vSphere
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VCF 9 – Updating the Supervisor Service

Supervisor and VKS clusters are built using a common Kubernetes distribution core, but their Kubernetes versions are delivered differently. Starting with VCF 9, Supervisor Kubernetes releases are delivered independently of vCenter. You can update the Supervisor version by deploying a release from the Supervisor Content Library. In this blog post, we will walk through the… Continue reading
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From Virtualization to Cloud Service Delivery with VMware Cloud Foundation & VCSPs

Are you leveraging VMware Cloud Foundation and VCSPs for cloud service delivery? Let’s discuss! #CloudComputing #VMware #VCF #CloudServiceProviders #HybridCloud #SovereignCloud #PrivateAI Continue reading
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Integrating VMware Data Services Manager with VMware Cloud Director

In today’s rapidly evolving cloud landscape, integrating robust data management solutions is crucial for maintaining efficiency and scalability. VMware’s Data Services Manager (DSM) offers a comprehensive suite of tools to manage data services, and when integrated with VMware Cloud Director (VCD) and the Data Solutions Extension (DSE), it provides a powerful platform for cloud providers… Continue reading
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Why VMware VCSP Partners Should Embrace vSAN Now: A Powerhouse for Private Cloud Offerings with the New Licensing Advantage
In today’s dynamic business environment, enterprises are increasingly seeking agile and scalable private cloud solutions. VMware partners are uniquely positioned to capitalize on this trend, and vSAN, VMware’s software-defined storage solution, is a powerful tool to add to your private cloud arsenal. Let’s delve into why vSAN, with its new licensing model and advanced architecture,… Continue reading
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Deploy, Run, and Manage Any Application with VMware Cloud Director Content Hub

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, businesses require agile and scalable solutions to deploy and manage their applications efficiently. VMware Cloud Director Content Hub (VDCH) introduced in VMware Cloud Director 10.5, offers a robust platform for a simplified and automated way to deploy, run, and manage a wide range of applications. In this blog, we’ll explore… Continue reading
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Infrastructure as Code with VMware Cloud Director

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, organizations are constantly seeking ways to optimize their IT operations and streamline infrastructure management. One approach that has gained significant traction is Infrastructure as Code (IaC). By treating infrastructure provisioning and management as code, IaC enables organizations to automate and standardize their processes, resulting in increased efficiency, scalability, and consistency.… Continue reading
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Harness the Power of Cloud Director Data Solutions: Offer DBaaS using VMware SQL with MySQL

