Using the pyvmomi bindings to the vSphere SDK I need to harvest all of the ESX servers and VM's in a given vCenter. The vCenter environment will be approaching the 5.5 documented maximums (1000 ESX servers with 15,000 VM's spread across them). I currently don't have a way to build an environment at this scale and am trying to figure out the fastest way to pull all this data out of vCenter. Any idea what I can expect if I try to use a view and property collector to try to pull all the VM's out? Example:

vms = serviceInstance.get_vm_view()

sets = ['name', 'config.uuid', 'runtime.host', 'runtime.device', 'config.hardware.device', 'network', 'config.annotation', 'summary.config.vmPathName']

vmlist = serviceInstance.collect_properties(view_ref=vms, obj_type=pyVmomi.vim.VirtualMachine, path_set=sets)

The API documents talk about views/property collectors being the performant way to pull out a lot of data from the inventory, but states your performance may vary:

PropertyCollector Performance

Do I have a chance of using a view at this scale? Any ideas for how test at this scale without building a real environment?

Using the vCenter Simulator I think I'll be able to get an idea of how much memory I'll need to pull that much information out, but won't be able to get real timing numbers.

I Just finished a new P2V and the vm boots normally, but it will not respond to Ctrl Alt Insert or Del. All other VMs are working normally.

I'd like to add my issue to the list of performance problems that seem to be associated with Workstation 11. I should point out that I had no problems with VM performance up until I upgraded to 11. I have tried a number of the solutions that have been found on other discussions but to no avail. My issue seems to be some read/write issue to the Host HDD.

Here's my basic config:

Dell M4700

Intel i7-3840QM

32 GB RAM

1TB Samsung SSD

1TB WDC non-SSD - VM's reside on this drive.

2GB Nvidia Quadro

Win 8.1 x64

If I begin using VMware 11 immediately after boot the performance is excellent. Throughput on the drive has no bottlenecks and I can run multiple VM's without breaking a sweat. Booting a Win 8.1 VM takes approximately 30-45 seconds which is a-ok for my applications. This was comparable to Workstation 10. The problem appears seemingly at random. If I wait some time after powering on my host or restore a vm the performance goes in the toilet. Booting the same Win 8.1 VM takes 5-10 mins and HDD activity and throughput is severely bottlenecked for some reason for the entire session. Only a complete host restart solves the issue. Reads average sub-1MB/s whereas before 30-80MB/s would be no problem. Also, at some point in all of this the Intel RST seems to crash which never happened in Workstation 10 - this driver is at the latest version. Any ideas as to what may be triggering this problem? Or is there some compatibility issue with the RST driver and version 11?

Hi,

Is there any way we can reset the root password of a Linux VM while cloning it? Existing customization specifications doesn't support it but what can be a possible workaround?

Thanks!

I've having a problem that I've done many times before, but now that it's not working I don't know if I'm having a brain dump and missing something obvious or something changed in my environment that's causing it and I need feedback as to what direction I should look towards.

Here is my environment:

I have one vCenter 5.1 server in my TRUST (i.e. - internal private network) along with 2 clusters that I'm managing.  One is a non-EVC enabled cluster that's running in the same TRUST network that my vCenter is on (i.e. - 10.x.x.x).  The other cluster is an EVC enabled one that's located in my DMZ (i.e. - 192.x.x.x) and both environments are configured via a firewall for communication.

All ESXi host servers are running v5.1 U1 (1157734).  I have 2 hosts in DMZ cluster and 4 hosts in TRUST cluster.  I have 2 datastores for DMZ cluster that are shared and 10 datastores for TRUST cluster that are shared.  I can vMotion and vStorage Motion successfully within each of the clusters with no problems.  I'm also using the vSphere Web Client to manage all of this.

I recently moved a VM from TRUST network to DMZ successfully by doing a cold migration for various reasons such as both clusters are on separate networks, non-shared datastores between them, EVC vs. non-EVC, etc.  Now, I'm trying to cold migrate the same VM back to the TRUST network and I'm getting the error "Cannot connect to host".

Is my only option here to remove VM from inventory, Import into TRUST cluster?  Maybe that's what I did the first time around, just can't recall...again...possible brain dump here 

**Update** - I just ran another test by moving another VM from TRUST to DMZ and it was successful.  It's only when I try to move it back from DMZ to TRUST that it fails.  I'm not getting much love from the community on this one, so looks like I'm just going to contact VMware support for this.

What are the requirements for replication respective to the receiving or target side?  I maintain a separate hosted environment in a DR site and I would like a client to replicate to the DR site which is separate from the source environment.  Can I replicate to a disparate (VMWare) datacenter or must I still within the boundaries of the (VMWare) datacenter.  Of course I have connectivity to the DR site (target) from the client (source) site.

Thanks in advance for your reply.

Hi,

I have the following output from Onyx that I captured while adding an additional NIC to one of my Guests.

I found how to change the script to make it run in vCO, but I need help to understand how to set or find the following two parameters:

spec.deviceChange[0].device.backing.port.switchUuid = "27 21 1c 50 5d 02 8e 0c-08 a7 b4 37 f0 58 49 c0";
spec.deviceChange[0].device.backing.port.portgroupKey = "dvportgroup-8392";

How can I get vCO to ask me these two parameters from input?

I know that the portgroupKey corresponds to the Network I want to connect the Guest to. But I have no idea how to input my APP1-HSV Network and make vCO translate it into the portgroupKey.

The same is true for the switchUuid parameter.

Please somebody help!!

Here the complete script from Onyx which is already adapted to run in vCO but with switchUuid and portgroupKey not asked from input:

var managedObject = vm;
// ------- ReconfigVM_Task -------

var spec = new VcVirtualMachineConfigSpec();
//spec.changeVersion = "2012-09-14T13:58:04.147363Z";
spec.deviceChange = System.getModule("com.vmware.onyx").array(VcVirtualDeviceConfigSpec, 1);
spec.deviceChange[0] = new VcVirtualDeviceConfigSpec();
spec.deviceChange[0].operation = VcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecOperation.add;
spec.deviceChange[0].device = new VcVirtualVmxnet3();
spec.deviceChange[0].device.key = -100;
spec.deviceChange[0].device.backing = new VcVirtualEthernetCardDistributedVirtualPortBackingInfo();
spec.deviceChange[0].device.backing.port = new VcDistributedVirtualSwitchPortConnection();
spec.deviceChange[0].device.backing.port.switchUuid = "27 21 1c 50 5d 02 8e 0c-08 a7 b4 37 f0 58 49 c0";
spec.deviceChange[0].device.backing.port.portgroupKey = "dvportgroup-8392";
spec.deviceChange[0].device.connectable = new VcVirtualDeviceConnectInfo();
spec.deviceChange[0].device.connectable.startConnected = true;
spec.deviceChange[0].device.connectable.allowGuestControl = true;
spec.deviceChange[0].device.connectable.connected = true;
spec.deviceChange[0].device.controllerKey = 100;
spec.deviceChange[0].device.addressType = "generated";
spec.deviceChange[0].device.wakeOnLanEnabled = true;

task = managedObject.reconfigVM_Task(spec);  // VirtualMachine

Thanks in advance

Axel

If I want to do RSPAN port mirroring, can I still set "promiscuous mode" to reject on a port group?

Hi SRM gurus,

I have the following situation:

- Trying to remediate a bunch of VMs, which will get new IPs on the recovery site.

- In order to start them all (when disaster strikes), I need to know all the new IPs and update certain text file on one of the VMs with that information (it is linux VM)

what is the best way to do this?

Hi Experts ,

Need your advices on this genuine problem we are facing in our Virtual Infrastructure.

We have nearly 3000 VMs deployed in our infra and it started growing at a rapid pace than we thought. We have some

series/nodes of VMs which we don't want to locate on same ESXi hosts because of single point of failure.This was a blunder from our side we forgot to set affinity/antiaffinity rules for those VMs during the deployment time.Now we want to identify those VMs which exists in the same ESXi hosts.

For example  :

test-vm-tomcat-1

test-vm-tomcat-2

both are located in the same esxi host (esxi-test-1).So we want to move test-vm-tomcat-2 to another esxi host. Will it be possible to sort it or filter it through Powercli Scripts.I just want to identify the VMs (test-vm-tomcat*) location through scripts.

Any suggestions/advices are much appreciated.

Thanks in Advance.

Regards,

sg 

I'm running into a problem where the run completes successfully and data is downloaded but generation of the PDF report fails.  I was able to successfully generate a PDF for a single VM local mode run but it is failing for a multi-VM local mode run.  Below is the error that I'm seeing in the log.  Any ideas?

2015-02-19 15:26:12,307 DEBUG    Getting test averages across all VMs and all iterations for test: Multi-vm-local

2015-02-19 15:26:12,307 INFO     Running query: SELECT max(test_id),min(test_id) from testinfo where test_name = "Multi-vm-local" and testinfo.start_time = "2015-02-19 15:12:00"

2015-02-19 15:26:12,308 INFO     Running query: select distinct event_name,avg(event_latency) from localresults               where event_name not like "%RETRIES" and (linfo_FK= 6) group by event_name Warning: empty y range [0:0], adjusting to [-1:1] Warning: empty y range [0:0], adjusting to [-1:1]

2015-02-19 15:26:16,385 ERROR    Error in generating the report.

2015-02-19 15:26:16,386 ERROR    Error in generating the report: Traceback (most recent call last): 

File "/build/mts/release/bora-2236700/performance/viewplanner/Harness/root/listener.py", line 86, in completeRunVMs 

File "/build/mts/release/bora-2236700/performance/viewplanner/Harness/root/shared_data.py", line 1369, in generatePDFReport 

File "/build/mts/release/bora-2236700/performance/viewplanner/Harness/root/PDFgen.py", line 1641, in Run 

File "/build/mts/release/bora-2236700/performance/viewplanner/Harness/root/PDFgen.py", line 671, in Sec4

UnboundLocalError: local variable 'MaxIdx' referenced before assignment

2015-02-19 15:26:16,387 INFO     Report generation command executed.

2015-02-19 15:26:18,751 DEBUG    Returning the current status: 1 with message Run completed with [Workload Started on 4 machines ] and [ Desktops Uploaded --> 4 (0 errors) ]

how possible is it for a vm to be corrupted and unusable during a svmotion process from one datastore to another?

Is a split scenario possible where the vm files are split across 2 datastores during migration and the vm will end up unresponsive and causing a recovery from backup?

Installing AppVolumes Version 2.5.2.1187 I get an error after the installation is completed.  When I launch the shortcut to access the manager I get  "Unable to start App Volumes Manager  cannot load such file -- tiny_tds"  Uninstalling this version and reinstalling 2.5.0 it works fine once again.

Any ideas?

I tried on 2 different Windows 8.1 hosts. Autosize/Fit in Window/Stretch ... nothing works even after updating VMware tools. Windows 7 guests seems fine. Host GPU is Intel 4xxx on one host and a nvidia 470 something on the other host. I'm not sure but I do remember that those stuff was working in 11.0 ??? Maybe I'm wrong

          I have questions about Broadcom adapters which are in my servers. Speaking directly with Broadcom has proven fruitless. They deny that they have anyone I can speak to about these questions, or that they actually do any manufacturing.

After a lot of time searching through nooks and crannies on the web, I haven't really come up with solid information. So I'm hoping that there are enough people out there with experience who can give me clarity.

I have (admittedly ancient) Dell 1950 III servers, with BCM5708 embedded NICs and BCM5709 cards. I am running ESXi 5.5u2

I have the following questions:

1) How can I find out what level of firmware each of the NICs have ? While we're at it, is there a GUI utility like HWINFO (Windows land) which presents all of the ugly details of the hardware/firmware in an ESXi host ?

2) I have seen a number of 'firmware updates' in various places on the web relating to these devices, from different vendors, such as Dell and IBM. I came across a posting on the web indicating that these  devices should be at 6.2.14 or 6.2.1b

I know that sometimes there actually is customization to the point where firmware updates can 'brick' a device. What version can/should my NICs be at ?

3) Dell offers firmware upgrades as Windows executables, which will probably not work for ESXi. How do I go about getting the firmware updated ?

4) Only two of the devices show as iSCSI adapters under storage adapters. I gathered (hopefully correctly) that this has to do with the firmware on the NICs. Will the update cause them all to show as iSCSI adapters ? Is there some other way to accomplish that, such as changing configurations directly on the adapters ? What utility do I use to accomplish that ?

5) I also came across a posting which indicated that with the latest drivers, these cards will do both TOE and jumbo frames. I am under the impression (again, hopefully correctly) that TOE is implemented in hard/firmware, while jumbo is set up in software. Is there a good reason to/not to use these together ?

6) I came across a driver update for Broadcom NICs (1566459) on the VMware website and installed it on ESXi 5.5, but that didn't make any change in the way they appear within the ESXi console. Should it ?

7) I have come across postings which indicate that the ESXi software iSCSI adapter should be avoided if possible. I saw that there were dramatically longer boot times for a server when that feature is used. A lot of the above has to do with my reluctance to use the software adapter if I can avoid it. Is it possible to do that, or will ESXi insist on my using it ?

Responses are appreciated. Good responses are especially appreciated (how do you spell beer ?)

Thanks to all.

