Tips

Tips

• VMware looks to regain public cloud footing with vSphere on AWS

  The Amazon-VMware partnership secures vSphere revenue, makes it easier to adapt legacy apps to AWS and allows customers to run the same software on AWS on premises.  Continue Reading

• VSAN Encryption: What it is, what it does and how to use it

  New to vSphere 6.6, vSAN Encryption uses an XTS AES-256 cipher to encrypt all objects in the vSAN data store across both all-flash and hybrid configurations.  Continue Reading

• Image Builder makes it easy to manage vSphere Auto Deploy images

  The VMware vSphere 6.5 Image Builder enables admins to create and install ISO images with the vSphere Web Client and manage them with Auto Deploy.  Continue Reading

• How VMware VDP 6.1 backs up, replicates and restores vSphere VMs

  VSphere Data Protection 6.1 uses image-level backup, vStorage API integration and variable-length deduplication technology to protect vSphere data.  Continue Reading

• VSAN 6.5 and 6.6 up VMware's hyper-converged game

  VMware wants to cash in on the hyper-converged trend with tighter integration of its products, and vSAN is no exception. Check out these tips to see what's new in vSAN 6.5 and 6.6.  Continue Reading

• Open source vulnerabilities hit VMware

  A remote code execution vulnerability in Apache Struts 2 affected four VMware products. Keeping a VMware environment secure goes beyond basic features and tools.  Continue Reading

• Integrate vRealize Log Insight and NSX for centralized logging

  VMware added vRealize Log Insight NSX in version 6.2.3. This central logging system receives log entries from ESXi hosts and helps identify issues in your NSX deployment.  Continue Reading

• Deploy a virtual container host with vSphere Integrated Containers

  VMware vSphere Integrated Containers uses virtual container hosts and Docker commands to deploy, test and run virtual containers in a vSphere environment.  Continue Reading

• Use the VMware Host Client to manage single ESXi hosts

  The VMware Host Client is faster and more secure than the vSphere Flash-based client, but it has yet to reach maturity. Here are some other tools you can use to manage ESXi hosts.  Continue Reading

• The vSphere REST API adds new dimensions to automation

  The new vSphere REST API comes with a number of advanced capabilities that simplify automation and management. Here are a few ways to best use its capabilities.  Continue Reading

• How to monitor CPU, memory and networking in VMware vCSA 6.5

  Admins can monitor CPU and memory use, manage network settings and get updates through the new-look vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface.  Continue Reading

• Use VCHA to set up a three-node cluster and protect your workloads

  VCenter Server High Availability depends on a three-node cluster -- consisting of active, passive and witness nodes -- to limit the damage caused by system failures.  Continue Reading

• PowerCLI 6.5 adds new cmdlets, upgrades existing options

  You can now move virtual machines between vCenter instances that aren't a part of the same single sign-on domain with the upgraded PowerCLI cmdlets.  Continue Reading

• Copying virtual machines with VMware vSphere Replication

  Now that you've completed the installation and configuration, it's time to walk through the process of how vSphere Replication works.  Continue Reading

• How to install and configure the vSphere Replication appliance

  VMware vSphere Replication can help copy virtual machines from one host to another, or even one data center to another. Here's how to install and configure it.  Continue Reading