vSphere LIVE: Why Upgrade to vSphere 8? vSphere LIVE: Why Upgrade to vSphere 8? We are kicking off vSphere LIVE for the summer. Block your calendar off for next Tuesday, June 13 from 10 to 11 AM Pacific (-0700) to stop by the vSphere YouTube channel, wherein I, Bob Plankers, will be talking about WHY you should upgrade to vSphere 8. We’ll go over some […]

Feature Friday Episode 138 – NSX V to T Migration 1 4 2 Feature Friday Episode 138 – NSX V to T… This week, Jai joins me to discuss the latest release of the NSX-V to NSX-T migration tool 1.4.2 for Cloud Director environments. The NSX V to T Migration […] VMware Social Media Advocacy

A Tour of the VMware Multi-Cloud and Modern Apps Livefire Ubuntu Desktop A Tour of the VMware Multi-Cloud and Modern… VMware’s Modern Apps and Multi-Cloud Livefire deliveries make use of a Horizon Ubuntu Desktop that I built and maintain. This video provides a tour of the features […] VMware Social Media Advocacy

Getting Started Create Quick Virtual Machine Getting Started Create Quick Virtual Machine Aria Automation- http://bit.ly/3fttsiS Welcome to VMware Aria Automation getting started video series, your journey to success. In this video, the Automation Assembler Administrator can deploy a simple virtual machine without creating an Aria Automation Template. VMware Social Media Advocacy

5 Phases of Highly Efficient M&A IT Integration: Multi-Cloud Infrastructure Consolidation 5 Phases of Highly Efficient M&A IT… In the last post on Highly Efficient M&A IT Integration, we covered multi-cloud network unification, a critical phase that connects new employees and office sites to the parent company’s resources with secure access. The next phase is multi-cloud infrastructure consolidation, based on an assessment of ROI and […]

Digital Transformation Podcast Series, Part 11: Change Management Transformation Digital Transformation Podcast Series, Part 11:… A change management strategy is required to minimize disruptions to IT services. In this episode of our digital transformation podcast series, meet VMware Director for IT Infrastructure PMO & Compliance Grant Nowell and VMware Sr. Manager for IT Change & Release Automation Sudheendra Chadaga as they talk about implementing the […]

Automating vSphere Workflows with VI/JSON Automating vSphere Workflows with VI/JSON With the recently-introduced VI/JSON wire protocol, it is now easier to automate vCenter-related workflows via tools supporting REST-like communication. This post presents several basic API calls to get you started. We demonstrate the API calls using simple curl commands. The same can be achieved with any tool supporting HTTP and JSON, like Postman, Python, PowerShell, […]

Quick Tip – Certificate is not trusted when importing signed OVF/OVA into vCenter Server Quick Tip – Certificate is not trusted when… An OVF/OVA can be digitally signed by a vendor to ensure its authenticity and when importing it into vCenter Server, the vSphere UI will either display that it contains a valid certificate or the certificate is not trusted as demonstrated in the example […]

Exclusive: Broadcom set to win EU nod for $61 bln VMware deal, sources say Exclusive: Broadcom set to win EU nod for $61… U.S. chipmaker Broadcom is set to gain conditional EU antitrust approval for its $61 billion proposed acquisition of cloud computing firm VMware, people familiar with the matter said, sending its shares up by almost 5%. VMware Social Media Advocacy

Join the vExpert Community: Second Half Applications Are Open! Join the vExpert Community: Second Half… Hello VMware community members out there! We are thrilled to announce that the second half applications for the vExpert program are now open. As a VMware […] VMware Social Media Advocacy