The VMware Cloud Director Extension for Data Solutions is a game-changing plug-in for the VMware Cloud Director. By incorporating data and messaging services into the VMware Cloud Director portfolio, it enables cloud providers and their tenants to access and manage services such as VMware SQL with MySQL, VMware SQL with PostgreSQL, and the efficient messaging… Continue reading
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Assess Your Sovereign Cloud Stack for Compliance
VMware vRealize (ARIA) Operations Compliance Pack for Sovereign Cloud is a management pack available in the VMware Marketplace. You can download and install this management pack on an instance of vRealize (ARIA) Operations to automatically assess a Sovereign Cloud stack for compliance. VMware vRealize (ARIA) Operations Compliance Pack for Sovereign Cloud is intended to be used by the VMware… Continue reading
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NFS DataStore on VMware Cloud on AWS using Amazon FSx for NetApp
Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP integration with VMware Cloud on AWS is an AWS-managed external NFS datastore built on NetApp’s ONTAP file system that can be attached to a cluster in your SDDC. It provides customers with flexible, high-performance virtualized storage infrastructure that scales independently of compute resources. PROCESS DEPLOY VMWARE MANAGED TRANSIT GATEWAY To use FSx… Continue reading
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AI/ML with VMware Cloud Director
AI/ML—short for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)—represents an important evolution in computer science and data processing that is quickly transforming a vast array of industries. Why is AI/ML important? it’s no secret that data is an increasingly important business asset, with the amount of data generated and stored globally growing at an exponential… Continue reading
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Tanzu on Azure Native
VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid provides organizations with a consistent, upstream-compatible, regional Kubernetes substrate that is ready for end-user workloads and ecosystem integrations. You can deploy Tanzu Kubernetes Grid across software-defined datacenters (SDDC) and public cloud environments, including vSphere, Microsoft Azure, and Amazon EC2. in this blog post we will deploy Tanzu Kubernetes Grid 1.4 to… Continue reading
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Code to Container with Tanzu Build Service
Tanzu Build Service uses the open-source Cloud Native Buildpacks project to turn application source code into container images. Build Service executes reproducible builds that align with modern container standards, and additionally keeps images up-to-date. It does so by leveraging Kubernetes infrastructure with kpack, a Cloud Native Buildpacks Platform, to orchestrate the image lifecycle. Tanzu Build Service helps customers develop… Continue reading
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Deploy Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters using Tanzu Mission Control
VMware Tanzu Mission Control is a centralized management platform for consistently operating and securing your Kubernetes infrastructure and modern applications across multiple teams and clouds. TMC is Available through VMware Cloud services, Tanzu Mission Control provides operators with a single control point to give developers the independence they need to drive business forward, while ensuring consistent management… Continue reading
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Deploy Harbor Registry on TKG Clusters
Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service, informally known as TKGS, lets you create and operate Tanzu Kubernetes clusters natively in vSphere with Tanzu. You use the Kubernetes CLI to invoke the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service and provision and manage Tanzu Kubernetes clusters. The Kubernetes clusters provisioned by the service are fully conformant, so you can deploy all… Continue reading
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Integrate Azure Files with Azure VMware Solution
Azure VMware Solution is a VMware validated solution with on-going validation and testing of enhancements and upgrades. Microsoft manages and maintains private cloud infrastructure and software. It allows customers to focus on developing and running workloads in your private clouds. In this blog post I will be configuring Virtual Machines running on VMware Azure Solution… Continue reading
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vSphere Tanzu with AVI Load Balancer
With the release of the vSphere 7.0 Update 2, VMware now adds new Load Balancer option for vSphere with Tanzu which provides production-ready load balancer option for your vSphere with Tanzu deployments. This Load Balancer is called NSX Advanced Load Balancer, or NSX ALB or AVI Load Balancer, This will provide Virtual IP addresses for the… Continue reading
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VMware Cloud Director Two Factor Authentication with VMware Verify
In this post, I will be configuring two-factor authentication (2FA) for VMware Cloud Director using Workspace ONE Access formally know as VMware Identity Manager (vIDM). Two-factor authentication is a mechanism that checks username and password as usual, but adds an additional security control before users are authenticated. It is a particular deployment of a more generic… Continue reading
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vSphere 6.5 Encryption using HyTrust KeyControl 4.1 – Part-2
In the Part-1 we configured HyTrust KeyControl Cluster , now lets configure this cluster in vCenter and configure encryption for Virtual Machines.. Lets create a user to be utilize with vCenter – click on the Users tab to create a new user. Click on the Actions drop down button and select, Create User. Create a… Continue reading
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vSphere 6.5 Encryption using HyTrust KeyControl 4.1 – Part-1
HyTrust KeyControl supports a fully functional KMIP server that can be deployed as a vSphere Key Management Server and once deployment is completed and a trusted connection between KeyControl and vSphere has been established, KeyControl can manage the encryption keys for virtual machines in the cluster that have been encrypted with vCenter Server for vSphere Virtual… Continue reading
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VCAP6-DCV Design Exam Experience
Yesterday sat for VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 — Data Center Virtualization Design exam and really happy to share that i have passed this difficult exam. In general, the exam is 175 minutes where you have to complete 18 questions. since India being an non-native English speaking country you will get 30 Minutes extra. exam… Continue reading