MS SQL high availability support for vRealize Automation
With a vRealize Automation Distributed setup, we are able to create a highly available vRealize Automation environment with redundant vRA appliances, IaaS Servers and Orchestrators behind load balancers. But what about the MS SQL high availability for the Iaas Server(s)? Lately I had some discussion on…
Setup the vRealize Automation prerequisites for IaaS
When you’re setting up your vRealize Automation environment, you start of easy with the vRealize Automation appliance. After this you’re probably thinking it will be ‘a peace of cake‘, ‘a walk in the park‘ or any other metafor that’s harder to remember than the vRA…
vRealize Automation: How to …
Since I started at VMware Benelux in January 2015 the learning curve has been a steep one. In my previous life I had been working with the products in the vRealize Suite. I’ve done multiple designs and real life implementations including vRealize Operations but there was…
VMworld 2015: VMware announces VMware Identity Manager Advanced
In June, VMware introduced VMware Identity Manager, an Identity as a Service (IDaaS) offering that we began including in premium versions of AirWatch Enterprise Mobility Management. At day two of VMworld 2015, VMware announced VMware Identity Manager Advanced, a new standalone package of Identity Manager…
VMworld 2015: vCloud Air enhancements
Today at the start of VMworld 2015, VMware announced several enhancements to vCloud Air. These updates and others from VMware this week show how the company is looking to become a formidable contender in the cloud infrastructure market. Companies are depending on public clouds to…
VMworld 2015: VMware launches vSphere Integrated Containers
Two months ago VMware introduced Project Bonneville. Today at VMworld 2015, Kit Colbert revealed Bonneville’s core technology which is now powering vSphere Integrated Containers. VMware today announced technology previews for vSphere Integrated Containers and Photon Platform — two new products that companies can use to build…
VMworld 2015: VMware introduces EVO SDDC
VMware expanded its software-defined data center strategy with the introduction of its EVO SDDC software stack for managing storage, compute, networking and virtualization resources as a single system. EVO SDDC, previously known as EVO:RACK, can be used by OEMs to build integrated enterprise software-defined data…
VMworld 2015: Keynote LiveBlog.
In a few minutes we will bring you a live report from the keynote session of VMworld 2015 in San Francisco.
VMware releases vRealize Production Test
Yesterday VMware released the vRealize Production Test which is an add-on tool to the vRealize Suite that you can use to monitor the production health of your vRealize Suite deployment from the initial deployment to the operational phase. By using vRealize Production Test, you can run…
vCenter Server 6 Availability Guide
vCenter Server has become a mission critical part of most virtual infrastructures. It can be a single point of failure if it is not designed for availability. vCenter Server 6 has many changes relating to vCenter Server and its components and careful consideration has to…
How to: Build a custom image with vSphere ESXi Image Builder CLI
In February I’ve build myself a new home lab with some Shuttle DS81’s, as I described in detail. But due to the vSphere 6 release date and the upcoming ‘Barista-as-a-Service’-VMUG demo I used vSphere 5.5 Update 2. But now vSphere 6 is GA and the VMUG…
Cloud Native Applications powered by Photon
VMware just announced the introduction of two new Open Source projects, Project Lightwave and Project Photon, both of which are intended to improve scalability and integration between cloud apps and existing enterprise infrastructure. VMware recognizes that containers, microservices, and DevOps are changing how modern applications…
Secure Cloud Native Applications with Lightwave
VMware just announced the introduction of two new Open Source projects, Project Lightwave and Project Photon, both of which are intended to improve scalability and integration between cloud apps and existing enterprise infrastructure. VMware recognizes that containers, microservices, and DevOps are changing how modern applications…
VMware releases vRealize Orchestrator plug-in for vSphere Replication
VMware has released the vRealize Orchestrator plug-in for vSphere Replication. This new plug-in allows VMware administrators to simplify the management of their vSphere Replication infrastructure by leveraging the robust workflow automation platform of vRealize Orchestrator. The vRealize Orchestrator plug-in for vSphere Replication extends automation capabilities for certain…
VMware releases vROPs management pack for OpenStack 1.5
VMware continues to invest in OpenStack with the vROPs management pack for OpenStack 1.5. The vROPs management pack for OpenStack provides comprehensive operational capabilities for managing an OpenStack environment. It provides out of the box dashboards, reports, inventory views, and alerts complete with remediation actions….
