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Secure Boot for ESXi 6.5 – Hypervisor Assurance

Secure Boot for ESXi 6.5 – Hypervisor Assurance

Secure Boot for ESXi 6.5 – Hypervisor Assurance

I’ve talked about how vSphere has been moving towards a “secure by default” stance over the past few years. This can clearly be seen in the new vSphere 6.5 Security Configuration Guide where the number of “hardening” steps are growing smaller with every release. In this blog post we will go over another “secure by The post Secure Boot for ESXi 6.5 – Hypervisor Assurance appeared first on VMware vSphere Blog .

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Make your journey to the SDDC a reality with…

Make your journey to the SDDC a reality with expert NSX training from VMware!

Make your journey to the SDDC a reality with…

VMware NSX™ is the network virtualization and security platform for the software-defined data center. NSX brings virtualization to your existing network and transforms network operations and economics by delivering a completely new operational model for networking.

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PowerCLI 6.5.1 Installation Walkthrough

PowerCLI 6.5.1 Installation Walkthrough

PowerCLI 6.5.1 Installation Walkthrough

We released PowerCLI 6.5.1 two weeks ago and the response has been incredible! The VMware.PowerCLI module is closing in on 4,000 downloads from the PowerShell Gallery and we’ve received a ton of good feedback. There seems to be quite a few questions and comments over this new installation method so I created a walkthrough video […] The post PowerCLI 6.5.1 Installation Walkthrough appeared first on VMware PowerCLI Blog .

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Learn basic to advance vSAN in 80 minutes -…

Learn basic to advance vSAN in 80 minutes – Anything Virtual and Cloudy

Learn basic to advance vSAN in 80 minutes -…

Purpose: If you are working in Virtualization and Cloud space, then you must have heard about Software Defined Storage (SDS). It is part of Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) (a term coined by VMware). Since VMware started the SDDC journey and is a pioneer in this technology, so, today I am going to cover VMware solution in…Read More

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VMware NSX Unplugged: Networking Field Day…

VMware NSX Unplugged: Networking Field Day (#NFD15)

VMware NSX Unplugged: Networking Field Day…

Being a product of the 90’s, one of my favorite past times was MTV’s “Unplugged” series. Whether it was Pearl Jam, or 10,000 Maniacs, or Eric Clapton, there was something about the acoustic, raw, uncut nature of the show that drew me in and made me look at my favorite bands in a new way.

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Getting Started with NSX Load Balancing

Getting Started with NSX Load Balancing [blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization]

Getting Started with NSX Load Balancing

In my conversations with customers and peers, load balancing is becoming an increasingly popular discussion. Why you may ask? Simple, load balancing is a critical component for most enterprise applications to provide both availability and scalability to the system. Over the last decade we have moved from bare metal servers to virtual servers and from manual deployment of operating systems to using tools like Chef, Puppet, vRA or other custom workflows. In addition to the movement towards virtualization and the API being the new CLI, we are also seeing a movement to Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) where Virtualized Network Functions (VNF) such as routing, VPN, firewalls, and load balancing are moving to software. The value of…Read More

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vSphere 6.5 Security Configuration Guide…

vSphere 6.5 Security Configuration Guide (Hardening Guide) Release Candidate [blogs.vmware.com/vsphere]

vSphere 6.5 Security Configuration Guide…

Security Configuration Guide? What’s that you ask? That’s what now used to be called the vSphere Hardening Guide. Well, I didn’t come up with that name, folks who created it many, many years ago called it that. But like everything else in this world, change comes and change is good.

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Maximum number of vCenter Servers per Single…

Maximum number of vCenter Servers per Single Sign-On (SSO) Domain [virtuallyghetto.com]

Maximum number of vCenter Servers per Single…

This particular question and its variations have been raised quite a bit lately by our field and customers. For me, this was an opportunity to see if we can provide some additional clarification and help explain some of the nuances that may have been causing some of the confusion around the supported maximums for both vCenter Server and the Platform Services Controller (PSC).

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Where in the World are VCPs? [Infographic]

Where in the World are VCPs? [Infographic]

Where in the World are VCPs? [Infographic]

It’s that time of year! 2016’s “Where in the World are VCPs” infographic was such a hit, we decided to refresh it for 2017. The VMware Education Services team is proud to announce that the VCP community grew (11%) to represent a total of 189 countries this year. Which country do you represent?

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