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Tampa, FL VMUG Event (2/16/17) – You Can Still Register To Attend!!

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Tampa, FL VMUG Event (2/16/17) –

You Can Still Register To Attend!!

 

For all those that live and work in the Tampa, FL area, tomorrow evening from 6 – 8:30PM there will be the Tampa VMUG event. Tintri Storage is the main sponsor of the event and they will be presenting their storage solutions.

I will personally be presenting for VMware on “What’s New in vSphere 6.5” at the event as well. So if you live in the area, make sure you register for the event and attend. Even better the event is being held at the Tampa Brewing Company, what’s better than learning some great technology and trying some local beer!

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Last Chance to Register:   Tampa VMUG Meeting

 Don’t miss your opportunity to attend the upcoming Tampa VMUG Meeting taking place on February 16, 2017, from 6:00 p.m to 8:30 p.m.

Registration is open and available to all VMUG members. This is a great opportunity to meet with your peers to ask questions, discuss trends, best practices, and the latest technology!

Meeting Topics:   

  • Tintri Overview Presentation/Demo
  • How Tintri is integrating into Social Media
  • Customer Presentation on Horizon View implementation
  • Whats new in vSphere 6.5
  • Brewery Tours (10 at a time) – Attendees will get a take home pint glass and free beer ticket
  • Food will be provided

Location:

Tampa Bay Brewing Company
Centro Ybor, 1600 E 8th Ave
Tampa, FL 33605

Click HERE for directions.

Be sure to share this meeting information with your colleagues.

Visit the Tampa VMUG Community page to connect with members, ask questions, and get involved!

For questions, please contact memberservices@vmug.com.

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The New VMware 2017 vExperts Have Been Announced!

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The New VMware 2017 vExperts Have Been Announced!

 

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Virtualization news from VMware and the community of virtualization users, including the VMware Communities and VMTN, the VMware Technology Network.

 

Are you a previous vExpert and applied for 2017, or are did you apply to be a vExpert for the first time? Then check out the vExpert 2017 Announcement at the below link to see if you made the cut or not!

2017 vExpert Announcement:  https://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2017/02/vexpert-2017-award-announcement.html

 

 

Save 20% off VCP Exams at Dell EMC World 2017

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Save 20% off VCP Exams at Dell EMC World 2017 — via VMware Education & Certification Blog

Save 20% off VCP Exams at Dell EMC World 2017

Making plans to attend Dell EMC World in Las Vegas this May? Include time to earn or renew your VMware Certified Professional (VCP) certification while you’re there.

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VMware Horizon Cloud Demo: Integration with VMware Workspace ONE

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VMware Horizon Cloud Demo: Integration with VMware Workspace ONE

VMware Horizon Cloud Demo: Integration with…

See what’s new to VMware Horizon Cloud and how you can integration your Horizon Cloud environment into your VMware Workspace ONE subscription. Learn more at https://blogs.vmware.com/euc/2017/02/vmware-horizon-cloud.html.

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A Cloud Alliance Between VMware and AWS Takes Shape

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A Cloud Alliance Between VMware and AWS Takes Shape – via VMware vSphere Blog

A Cloud Alliance Between VMware and AWS Takes…

Last October, when VMware unveiled a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), many in the tech industry were surprised. The two companies, once spirited competitors, announced they were collaborating on a new hybrid cloud solution called VMware Cloud on AWS.

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Designing vSAN Networks – Why Should I Use the Distributed Switch?

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Designing vSAN Networks – Why Should I Use the Distributed Switch? – via Virtual Blocks

Designing vSAN Networks – Why Should I Use the…

The vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) is a powerful, but often misunderstood technology that is included with VMware vSAN. This post will review some of my favorite settings on the VDS, and how you can use them to get better control, performance, and visibility into your virtual SAN cluster. While it is most known for the ability to create port groups that exist on all hosts with a simple click, it also has a lot of lesser known but incredibly powerful functions that will aid the vSAN administrator.

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VMware Horizon Cloud: Virtual Desktops & Apps

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VMware Horizon Cloud: Virtual Desktops & Apps

VMware Horizon Cloud: Virtual Desktops & Apps

Horizon Cloud delivers feature-rich virtual desktops and applications using a purpose-built cloud platform that is scalable across multiple deployment options, including on-premises infrastructure or fully managed infrastructure from VMware. Learn more at http://vmware.com/go/horizoncloud.