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This week we would like to introduce you to a series of blog posts from one of our VMware TAMs, Jason Gaudreau. This series is focused on our latest vRealize solutions and more specifically the vRealize Operations solution.

vRealize Operations 6.0 - Under The Hood (Jason Gaudreau)
As this year comes to a close, I thought I would kick off a new series of blog posts on vRealize Operations 6.0. There has been a significant amount of change in vRealize 6.0. It was re-architected from the ground up with over a million lines of new code. With vRealize Operations 6.0, it merges the functionality of the UI virtual machine and the analytics virtual machine into a single scalable platform.

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  Will wider availability of DEP spur iOS adoption in the enterprise? (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=33874)In November 2014, Apple expanded its Device Enrollment Program (DEP) to authorized resellers and carriers, a move that could cement Apple’s presence in the enterprise and education markets. But to understand how Apple opening DEP to resellers could affect enterprise adoption, we first need to recall the significance of the program. With the launch of DEP in February […]

   

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  How will beacon technology be used in retail? (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=33880)Apple introduced iBeacons in 2013 and activated the technology across its 254 retail stores, and forward-thinking retailers began testing the technology in stores in early 2014. Beacons enable more granular location awareness that GPS alone cannot provide, meaning they offer tremendous potential to target customers with relevant, personalized and appropriately timed messages. But after more […]

   

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  EVALExperience by VMware: Extended Product Evaluations for VMUG Advantage Subscribers (http://blogs.vmware.com/smb/?p=3218)In today’s business world, companies expect their IT professionals to stay current on new and emerging technologies. With budget limitations and increased need for knowledge about new technology, ongoing product experience is a key for individual professional growth. A new VMUG Advantage offering, VMware’s EVALExperience, allows tech enthusiasts to expand their knowledge of innovative IT […]

   

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  VMware January Online Webcast Schedule for SMB IT Pros Now Available (http://blogs.vmware.com/smb/?p=3213)This January, join VMware for our free, upcoming live webcasts to learn how to make important IT decisions for your SMB.   Join VMware CTO Ben Fathi for guidance as you build your roadmap to moving beyond server virtualization during our January 15th webcast.  Or, discover the benefits of VMware vCloud Air and learn how you […]

   

  Delivering value in Application Remoting (http://vmwareemeablog.com/uk/?p=1695)This is the first in our end-user computing deep-dive series. … Read More

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  So…What is Changing at Partner Exchange 2015? (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2315)To quote the singer David Bowie, Partner Exchange 2015 will incorporate some exciting “ch-ch-ch-cha-changes”. From a change in the scope of the event, (heavy on services), to adding more personal touch opportunities with VMware executives, Partner Exchange 2015 is sure to surprise and impress, especially considering the quality and quantity of targeted content. Best of […]

   

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  The Top 10 Reasons You Should Attend Partner Exchange 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2309)Partner Exchange 2015 is around the corner, (Feb. 3-5), and we’re not kidding when we say that it is bigger and better than ever. Along with hearing from VMware’s CEO, Pat Gelsinger and President and COO, Carl Eschenbach during the General Session, Partner Exchange will include new Route-to-Market Keynotes specifically designed for your line of […]

   

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  Horizon 6 with Virtual SAN on Cisco UCS Reference Architecture (http://blogs.vmware.com/tap/?p=952)Few months ago, we published a Virtual SAN on Cisco UCS Reference Architecture providing guidance on IO benchmarks for server workloads along with design and best practices of implementing Virtual SAN in a Cisco UCS environment.  This provides good sizing guidance of your Virtual SAN environment for generic server workloads. As customers look to deploy […]

   

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  Top 5 VMware | HP Customer Success Videos (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1553)Have customers that are considering virtualization, consolidation, virtual desktops, etc. this year?  Then point them to these Top 5 customer success videos from HP | VMware joint initiatives. They’ll hear first-hand how these organizations improved efficiency and saved costs—a powerful sales tool for 2015. 

   

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  NEW Technical White Paper Outlines Benefits and Best Practices for VMware on HP 3PAR (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1551)If your customers are looking to adopt or enhance virtualization and cloud, point them to this new white paper for an in-depth review of how HP 3PAR StoreServ is designed to create the optimum environment for VMware vSphere.

   

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  Increase Your Profitability with a 3% Rebate on ELA Preferred Pricing Deals (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1549)Due to the promotion’s success and positive feedback, we are excited to announce the extension of our ELA Preferred Pricing Program Rebate. As of Jan. 1, 2015, all ELA Preferred Pricing opportunities that are approved and purchased through your Preferred Distributor (named on your registration form) will be eligible for a 3% rebate.

   

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  The Top 10 Reasons You Should Attend Partner Exchange 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1547)Partner Exchange 2015 is around the corner, (Feb. 3-5), and we’re not kidding when we say that it is bigger and better than ever. Along with hearing from VMware’s CEO, Pat Gelsigner and President and COO, Carl Eschenbach during the General Session, Partner Exchange will include new Route-to-Market Keynotes specifically designed for your line of […]

   

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  Quarterly Partner Briefing – Sneak Preview (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1545)Want to be ‘in the know’ about this quarter’s launches ahead of Partner Exchange? If so, then mark your calendar to access the Quarterly Partner Briefing portal between Jan. 21st. and Feb. 1st. During this time, you’ll have access to new videos and information on upcoming product and solution launches along with other important announcements […]

   

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  Attn EMEA: Monthly Spotlight on EUC is 20th Jan. – Register Now (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1537)End-User Computing (EUC) at VMware is constantly evolving, so our regional product marketing team has dedicated the 2nd Tuesday of every month (delayed a week this month) to help you understand the latest updates and how these updates will affect your business. Each session will include 75 minutes of content, followed by 15 minutes clinic/partner […]

   

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  Get your 365-day License Keys for 9 VMware products (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2829-guid.html)

   

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  Free e-learning course - vRealize Operations Manager 6 What's New (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2828-guid.html)

   

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  Free e-learning course - VMware vRealize Operations Manager Fundamentals [V6.0] (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2827-guid.html)

   

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  Monitoring VMware Virtual SAN with Virtual SAN Observer (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2681-guid.html)

   

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  VMware Virtual SAN Sizing Tool (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2684-guid.html)

   

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  VMware Virtual SAN Quick Monitoring & Troubleshooting Reference Guide (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2826-guid.html)

   

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  New Training Course - VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.1] - BETA (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2825-guid.html)

   

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  Looking Ahead: My 2015 Projects (http://blog.scottlowe.org/2015/01/16/looking-ahead-2015-projects/)In this post, I’m going to discuss some projects that I’ve set out for myself in the upcoming year. I’ve done this in years past, and the feedback that I’ve gotten from readers is that they found these posts to be quite helpful. I first started posting annual project lists in January 2012, when I posted a list of some projects for 2012 . In January 2013, I graded myself on my progress (spoiler alert: I didn’t do very well), followed by a new 2013 project list in early February. The series of…

   

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  A Non-Programmer's Introduction to Git (http://blog.scottlowe.org/2015/01/14/non-programmer-git-intro/)Git is a distributed version control system that is widely used by a number of open source projects. In this post, I’m going to provide a quick non-programmer’s introduction to Git, and encourage readers to spend some time getting familiar with Git. I think it is a time investment that will pay off down the road. First, I’m going to provide some definitions/brief explanations in order to establish a foundation upon which you can build your Git knowledge. A version control system (sometimes just…

   

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  Citrix Acquires Sanbolic (http://blog.scottlowe.org/2015/01/12/citrix-acquires-sanbolic/)I just saw the news that Citrix has acquired Sanbolic , a storage virtualization company that I’ve written about before. (TechCrunch also has a quick write-up as well.) Early this year, Sanbolic announced their storage virtualization product, completing a pivot from offering a Windows-only solution (file system and volume manager) to a multi-platform solution that encompasses multiple storage tiers, multiple operating systems, and multiple hypervisors. It will be interesting to see how this acquisition…

   

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  You wanted VMTN back? VMUG to the rescue! (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=15760)I’ve written about VMTN in the past and discussed the return of VMTN many times within VMware with various people all the way up to our CTO. Unfortunately due to various reasons it never happened, but fortunately the VMUG organization jumped on to it not too long ago and managed to get it revamped. If […] " You wanted VMTN back? VMUG to the rescue! " 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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  DRS is just a load balancing solution… (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=15752)Recently I’ve been hearing this comment more and more, DRS is just a load balancing solution. It seems that some folks spread this FUD to diminish what DRS really is and does. Let me start by saying that DRS is not a load balancing solution. The ultimate goal of DRS is to ensure all workloads […] " DRS is just a load balancing solution… " 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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  vRealize Orchestrator Puppet plugin is available now (http://www.vmguru.com/?p=14989)vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) Puppet plugin enables vRealize Automation (vRA) and Puppet to work together to achieve infrastructure configuration, application deployment, and lifecycle management. vRO Puppet plugin is a collection of vRO workflows which work with embedded or external vRealize orchestrator, and it supports Puppet enterprise as well as Puppet open source flavors. Workflows available with this plugin can be used in a standalone manner as well as multiple workflows can be combined for desired…

   

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  End of Support for old OS-es in VMware Horizon (http://www.vmguru.com/?p=14978)Microsoft retired XP April 8, 2014. Now, 8 months later, it’s time for VMware Horizon to accept that loss and plan a memorial. With Microsoft dropping support, it is time for VMware to align with Microsoft’s decision. Therefor VMware announced End of Support for some old OS-es in VMware Horizon. As Windows XP will not be support, there will be no drivers for new hardware, libraries that our products use will be incompatible and XP will not get the benefits of regular security fixes. For all these…

   

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  Register for VMware’s next BIG product launch (http://www.vmguru.com/?p=14969)Join VMware’s CEO, Pat Gelsinger, on February 3, 2015 (10:00–11:00 CET), to usher in a new era in IT that will further enable your cloud journey. It’s the ONE industry-defining product launch event you won’t want to miss. REGISTER HERE! All launch event registrants will automatically receive access to additional content, engagement, and activities via our online event platform. The post Register for VMware’s next BIG product launch appeared first on VMGuru .

   

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  Singapore VMware User Conference (23rd Jan 2015) (http://techhead.co/?p=8217)Calling all Singapore TechHeads!  Next week sees the Singapore VMware User Conference hit town, and what a great event it looks to be. I have been kindly asked to speak at the conference, which I am joined by some great speakers such as Scott Lowe, Scott Drummonds and Michael Webster – all of whom I […] The post Singapore VMware User Conference (23rd Jan 2015) appeared first on TechHead and was written by Simon Seagrave . Why not take a look at my other related posts?: Annual UK VMware User Group…

   

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  2015, Here We Go! (http://techhead.co/?p=8201)Well here it is… the first official full week back at work for 2015.  Firstly, Happy New Year to all my readers!  I hope you all had a nice relaxing holiday with family and friends. Now the holiday period is over I’m looking forward to the many inevitable exciting times and challenges this year, in […] The post 2015, Here We Go! appeared first on TechHead and was written by Simon Seagrave . Why not take a look at my other related posts?: Podcast – Ep #2 ‘OpenStack’ with Scott Lowe Video –…

   

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  WANTED: Virtual Infrastructure Architect (http://www.simonlong.co.uk/blog/?p=5076)Fancy a change or a new challenge to kick off the new year? Then maybe this is for you. The OneCloud team within VMware, the team I work in, is looking for a Virtual Infrastructure Architect to join it’s strong architects team (5 VCDX’s). Job Description We are seeking a Virtual Infrastructure Architect with extensive […] " WANTED: Virtual Infrastructure Architect " originally appeared on The SLOG . - Follow Simon Long on Twitter: @SimonLong_ Related posts: Living The American Dream …

   

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  Cannot open the disk and could not open change tracking file (http://www.gabesvirtualworld.com/?p=3337)Lately I have seen a number of VMs going down after the backup has finished and snapshots get removed. At some point when cleaning the snapshot, the ESXi host decides something is wrong and then brings down the VM. After this we’re unable to power on the VM and receive the error: “Cannot open the […] See full post at: Cannot open the disk and could not open change tracking file

   

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  vCloud Air VMs - Ruby on Rails + vCloud Air API (http://kendrickcoleman.com/index.php/Ruby-on-Rails-Projects/vcloud-air-vms-ruby-on-rails-vcloud-air-api.html)Yesterday I wrote an article highlighting how to use attr_encrypter and it was for this app. I made a video so not much text is needed. But this highlights using encryption, UUIDs with ActiceRecord, AJAX calls to a Rails controller, and some jQuery magic. You can access the application at  http://vcloudairvms.cfapps.io/   Watch the video  for instructions and all the goodness. And of course here is the repo with all the code =>  https://github.com/kacole2/vcloudairvms 

   

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  The OpenStack Foundation – 2015 Individual Director Election (tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819640694385843490.post-8446851366879367936)Well I am happy to say that the election is underway and I have already voted. Kenneth Hui had an interesting post about how OpenStack Is A Social Contract and how people in the OpenStack community should be rushing to vote. I had a few thoughts... This is a content summary only. Please visit my website for the full article, other content, and more...

   

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  Recording of DevOpsDays TLV 2014 Presentation (tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819640694385843490.post-4174933599833831056)I would like to share with you the recording of the presentation I gave at DevOpsDays Israel – more information about the presentation can be found here. It was interesting to hear the feedback from people – especially the developers, on how they... This is a content summary only. Please visit my website for the full article, other content, and more...

