Service Mesh Workshop hosted by VMware Date: Monday, March 30, 2020 Time: 9:00 – 15:00 Location: RAI Amsterdam In the adoption of service mesh technologies, DevOps and SREs have found challenges in managing microservices deployed on multicloud while meeting enterprise and security requirements. Learn about service mesh technology and multi-cluster management approaches in this…
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Are you planning to take some of the most popular VMware DCV certification exams, but have no one you can ask for advice on how to prepare? Then look no further! Starting next Monday, November 25th, you can join the DCV Foundations Exam Prep or the VCP-DCV Exam Prep Forums on the VMware Learning Zone and get some great…
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Hi all, it’s been a while since I last posted. You know how it is, time flies when you’re having fun, which we always are of course working at VMware. I wanted to quickly highlight that vSphere 6.0 goes end of general support on the 12th of March 2020. That might seem some ways away…
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In this blog I go through my initial thoughts and decisions on the choice of hardware. As this is my first blog article, I’m going to spread the topic over several parts. This multipart blog is my journey on architecting, purchasing and building my VMware home lab environment. I’m the kind of person who loves…
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2018 hasn’t been too good for Intel in terms of Security. Sadly a new vulnerability has been found in Intel Core and Xeon Processors. Impacted processors include: Intel Core™ i3/i5/i7/M processor (45nm and 32nm) 2nd/3rd/4th/5th/6th/7th/8th generation Intel Core processors Intel Core X-series Processor Family for Intel X99 and X299 platforms Intel Xeon processor 3400/3600/5500/5600/6500/7500 series…
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It’s the end of an era Availability for vRealize Log Insight for vCenter Server which will be end of life 23rd of August 2019. But don’t panic! VMware are not dropping the product, merely the free version that is licensed with a vCenter Server license key. Version 4.6 will be the last version that accepts the vCenter Server…
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There has been a lot of talk about Docker, Containers, vSphere Integrated containers etc. It can be quite confusing, even to someone who has worked in the industry for a long time. Before I build on my vSphere VIC install post here, I thought it would be a good idea to explain some of the…
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Your vSphere environment has been around for a few years now and you may have upgraded it all the way from v3 to the latest v6. Technology both hardware and software have changed so much, with the introduction of many new features that were not around from your original vSphere environment. Added onto that VMware…
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The release of vSphere 6.7 brings a great many features and upgrades to vCenter Server and ESXi. I want to focus on two of the new features of VMware Update Manager (VUM) that I feel show how it is increasingly helping administrators gain valuable time when securing and upgrading their environments. VUM 6.7 is now…
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VIC enables you to run traditional and containerised workloads on your existing vSphere environment, without the need for re-tooling or re-architecting your environment. In this guide I will show you how to install VIC. I am using my home lab that is running vSphere 6.5 Update Pre-requisites You will need to download and install the…
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