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VMware Horizon Cloud Demo

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VMware Horizon Cloud Demo

VMware Horizon Cloud Demo

VMware Horizon Cloud delivers feature-rich virtual desktops and applications using a purpose-built cloud platform. Horizon Cloud service scales across multiple deployment options, including on-premises or fully managed infrastructure from VMWare. Learn more at: http://vmware.com/go/horizoncloud

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Build Your Very Own VMware Hands-On-Labs! (with vRA and NSX)

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Build Your Very Own VMware Hands-On-Labs! (with vRA and NSX) – via Virtual Insanity

Build Your Very Own VMware Hands-On-Labs! (with…

Let’s get one thing straight: the authors of this article are HUGE fans of the VMware Hands-On-Labs (HOL). We think it’s unbelievably cool that at a moment’s notice you can spin up the newest version of vSphere, dive head-first into the vRealize Suite, or practice the latest integrations with Palo Alto Networks and Infoblox. Having essentially instant-access to cutting-edge labs is amazingly helpful.

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The Next Horizon! Introducing Horizon 7.1 Horizon Apps & Horizon Cloud

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The Next Horizon! Introducing Horizon 7.1, Horizon Apps & Horizon Cloud

The Next Horizon! Introducing Horizon 7.1,…

Today, we are excited to announce new technologies and offerings that drive the cost and complexity out of getting started and allow you to address more use cases than ever before.

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Introducing the NSX-T Platform – Technical Whitepaper

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Introducing the NSX-T Platform – Technical Whitepaper

Introducing the NSX-T Platform – Technical…

You may have seen the recent release announcement for VMware NSX for vSphere 6.3 and NSX-T 1.1. This technical white paper is focused on the VMware NSX-T architecture, components, and capabilities. We also explain the technical advantages and benefits of the NSX-T architecture.

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VMware Cloud Foundation – Technical Deep Dive

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VMware Cloud Foundation – Technical Deep Dive

VMware Cloud Foundation – Technical Deep Dive

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VMware VM .vswp file – Points Every VMware Administrator should know!!!!!

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VMware VM .vswp file – Points Every VMware Administrator should know!!!!! – via Virtualization the Future

VMware VM .vswp file – Points Every VMware…

For every powered on VM a .vswp file is created in VM’s datastore, this file is needed by the hypervisor to satisfy the VM memory demand in case of over-commitment is done and as well as when vm memory limit is configured. This gets created when the VM is powered on and deleted when VM is powered off.

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In What Order Do I Upgrade VMware Products and What Is Compatible?

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In What Order Do I Upgrade VMware Products and What Is Compatible? – VMware Compatibility and Order of Upgrade Best Practices Review

In What Order Do I Upgrade VMware Products and…

After attending VMware TechSummit 2017 last week, I’ve got a ton of takeaways to share over the next few months, but I wanted to get this article out there because it’s about two of the most common requests I hear: product compatibility and the order of product upgrades.

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Building a Nested ESXi Lab For Your Company

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Building a Nested ESXi Lab For Your Company – via virtual insanity

Building a Nested ESXi Lab For Your Company

Let’s face it, most companies don’t have Labs for you to learn new software and operating systems, let alone test upgrades and changes to your existing environments.

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VMware NSX 6.2 Beginners Guide – From Zero to Full Deployment for Labs

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VMware NSX 6.2 Beginners Guide – From Zero to Full Deployment for Labs – via Virten.net

VMware NSX 6.2 Beginners Guide – From Zero to…

This beginners guide explains how to deploy NSX in your homelab even with limited physical ressources by downsizing NSX Manager and NSX Controller VMs.

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VMCA 6.5 as an Intermediate CA

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VMCA 6.5 as an Intermediate CA – via The Wifi-Cable

VMCA 6.5 as an Intermediate CA

Certificates have always been an interesting topic to me. I have seen complex PKI infrastructures on several occasions but more often than not most environments have utilized certificates in a limited capacity. In regards to vSphere, a majority of the time the default certificates provided by vSphere were sufficient for most deployments.

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NSX 6.3: What’s New?

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NSX 6.3: What’s New? – via Ather Beg’s Useful Thoughts

NSX 6.3: What’s New?