   

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  Want to help shape the future of EMC? (http://vmwaretips.com/wp/?p=2596)A friend and fellow VCDX, Brad Maltz, is currently working in the EMC Office of the CTO as the Senior Director of Converged Infrastructure. As he works on laying out our strategics and product development efforts he would like to reach out to the masses, the real world, our customers and ask them… What do [...]

   

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  VMware KB Digest – New KB articles published for week ending 1/10/15 (http://vmwaretips.com/wp/?p=2594)In our effort to provide our viewers with up to the minute information on VMware related news and topics, we’re posting the following list of new KB Entries for this week, direct from VMware Support. VMware ESXi Unable to see the virtual machine entry in vCenter Server inventory (2101991) Date Published: 1/7/2015 Timekeeping issues on [...]

   

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  #vBrownBag VCP-NV Follow-Up Objective 5 with Todd Simmons (@trainingrev) (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=5250)Todd Simmons, VCDX 184, joins the #vBrownBag podcast to cover objective 5 of the VCP-NV exam blueprint. Objectives include: Objective 5.1 – Create and Administer Logical Switches Objective 5.2 – Configure VXLAN Objective 5.3 – Configure and Manage Layer 2 Bridging Objective 5.4 – Configure and Manage Logical Routers VCP-NV Objective 4 Video You can […]

   

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  #vBrownBag DevOps Follow-Up Continuous Integration using Jenkins with Mike Marseglia (@mmars) (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=5248)Mike Marseglia hops on the #vBrownBag DevOps series to kick start your continuous integration journey with an overview and demo of Jenkins. Continuous Integration with Jenkins Video You can find Mike on Twitter @mmars Originally published at http://ProfessionalVMware.com– Sign up for the live #vBrownBag broadcast at http://professionalvmware.com/brownbags/ where you can also get updates and […]

   

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  VLANs do not equal network security (http://www.v-wiki.net/?p=708)In a recent discussion about network security, I had a [relatively inexperienced] network administrator make a comment that security between networks can be achieved with VLANs. As most of us know, VLANs do not equal network security – but it made me wonder why she came to that conclusion, after all she was a smart […] The post VLANs do not equal network security appeared first on Virtual Wiki .

   

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  What is RADIO? (http://www.v-wiki.net/?p=711)I often use the concept of RADIO (Redundant Array of Distributed Independent Objects) in my description of VSAN, as people need extra help in understanding why you don’t need RAID in a VMware Virtual SAN. It’s particularly applicable to storage, but the concept also applies to compute (CPU and RAM), and potentially to network virtualisation […] The post What is RADIO? appeared first on Virtual Wiki .

   

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• Troubleshooting Composer for VMware Horizon View (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6385)At some point, every View administrator who uses a linked clone pool is going to need to do some troubleshooting. Most linked clone troubleshooting involves a component called Composer. Composer is an add-on for VMware Horizon View and is used to build linked clone desktops. Details about linked clones and Composer operations can be found […]

   

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  Is Your IT Organization Ready to Deliver? (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=1368)By Kevin Lees I recently updated the white paper I wrote a couple of years ago — “Organizing for the Cloud“ — which has been quite popular with our customers. The good news: It’s shorter – condensed to really focus in on the areas that our customers have told us are the greatest help The […]

   

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  VMware Weekly News Recap, Jan. 23, 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3545)VMware News On Tuesday, the vCloud Air team announced new enhanced disaster recovery and advanced networking services for VMware vCloud Air along with the general availability of vCloud Air Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand, which provides customers a quick online sign-up to pay for only those resources that are used. “VMware vCloud Air provides our clients […]

   

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  Dr. StrangeCloud – Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the (Hybrid) Cloud! (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3539)This post originally appeared on VMware’s Office of the CTO blog on Jan. 21, 2015. By Ben Fathi, VMware Chief Technology Officer Marc Andreesen famously wrote “Why Software is Eating the World” in August 2011: “More and more major businesses and industries are being run on software and delivered as online services—from movies to agriculture […]

   

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  Optimize Resources by Right-Sizing Your Virtual Machines (http://blogs.vmware.com/tam/?p=1954)By Jason Gaudreau Virtualizing helps data centers provide rapid deployment and increased business continuity, and provides a tremendous amount of capital savings with the reduction of hardware. However, with the substantial benefits and ease of deployment comes virtualization sprawl and resource proliferation. “Right-sizing” is the process of reclaiming underutilized resource components, such as compute and […]

   

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  Taming CAP with Policy-based Management (http://blogs.vmware.com/cto/?p=3242)Prof. Eric Brewer at UC Berkeley coined the CAP theorem in 1998. It has become the poster child for design trade-off discussions among architects of next generation scale-out storage and data management systems.  Crudely defined, the theorem states that in the event of a network partition (P), the system can be designed to support either Consistency (C) or Availability (A). This theorem is often mistakenly generalized as a black-and-white “2 of 3” rule, and was clarified by a well-written  article…

   

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  Dr. StrangeCloud – Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the (Hybrid) Cloud! (http://blogs.vmware.com/cto/?p=3278)Marc Andreesen famously wrote “ Why Software is Eating the World ” in August 2011: “More and more major businesses and industries are being run on software and delivered as online services—from movies to agriculture to national defense. Many of the winners are Silicon Valley-style entrepreneurial technology companies that are invading and overturning established industry structures. Over the next 10 years, I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon…

   

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  Cloud-Scale Management “Likes” Social Media (http://blogs.vmware.com/cto/?p=3274)Managing IT resources across complex enterprises has historically been challenging, and those challenges are only increasing in complexity. We’re adding more variables in terms of clouds, automated processes, and people, to name a few. Consider the steady growth of Internet of Things (IoT) and for many organizations, their management complexity can potentially expand by several orders of magnitude. If that’s not bad enough, there’s one variable that IT has never been able to historically control –…

   

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  In Case You Missed It… The Top Posts from Last Month (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5186)You Asked & It’s Back – VCP5-DCV Delta Exam Returns Need more time to take the VMware Certified Professional 5 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP5-DCV) Delta recertification exam? Due to popular demand, this streamlined, online exam will be offered until March 10, 2015. Don’t risk losing your certification; learn more about the VCP5-DCV Delta recertification exam.  New VCP6-DT […]

   

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  Question of the Week (View) (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5191)This week’s question comes from the VMware View video series. The Connection Server comes with: A. a CA-signed certificate B. a self-signed certificate C. a gift certificate D. no certificate Click through to the comments for the answer. Follow @VMwareEducation on Instagram to see more #TechTrivia every Friday and visual updates from the VMware Education and Certification community.

   

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  Technical Preview of CoreOS on vSphere 5.5 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=15997)VMware is focused on bringing the value of containers to our customers and helping them streamline application delivery and portability in their virtualized infrastructure. CoreOS is a new, lightweight Linux distribution that’s designed from the ground up to run containerized applications. We’ve been working with the CoreOS team to enable the new OS to run […]

   

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  Performance Unplugged: Demanding Applications (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=15992)Welcome to a new video series I’ve titled “Performance Unplugged” In this video series, I’ll showcase a number of talented performance gurus and cover commonly asked questions and topics. Performance of the Software-Defined Datacenter should no longer be a concern for customers and we’ll explain why. Links to the latest information pertaining to the topic […]

   

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  vSphere Data Protection – SharePoint VSS writer registration failed (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=15979)I was working with the SharePoint agent and came across the following error message: SharePoint VSS writer registration failed. On a Windows Server 2012 R2 VM running SharePoint Server 2013, I found the location of stsadm.exe here: C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\15\BIN I ran this command which fixed the issue: stsadm.exe -o registerwsswriter @jhuntervmware

   

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  Network Virtualization at VMware Partner Exchange 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/?p=1801)VMware Partner Exchange (PEX) is your one-stop shop when it comes to learning about network virtualization and the technology extends VMware’s vision of the software-defined data center. At this year’s event, we are offering both an executive track and a technical track to help partners build their businesses and advance their knowledge, as you take […]

   

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  Automating Security Policy Enforcement with NSX Service Composer (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=1977)By Romain Decker Over the past decade, IT organizations have gained significant benefits as a direct result of compute virtualization, permitting a reduction in physical complexity and an increase in operational efficiency. It also allowed for dynamic re-purposing of underlying resources to quickly and optimally meet the needs of an increasingly dynamic business. In dynamic […]

   

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  Application Delivery Strategy: A Key Piece in the VDI Design Puzzle (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=1965)By Michael Bradley and Hans Bader Let’s face it: applications are the bane of a desktop administrator’s existence. It seems there is always something that makes the installation and management of an application difficult and challenging. Whether it’s a long list of confusing and conflicting requirements or a series of software and hardware incompatibilities, management […]

   

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  vRealize Automation – Accelerating Application and Infrastructure Delivery (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=5806)by Rich Bourdeau Is getting new Applications to market quickly and reliably still taking too long? Does your IT staff feel overburdened? Is IT meeting the demands of their customers? Is IT perceived as a business enabler or roadblock? Watch the above video to see how VMware vRealize Automation customers achieve: 80-95% Service Delivery Improvement […]

   

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  vRealzie Code Stream – Leveraging Existing Release Automation Tools and Processes (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=5798)by Rich Bourdeau Regardless if you are looking to implement agile development, continuous Integration and continuous delivery process or just need looking at ways to delivery releases faster and more reliable you will need to explore how you can improve the efficiency of some of your siloed, manual automation processes. vRealize™ Code Stream™ helps organizations that […]

   

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  Announcing the Availability of vRealize Orchestrator Plug-in for Puppet (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=5813)by Rich Bourdeau IT departments use a lot of different approaches to deploying and configuring OS and application software.  Some clone machines with the software pre-installed, Some use Operating system tools like Windows WIM Imaging or Linux Kickstart, and others use configuration management software tools.   If you use Puppet configuration management software, either the open […]

   

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  VMware-Based Private Cloud Helps Apollo Education Group Accelerate Access to Online Learning (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=5792)by Rich Bourdeau With VMware’s help, Apollo Education Group now offers their multiple institutions of higher education a reliable, scalable private cloud environment to support the delivery of massively-scaled online learning. Private Clouds and Universities Earlier this month I shared with you the story of how the University of New Mexico used vRealize Automation to Fast-Track IT […]

   

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  Introducing Service Enhancements for vCloud Air Disaster Recovery (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=4791)Today we announced our upcoming release of VMware vCloud® AirTM Disaster Recovery, broadening the scope of our service to serve the DR needs of our end users. We started out with an efficient, easy to use, low cost DR solution that came with broad application and operating system support.  Now we are introducing three new […]

   

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  vCloud Air Edge: A New Incubation Program for Early-Stage Cloud Startups (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=4781)We’re pleased to announce the launch of a new VMware program for cloud startups – VMware vCloud Air Edge. Over the past year, VMware has launched a series of programs for traditional independent software vendors (ISVs) to transform their solutions into cloud-based services. There has been a tremendous interest from on-premises ISVs seeking to leverage […]

   

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  Finally, a Self-Service Public Cloud You Can Manage! (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=4771)Your business wants instant access to a scalable self-service pay-as-you-go cloud, while you want a cloud that you can manage and secure just like the rest of your infrastructure. Well, how hard can that be? All you need is a hybrid platform across your onsite data center to your offsite cloud infrastructure with self-service access, […]
  

   

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  New VMware End-User Computing Channel on YouTube – Subscribe Today! (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=6945)Here at VMware, we believe users should have one place to securely access all the applications, files, social tools and online services they need. This is why we’ve built one of the broadest technology platforms that bridges the entire end-user computing environment, from traditional desktops to the next generation of mobile devices. And with VMware […]

   

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  How to Get In-Guest Metrics in vRealize Operations for Horizon 6 (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=6953)By Jim Yanik, End-User Computing Architect, VMware When I was a child, I used to go camping at the Delaware Water Gap (some of you are heading for Wikipedia right now), and there were many caves that were super-tempting for an 11-year-old boy to explore. My brother and I would go into the caves and […]

   

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  Using ThinApp Virtual Applications in VMware Mirage App Layers (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=6910)By Stephane Asselin, Senior End-User-Computing Architect, Technical Enablement, End-User Computing, VMware As you all know, VMware ThinApp has been the leading application virtualization solution since 2008. ThinApp is great for application virtualization, for application isolation (enabling multiple versions of the same application on one desktop), and for supporting older applications (legacy apps). Packaging an application […]

   

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  How to package Internet Explorer 8 (http://blogs.vmware.com/thinapp/?p=1804)I’m getting more and more requests to package IE8 so I think it is about time to write a blog post on how to do it.. According to our Internet Explorer support statement (http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2069870) packaged IE8 is supported by us and works on most platforms. The procedure I’m about to explain creates a package that […]

   

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  Enterprise mobility news recap Jan 20-23 (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=34159)This week we learned more about the enterprise features of Windows 10, Facebook’s success in Indonesia, Google’s breakout into the telecom industry and more. Microsoft further elaborated on Windows 10 in a press conference this past Wednesday. While the release date has not yet been revealed, representatives shed light on the concept of “universal apps” […]

   

