of the What, Why, and How about vSphere with Operations Management on 2 pages. This updated asset makes it easy to make the call with your customer and it even includes hints of the promotions and training available. It's also been localised in DE, ES, FR, IT, and RU. […]

   

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  KBTV Webinars - What is new in VMware vSphere 6 (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2926-guid.html)

   

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  New Technical White Paper - The VMware NSX Network Virtualization Platform (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2925-guid.html)

   

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  New Book - Getting Started with VMware Virtual SAN (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2924-guid.html)

   

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  Reference Architecture: VMware Horizon View 6.0.2 and VMware Virtual SAN 6.0 Hybrid (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2923-guid.html)

   

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  Happy Pride Month! (http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2015/06/happy-pride-month.html)This is not a tech post, and it’s a personal post. I always am quick to remind people, while it’s impossible to fully “separate” work and personal personas (after all, we are all each ONE person :-) Virtual Geek is...

   

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  EVO:RAIL – Under The Covers – EVO:RAIL Software Versions and Patch Management (http://www.mikelaverick.com/?p=6195)If you have access to the EVO:RAIL Management UI it’s very easy to see what version of vCenter, ESX and EVO:RAIL software you are running. Under the “Config” node in the Management UI the first page you see is the “General” page that will show you versions of the software currently in use: There are […]

   

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  VMUG EVALExperience – Now with vSphere6 and VSAN6 (http://www.mikelaverick.com/?p=6191)VMware recently announced the general availability of VMware vSphere 6, VMware Integrated OpenStack and VMware Virtual SAN 6 – the industry’s first unified platform for the hybrid cloud! EVALExperience will be releasing the new products and VMUG Advantage subscribers will be able to download the latest versions of: vCenter Server Standard for vSphere 6 vSphere […]

   

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  fsck of vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 partitions (http://cormachogan.com/?p=5188)I hadn’t realized that we had now begun to use the LVM (Logical Volume Manager) in our vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) version 6.0. Of course, I found out the hard way after a network outage in our lab brought down Continue reading →

   

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  Programmatically Discovering and Adding VMware Templates with PowerCLI (http://wahlnetwork.com/?p=13303)Check out this little PowerCLI script that can search, identify, and add orphaned VMware Templates (VMTX files) to your vSphere inventory. The post Programmatically Discovering and Adding VMware Templates with PowerCLI appeared first on Wahl Network . Related posts: Writing PowerShell Code Compatible with PowerCLI Modules and Snapins Content Library Provides Snazzy New Home for Templates, ISO Images, and More Provisioning Clones using Modified Customization Specifications and Specific Port Groups …

   

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  Be a Wizard, Think Like a Child, Do What You Love (http://wahlnetwork.com/?p=13256)In this bit of rambling, I throw in-your-face memes at issues surrounding DevOps, change agents, thinking like a child, and doing what you love. The post Be a Wizard, Think Like a Child, Do What You Love appeared first on Wahl Network . Related posts: Using Mr Meeseeks as an Operations Automation Model

   

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  VSAN and large VMDKs on relative small disks? (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=16289)Advertise here with BSA Last week and this week I received a question and as it was the second time in a short time I figured I would share it. The question was around how VSAN places a VMDK which is larger than the disks. Lets look at a diagram first as that will make it obvious instantly. If […] " VSAN and large VMDKs on relative small disks? " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.

   

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  How Virtual SAN enables IndonesianCloud to remain competitive! (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=16278)Advertise here with BSA Last week I had the chance to catch up with one of our Virtual SAN customers. I connected to Neil Cresswell through twitter and after going back and forth we got on a conference call. Neil showed me what they had created for the company he works for, a public cloud provider called IndonesianCloud. No […] " How Virtual SAN enables IndonesianCloud to remain competitive! " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.

   

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Hi there guys!

I need create a router because the only way i can connect to the internet is with PPPOE connection.

My question is what i have to do to make the ubuntu virtual machine a router for the ESXi host ?

Is it possible and how ?

Thanks in advance!

Several users have noticed that their screen "flickers" black for 1 second or so several times when multiple application windows are open.  We have disabling the Windows Aero Scheme for the mouse as per http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2111278 but the problem persists.  As the combination in the subject of this post is not specifically marked as compatible in the chart found in the link below I would like to confirm if the SVGA driver should be downgraded.  VMware KB: The PCoIP server log reports the error: Error attaching to SVGADevTap, error 4000: EscapeFailed

Video Card: NVidia Grid K1

Thank you for your assistance.

Hello,

Recently I installed a Vmware Horizon 6 and configure application Pools to access from mobile device as android and Iphone

When I try to connect to my application (ex: calculator) full remote desktop start and doesn't close, after, calculator open over desktop

On view horizon client for windows, application run pretty good, remote desktop close and application still running

Any ideas?

After I have upgraded to Xubuntu 15.04, I can no longer use drag and drop virtual machines in library to rearrange their order. When I press the mouse button on the machines to start dragging it and move the cursor to some other place in the library, no horizontal line appears where the machine would be dropped. When I release the mouse button to drop the machine, nothing happens.

Can anyone reproduce this?