The Truth About Micro-Segmentation

The Truth About Micro-Segmentation

The Truth About Micro-Segmentation

Breaks down the components of today’s micro-segmentation technologies (VMware NSX, Cisco, Illumio, etc.) to give you the knowledge you need to determine the right approach for you.


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AWS Greengrass on VMware vSphere Is Here! Let’s…

AWS Greengrass on VMware vSphere Is Here! Let’s Go!

AWS Greengrass on VMware vSphere Is Here! Let’s…

A preview of AWS Greengrass on VMware vSphere is now available, which allows cloud services to execute anywhere that data is created or consumed.


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NSX for Newbies (The Series)

NSX for Newbies (The Series)

NSX for Newbies (The Series)

SDN with VMware NSX-v (for vSphere) In this page I’m collecting all the articles of the series “NSX for Newbies” . Starting from the introduction to the core components to the imp…


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Tips for Upgrading to vSphere 6.5 in a…

Tips for Upgrading to vSphere 6.5 in a Large-Scale Environment

Tips for Upgrading to vSphere 6.5 in a…

By Tom Ralph, Sr. Cloud Architect, VMware Introduction As a first adopter of VMware products under the VMware on VMware program, IT was able to deploy the vSphere 6.5 beta, release candidate, and general availability versions before they were released to public. Our goal in this deployment was two-fold. First, we wanted to take The post Tips for Upgrading to vSphere 6.5 in a Large-Scale Environment appeared first on VMware on VMware .


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VMware Pulse IoT Center is now GA!

VMware Pulse IoT Center is now GA!

VMware Pulse IoT Center is now GA!

VMware Pulse IoT Center™ is a secure, enterprise grade, IoT device management solution that helps both IT (Information Technology) and OT (Operational Technology) to onboard, manage, monitor and secure their IoT use cases from the edge to the cloud. Learn More. Free Trial.


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VMware Cloud on AWS – Understanding…

VMware Cloud on AWS – Understanding Connectivity Options

VMware Cloud on AWS – Understanding…

This video focuses on understanding the connectivity options of VMware Cloud on AWS. It shows connecting together the environments involved in this service including your on-premises datacenter, your current Amazon VPC, the public internet and your new VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC’s management components and VM workloads.


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Understanding VMC Integrations with AWS…

Understanding VMC Integrations with AWS Services – Part 2 – VMware and RDS

Understanding VMC Integrations with AWS…

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vSphere VM Encryption White Paper now available

vSphere VM Encryption White Paper now available

vSphere VM Encryption White Paper now available

I’d like to announce the availability of a new white paper for VMware vSphere VM Encryption! VM Encryption is a feature that was introduced in vSphere 6.5. The audience for this white paper is the Manager/Director/C-level folks who want to understand how vSphere VM Encryption differs from other virtual machine encryption solutions. It addresses some


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VMware Releases Dispatch, an Open Source…

VMware Releases Dispatch, an Open Source Serverless Framework

VMware Releases Dispatch, an Open Source…

VMware announced its serverless initiative at VMworld 2017, where a Functions-as-a-Service (FaaS) demo using Apache OpenWhisk, an existing open source FaaS technology, was presented. Since then, the serverless team has been working to define what a serverless framework by and for a VMware-based infrastructure would look like. The resulting work is Dispatch, a new VMware-originated The post VMware Releases Dispatch, an Open Source Serverless Framework appeared first on Open Source .


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VCP6-NV Study Notes – Section 1 Understand…

VCP6-NV Study Notes – Section 1 Understand VMware NSX Technology and Architecture–Part 2

VCP6-NV Study Notes – Section 1 Understand…

Objective 1.3: Differentiate Physical and Virtual Network Technologies Differentiate logical and physical topologies, components and services Servers are interconnected by a physical network that a…Read More


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NSX 6.4 NOW GA!

NSX 6.4 NOW GA!

 

VMware’s virtual networking solution NSX for vSphere released an updated version on January 16th, 2018. NSX for vSphere version 6.4 was released with numerous enhancements to it. Below is a bullet list of what’s new in NSX for vSphere 6.4 as well as supporting links!