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  Dr. StrangeCloud – Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the (Hybrid) Cloud (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=34144)By Ben Fathi, Chief Technology Officer, VMware

   

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  Windows 10: Microsoft reveals universal app details, Surface Hub and other enterprise features at briefing (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=34114)At today’s Windows 10 briefing, company executives demonstrated many of the new operating system’s features and offered a timeline for the release. “In the next week, we’ll be releasing a new build of Windows 10 to our insiders,” said VP of operating systems Terry Myerson. A beta version of Windows 10 will be available this […]

   

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  AirWatch webinar to highlight retail mobility best practices (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=34096)Join the AirWatch retail team next week to learn about best practices for mobility in retail. During the webinar, AirWatch retail mobility solutions expert Ed Durbin will highlight retail mobility trends and hot topics from the NRF trade show earlier this month. An AirWatch sales engineer will then demonstrate the latest AirWatch features for retailers. […]
  

   

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  Grow Your Renewals Business with the New Renewals Center (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1570)The new Renewals Center portal, launched this week, will offer more self-service capabilities and an improved partner experience when managing your renewals business. You will be able to easily leverage automatic cross-sell / up-sell recommendations and have faster access to quotes and install base reports. We’ve also reduced the steps to create opportunity reports, added […]

   

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  Get a Sneak Preview of Our Q1 Launches (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1568)Want to be ‘in the know’ about this quarter’s launches ahead of Partner Exchange 2015? If so, then access the Quarterly Partner Briefing portal now through Feb. 1st. During this time, you’ll have access to new videos and information on upcoming product and solution launches along with other important announcements and programs. The official launch […]

   

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  Announcing 1H’2015 Power Play Products (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1566)Playback this video to learn more about our global commitment to 3 products focused on driving profitability for you and value for our customers. The 3 products are vSphere with Operations Management, Virtual SAN, and vCloud Air Disaster Recovery. Review the additional incentives and get the simplified resources you need to learn, market, and sell […]

   

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  Visit the New Lenovo Page on Partner Central (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1564) Visit the new Lenovo page for answers to your transition questions, training, and solution resources, and to find regional contacts to work with to sell VMware and System x solutions.

   

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  The One Online Event You Won’t Want to Miss – Register Now (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1562)Join our CEO, Pat Gelsinger, to usher in a new era in IT that will further enable your customers’ cloud journey. Register now and share this event with customers.  It’s the ONE industry-defining event you won’t want to miss. AMER Broadcast is Feb. 2nd EMEA Broadcast is Feb. 3rd APAC Broadcasts are Feb. 5th

   

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  Learn how to Build Your Pipeline with F5 Networks on Jan. 26th (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1556)Join Vice Presidents Frank Rauch, VMware Americas Partner Organization and Keith McManigal, F5 Channel Sales Americas to learn how together, we deliver customer value that can add to your bottom line. During this event, you will learn the joint VMware and F5 value proposition, market opportunity for security and end-user computing offerings, how to identify […]

   

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  VMware Partner Network Spotlight Series – Everything Partner Exchange 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2321)Welcome to the first installment of our new VMware Partner Network Spotlight series, where we bring you monthly video content highlighting our top partners news and information from across VMware Partner Network. VMware Partner Exchange 2015 is less than 2 weeks away and because of this, we are excited to share some helpful resources to assist […]
  

   

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  Running CoreOS on VMware (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2834-guid.html)

   

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  New Book: VMware vRealize Operations Performance and Capacity Management (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2833-guid.html)

   

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  Latest Fling from VMware Labs - vMaxGuide (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2832-guid.html)

   

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  VMware Exam Preparation Workshop: Network Virtualization Certified Professional (VCP-NV) (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2831-guid.html)

   

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  Cool Tool - Relax-and-Recover (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2830-guid.html)

   

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  Lego VSAN EVO:RACK (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=15783)I know a lot of you guys have home labs and are always looking for that next cool thing. Every once in a while you see something cool floating by on twitter and in this case it was so cool I needed to share it with you guys. Someone posted a picture of his version […] " Lego VSAN EVO:RACK " 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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  E1000 VMware issues (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=15774)Lately I’ve noticed that various people have been hitting my blog through the search string “e1000 VMware issues”, I want to make sure people end up in the right spot so I figured I would write a quick article that points people there. I’ve hit the issues described in the various KB articles myself, and I […] " E1000 VMware issues " 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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  Platform9 manages private clouds as a service (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=15765)A couple of months ago I introduced you to this new company founded by 4 former VMware employees called Platform9. I have been having discussions with them occasionally about what they were working on and I’ve been very intrigued by what they are building and am very pleased to see there first version go GA and want to congratulate them […] " Platform9 manages private clouds as a service " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Pre-order my upcoming…

   

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  XtremIO 4.0… and don’t trust people who go negative. (http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2015/01/xtremio-40-and-dont-trust-people-who-go-negative.html)I want to open the way I will close: this title above applies to us at EMC (me too!) - frankly anyone. I also don't want to "bury the lead" (as I tend to do in longwided posts), so here's...

   

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  2015 – what to expect and “This I Believe” Part II. (http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2015/01/2015-what-to-expect-and-this-i-believe-part-ii.html)To all - welcome to 2015! Just came back from the Leadership meeting (couple days with leaders across the EMC Federation and then days focused on the EMC Information Infrastructure business specifically). Very inspiring. While I can't divulge everything publicly...

   

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  A don’t miss live whiteboard virtualization show: Veeam R&D Inside Out with Gostev (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5316)Veeam is one of those companies that really tries hard to innovate and listens and responds to their customers needs and feedback. I’ve written in detail on what makes them special in this post about VeeamOn. If you know Veeam and use their products you’ve probably heard about the legendary Gostev who leads their product … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  Last call for blog-o-hol before Top vBlog 2015 voting begins (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5311)I’ve added lots of new blogs to my vLaunchpad but I’m sure there are some that I’ve missed. Every year I get emails from bloggers after the voting starts wanting to be added but once it starts its too late as it messes up the ballot. I’ve also archived a bunch of blogs that have not … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  Toss your VMs into the clouds and easily get them back again with Boomerang (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5294)Not everyone wants to run their production VMs off premise in a public cloud but there are definitely some situations where leveraging cloud based virtualization for some specific scenarios makes a lot of sense. Let’s look at a few scenarios where you might consider moving some VMs to a public cloud infrastructure and a great … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  The Need To Reboot ESXi Hosts After vCenter Upgrade (http://longwhiteclouds.com/?p=10559)Most of you will be intimately familiar with vCenter Server. It provides the main management capabilities in a VMware Virtualized Datacenter, including provisioning, monitoring, patching etc for all your hosts and virtual machines. You’ll spend a lot of your time using it if you’re a VMware Admin. But you may not know that it is advisable to […]

   

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  Brisbane VMUG – Febuary 2015 (http://www.penguinpunk.net/blog/?p=2423)The first Brisbane VMUG of the year will be held on Thursday 5th February at the Alliance Hotel in Spring Hill (The Leichardt Room) from 4 – 6 pm. It’s sponsored by SimpliVity. Here’s the agenda: Cloud Economics with Enterprise Capability Guest Speakers: Chris Troiani, Solutions Architect APJ, Simplivity Overview of hyperconverged market. Consideration of Hyperconverged Architectures – Is […]

   

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  Technical Preview: CoreOS on vSphere 5.5 (http://www.vmguru.com/?p=15043)CoreOS is a new Linux distribution that has been re-architected to provide features needed to run modern infrastructure stacks. CoreOS is a new, lightweight Linux distribution that’s designed from the ground up to run containerized applications. The strategies and architectures that influence CoreOS allow companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter to run their services at scale with high resilience.  VMware has been working with the CoreOS team to enable the new OS to run on their vSphere platform,…

   

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  vRealize Orchestrator Cisco UCS Plugin is available now (http://www.vmguru.com/?p=15039)VMware Orchestrator is a development and process-automation platform that provides a library of extensible workflows that allow you to create and run automated, configurable processes to manage the VMware vSphere infrastructure. Orchestrator uses its open plugin architecture to allow you to integrate with other management and administration solutions. Cisco has done just that and created an Orchestrator plugin for Cisco UCS. The Cisco UCS Manager plugin for VMware Orchestrator leverages the open plugin…

   

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  Coffee as a Service with VMware Orchestrator (http://www.vmguru.com/?p=15014)Coffee as a Service, (CaaS?) I guess we all have that in some form. Some have a kind lady bringing coffee, others have a kind collegue.. but that is not what this is about. What this is about, is vCenter Orchestrator, or vRealize Orchestrator as it is recently renamed to. Not many people know that Orchestrator is actually a standard part of their VMware package and that they already have it at their disposal. But it really is! And you can already do amazing things with it, as Rob Shaw proves in his article,…

   

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  Put that USB Scanner in VMware Horizon View (http://www.vmguru.com/?p=15020)Putting a USB Scanner to work in a VMware Horizon View environment always was a pain in the butt. Either images came into the session sooooooo slooooooow you had a caffeine shock by the time the scan was finished, or images were garbled and looked like they were send from Mars, or you never got a scan at all. It all was very frustrating, especially if you were trying to get that desk clear of paper to put it into a document management system or when you wanted to add those pictures to your project. The…

   

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  For the Dutchies: 19 March, Dutch VMUG Event – Mark your calendar! (http://www.vmguru.com/?p=15003)It has been a long standing tradition: The dutch VMUG event. Last year in March the event was held in Den Bosch for the first time in a new format. And as we dutchies are fanatical lovers of virtualization in almost any form, this year it’s no different! At thursday, the 19th of March, the dutch VMUG Event will take place again in Congrescenter “1931” in Den Bosch, Netherlands. The program will be published soon at the Dutch VMUG website , so stay tuned for that. If you are confident it will fit your…

   

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  VMware Fling: Horizon Toolbox (http://www.vmguru.com/?p=14994)Recently, VMware updated the Horizon Toolbox, a fling for Horizon. The Horizon Toolbox was formally known as the “View auditing portal” and acts as an extension to the Horizon View Administrator (Horizon 6.0 or above is required). This new web portal offers several functions that you, like me, might have missed in the View Administrator. Auditing Some extra Auditing functions are added that should give you extra insight into your Horizon View infrastructure. Sessions:  Shows historical concurrent…

   

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  vRealize Orchestrator Puppet plugin is available now (http://www.vmguru.com/?p=14989)vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) Puppet plugin enables vRealize Automation (vRA) and Puppet to work together to achieve infrastructure configuration, application deployment, and lifecycle management. vRO Puppet plugin is a collection of vRO workflows which work with embedded or external vRealize orchestrator, and it supports Puppet enterprise as well as Puppet open source flavors. Workflows available with this plugin can be used in a standalone manner as well as multiple workflows can be combined for desired…

   

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  End of Support for old OS-es in VMware Horizon (http://www.vmguru.com/?p=14978)Microsoft retired XP April 8, 2014. Now, 8 months later, it’s time for VMware Horizon to accept that loss and plan a memorial. With Microsoft dropping support, it is time for VMware to align with Microsoft’s decision. Therefor VMware announced End of Support for some old OS-es in VMware Horizon. As Windows XP will not be support, there will be no drivers for new hardware, libraries that our products use will be incompatible and XP will not get the benefits of regular security fixes. For all these…

   

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  Cannot open the disk and could not open change tracking file (http://www.gabesvirtualworld.com/?p=3337)Lately I have seen a number of VMs going down after the backup has finished and snapshots get removed. At some point when cleaning the snapshot, the ESXi host decides something is wrong and then brings down the VM. After this we’re unable to power on the VM and receive the error: “Cannot open the […] See full post at: Cannot open the disk and could not open change tracking file

   

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  Singapore VMware User Conference (23rd Jan 2015) (http://techhead.co/?p=8217)Calling all Singapore TechHeads!  Next week sees the Singapore VMware User Conference hit town, and what a great event it looks to be. I have been kindly asked to speak at the conference, which I am joined by some great speakers such as Scott Lowe, Scott Drummonds and Michael Webster – all of whom I […] The post Singapore VMware User Conference (23rd Jan 2015) appeared first on TechHead and was written by Simon Seagrave . Why not take a look at my other related posts?: Annual UK VMware User Group…

   

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  The OpenStack Elections - Another Look (tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819640694385843490.post-7716747386341148510)The Board of directors and the bylaws were approved. Summary posts can be found here (2015 Individual Director Election results) and here (Bylaws amendments approved). Individual Directors Tim Bell Russell Bryant Alex Freedland Rob Hirschfeld ... This is a content summary only. Please visit my website for the full article, other content, and more...

