Announcing General Availability of VMware…

Announcing General Availability of VMware…

VMware is proud to announce the general availability of VMware Ransomware Recovery for VMware Cloud DR. VMware Ransomware Recovery is a purpose-built ransomware recovery-as-a-service solution that enables businesses to recover from ransomware attacks faster and with more predictability & confidence.


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Announcing General Availability of VMware Cloud…

Announcing General Availability of VMware Cloud…

We are pleased to announce the general availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5. This version of VMware’s multi-cloud platform was announced at VMware Explore 2022 as part of our introduction of VMware Cloud Foundation+. VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5 is the first version of Cloud Foundation to [..]


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vSphere with Tanzu – new TKG 2.0 ClusterClass…

vSphere with Tanzu – new TKG 2.0 ClusterClass…

One of the key features of the TKG 2.0 on vSphere 8 announcement at VMware Explore 2022 is the consolidation of our the Tanzu Kubernetes offerings into a single unified Kubernetes runtime. This can be considered the second edition of VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid. It will still come in two flavors.


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Advanced Load Balancing

A very good white paper on ALB from #VMware

Advanced Load Balancing

Keep pace with growing demands on your network with an automated load balancing and application services platform. Read the modernization paper.


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Announcement! New NSX 3.2 Security Lab on…

A great way to explore and get hands on experience on latest features #vmware #vmwarensx

Announcement! New NSX 3.2 Security Lab on…

We’re thrilled to announce the new NSX 3.2 Security on TestDrive now available as an innovative and easy way for VMware customers and partners to test and to experience our latest NSX 3.2 security capabilities. In this lab, you’ll get hands-on self-guided experience with NSX Advanced Threat […]


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My Top 5 Sessions in VMware Explore

VMware Explore previously known as VMworld is right around corner and Session Builder is also live. There are 765 Events spread across 12 tracks and 5 focus areas. This can become overwhelming for newcomers very easy very soon. What to attend, what to skip – I know this feeling as I have been through same. So, I decided to write about few tips to make most of VMware Explore and list few interesting sessions, I am looking forward to. Without further delay, let’s dive right in.

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What’s New in HCX 4.4

What’s New in HCX 4.4

HCX 4.4 is available globally! In this update we introduce Transport Analytics, modernized our HBR engine, moved to Photon OS with VMware’s secure kernel and made multiple other improvements. Brownfield sites will reflect a ⚠ Software Update message. Installations running HCX 4.1 through 4.3 […]


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Stellar Repair for Exchange

When an Exchange Server fails, it is a challenging task for administrators to restore the services as soon as possible and without data loss. If your Exchange Server fails and the database cannot mount due to corruption, you can use the native tools, like EseUtil, to recover the database. If there is minimal corruption, you can perform the soft recovery. It might be able to get the database mounted. In case it fails, you need to use the hard recovery option of EseUtil. But it is not recommended as this simply purges out any information which is deemed as corrupted. This means data loss. Also, Microsoft will not provide support if the hard recovery is performed on the database. Apart from this, there is no guarantee that the database will mount. This is where Exchange database recovery software like Stellar Repair for Exchange comes in handy. Let’s take a detailed look at this application.

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Script to add Tag to multiple VMs

What happens if you need to add a tag to multiple Virtual Machine in vCenter server. Well one way to do is go to vCenter and add it manually by going to individual Virtual Machine. Or fun way to do it, create a Powershell script. In my case, it was couple hundred Virtual Machines, so I went with 2nd option. Follow on to read more.

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What’s New, Part 2, in vSphere 7 Update 2

New set of features introduced in U2. Excited to get these tested in lab. #vmware

What’s New, Part 2, in vSphere 7 Update 2

It’s been a week since vSphere 7 Update 2 became available, and we continue to publish new information about it every day. Every update release to vSphere has new features. This one has about 20 big ones that we’ll talk about directly, about 90 medium-sized improvements or additions, and […]


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What’s New with vSAN 7 Update 2

What’s New with vSAN 7 Update 2

With more than 30,000 customers, vSAN continues to innovate. We’re excited to announce vSAN 7 Update 2, which delivers flexible, resilient, and future ready infrastructure that allows our customers to meet dynamic business and workload demands without compromising on efficiency, performance, or resiliency. We have enhanced the usability of vSAN deployed in various physical topologies, … Continued The post What’s New with vSAN 7 Update 2 appeared first on VMware vSAN Virtual Blocks Blog.


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Increase Network Protection with the latest…

Increase Network Protection with the latest…

We are excited to announce the availability of vRealize Network Insight 6.0 for our VMware Cloud Providers. Earlier in Q3, we launched vRealize Network Insight Cloud on Cloud Provider Hub. New vRealize Network Insight 6.0 helps you offer enhanced visibility and analytics to your customers for […]


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vRealize Automation 8.1 Initial Configuration – Part 3

In previous blogs, we have seen how to deploy vRealize Automation 8.1 and how to configure Active Directory to provide access to users/group on vRealize Automation 8.1 as well as integrating infrastructure and creating blueprint. You can follow below links to visit previous blogs:

In this blog, I will cover how to configure Service Broker and provide catalog Items to users for their consumption. So, let’s get started.

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vRealize Automation 8.1 Initial Configuration – Part 2

In previous blogs, we have seen how to deploy vRealize Automation 8.1 and how to configure Active Directory to provide access to users/group on vRealize Automation 8.1. You can follow below links to visit previous blogs:

In this blog, I will cover configuration for Cloud Assembly which includes integrating and managing infrastructure with vRealize Automation, how to create blueprint and deploying a machine from Cloud Assembly. So, let’s get started.

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vRealize Automation 8.1 Initial Configuration – Part 1

In last blog, I had covered deployment of vRealize Automation 8.1. You can follow below link to look at deployment. Complete blog series links:

But, true fun begins after deployment while configuring vRealize Automation. There are multiple configuration steps, needs to be followed and sometime they can become overwhelming if coming from vRA 7.x environment. So, i have tried to create guide around initial configuration post deployment. It will cover configuration starting from Identity and Access Management, going to Cloud Assembly and then Service Broker for catalog. I will try to map key terms with their counterparts in vRA 7.x. Without further wait, let’s get started with part 1.

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