Finally! It’s time to talk about NSX 6.3. As you can tell from minor version jump, this version has a number of new capabilities and enhancements and most of them were highly-awaited too. If you were waiting for it too, there is a good chance that it contains what you wanted.

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VMware’s New NSX-T Product: 5 Things Partners Need To Know

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VMware’s New NSX-T Product: 5 Things Partners Need To Know – via CRN

VMware’s New NSX-T Product: 5 Things Partners…

Here are five things partners need to know about VMware’s new NSX-T product, its target market, its competitors and VMware’s vision.

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Introducing VMware NSX for vSphere 6.3 & VMware NSX-T 1.1

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Introducing VMware NSX for vSphere 6.3 & VMware NSX-T 1.1

Introducing VMware NSX for vSphere 6.3 & VMware…

This past week at VMware has been quite exciting! Pat Gelsinger, VMware CEO, reported on the Q4 2016 earnings call that VMware NSX has more than 2,400 customers exiting 2016. Today, we continue that momentum by announcing new releases of our two different VMware NSX platforms – VMware NSX™ for vSphere® 6.3 and VMware NSX-T 1.1.

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Migrate from Windows vCenter to vCenter Server Appliance to access new features

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Migrate from Windows vCenter to vCenter Server Appliance to access new features – via TechTarget

Migrate from Windows vCenter to vCenter Server…

With greater scalability, cost-efficiency and ease-of-deployment, it’s no wonder more and more users are flocking from Windows-based vCenter to the vCenter Server Appliance.

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Best Practices for Running SQL Server Virtualized

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Best Practices for Running SQL Server Virtualized – via Long White Virtual Clouds

Best Practices for Running SQL Server Virtualized

It was about this time in 2013 that Michael Corey, Jeff Szastak and I started writing Virtualizing SQL Server with VMware: Doing IT Right (VMware Press) 2014. Microsoft SQL Server was the single most virtualized business critical app in the world then, and it is still the case today.

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[Whitepaper] Unified Endpoint Management—You’re Already Behind

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[Whitepaper] Unified Endpoint Management—You’re Already Behind – via AirWatch Blog

[Whitepaper] Unified Endpoint Management—You’re…

First came mobile device management (MDM), a way for companies to remotely configure and control mobile devices to provide employees with basic resources for work. Then, enterprise mobility management (EMM) evolved in response to the demand for increased access to corporate data and business-critical applications.

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February 15th: Getting More Out of VMware with vRealize Network Insight

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February 15th: Getting More Out of VMware with vRealize Network Insight – via VMware Cloud Management Blog

February 15th: Getting More Out of VMware with…

On February 15th, we will be hosting another “Getting More out of VMware” webinar. Continuing on our theme of intelligent operations, we will show you how to install, configure and utilize vRealize Network Insight product. Register below, or read for more details!

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Prevent software failures with vCenter Server High Availability

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Prevent software failures with vCenter Server High Availability – via TechTarget

Prevent software failures with vCenter Server…

New to vCenter Server 6.5, VCHA ensures high availability for a vSphere deployment with minimal impact on vCenter Server and vSphere host performance.

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Learn about the new capabilities of vSphere HA

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Learn about the new capabilities of vSphere HA – via VMware vSphere Blog

Learn about the new capabilities of vSphere HA

Among the new features in vSphere 6.5, there are a set of significant enhancements to the venerable vSphere HA capability. I am excited to announce a new set of content aimed at helping you learn more about these new features. In particular, these resources go over Orchestrated Restart and HA Admission Control.

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This week: All things developer at VMware, & the launch of the new VMware {code} website! Wednesday at 12pm PT

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Tune in this week for all things developer at VMware, & the launch of the new VMware {code} website! Wednesday at 12pm PT

This week: All things developer at VMware, &…

VMware experts talk about virtualization live every Wednesday at noon CA time. Virtualization news and tech mixed with a “Late Night at VMworld” informality. Join us!

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Top 5 Q&A: Getting More out of vSAN – Session 1

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Top 5 Q&A: Getting More out of vSAN – Session 1 – via Virtual Blocks

Top 5 Q&A: Getting More out of vSAN – Session 1

In 2017, we kicked off Getting More Out of vSAN, an ongoing technical webcast series led by vSAN experts and designed to support you, our customers, with deployment and operation of vSAN. This webcast series is unique because of the interactive, live Q&A session at the end, where you can voice your concerns, provide feedback, and get your questions answered live by the vSAN product team!