   

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  #vBrownBag DevOps Follow-Up Setting up network services using Puppet with Rob Nelson (@rnelson0) (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=5256)Rob Nelson joins the #vBrownBag DevOps series to talk about his PuppetInABox project, a curated collection of forge modules and user repositories. This solution includes everything required to provide puppet, puppetdb, r10k, dns, dhcp, a yum repository, and a build server. The only thing you need to provide is a gateway device and you have […]

   

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  HomeLab’ers Assemble! VMware EVALExperience! (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=5253)If you are a regular with vBrownBag and ProfessionalVMware.com then you are likely to be pursuing certifications, running some type of homelab, or simply trying to hone your skills.  It has been difficult dealing with short evaluation periods for licensing.  We have long lamented having to reinstall our environments or maintain multiple MyVMware accounts to […]

   

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  #vBrownBag VCP-NV Follow-Up Objective 6 with Paul McSharry (@pmcsharry) (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=5244)Paul McSharry joins the #vBrownBag EMEA crew to cover Objective 6 in the VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization (VCP-NV) exam. Exam objectives include: Objective 6.1 – Configure and Manage Logical Load Balancing Objective 6.2 – Configure and Manage Logical Virtual Private Networks (VPN) Objective 6.3 – Configure and Manage DHCP/DNS/NAT Objective 6.4 – Configure […]
  

   

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FROM THE EDITORS VIRTUAL DESK

Hi everyone, well it is just a few days to go to the VMware Partner Exchange and some big announcements. By the time you read this they may already be announced but if not you will find more information in the newsletter.

This week we were surprised by a new vulnerability in the form of CVE-2015-0235 or the Ghost vulnerability. Please read the provided KB and ensure you check back for updated information on this.

VMware Response to CVE-2015-0235 - glibc gethostbyname buffer overflow, aka "Ghost” (2105862)
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2105862

We also released 2 new VMware Security Advisories (VMSA) this January for other identified issues. Please ensure you have read these and discussed the implication and impact with your team and your TAM.

VMSA-2015-0001 - http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0001.html
VMware vCenter Server, ESXi, Workstation, Player, and Fusion updates address security issues

VMSA-2015-0002 - http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0002.html
VMware vSphere Data Protection product update addresses a certificate validation vulnerability

Of course your TAM will be available to assist and provide further information to you on these vulnerabilities and patches as required.

Virtually Yours

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NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM VMWARE

GENERAL NEWS

• Time is Running Out to Register for the February 2nd Launch Event (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3568)Have  you signed up yet?

   

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  Today’s VMware and Google announcement (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3563)By Mathew Lodge, Vice President, Cloud Services at VMware Today Google and VMware announced we’ve reached an agreement to integrate selected Google Cloud Platform services into vCloud® Air™: Google Cloud Storage– Distributed low-cost object storage service Google BigQuery – A real-time analytics service suitable for ad-hoc business intelligence queries across billions of rows of data in […]

   

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  VMware End-User Computing 2014 Recap and 2015 Predictions (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3559)By Sanjay Poonen, EVP and GM, End-User Computing, VMware Looking back on my first full year leading the End-User Computer (EUC) team at VMware, I can’t help but echo Pat Gelsinger’s comments at VMworld: what a difference a year makes! Since joining the team in August 2013, we have been working to fulfill our vision […]

   

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  3 Reasons Hybrid Cloud is Much More Secure Than You Think (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3555)Hybrid cloud adoption continues to gain momentum, and businesses across nearly every industry are eagerly working to infuse agility into their organization by adopting the hybrid cloud model. The message is clear: “We like this. It works.” Agility through the cloud isn’t completely new. For years, companies have had the option to swipe their credit […]

   

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  VMware Virtual SAN Wins InfoWorld 2015 Technology of the Year Award (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3550)By Gaetan Castelein, senior director, product management and marketing, Storage For VMware Virtual SAN, 2014 represented a number of firsts – general availability of the initial product release, initial customer deployments, and industry recognition in the form of awards and industry accolades. Today, we are happy to announce another first for Virtual SAN – the […]

   

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  VMware Virtual SAN: File Services with NexentaConnect (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16052)NexentaConnect for Virtual SAN is a software-defined storage solution designed specifically to deliver file service on top of Virtual SAN. This solution complements Virtual SAN by delivering a software-based NAS capabilities that add enterprise-class Windows and UNIX-based file services without the need for any additional hardware purchase to augment the virtual machine storage provided by […]

   

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  New Release: vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2d (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16039)Today VMware released an update to its vCenter Server management solution. vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2d | 27 JAN 2015 | Build 2442329 vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2d Installation Package | 27 JAN 2015 | Build 2442328 vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 2d | 27 JAN 2015 | Build 2442330 Please make sure to review […]

   

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  SAP HANA Dynamic Tiering and the VMware Software Defined Data Center (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16032)The latest release of SAP HANA has brought the concepts of multi-temperature data and lifecycle management to a new level.  With SP09, SAP has addressed the size and cost constraints which may prohibit an all in memory solution. SAP HANA with the Dynamic Tiering (DT) option enables placement of the highest value “hot data” in […]

   

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  Storage and Availability at Partner Exchange 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16017)VMware’s 2015 Partner Exchange is now just about one week away, and it’s shaping up to be a great one! In storage and availability we’ll have a lot to talk about across the board: Some sessions will offer deeper examinations of our current products, others will give you a great exploration of some of the […]

   

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  Performance Unplugged: vCenter Performance (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16011)Welcome to a new video series I’ve titled “Performance Unplugged” In this video series, I’ll showcase a number of talented performance gurus and cover commonly asked questions and topics. Performance of the Software-Defined Datacenter should no longer be a concern for customers and we’ll explain why. Links to the latest information pertaining to the topic […]

   

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  Storage Blog Recap: Top Blogs from December (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16005)In case you missed it, we’ve compiled a list of the top vSphere Storage posts from December for you to digest. Check it out! VMware Virtual SAN and ScaleIO: Fundamentally Two Different Approaches to Software-Defined Storage VMware’s Vijay Ramachandran clarifies how VMware Virtual SAN’s unique approach to software-defined storage stands apart from other SDS competitors. […]

   

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  ISO Standards and the VMware Private Cloud Operating Model (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=1375)By Craig Savage I am often asked, when talking with my clients about the organization and process changes that come with the evolution to cloud operations, how the VMware’s private cloud operating model affects companies that are, or are planning to be, certified to the ISO/IEC 20000 (Information Technology – Service Management) or ISO/IEC 27000 […]

   

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  Top Posts from Professional Services (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5208)Our friends from around the VMware blogosphere publish everything from how-to content to put your skills to the test, to strategic concepts that can help you think differently about how you work. Check out the latest posts and try something new! Automating the Management of the Management Portal Part 1:  Tips on Using vRealize CloudClient […]

   

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  Question of the Week (VSA) (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5211)This week’s question comes from the VMware VSA video series. With which of the following does the vSphere Storage Appliance work? A. vSphere Fault Tolerance B. Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) C. Storage vMotion and Storage I/O Control (SIOC) D. All of the above Click through to the comments for the answer. Follow @VMwareEducation on Instagram to see more #TechTrivia […]

   

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  5 Questions I’m Asked about the VCDX Program All the Time (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5197)With the roll out of the new VCP recertification requirement, I have been getting some common questions about VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) certification.  Simply stated people are curious if the VCDX expires.  The answer is in fact simple, but there are some other things to think about that some folks may not be aware […]

   

  
  

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  Begin Your Journey to vRealize Operations Manager (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=2008)By Brent Douglas In early December, VMware launched an exciting new array of updates to its products. For some products, this update was a refinement of already widely used functionality and capabilities. For other products, the December release marked a new direction and new path forward. One such product is vRealize Operations Manager. With VMware’s […]

   

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  DevOps and Performance Management (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=1993)By Michael Francis Continuing on from Ahmed’s recent blog on DevOps, I thought I would share an experience I had with a customer regarding performance management for development teams. Background I was working with an organization that is essentially an independent software vendor (ISV) in a specific vertical; their business is writing software in the […]

   

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  VMware products and “Ghost”, glibc gethostbyname* buffer overflow (CVE-2015-0235) (http://blogs.vmware.com/security/?p=1308)This Tuesday a buffer overflow in the gethostbyname family of functions (“gethostbyname*”) in the widely used glibc library (CVE-2015-0235) was disclosed.  As soon as we became aware of this vulnerability we began investigating.  We regarded it as a significant vulnerabiliy since the original advisory detailed remote code execution in the Exim mail server. We quickly realized that exploitability of this […]

   

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  New VMware security advisory VMSA-2015-0002. (http://blogs.vmware.com/security/?p=1306)Today we released a new security advisory, VMSA-2015-0002. The advisory documents CVE-2014-4632, a certificate validation vulnerability in VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP). Customers should review the advisory and direct any question to VMware Support. Please sign up to the Security-Announce mailing list to receive new and updated VMware Security Advisories

   

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  Changes to Transparent Page Sharing (reminder) and new and updated VMware Security Advisories (http://blogs.vmware.com/security/?p=1302)As we noted earlier on Oct 16, Nov 24 and Dec 4, VMware has introduced new TPS (Transparent Page Sharing) management options. Today’s release of ESXi 5.5 U2d restricts TPS to individual VMs and disables inter-VM TPS by default unless an administrator chooses to re-enable it. Please see KB 2097593 for full details on the functionality. Additionally VMware has today […]

   

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  vRealize Welcomes VMware Partners to Partner Exchange 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=5883)Next week is a great opportunity for our worldwide VMware Partner Community to gather in San Francisco and learn, train and exchange ideas to build great solutions. Here is a quick guide to the sessions by the vRealize Cloud Management Team: Sign up at the PEX Schedule Builder.

   

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  Awards for the Best Cloud Management Community Content (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=5864)We have recently launched the ability to list developer (employee, customer, partner, anyone) content on our Solution Exchange (VSX).  If have missed the announcement, please review the blog here. The way this will work will be for the actual content to be placed in VM communities in a specific area under each product and for […]

   

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  WebCast – Overcoming AppDev & Release Management Challenges (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=5874)Live Webcast – Featuring Gene Kim Join Gene Kim, co-author “The Phoenix Project” & the upcoming “DevOps Cookbook” and experts from Momentum and VMware, as they highlight winning DevOps processes for IT organizations. They’ll share innovative organizational and technology approaches that overcome top AppDev and release management challenges – followed by live Q&A. Gene Kim […]

   

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  vRealize Code Stream – Integration Framework for Multi-Vendor Release Automation Tools (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=5841)by Rich Bourdeau As we discussed in the last Code Stream blog post on pipeline automation, vRealize Code Stream automates the release delivery process by integrating with existing multi-vendor tools and customer’s processes.  Code Stream includes out of the box support for a variety of different development, test and operations tools.  In addition, a robust […]

   

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  Management Integrations on the VMware Solution Exchange – 2014 retrospective (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=5858)2014 was yet another bumper year for VMware Solution Exchange with 256% YOY increase in total number of content views and 240% YOY increase in total number of content trys (proxy for download). Customers and Partners continue to see the tremendous value in creating and consuming content, eventually helping in deriving greater value from the […]

   

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  VMware Enables Rapid Development at SAIC (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=5848)by Rich Bourdeau Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is a leading technology integrator that provides full lifecycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, and enterprise IT markets.  They needed a rapid development platform for creating differentiated solutions offerings for their diverse customers.   They leveraged VMware’s Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) and vRealize Suite™ cloud […]

   

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  Virtualizing Microsoft Lync Server – Let’s Clear up the Confusion (http://blogs.vmware.com/apps/?p=1114)We at VMware have been fielding a lot of inquiries lately from customers who have virtualized (or are considering virtualizing) their Microsoft Lync Server infrastructure on the VMware vSphere platform. The nature of inquiries is centered on certain generalized statements contained in the “Planning a Lync Server 2013 Deployment on Virtual Servers” whitepaper published by the Microsoft […]

   

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  Today’s VMware and Google Announcement (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=4833)By: Mathew Lodge Today Google and VMware announced an agreement to integrate selected Google Cloud Platform services into VMware vCloud® Air™. Google Cloud Storage– Distributed low-cost object storage service Google BigQuery – A real-time analytics service suitable for ad-hoc business intelligence queries across billions of rows of data in seconds Google Cloud Datastore– A schemaless NoSQL database service Google […]

   

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  Evaluating Disaster Recovery Options: Consider the Cloud (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=4802)These days, more and more businesses are looking to the cloud for disaster recovery solutions — and for good reason. Cloud-based disaster recovery offers businesses flexibility in commitment, capacity, and cost, giving them the option of comprehensive DR without breaking the bank. This might explain why, according to a recent IDG market survey, 43 percent […]

   

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  Get The Most out of Your VMware Experience with Our Upcoming Webinars (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=4828)Peer behind our NSX™ network virtualization solution and discover how VMware Horizon® DaaS platform and vRealize™ Operations™ 6.0 can drive efficiency at your organization with our three February webinars! These informative discussions will show you how you can automate operations, increase margins and deliver both desktops and applications throughout your organization with ease. All you […]

   

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  Where Has My Subscription Cloud Gone? (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=4796)By David Hill This is a re-post from David Hill’s Personal Blog site. I received an email today asking “Hey Dave, where has my subscription cloud gone?” I responded with let me Google that for you… Actually I didn’t because I knew why they were asking. Last week, VMware announced a new service offering, VMware […]

   

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  It’s Not Magic – It’s the vCloud Air Network (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=4810)Finding your ideal cloud service provider shouldn’t be a struggle. With the VMware® vCloud Air™ Network, you can find providers to help you extend your on-premises data center to the cloud or to deliver desktop management and applications  with just a few clicks of the mouse. You can also ensure data sovereignty by picking from […]

   

  
  

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  VMware App Volumes and VMware ThinApp Combined: The Perfect Mix (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=6980)By Gina Daly, Technical Writer for Technical Marketing, End-User Computing, VMware Since the general availability of VMware App Volumes (formerly known as CloudVolumes), you have probably read about the many benefits that App Volumes can bring to your environment. Perhaps you have already downloaded and tested a trial version. If you use VMware ThinApp for […]

   

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  Enterprise mobility news recap Jan 26-30 (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=34267)The technology fans require for the Superbowl game this Sunday is as essential as water, according to one NFL employee, and tech companies dominate quarterly earnings headlines. Based off these snippets, technology wins the MVP of the week.

