GRE Tunnels & Dynamic Routing in NSX 6.4

GRE Tunnels & Dynamic Routing in #NSX 6.4

GRE Tunnels & Dynamic Routing in NSX 6.4

VMware NSX 6.4 has a new hidden feature: GRE tunnels. You can only manage them through the API and here’s a howto on how to create a GRE tunnel between ESGs


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Free course: VMware vSphere: What’s New…

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

Free course: VMware vSphere: What’s New…

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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Using SDelete and vmkfstools to Reclaim Thin…

Using SDelete and vmkfstools to Reclaim Thin #VMDK Space

Using SDelete and vmkfstools to Reclaim Thin…

Using thin provisioned virtual disks can provide many benefits. Not only do they allow over-provisioning, but with the prevalence of flash storage, performance degradation really isn’t a concern like it used to be. I recently ran into a situation in my home lab where my Windows jump box ran out of disk space. I had…Read More


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Understanding the impact of Spectre and…

Understanding the impact of #Spectre and #Meltdown patches for end users and consumers

Understanding the impact of Spectre and…

In a recent post we’ve discussed how to leverage vRealize Operations to assess the performance & capacity impact of the Spectre and Meltdown patches. Though the situation around these patches continues to evolve let’s build upon gauging the infrastructure impact and move deeper into the stack. In addition to vRealize Operations we can leverage Log The post Understanding the impact of Spectre and Meltdown patches for end users and consumers appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .


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vSphere 5.5 and vSAN 5.5 End of General Support…

A good reason to speed up your #SDDC upgrade? #vSphere 5.5 and #vSAN 5.5 End of General Support Reminder

vSphere 5.5 and vSAN 5.5 End of General Support…

We would like to remind you that the End of General Support (EOGS) for vSphere 5.5 and vSAN 5.5 is September 19, 2018. To maintain your full level of Support and Subscription Services, VMware recommends upgrading to vSphere 6.5. Note that by upgrading to vSphere 6.5 you not only get all the latest capabilities of The post vSphere 5.5 and vSAN 5.5 End of General Support Reminder appeared first on VMware vSphere Blog .


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Office 365 Migration—Easier Said Than Done? The…

#Office 365 Migration—Easier Said Than Done? The VMware IT Journey Explored

Office 365 Migration—Easier Said Than Done? The…

By Boney Francis, UCC Architect, VMware, and Paramesh Puttegowda, Senior Manager, IT Messaging Services, VMware Migrating applications to a cloud SaaS environment such as Office 365 (O365) is not for the faint-hearted as there are many pitfalls along the way. The key is to ensure the three pillars of any migration—people, process, and technology—are fully The post Office 365 Migration—Easier Said Than Done? The VMware IT Journey Explored appeared first on VMware on VMware .


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VMware Validated Design for SDDC 4.2 is GA

#VMware Validated Design #VVD for #SDDC 4.2 is GA

VMware Validated Design for SDDC 4.2 is GA

We’re happy to announce that on 13 February 2018 we released the VMware Validated Design for Software-Defined Data Center 4.2. The VMware Validated Designs provide our customers prescriptive guidance and tools, to plan, build, and operate a Software-Defined Data Center. The designs are extensively tested to ensure all components and their specific versions are validated to work in unison, to scale to predetermined design objectives, and operate as our customers expect.


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