Spotlight New Features/Functionality:

  • Support for vSphere Client (HTML5) via plugin
  • Improved Navigation Menu
  • Identity Firewall (IDFW) now supports RDSH
  • Distributed Firewall
    • Distributed Firewall (DFW) adds layer-7 application-based context for flow control and micro-segmentation planning. Application Rule Manager (ARM) now recommends security groups and policies for a cohesive and manageable micro-segmentation strategy.
  • Support for BGP and static routing over GRE tunnels
  • Upgrade Coordinator – Single portal that manages NSX-V upgrades
  • Multi syslog support for up to 5 syslog servers
  • JSON support
  • New packet capture tab in UI

Interoperability: 

  • Supports vCenter versions 6.0U2 to 6.5U1
  • Supports vRealize Automation (vRA) 7.3 and 7.2
  • Support for in place upgrades from NSX 6.2 and on
  • NSX-V 6.1.X is now EOA/EOGS as of January 15, 2017
  • vCloud Network & Security (vCNS) edges no longer supported. Users must upgrade to an NSX Edge before upgrading to NSX 6.3 or later
  • NSX for vSphere 6.2.x will reach End of General Support (EOGS) on August 20 2018.
  • This is the first version of NSX-V not to support ESXi/vCenter 5.5

 

NSX for vSphere 6.4 Resources:

Honeypot as a Service (HaaS) Part 2

Honeypot as a Service (HaaS) Part 2

Honeypot as a Service (HaaS) Part 2

In the second Post of this series, we create the Log File Reporting which we will send to vRealize Log Insight. After our samba server is configured (in Part 1) we have to deal with our logf…Read More


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Secure Digital Workspace For Dummies

Secure Digital Workspace For Dummies

Secure Digital Workspace For Dummies

Curious about what a digital workspace is, and wondering how it can help you? Many IT organizations are using it to achieve goals and support the mobile workforce. Get the scoop in this Dummies Guide.


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VMware Site Recovery – DR Failover Reprotect…

VMware Site Recovery – DR Failover Reprotect and Failback

VMware Site Recovery – DR Failover Reprotect…

Video showing the use of VMware Site Recovery to failover from a customer site experiencing a disaster to VMware Cloud on AWS. Then after the disaster has passed, reprotecting, non-disruptively testing and failing back to the customer site.


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VMware Cloud on AWS – On-Demand Capacity Use Case

VMware Cloud on AWS – On-Demand Capacity Use Case

VMware Cloud on AWS – On-Demand Capacity Use Case

Get VMware SDDC capacity in the AWS Cloud in minutes whenever your business needs to meet temporary, seasonal, or unplanned demand. Take advantage of elastic capacity and usage-based economics of VMware Cloud on AWS by seamlessly moving your live applications into an environment that is operationally consistent with your VMware datacenter.


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VMware vSphere: What’s New Fundamentals [V6.0…

VMware vSphere: What’s New Fundamentals [V6.0 to V6.5]

VMware vSphere: What’s New Fundamentals [V6.0…

This course highlights the new features and enhancements in vSphere 6.5. It also presents use cases that describe how the new features align with customer needs.


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PowerCLI script : How to confirm a vCenter…

PowerCLI script : How to confirm a vCenter server, ESXi VMware hypervisor & microcode patches are applied?: Spectre vulnerability – vThinkBeyondVM

PowerCLI script : How to confirm a vCenter…

Some time back, VMware has released one of important KBs on “Hypervisor-Assisted Guest Mitigation for branch target injection”. Please take a look at this KB here. In this KB, there is one important section on “how to confirm a host has both patched microcode and patched VMware hypervisor?” and below is what is posted on … Continue reading PowerCLI script : How to confirm a vCenter server, ESXi VMware hypervisor & microcode patches are applied?: Spectre vulnerability →


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vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager Configuration

vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager Configuration | Joe Tietz VMware Blog

vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager Configuration

Going to take you through brownfield setup of LCM, it starts off with information on how to use LCM please note that OVA configuration centered on greenfield deployment. OVA configurations are outside the scope of this document. Please note though in Greenfield you will want to deploy vIDM and then LCM before the rest of…Read More


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Honeypot as a Service (HaaS) Part 1

Honeypot as a Service (HaaS) Part 1

Honeypot as a Service (HaaS) Part 1

Disclaimer: This series will show some Ideas which include “homemade” Security Functions. For professional environments, I recommend to talk to the security Vendor of your choice to build up a secu…Read More


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Users Rightsize VMs With vRealize Operations…

Users Rightsize VMs With vRealize Operations for “Just Right” VM Allocation

Users Rightsize VMs With vRealize Operations…

If you’re suffering from the pain of an under-resourced IT environment – in staff, in budget, or in tooling – then you can be sure that you’re not alone. This is one of the top business challenges that our customer face. And the challenge presents the proverbial question – how to do more, with less?


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Verify Hypervisor-Assisted Guest Mitigation…

Verify Hypervisor-Assisted Guest Mitigation (Spectre) patches using PowerCLI

Verify Hypervisor-Assisted Guest Mitigation…

VMware recently published a new knowledge base (KB) article 52085 that outlines instructions for enabling the Hypervisor-Assisted Guest Mitigation (CVE-2017-5715), also known as the Spectre vulnerability. This KB also provides steps to verify the updated microcode (included in the ESXi patch) has been applied along with Virtual Machine verification (those applicable) to ensure that they are seeing […]


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Meltdown & Spectre: FAQ’s & Links!