   

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  AirWatch to offer certification workshops at AirWatch Connect Barcelona (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=34192)AirWatch will be offering Academy and Partner University workshops at AirWatch Connect at Mobile World Congress in March. The workshops will provide AirWatch customers and partners with an in-depth look at the upcoming AirWatch 8.0 release, which will be available later this quarter. Certification at AirWatch Connect offers attendees the opportunity to meet one-on-one with […]

   

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  VMware reports record earnings, significant AirWatch growth (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=34225)VMware passed the $6 billion mark in revenues for the first time in 2014, company representatives reported on yesterday’s earnings call. (Listen to the call and view accompanying slides here.) VMware reported a 16 percent increase in annual revenues over 2013 and elaborated on the effects of the AirWatch acquisition, a “key milestone” for the […]

   

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  BYOD’s effect on the IT help desk (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=34198)BYOD programs can minimize the technical problems employees experience with their mobile devices and reduce the creation of new help desk tickets, according to a new report. It might seem obvious that employees will be more familiar with their personal devices than with anything corporate-owned, and therefore will be more productive on them. But the […]

   

  
  

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  Have You Registered for this Online Event yet? (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1588)Join our CEO, Pat Gelsinger, to usher in a new era in IT that will further enable your customers’ cloud journey. Register now and share this event with customers.  It’s the ONE industry-defining event you won’t want to miss. AMER Broadcast is Feb. 2nd EMEA Broadcast is Feb. 3rd APAC Broadcasts are Feb. 5th

   

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  How Can VMware and Lenovo Help You Streamline Your IT? (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1585)Together, VMware and Lenovo allow businesses to simplify their IT infrastructures. Check out this PEX Week 2015 boot camp to find out how installing and configuring VMware Virtual SAN hyper-converged, software-defined storage on Lenovo servers can help you streamline your IT.

   

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  VMware SDDC Management Highlights at Partner Exchange 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1582)VMware SDDC Management – vSphere with Operations Management, vCloud Suite, and the vRealize Suite – has fueled tremendous growth for our partners in 2014. To help you make the most out of your visit to San Francisco next week, download/reference this sheet for more detail so that you don’t miss these important management activities: Hands […]

   

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  Additional Margin Opportunities Extended (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1578)As part of the Power Play initiative, you can continue to earn up to 20% additional margin for vSphere with Operations Management and up to 25% for Virtual SAN sales until June 30, 2015. Make sure your opportunities are registered in Advantage+ with the relevant Solution Competency in place to benefit.

   

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  vCloud Air DR Campaign in 60 Seconds (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1576)Watch this video on VMware vCloud Air Disaster Recovery, a new recovery-as-a-service solution introducing cloud-based disaster recovery capabilities for vSphere virtual environments. It’s reliable, easily scalable, and it protects your customers’ operations.  Access the campaign from the Demand Center today.

   

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  Management Automation 6.0 Solution Competency – Now Available (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1574)Access new training in VTSP-MA and Technical Post Sales Accreditations. Armed with this competency, you can help your customers deliver personalized IT services to their IT users quicker and more efficiently. To jumpstart your achievement, we’re now offering a self-paced vRealize Automation ICM course.

   

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  App Volumes Have Been Added to Horizon Enterprise Bundle (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1572)App Volumes (formerly Cloud Volumes) is an addition to Horizon Enterprise Bundle. VMware App Volumes provides real-time application delivery to end-users and desktops. Review the pricing overview and FAQ to learn more.

   

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  The Software-Defined Data Center – How can Technology Partners Join the Fun (http://blogs.vmware.com/tap/?p=981)The Software-Defined Data Center has been, and continues to be, a big focus here at VMware. As noted in other venues, the SDDC is an approach – a framework – and not a prescriptive set of products. That said, how can a Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) align with our SDDC strategy. How about looking at […]

   

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  Everything You Need to Know Before You Go to Partner Exchange 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2336)We are now just days away from Partner Exchange 2015. Your bags are already packed, your registration is most definitely complete, and you are totally ready to visit to the City by the Bay. So what should you do now? Visit our “Know Before You Go” page on the Partner Exchange website to view a […]

   

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  Expand Your Knowledge and Diversify Your Partner Exchange Experience with the Professional Development Track (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2328)You already know that Partner Exchange 2015 will be more relevant than ever before. You also know that we have targeted sessions and keynotes that will specifically speak to your line of business. But did you know about our new and improved “Professional Development” track? Not only does Partner Exchange 2015 offer the opportunity to hear […]

   

  
  

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  New Book - Virtualizing Oracle Databases on vSphere (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2734-guid.html)

   

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  DevOps for VMware Administrators available for pre-order (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2836-guid.html)

   

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  Free e-learning course - vCloud Air Fundamentals (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2835-guid.html)

   

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  Congratulations Virtual SAN team, more than 1000 customers reached in 2014! (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=15811)I want to congratulate the Virtual SAN team with their huge success in 2014. I was listening to the Q4 earnings call yesterday and was amazed by what was achieved. Of course I knew that Virtual SAN was doing well, but I didn’t know that they had already reached 1000 customers in 2014 utilizing the Virtual […] " Congratulations Virtual SAN team, more than 1000 customers reached in 2014! " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Pre-order my upcoming book…

   

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  EZT Disks with VSAN, why would you? (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=15788)I noticed a tweet today which made a statement around the use of eager zero thick disks in a VSAN setup for running applications like SQL Server. The reason this user felt this was needed was to avoid the hit on “first write to block on VMDK”, it is not the first time I have […] " EZT Disks with VSAN, why would you? " 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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  VMware PEX 2015 Bootcamp: Prepare to have faces melted… 10,9,8… (http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2015/01/vmware-pex-2015-bootcamp-prepare-to-have-faces-melted-1098.html)It's that time! VMware Partner Exchange is RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. While I've been travelling furiously, I've also been working as furiously on the EMC Bootcamp opener. VMware PEX is for me THE partner event of the year - and...

   

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  How to implement good security in a virtual environment without sacrificing performance (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5320)We live in a world were security is very top of mind and companies and individuals are going to great lengths to protect their valuable data and assets. One of the trade-offs of having good security is that it tends to be very intrusive, this is just the nature of the job though, you have … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  Thinking Out Loud: Does Docker on Windows Matter? (http://blog.scottlowe.org/2015/01/30/thinking-out-loud-does-docker-on-windows-matter/)Nigel Poulton recently posted an article titled “ESXi vs. Hyper-V - Could Docker Support Be Significant,” in which he contemplates whether Microsoft’s announcement of Docker support on Windows will be a factor in the hypervisor battle between ESXi and Hyper-V. His post got me thinking—which is a good thing, I’d say—and I wanted to share my thoughts on the topic here. Naturally, it’s worth pointing out that I work for VMware, although I do work in a business unit that makes a multi-hypervisor…

   

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  Why Comments Aren't Available Yet (http://blog.scottlowe.org/2015/01/28/why-no-comments-yet/)A number of readers have asked—via e-mail, of course, given the subject of this post—why comments aren’t available yet on the new site. I’d like to take a quick moment to explain the current situation. First and foremost, it’s not because I don’t want feedback from readers. I would love to continue to have the outstanding feedback from readers that I’ve had over the last 9 years of this site. It’s also not because it’s too much trouble (too much comment spam, too much time to moderate,…

   

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  Using the Fork-and-Branch Git Workflow (http://blog.scottlowe.org/2015/01/27/using-fork-branch-git-workflow/)Now that I’ve provided you with an introduction to Git and a brief overview of using Git with GitHub , it’s time to build on that knowledge by taking a closer look at one workflow often used when collaborating with Git. The “fork and branch” workflow is a common way of collaborating on open source projects using Git and GitHub . In this post, I’m going to walk through this workflow (as I understand it—I’m constantly learning), with a focus toward helping those that are new to this sort of…

   

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  Using Git with GitHub (http://blog.scottlowe.org/2015/01/26/using-git-with-github/)Building on my earlier non-programmer’s introduction to Git , I wanted to talk a little bit about using Git with GitHub , a very popular service for hosting Git repositories. This post, in conjunction with the earlier introductory post on Git, will serve as the basis for a future post that talks about how to use Git and GitHub to collaborate with others on an open source project hosted on GitHub. If you aren’t familiar with Git and haven’t yet read the earlier introductory post, I strongly recommend…

   

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  Running Quick Diagnostics Performance Test On Nutanix with Diagnostics.py (http://longwhiteclouds.com/?p=10595)The setup of a Nutanix appliance is very simple and straight forward. After it’s been set up, it’s also very simple and straight forward to run a quick performance diagnostics to ensure everything is running as expected. To do this you can use diagnostics.py from the shell of one of the Nutanix Controller VM’s (CVM). […]

   

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  Nutanix SQL Server DB VAAI Clone Performance (http://longwhiteclouds.com/?p=10572)I’ve been doing work recently with SQL Server performance on the Nutanix platform. As part of this work I wanted to automate the creation of many SQL databases from template, so I could rapidly (within a couple of minutes) create and destroy them across various test iterations. This process is pretty normal for many test […]

   

  
  

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  VMware Online Launch Event – February 2015 (http://techhead.co/?p=8224)Just a quick post to make you aware that VMware have an extra-special online launch event happening on Friday 2nd 2015. VMware aren’t giving away any details around what the online launch event will entail, though it wouldn’t be hard to guess what it will likely be about – I’ll let you come to your […] The post VMware Online Launch Event – February 2015 appeared first on TechHead and was written by Simon Seagrave . Why not take a look at my other related posts?: VMware 12th July Live Online…

   

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  Virtualizing Oracle Databases on vSphere a book review (http://www.vmguru.com/?p=15048)As VMGuru we are virtualizing all kind of business critical applications since 2005. Virtualizing Oracle Databases on vSphere is often part of those projects. I must express tho that none of us is an Oracle DBA, but we are often involved in virtualization projects were their is Oracle software present in the application stacks. Within such a project, one of the first steps is explaining how virtualization works and which benefits the organization and especially the DBAs get by virtualizing Oracle.…

   

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  VMware and Google team up on Enterprise Clouds (http://www.vmguru.com/?p=15060)Pretty amazing news came out today. VMware and Google are to team up to accelerate enterprise clouds! VMware’s vCloud Air will incorporate Google’s Cloud DNS, Cloud Storage, Cloud Datastore and Bigquery. “Our collaboration will provide customers with a unique hybrid solution that combines the power and efficiencies of VMware virtualization and the hyperscale of Google Cloud Platform,” said Murali Sitaram, managing director, Global Partner Strategy & Alliances, Google. “As a result of this…

   

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  vRealize Automation Management Pack for vRealize Operations Manager is available now (http://www.vmguru.com/?p=15052)VMware just released the vRealize Automation Management Pack for vRealize Operations Manager. The Management Pack for vRealize Automation extends operational management capabilities of the vRealize OperationsManager platform to provide tenant-aware operational visibility of the infrastructure supporting private clouds to cloud provider administrators. In addition to the 3 out of box dashboards, this MP extends operational management platform, analytics and custom dashboarding capabilities of vR Ops to…

   

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  Technical Preview: CoreOS on vSphere 5.5 (http://www.vmguru.com/?p=15043)CoreOS is a new Linux distribution that has been re-architected to provide features needed to run modern infrastructure stacks. CoreOS is a new, lightweight Linux distribution that’s designed from the ground up to run containerized applications. The strategies and architectures that influence CoreOS allow companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter to run their services at scale with high resilience.  VMware has been working with the CoreOS team to enable the new OS to run on their vSphere platform,…

   

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  vRealize Orchestrator Cisco UCS Plugin is available now (http://www.vmguru.com/?p=15039)VMware Orchestrator is a development and process-automation platform that provides a library of extensible workflows that allow you to create and run automated, configurable processes to manage the VMware vSphere infrastructure. Orchestrator uses its open plugin architecture to allow you to integrate with other management and administration solutions. Cisco has done just that and created an Orchestrator plugin for Cisco UCS. The Cisco UCS Manager plugin for VMware Orchestrator leverages the open plugin…

   

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  Coffee as a Service with VMware Orchestrator (http://www.vmguru.com/?p=15014)Coffee as a Service, (CaaS?) I guess we all have that in some form. Some have a kind lady bringing coffee, others have a kind collegue.. but that is not what this is about. What this is about, is vCenter Orchestrator, or vRealize Orchestrator as it is recently renamed to. Not many people know that Orchestrator is actually a standard part of their VMware package and that they already have it at their disposal. But it really is! And you can already do amazing things with it, as Rob Shaw proves in his article,…

   

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  Put that USB Scanner in VMware Horizon View (http://www.vmguru.com/?p=15020)Putting a USB Scanner to work in a VMware Horizon View environment always was a pain in the butt. Either images came into the session sooooooo slooooooow you had a caffeine shock by the time the scan was finished, or images were garbled and looked like they were send from Mars, or you never got a scan at all. It all was very frustrating, especially if you were trying to get that desk clear of paper to put it into a document management system or when you wanted to add those pictures to your project. The…

