Where in the World are #VCAP’s? [Infographic]
Our Where in the World are VCPs Infographic at the end of 2015 saw lots of interest. So, we asked Where in the World are the VMware Certified Advanced Professionals? To not much surprise, they are everywhere! Which country do you represent?
It’s beta time! Get your voice in and shape the direction of #vSphere
It’s Beta Time! The VMware vSphere team invites you to indicate your interest to join the vSphere Beta. This is a unique opportunity to get your voice in and shape the direction of vSphere. Please fill out this short survey to register your interest to join the vSphere Beta. Confirmed participants will be notified via email.
Weeks ago I reviewed Zerto in its previous version.
The new one brings many new features that I’ll explain during this post.
I’ll begin it installing in my vCenter Lab, and connecting it to another vCenter. In a later post, I’ll consider connecting to my Org in Cloud (it’s a vCloud Director Org).
First of all, I’ll prepare a Windows Server: you can use 2008R2 or 2012, important is the language – some bugs were discovered with other languages. Remember: it CANNOT be the same server where vCenter is installed.
I’ll download the bundle, made of the application plus the .NETÂ 4.5. If not already installed, setup will ask for it.
Here is the folder containing the 2 files:
and this is the warning you’ll receive if .NET 4.5 isn’t present – offering you to install it automatically:
In some cases (like mine) you could face the following error during .NET installation:
it means that you need to update Windows via WSUS. It could take much, much time, so maybe you have time for a beer in the while đŸ˜‰
After udates, I proceed again to install:
Since .NET updated, the system will require a reboot:
and it will continue automatically the install process, with related warnings:
After accepting the usual EUL Agreement, it will check for the API version:
During installation you’ll be asked to install the Zerto Storage Controller too – it’s safe, you can allow it:
And now you can open the browser at URL: kttps://<zvmIPorName>:9669/zvm
Maybe you’ll have to wait for a couple of minutes to start services. You’ll be promped for the license number, and you’ll get the login page:
This is the dashboard:
Now, it’s time to install the VRAs on every ESXì. The Virtual Replication Appliances are small VMs that will execute the replication, attaching disks for every VM protected, and using them when a failover (test or live) will be performed.
In the following images I already installed 3 out of 4 VRAs, so it will be shown the last one. In the section “Setup” you’ll find the list of installed VRAs and the ESXis. You’ll see that the last one is missing. Clicking on “New VRA” a pop up will appear, asking for some VRA’s detail.
progress is shown below, by “Running tasks”, successfully completed:
Well, the system is ready to be paired to another vCenter, or to an org in vCloud Director, or to an Hyper-V system or, lastly, to an AWS environment. In this case, we’ll pair it to another vCenter. From tab “Sites”, let’s choose “Pair”, inserting, in the pop up, the address of the remote ZVM – if a FW in the middle, you should permit 9081/TCP (at least).
Bingo! Sites are paired. From now ahead, you’ll create all the needed VPGs and so on.
In a new post I’ll show how to connect to vCloud Director org.
Is one operating system not enough? Here’s the five best virtual machine applications
If it hasn’t happened already, there will come a time when you’ll wish your computer was running a different operating system. Whether you’re a competent software developer or simply a user desiring an application exclusive to an OS other than the one you own, there are plenty of valid reasons why you’d want to use another OS. Despite what you might think, however, you don’t necessarily have to adhere to your supposed monetary and spatial restraints, given the number of available virtual machines.
Important – vCNS and #NSX End of Availability and Support Notifications
For a while now we have known that vCloud Networking and Security’s days where numbered…with the release of NSX as a replacement+ product it had been communicated to current vCNS customers that an upgrade to NSX-v would be on the cards to ensure continued support and functionality. The date has now been set for the EOA of vCNS and in somewhat of a surprise to me VMware also last week announced the EOA for NSX-v 6.1.x will reach end of availability later in the year.
The Beginner’s Guide to integration between vRealize Automation & #NSX
Chances are that if you’re using vRealize Automation in your organization, you’re looking to automate IT tasks as much as possible. Taking advantage of that oh-so-sweet automation on your network will require some sort of SDN solution, I’m talking about NSX of course. So in this post, we’ll be exploring what you can and can’t do by when you integrate vRealize Automation with NSX, right out of the box.
Getting started with Photon OS and #vSphere Integrated Containers (via CormacHogan.com)
There has been a lot of news recently about the availability of vSphere Integrated Containers (VIC) v0.1 on Gtihub. VMware have being doing a lot of work around containers, container management and the whole area of cloud native applications over the last while.
Troubleshooting Cisco ENIC and FNIC Drivers with #VMware Update Manager 6.x
I have been having issues ever since I updated to vSphere 6.x getting the Cisco Drivers to properly update through VMware Update Manager(VUM). Every time I would run through a compliance check, they would always report they were up to date even when they were running an older version.
Announcing VMware’s Developer Program: VMware {code} #vmwarecode
VMware {code} keeps developers up to date with emerging developer topics such as Microservices, Cloud-Native Applications and Agile Development/Deployment. Join us as we build, deploy and run!
Flings On A Roll in 2016 (via #VMware CTO Blog)
So far this year we have already had seven Fling updates and three new Flings released. The feedback we get from you helps in a big way so we can fix bugs and add new features to Flings! We kicked off the year with important updates that included bug fixes and new features. Be sure you have the latest downloads:
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