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…
News from the VMware Education front
There’s a lot happening on the VMware Education side of things. Since VMware released vSphere 6 a lot of courses and exams are updated or are still in beta. So here’s the list: VMware Certified Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV) VMware Certified Professional…
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…
Hybrid Cloud Data Encryption with VMware vCloud Air
HyTrust Expands Agreement for Hybrid Cloud Data Encryption with VMware vCloud Air. VMware is going to resell HyTrust Encryption and Key Management Solutions to support data security and compliance. This way it opens up the way for enterprises to migrate to a hybrid cloud model….
Support on Windows 2003 ends soon
[ujicountdown id=”Default” expire=”2015/07/15 00:00″ hide=”true” url=”” subscr=”” recurring=”” rectype=”second” repeats=””] Are you stressed out about the oncoming storm? No? So, you migrated all your servers to Windows 2008 or later already? No hidden servers left, gathering dust somewhere? If you’re wondering what it is all…
How to properly license your infrastructure
Making sure you have the right licenses for your infrastructure is hard work. Real hard work. A lot of companies have one or more employees just to make sure they conform to all licensing requirements of their vendors. To make life a little easier I collected…
Login PI 1.0 now available
I’ts finally here: Login PI 1.0. If you haven’t read our article in December, here’s a short recap on what Login PI is. You probably heard of Login VSI. With Login VSI you can do load testing and benchmarking. It is often used to test a new…
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…
The (Un)official VMware VCIX-NV Study Guide
VMware released a new certification for NSX back in October 2014; the VMware Certified Implementation Expert (VCIX-NV). This new certification is the next level for VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization (VCP-NV) and validates your skills and your ability to install, configure and administer VMware…
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….
Top vBlog 2015 Results are in VMGuru on #25
The Top 25 of the Top vBlog 2015 results are in. VMGuru on #25. We made it once again to the top 25. Thanks to our supports! This year there were +2.200 votes compared to the 1.400 from last year. Also the total number of…
vRealize Operations Manager Content Pack for Log Insight
vRealize Operations Manager Content Pack for Log Insight is provided to present log data in a more meaningful way and to analyze all the logs redirected from a vRealize Operations Manager instance(s). The content pack contains various dashboards, queries and alerts to provide better diagnostics and…
Barista as a Service with vRealize Orchestrator
On Thursday March 19 the NLVMUG UserCon 2015 took place at the 1931 Conference Center in Den Bosch, The Netherlands. Erik thought it would be cool to do something different with vRealize Orchestrator as s a showcase since he was presenting at the NLVMUG together with Martijn…
Microsoft SQL 2014 Licensing in a VMware environment
I still get a lot of requests to explain how Microsoft SQL 2014 Licensing in a VMware environment works. More and more business critical workloads find their way to the Software Defined Data Center as a virtual workload. For virtual workloads licensing was a bit…