   

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  For the Dutchies: 19 March, Dutch VMUG Event – Mark your calendar! (http://www.vmguru.com/?p=15003)It has been a long standing tradition: The dutch VMUG event. Last year in March the event was held in Den Bosch for the first time in a new format. And as we dutchies are fanatical lovers of virtualization in almost any form, this year it’s no different! At thursday, the 19th of March, the dutch VMUG Event will take place again in Congrescenter “1931” in Den Bosch, Netherlands. The program will be published soon at the Dutch VMUG website , so stay tuned for that. If you are confident it will fit your…

   

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  VMware Fling: Horizon Toolbox (http://www.vmguru.com/?p=14994)Recently, VMware updated the Horizon Toolbox, a fling for Horizon. The Horizon Toolbox was formally known as the “View auditing portal” and acts as an extension to the Horizon View Administrator (Horizon 6.0 or above is required). This new web portal offers several functions that you, like me, might have missed in the View Administrator. Auditing Some extra Auditing functions are added that should give you extra insight into your Horizon View infrastructure. Sessions:  Shows historical concurrent…

   

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  vRealize Orchestrator Puppet plugin is available now (http://www.vmguru.com/?p=14989)vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) Puppet plugin enables vRealize Automation (vRA) and Puppet to work together to achieve infrastructure configuration, application deployment, and lifecycle management. vRO Puppet plugin is a collection of vRO workflows which work with embedded or external vRealize orchestrator, and it supports Puppet enterprise as well as Puppet open source flavors. Workflows available with this plugin can be used in a standalone manner as well as multiple workflows can be combined for desired…

   

  
  

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  #vBrownBag VCDX Q&A Panel Follow-Up (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=5264)On the 10th of January 2015 , the EMEA #vBrownbag started the VCDX series with a VCDX Q&A panel. We were joined by Chris Colotti, Karl Childs, Rene van den Bedem and Rob Nolen on the panel and had a great discussion which ran over the hour and could have gone on for another hour. […]

   

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  #vBrownBag DevOps Follow-Up Introduction to Docker with James Turnbull (@kartar) (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=5260)James Turnbull, author of The Docker Book, joins the #vBrownBag DevOps series to provide an introduction to Docker. Docker Video You can follow James on Twitter @kartar and his blog kartar.net Originally published at http://ProfessionalVMware.com– Sign up for the live #vBrownBag broadcast at http://professionalvmware.com/brownbags/ where you can also get updates and view our past […]

   

  
  

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FROM THE EDITORS VIRTUAL DESK

Hi everyone, well it was a very busy week with al of the awesome VMware announcements. Here is a summary for you:

- VMware vSphere 6 - a new, major-version platform release with 650+ new features, and the foundation of our unified platform
- VMware vCloud Suite and vSphere with Operations Management have both been updated to vSphere 6, along with other updates to our management offerings
- Internally, VMware has been “dogfooding” vSphere 6 since last March, using early and iterative versions
- Virtual SAN 6 and vSphere Virtual Volumes, both representing the next major phase of VMware’s software defined storage strategy
- VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO) distribution - this is OpenStack on VMware, installable in a few clicks and fully supported by VMware
- A new technology preview that bridges the public and private cloud through the combination of VMware NSX network virtualization and VMware vCloud Air, enabling a single, - secure network domain which includes both private and public clouds
- An expanded agreement with Google to deliver greater enterprise access to public cloud services via VMware vCloud Air

We also announced the VMware vExperts for 2015. Congratulations to all who were nominated and I am sure you will hear more from the vExperts in 2015 in the TAM Source Newsletter each week, we thank them for their contribution - http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2015/02/vexpert-2014-announcement-2.html

Virtually Yours

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NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM VMWARE

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• Ghost – glibc gethostbyname* buffer overflow (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6399)In case you missed it, on January 27th, 2015 a buffer overflow vulnerability in the glibc gethostbyname() function was disclosed. The issue is identified by CVE-2015-0235 and was given the name “Ghost.” The VMware Security Engineering, Communications, and Response group (vSECR) began investigating this issue immediately. The security blog at VMware released a blog post […]

   

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  Top 20 Articles for January 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6397)Here is our Top 20 KB list for January 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. 1. ESXi host cannot initiate vMotion or enable services and reports the error: Heap globalCartel-1 already at its maximum size.Cannot […]

   

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  From Transforming the Enterprise to Serving the Nation (http://blogs.vmware.com/cio/?p=114)My Journey Continues By Tony Scott, CIO, VMware It has been 18 months since I joined VMware, and what an incredible journey it has been. I came to VMware because of its transformational potential, the leadership, the people and the location. I have been fortunate to have benefited on every front. VMware’s technology is truly […]

   

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  VMware Weekly News Recap, Feb. 6, 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3620)VMware News It’s been a busy week for VMware! On Monday, at a live event in San Francisco, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger and CTO Ben Fathi introduced our latest innovations across virtual compute, networking and storage. The theme of the event – One Cloud, Any Application – speaks to our new products and services that help […]

   

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  Don’t Miss the VMware Weather Report Today at 12:30 PT (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3609)Today from 12:30-1:30pm PT, VMware will be hosting a Twitter chat to discuss recent news and the major developments in enterprise technology this year. Tweet your questions to #VMchat before the event and then tune in live here: https://www.crowdchat.net/VMchat   Participants will include: Oliver Roll (co-moderator), VP, Global Corporate Communications at VMware Matt Eastwood (co-moderator),  Group Vice […]

   

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  VMware vCloud Government Service Meets FedRAMP Requirements (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3615)Summary: VMware vCloud Government Service provided by Carpathia Achieves Provisional Authority to Operate through the U.S. Government’s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) vCloud Government Service Now Generally Available Today, VMware announced that VMware vCloud® Government Service™ provided by Carpathia has achieved the Provisional Authority to Operate (ATO) through the U.S. Government’s Federal Risk […]

   

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  An Open Letter to CIOs: Curating the New IT (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3604)By Joe Baguley, CTO of EMEA at VMware For a long time, many IT teams have been forced to function as the department of “no.” “Can we update to Exchange 2013?” “No.” “This project collaboration tool looks neat. Can we get it?” “Sounds great. Let’s circle back in nine months.” Even for a modestly sized […]

   

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  EMC’s VSPEX BLUE Joins the VMware EVO:RAIL Family of Systems (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3585)By Mornay Van Der Walt, vice president, EVO: RAIL Group, VMware Today, we are happy to welcome EMC’s VSPEX BLUE to the VMware EVO:RAIL family of systems (read EMC’s announcement). Announced today at VMware Partner Exchange 2015 in San Francisco, VSPEX Blue is a radically simplified hyper-converged infrastructure appliance 100 percent powered by EMC and […]

   

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  VMware Acquires Immidio (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3587)By Sumit Dhawan, senior vice president and general manager, desktop products, End-User Computing, VMware We are excited to announce that VMware has acquired Immidio, a privately held company that offers a user environment management (UEM) solution. The Immidio UEM solution provides a consistent and dynamic desktop experience that is independent of operating system, device and location. […]

   

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  Unveiling One Cloud to Build, Run and Manage Any Application (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3583)By Mark Lohmeyer, vice president of vSphere product management and marketing, VMware Today at a live event in San Francisco, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger and CTO Ben Fathi introduced our latest innovations across virtual compute, networking and storage.  (Read the press release). The theme of the event – One Cloud, Any Application – speaks to […]

   

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  Top Posts from VMware Global Support Services (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5235)Each month, we’ll share the top VMware Global Support Services (GSS) news, alerts, and announcements from our sister blog VMware Support Insider. Read on to find out what you might have missed last month. VMware Horizon (with View) Pilot GSS is continuing their pilot around the VMware Horizon (with View) product. The pilot kicked off last September […]

   

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  VMware Certification Builds Knowledge and Credibility (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5218)VMware is a recognized leader for delivering innovative software solutions that enable a software-defined enterprise. Organizations need IT professionals with the cloud and virtualization skills required to support these environments. VMware has introduced a new Certification roadmap that sets the standard for IT professionals. The new roadmap offers increased flexibility and career growth, and helps […]

   

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  New VMware vSphere 6 Training Courses (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5214)VMware vSphere® is the world’s leading server virtualization platform, and is the foundation of the Software-Defined Data Center. The new vSphere 6 builds on the success of prior versions of vSphere and extends your ability to virtualize scale-up and scale-out applications, redefine availability, and simplify your virtual data center. Gain more value from your investment […]

   

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  One Platform, Any Application – and Getting There with Cloud-Native (http://blogs.vmware.com/cto/?p=3298)Today’s an exciting day for VMware as we hold our biggest launch ever for a plethora of new products. While Pat and Ben are unveiling all the new features, I wanted to give the Cloud-Native Apps perspective.  As you guys know, our focus is on helping customers develop next-gen applications and operate them in production. It’s about helping our customers get applications to market faster.  VMware’s recent product announcements provide key technology building blocks to realizing this goal. VMware’s…

   

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  vSphere APIs for IO Filtering (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16231)I’ve been fortunate to have one of our super sharp product line managers, Alex Jauch (twitter @ajauch), spend some time explaining to me one of the new enabling technologies of vSphere 6.0: VAIO.  Let’s take a look at this really powerful capability and see what types of things it can enable and an overview of […]

   

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  VMware’s 64-node All-Flash VSAN demo at PEX (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16220)Another productive VMware Partner Exchange day for our partners and we had another great turnout at the Software-Defined Storage (SDS) Pavilion, where we demoed VDI boot storm on VMware’s 64-node All-Flash VSAN and we continue to have multiple ecosystem partners showcasing their joint solutions with Virtual SAN and Virtual Volumes. If you missed it, on […]

   

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  The Software-Defined Storage Pavilion is open! (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16200)  PEX 2015 is off to a great start, and in case you missed it Software-Defined Storage (SDS) is key component of what VMware wants to show the partner community this year. We announced VMware Virtual SAN 6, the next generation of the radically simple hypervisor-converged storage software, and vSphere Virtual Volumes, a new integration […]

   

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  vSphere 6.0 Hardening Guide – Overview of coming changes (https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16181)The vSphere Hardening Guide provides guidance on how to securely deploy VMware vSphere in a production environment. The vSphere Hardening Guide also serves as a foundation upon which regulatory compliance objectives are built. These organizations map compliance guidelines with vSphere Hardening Guide guidelines. Hardening Guides are an industry recognized method of implementing stricter security to […]

   

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  Announcing the VMware Software-Defined Storage Pavilion at PEX 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16158)Following the exciting launch of VMware Virtual SAN 6 and vSphere Virtual Volumes, PEX 2015 will host the first Software-Defined Storage (SDS) Pavilion to showcase solutions by the partners in the SDS ecosystem. The SDS Pavilion is located on the 2nd floor of Moscone West. This week, Tuesday to Thursday, the SDS Pavilion will be featuring […]

   

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  VMware Virtual SAN 6.0 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16084)It is with great pleasure and joy that I like to announce the official launch of VMware Virtual SAN 6.0, one of VMware’s most innovative software-defined storage products and the best hypervisor-converged storage platform for virtual machines. Virtual SAN 6.0 delivers a vast variety of enhancements, new features to the as well as performance and scalability […]

   

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  vSphere Virtual Volumes (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16104)Today VMware announced the release of vSphere 6.0 and with this announcement comes the official release of vSphere Virtual Volumes. vSphere Virtual Volumes (VVOLs) is VMware’s new management & integration framework designed to deliver a more efficient operational model for external storage. vSphere Virtual Volumes implements the core tenants of the VMware SDS vision to […]

   

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  Announcing vSphere 6: Virtualize Applications with Confidence (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16060)Today, VMware announces vSphere 6, the latest release of the industry-leading virtualization platform, and the first major release of the flagship product in more than three years (read the press release).  vSphere 6 is packed with 650-plus new features and innovations that will empower users to virtualize applications with confidence by delivering increased scale and […]

   

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  vRealize Operations Management Pack for Virtual SAN Beta – Early Sign-up (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16073)If you already heard the exciting news about VMware new offerings – vSphere 6, Virtual SAN 6 and vSphere Virtual Volumes – and thought it can’t get any better, we have a small surprise for you. Virtual SAN 6.0 includes a host of new features including high performance snapshots and clones, all flash Virtual SAN […]

   

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  Building Service-based Cost Models to Accelerate Your IT Transformation (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=1396)By Khalid Hakim “Why is this so expensive?” As IT moves towards a service-based model, this is the refrain that IT financial managers often hear. It’s a difficult question to answer if you don’t have the data and structure that you need to clearly and accurately defend the numbers. Fighting this perception, and building trust […]

   

  
  

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  Understanding View Disposable Disks (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=2023)By Travis Wood, VCDX-97 When VMware introduced Linked-Clones in View 4.5 there was a new type of disk included called the Disposable Disk. The purpose of this disk was to redirect certain volatile files away from the OS Disk to help reduce linked-clone growth.  I have read a lot of designs that utilize disposable disks but it […]

   