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NSX Logical Switch Packet Walk

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NSX Logical Switch Packet Walk – via The Wifi-Cable

NSX Logical Switch Packet Walk

I have had nothing but fun working with NSX over the past few years. I love everything about it from design, deployment to managing it. Such a fantastic solution that brings a LOT to the table including deploying logical networks in just a few clicks to enhanced security thanks to microsegmentation. This post is for you folks out there seeking for that more in-depth look of what is going on behind the scenes between virtual machines when they communicate with one another with NSX.

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How to create a nested ESXi 6.5 Template

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How to create a nested ESXi 6.5 Template – via ESX Virtualization

How to create a nested ESXi 6.5 Template

The way of installing or creating ESXi hosts as VMs (mean nested virtualization) has changed many times in the past. But as VMware introduces new features and improvements in every release of vSphere, the time has come again to check what’s the best practices and How to create a nested ESXi 6.5 template.

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[Webcast ] Finding Your Quickest Path to the Cloud

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[Webcast ] Finding Your Quickest Path to the Cloud

[Webcast ] Finding Your Quickest Path to the Cloud

Did you know that over 40% of organizations are using the public cloud to extend their existing enterprise infrastructures? Join Cloud Strategist of Cloud Technology Partners, David Linthicum on 2/9 to discover how to achieve successful migration while using the same tools & technology of your current on-premises systems.

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vRealize Operations for Horizon and Published Applications version 6.4

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vRealize Operations for Horizon and Published Applications version 6.4 – via VMware EUC Blog

vRealize Operations for Horizon and Published…

This blog post introduces new support for monitoring VMware App Volumes, View in VMware Horizon 7, and VMware Access Point. The first blog in this series introduced what is new in VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon and Published Applications 6.4.

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Demystifying vRealize Automation – Getting it Right!

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Demystifying vRealize Automation – Getting it Right! – via VMware Cloud Management Blog

Demystifying vRealize Automation – Getting it…

My colleague Raminder Singh arranged for a session for customers on vRealize Automation (vRA) and I was asked to deliver the session. VMware is offering vRealize Automation in its previous vCAC and current vRA avatar for last few years. Yet it seems, there are still some challenges faced by customers while adopting it.

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vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 Migration Walkthrough

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vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 Migration Walkthrough – via VMware vSphere Blog

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 Migration Walkthrough

A new guided migration walkthrough is available on the VMware Feature Walkthrough site. This click-by-click guide covers an embedded migration from a Windows vCenter 6.0 to a VCSA 6.5.

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VMware NSX for vSphere Essentials: A practical guide to implementing Network Virtualization

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Available for pre order – VMware NSX for vSphere Essentials: A practical guide to implementing Network Virtualization

Available for pre order – VMware NSX for…

This is the first definitive reference for all network and data center virtualization professionals planning, implementing, or operating VMware NSX 6.2 for vSphere.

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Upgrading Windows vCenter 5.5 to 6.0 In-Place: Issues and Fixes

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Upgrading Windows vCenter 5.5 to 6.0 In-Place: Issues and Fixes – via VIRTUALIZATION IS LIFE!

Upgrading Windows vCenter 5.5 to 6.0 In-Place:…

Yes that’s not a typo…this post is focusing on upgrading Windows vCenter 5.5 to 6.0 via an in-place upgrade. There is the option to use the vSphere 6.0 Update2M build with the included Migrate to VCSA tool to achieve this and move away from Windows, but I thought it was worth documenting my experiences with a mature vCenter that’s at version 5.5 Update 2 and upgrade that to 6.0 Update 2.

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Building a vSphere 6.5 Home Lab

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Building a vSphere 6.5 Home Lab

Building a vSphere 6.5 Home Lab

So you decided to build your own home lab. Now what? Building a VMware home lab is one of the best ways to learn about VMware – check out this guide.

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VMware NSX: Physical (VLAN) TO Virtual (VXLAN) Bridging Configuration

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VMware NSX: Physical (VLAN) TO Virtual (VXLAN) Bridging Configuration – via Saurav Issar

VMware NSX: Physical (VLAN) TO Virtual (VXLAN)…

I came across a scenario which require the connectivity between traditional workloads with legacy VLANs to virtualized networks using VXLAN, and thought of writing a quick blog post on the subject.

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