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vSphere Compliance: Common Criteria, NIST 800-53, and DISA STIG

Bob Plankers posted June 21, 2019

Security is a hot topic everywhere in IT, but right behind it is its cousin, compliance. VMware vSphere is a great platform for organizations that have regulatory compliance needs. Hundreds of time-saving, easy-to-use, and flexible features in vSphere align closely with compliance frameworks, and VMware provides guidance on how to configure these features to meet Read more...

Decoding the vCenter Server Lifecycle: Update and Versioning Explained

David Stamen posted June 13, 2019

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a vCenter Server update and a patch? Or between an upgrade and a migration? Why don’t some vCenter Server versions align? Keep reading for the answers! Version Numbering The first thing you should understand is vCenter Server versioning. When reviewing your vCenter Server version’s you may Read more...

Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) Explained

Niels Hagoort posted June 11, 2019

vSphere Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) ensures that workloads can be live migrated, using vMotion, between ESXi hosts in a cluster that are running different CPU generations. The general recommendation is to have EVC enabled as it will help you in the future where you’ll be scaling your clusters with new hosts that might contain new CPU models. Read more...

Security Issue with VMware Tools: VMSA-2019-0009

Kev Johnson posted June 10, 2019

Vulnerability Summary Customers should be aware of an important issue with VMware Tools where a non-privileged user on a Windows VM could read information or cause problems in a VM running VMware Tools lower than 10.3.10. The official designation from VMware is VMSA-2019-0009 on the VMware Security Advisories page and mailing list. This vulnerability is Read more...

10 Things To Know About vSphere Certificate Management

Bob Plankers posted June 4, 2019

With security and compliance on the minds of IT staff everywhere, vSphere certificate management is a huge topic. Decisions made can seriously affect the effort it takes to support a vSphere deployment, and often create vigorous discussions between CISO and information security staff, virtualization admins, and enterprise PKI/certificate authority admins. Here are ten things that Read more...

Get Prepared for VMworld 2019 US

Adam Eckerle posted May 28, 2019

August 2019 can seem far away but the Cloud Platform Business Unit at VMware is working tirelessly preparing for another outstanding customer experience for VMworld 2019 US. We are excited about what’s to come and invite you to register to attend and take advantage of Early Bird pricing which ends June 21st. Just as vSphere Read more...

Build Security and Agility into your Infrastructure

Sanmeet Jasuja posted May 22, 2019

As enterprises transition to digital businesses, there is a significant growth in the number and variety of applications. Modern applications are different from those of the past. Software is written and deployed faster and in more places than before. Today’s distributed applications go well beyond one or two virtual machines (VMs) in a data center. Read more...

Virtualization-Based Security Issues with Windows 1903/19H1 Releases

Bob Plankers posted May 20, 2019

Users of Virtualization-Based Security or the virtual I/O MMU features in vSphere should take note of a serious issue that has been discovered with the 1903, 19H1, and May 2019 updates to Windows 10, Windows Server, and Windows Server 2019 LTSC editions. In short, a new installation of the OS at these levels, or an Read more...

Performance Study on PMEM in vSphere

Niels Hagoort posted May 16, 2019

Persistent Memory (PMEM) is modern technology that provides us with a new storage tier that will be beneficial for Enterprise Applications that need reduced latency and flexible data access. Examples are (in-memory) database platforms for log acceleration by caching, data writes and reduced recovery times. High Performance Computing (HPC) workloads can also greatly benefit from Read more...

Secure your Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

Rajiv Thakkar posted May 15, 2019

Are you running Hyper-Converged Infrastructure or about to make the transition to HCI? Moving to HCI requires organizations to rethink how they store and secure their data from the foundation to the application. VMware HCI includes end-to-end security for applications, infrastructure, data, and access. Two core VMware technologies, VMware vSphere 6.7 Platinum™ and VMware vSAN, Read more...