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  MomentumSI Brings New DevOps and Cloud Professional Services to VMware (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=2017)By now, it is common knowledge that VMware has evolved beyond server virtualization and is a leading Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, and End-User Computing provider.  To enable the transformational business outcomes that these technologies support, we have continued to invest in building the best Professional Services team in the industry. I am excited to share […]

   

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  Monitoring vRealize Automation with vRealize Operations and vRealize Hyperic (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=5912)Have you ever deployed vRealize Automation? If so, then you know that it has a highly complex architecture, made up of dozens of individual components – and has historically been a bit of a hassle to properly monitor. That said, there’s good news for administrators who have both the vRealize Automation and the vRealize Operations […]

   

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  Capacity Optimization and Scenario Modeling for the Virtual Infrastructure – vRealize Operations Tech Tips #9 (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=5880)In our last Tech Tips series blog post, we talked about Allocation vs Demand Based Capacity Modeling. So, now that you have a better understanding of the common capacity planning terms and the need to have both an allocation and a demand based modeling techniques, it’s time to take a look at how vRealize Operations helps […]

   

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  Managing a Multi-Tenant Cloud with vRealize Automation (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=5942)by Rich Bourdeau In many cases, businesses set up private or hybrid clouds that can be shared by a number of groups within a company.  However, in shared cloud environment, where multiple companies, divisions or independent groups are using a common infrastructure fabric, sometimes it is necessary to set up virtual private clouds where authentication, […]

   

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  vRealize Code Stream – The Importance of Artifact Management in Release Automation (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=5933)by Rich Bourdeau One of the most critical aspects of being able to release software faster and more efficiently is to make sure everyone in the release delivery process is using the same software binaries.  All the improvements in development and testing will be wasted if different groups are using different binary versions from different […]

   

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  VSAN: Simplifying SDDC Storage operations with vRealize Operations Management Pack for Storage Devices (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=5887)In my last Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) operations blog, I wrote about simplifying virtual networking (VMware NSX) operations in SDDC using vRealize Operations NSX management pack. In this blog, I’ll cover the other key aspect of SDDC Operations – Storage (Including VSAN) You should definitely try the Management Pack for Storage Devices 6.0 if […]

   

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  Avaya Announces Hybrid Engagement-as-a-Service on vCloud Air (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=4873)Last week, Avaya became the latest major industry player to choose VMware vCloud® AirTM as a platform for delivering secure, high-performing and resilient services to the enterprise. Avaya announced a powerful new service on vCloud Air that takes advantage of the core strengths of the hybrid cloud. The new solution, called Hybrid Engagement as a […]

   

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  VMware vCloud Government Service Meets FedRAMP Requirements (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=4883)Today, VMware announced that VMware vCloud® Government Service™ provided by Carpathia has achieved the Provisional Authority to Operate (ATO) through the U.S. Government’s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). vCloud Government Service – an infrastructure-as-a-service hybrid cloud – is based on the award-winning VMware vSphere® platform. As a result, government and defense agencies can […]

   

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  More ISVs Join the vCloud Air Ecosystem (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=4871)VMware vCloud® AirTM continues to gain momentum in the marketplace with customers and ISVs alike. This week at the VMware Partner Exchange (PEX) in San Francisco, six new partners announced their support of the vCloud Air platform, while an existing ISV partner certified an additional solution for their vCloud Air-certified portfolio. These ISVs have joined […]

   

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  Scaling Out Redis Performance with Docker on vSphere 6.0 (http://blogs.vmware.com/performance/?p=2110)by Davide Bergamasco In an earlier VROOM! post we discussed, among other things, the performance of the Redis in-memory key-value store in a Docker/vSphere environment. In that post we focused on a single instance of a Redis server subject to a more or less artificial workload with the goal of assessing the absolute performance of […]

   

  
  

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  Delivering the Promise of the Cloud: Desktop as a Service (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7021)By Anthony Foster, senior technical marketing manager, Cloud and End-User Compute Solutions, EMC Today at VMware Partner Exchange 2015, (PEX), EMC and VMware said they have plans to offer a Desktop as a Service (DaaS) Reference Architecture (RA) that will be available soon. The “EMC Desktop as a Service with EMC XtremIO All-Flash Array for […]

   

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  Understanding VMware Workspace Environment Management (WEM) And Welcoming Immidio! (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7033)By Harry Labana, vice president, products, End-User Computing, VMware I’m thrilled with our announcement of the acquisition of Immidio and their user environment management (UEM) solution that provides a consistent and dynamic application and desktop experience across physical, virtual and cloud infrastructures. A hearty congratulations to the Immidio team and a warm welcome to the […]

   

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  An Exciting New Chapter In the Journey (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7025)By Rob Huisman, CEO of Immidio Today, I am excited to announce that Immidio will be joining the VMware family as part of the VMware End-User Computing team. This is the culmination of nearly 7 years of hard work and I’d like to take the opportunity to revisit how we got here. It was back […]

   

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  Updates To VMware Horizon and EVO: Rail Raises the Bar in Delivering Performance, Simplicity and Reach for Virtualized Desktops and Applications (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7019)By Erik Frieberg, vice president, marketing, End-User Computing, VMware  As we look at how end-user computing has evolved over the course of 2014, a lot has changed. With several strategic VMware investments now in our rear-view mirror that offer innovative new solutions, our customers are already reaping the benefits of a transformed solution landscape as […]

   

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  VMware Acquires Immidio To Offer Workspace Environment Management (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7015)By Sumit Dhawan, senior vice president and general manager, desktop products, End-User Computing, VMware As our partners know by now, VMware always kicks-off the New Year with VMware Partner Exchange. Partners from all around the world come to the event to get an update on VMware’s business strategy, learn about new partner programs, meet with […]

   

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  NVIDIA and VMware Together Deliver Scalable Rich Graphics Applications for Remote Desktops (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7011)By Shankar Iyer, vice president, product management, End-User Computing, VMware Last March at NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference, VMware and NVIDIA announced our collaboration in delivering more scalable, cost effective rich graphics applications to remote desktops. Today, we are happy to announce the results of our joint collaboration with the introduction of NVIDIA GRID vGPU to […]

   

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  Enterprise mobility news recap: Feb 2-6 (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=34405)As we begin the month of February, mobility organizations are making exciting announcements and events are lining up. Ready, set, go! Tony Scott, CIO of VMWare, was tapped by President Obama to serve United States Chief Information Officer. A White House blog post outlines Scott’s objectives, which include securing Federal IT information, further integrating digital technology […]

   

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  Nemertes Research ranks AirWatch top midmarket solutions for MDM and MAM (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=34378)AirWatch ranked first in two recent Nemertes Research reports: The 2014 PilotHouse Midmarket Mobility Summary Reports for Mobile Device Management (MDM) and Mobile Application Management (MAM). PilotHouse Reports provide color-coded guidance to IT leaders making vendor decisions. According to Nemertes, vendors ranking in top “green” positions on the Lighthouse, “should be part of every evaluation […]

   

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  AirWatch wins four Compass Intelligence Awards (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=34366)At its 2015 awards ceremony, the market research and consulting firm Compass Intelligence named AirWatch the winner of four awards in two categories. For the second year in a row, AirWatch won the awards for Mobile Device Management, Mobile App Management and Integrated Mobile Management. For the first time this year, AirWatch won the award […]

   

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  Announcing the Connect Local spring 2015 tour (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=34324)Beginning in Boston, Mass., and Columbus, Ohio, on March 2, AirWatch Connect Local is kicking off another full-fledged tour across 26 North American cities. Registration is now open. Connect Local is a one-day event that gathers AirWatch customers and free trial users for an opportunity to learn more about the product, interact with AirWatch experts […]

   

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  Video recap: Mobile technology takes center stage at BETT 2015 (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=34258)BETT 2015 welcomed more than 35,000 attendees and 750 exhibitors who showcased more than 2,000 products. The event gathered a wide variety of professionals in the market such as IT specialists, teachers and researchers. AirWatch’s Preston Winn attended the event, moderated a panel, and demonstrated the latest features of AirWatch Teacher Tools. In the following […]

   

  
  

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  Continuous Learning on Your Schedule (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1599)The Learning Zone is a new cloud-based service that gives you and your customers a full year of unlimited, 24/7 access to official VMware video-based training on demand. VMware experts and instructors discuss solutions, provide instructions and tips, and give advice on a variety of advanced topics with high-value learning opportunities.

   

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  Deliver One Cloud, Any Application with New Software-Defined Data Center Solutions (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1590)Earlier this week we announced new features and capabilities for our Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) solutions including expanded support for next generation applications, a new model for software-defined storage and the ability to choose an open-source infrastructure. Help your customer’s achieve key business outcomes with these new offerings. Learn more: Visit the Quarterly Partner Briefing […]

   

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  Watch how Fast the VOA Program Closes Additional Business (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1596)Watch this powerful 5-minute whiteboard video (also available in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Swedish) to learn how the vSphere Optimization Assessment (VOA) program can help you close additional business.

   

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  Quarterly Partner Briefing Portal Launched (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1594)The Quarterly Partner Briefing portal is the forum for us to share with you the latest information on our upcoming product and solution launches, along with other important announcements and programs.  This quarter’s briefing features videos with product launch news and updates around vSphere,  Virtual SAN, vCloud Suite,  vSphere with Operations Management,  VMware Integrated OpenStack,  […]

   

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  Cloud Management Solutions Now Available (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1592)Download the playbook to learn how to sell VMware vRealize Operations 6.0, vRealize Operations for Horizon 6.0, vRealize Business Standard 6.0, and vRealize Business Advanced/Enterprise 8.2.

   

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  Daring to Thrive & Succeeding—Day 3 of Partner Exchange 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2372)The last day of Partner Exchange 2015 is sadly upon us, but what a fantastic event it has been. We Dared You to Thrive as we unveiled some new launches, acquisitions and partnerships, and thrive you did. Last night’s Partner Appreciation party was packed with individuals from around the globe, all working towards a common goal. […]

   

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  The Journey to the Cloud- Day 2 of Partner Exchange 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2362)Day two of Partner Exchange 2015 has come and gone quicker than we could say “One Cloud, Any App”. Ben Fathi, VMware’s CTO, kicked off this morning’s General Session Keynote by discussing “Technology Direction: Disruptions and Opportunities”. He jumped right in to some of today’s industry trends to lay the groundwork for what IT is […]

   

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  Bridging Partnerships- Day 1 of Partner Exchange 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2348)The day has finally come where over 4,000 VMware partners and executives, in over 80 countries around the globe, gather together and Dare to Thrive in this ever growing and evolving high tech industry. General Session Highlights Day 1 of Partner Exchange 2015 began with a General Session keynote led by VMware President and COO, […]

   

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  Melt Away Rigid Structures with New Software-Defined Data Center Solutions (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2344)If there is one thing your customers have in common, it’s a liquid business. At VMware, we refer to a liquid business as an environment that is dynamic and fluid –where old, rigid structures are continuously melting away. For example being able to work without physically being at work or being able to buy your […]

   

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  VMware: your trusted partner to support journey of your application to the cloud (http://blogs.vmware.com/tap/?p=992)As customers look for the flexibility to run critical workloads on premise, in the cloud, or moving seamlessly between these environments, traditional software vendors are under pressure to enable this capability for their customers. However, this requires changes in how software is developed, delivered and sold to customers. To retain customers, as well as enter […]

   

  
  

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  What’s new for HA in vSphere 6.0? (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=15835)Instead of one generic post with a bunch of data I picked a couple of features and dug a little bit deeper, today I will be discussing what is new for HA in vSphere 6.0. Lets start with a list and then look at the features / enhancements individually: Support for Virtual Volumes – With […] " What’s new for HA in vSphere 6.0? " 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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  What is new for Virtual SAN 6.0? (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=15803)vSphere 6.0 was just announced and with it a new version of Virtual SAN. I don’t think it is needed to introduce Virtual SAN as I have written many many articles about it in the last 2 years. Personally I am very excited about this release as it adds some really cool functionality if you […] " What is new for Virtual SAN 6.0? " 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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  vSphere 6.0 finally announced! (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=15844)Today Pat Gelsinger and Ben Fathi announced vSphere 6.0. (if you missed it you can still sign up for other events) I know many of you have been waiting on this and are ready to start your download engines but please note that this is just the announcement of GA… the bits will follow shortly. […] " vSphere 6.0 finally announced! " 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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  New fling released: VM Resource and Availability Service (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=15858)I have the pleasure of announcing a brand new fling that was released today. This fling is called “VM Resource and Availability Service” and is something that I came up with during a flight to Palo Alto while talking to Frank Denneman. When it comes to HA Admission Control the one thing that always bugged […] " New fling released: VM Resource and Availability Service " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Pre-order my upcoming book Essential Virtual…

   

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I keep getting this error "ERROR: Trouble creating test instance, Failed to get variable STAF/Config/OS/Name, RC:16" when trying to run tests on workbench 3.0.2 for serv55 certs.  I show STAF as running.

I did notice I get this when I do a staf_test from workbench to my windows vm.

staf_test w2k8up

Result from: staf local ping ping

PONG

Result from: staf local trust get machine w2k8up

5

Result from: staf w2k8up trust get machine local

5

Result from: staf w2k8up fs get file staftest > /tmp/staftest

VMware Workbench STAF configuration test message

ERROR: Touch file contained invalid data

I have disabled every firewall and have tried reinstalling those VM and STAF.