Meltdown & Spectre: FAQ’s & Links!

 

The New vSphere Beta Just Got Refreshed! Join Now

The New vSphere Beta Just Got Refreshed! Join Now

The New vSphere Beta Just Got Refreshed! Join Now

We are excited to share that the new vSphere beta has just been refreshed. We have added a significant number of new capabilities in this Dec 2017 download beta for vSphere, on top of the features in the Oct 2017 download beta release. As indicated in the recent announcement blog post, this new VMware vSphere The post The New vSphere Beta Just Got Refreshed! Join Now appeared first on VMware vSphere Blog .


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Everything You Need to Know About vSphere 6.5,…

Everything You Need to Know About vSphere 6.5, from the Experts

Everything You Need to Know About vSphere 6.5,…

Get the latest on VMware vSphere 6.5 in the next VMware Community Roundtable live podcast with moderator Eric Nielsen on December 13th. Nielsen, VMware’s senior director of social media and communities, will host featured guests Martin Yip and Himanshu Singh, who have a combined 10 years of experience at VMware and cowrote the Next-Gen Virtualization The post Everything You Need to Know About vSphere 6.5, from the Experts appeared first on VMware vSphere Blog .


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VMware and Carbon Black Fundamentally Transform…

VMware and Carbon Black Fundamentally Transform Current Approaches to Data Center and Cloud Security

VMware and Carbon Black Fundamentally Transform…

New joint, cloud-based security solution combines enforcement of “known good” application behavior with advanced threat detection and automated remediation


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VMware Virtual Machine and ESXi Maximums

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VMware Virtual Machine and ESXi Maximums

Sharing the maximum supported configuration of three recent versions of vSphere – 6.5, 6.0 and 5.5. ESXi maximums information is very useful…Read More


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Configure vCenter 6.5 HA with the Advanced…

Configure vCenter 6.5 HA with the Advanced Option – View a solution for VCSA 6.5 on #VMTN

Configure vCenter 6.5 HA with the Advanced…

After deployment of VCSA 6.5 with embedded PSC, I started HA configuration with the advanced option with different subnets for HA network(private) due to Disaster Recovery Site requirements.


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VMware Docs is your one-stop shop for…

VMware Docs is your one-stop shop for everything you need to know about VMware products

VMware Docs is your one-stop shop for…

VMware {code} and VMware Developer Center are now one! Get the latest developer tools, resources and best practices to develop and certify for VMware products all in one place.


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VMware certification – what are the different…

VMware certification – what are the different types

VMware certification – what are the different…

There are many types of certification, but what do they mean and how/why do you get them? Which one will help your career?


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Driving Enterprise Security With VMware…

Driving Enterprise Security With VMware Workspace ONE

Driving Enterprise Security With VMware…

When VMware End-User Computing (EUC) introduced VMware Workspace ONE to the market in February of 2016, we attached a mission statement to the solution. That statement is “Consumer Simple. Enterprise Secure.” I’d like to spend a bit of time today breaking down what this mission really means to VMware EUC and why it’s important to the […] The post Driving Enterprise Security With VMware Workspace ONE appeared first on VMware End-User Computing Blog .


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Configuring Identity Manager in a DMZ with…

Configuring Identity Manager in a DMZ with Internal Connector

Configuring Identity Manager in a DMZ with…

JEFFREY DAVIDSON Consulting Architect In this blog post we will walk through the process of setting up VMware Identity Manager (Workspace One) in a DMZ and use a connector appliance on the internal (trusted) network for secure active directory sync and authentication. This blog is going to make some assumptions. We’re assuming you have already The post Configuring Identity Manager in a DMZ with Internal Connector appeared first on VMware Professional Services and Education Insights .


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Introduction to VMware Cloud Foundation 2.3

Introduction to VMware Cloud Foundation 2.3

Introduction to VMware Cloud Foundation 2.3

On Dec 5th, 2017, VMware released VMware Cloud Foundation 2.3. This release comes with many new capabilities to help further simplify the tasks of deploying, operating and maintaining a VMware based hybrid cloud. In this post, I will introduce you to some of the more notable features in this release, to include the automated deployment


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Download New vRealize Automation Blueprints to…

Download New vRealize Automation Blueprints to Speed Up Your Implementation

Download New vRealize Automation Blueprints to…

A new set of infrastructure-centric blueprints for vRealize Automation is available now on VMware Marketplace. Download and import to your vRA system today!


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