Have you been considering moving your organization’s workloads to the public cloud due to spiraling costs, however application latency, management transparency, and corporate data security concerns have you reconsidering on-premises modernization? Maybe your company is interested in compute-enabling your edge , however the support costs of deploying and maintaining compute at the edge has prevented Read more...
As you can see by all the other blog articles, a LOT of new stuff is available in vSphere 7! What is also new is me working on something other than vSphere Security (Bob Plankers has that now). My new focus is vSphere with Kubernetes and how it affects the traditional vSphere Administrator (VI Admin). Read more...
The first release of Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS) dates back to 2006. Since then, data centers and workloads have changed significantly. The new vSphere 7 release is shipped with DRS enhancements to better support modern workloads by using an improved DRS logic and new accompanying UI in the vSphere Client. The enhanced DRS logic is Read more...
vSphere 7 is VMware’s biggest set of innovations since the launch of ESXi. With all the excitement around this new generation of vSphere and the app modernization solutions we felt our loyal vSphere users deserve an event just for themselves! With the help of the hosts from siliconANGLE’s theCUBE, we’ve brought together vSphere engineering executives, Read more...
One of the two biggest ways to improve an organization’s security posture is through good account management and password hygiene.* As the old saying goes, it’s easier said than done. Good account management seems simple enough, but with hundreds of systems and devices in the average organization it’s easy to miss one. As for passwords, Read more...
When we announced VMware vSphere 7 we promised that we’d keep blogging and making videos about vSphere 7 into May. We aren’t lying. Here’s a rundown of what came out last week in case you missed it. On deck this week: Bob with Identity Federation, Niels with DRS improvements, Mike on vSphere with Kubernetes concepts, Read more...
The excitement and interest around vSphere with Kubernetes, formerly known as Project Pacific, is just incredible! In order to help vSphere Administrators get their arms around the fundamental changes coming to the industry we’ve put together a whitepaper called vSphere with Kubernetes 101 for the vSphere Administrator. In the paper you’ll get a glossary of Read more...
The vSphere vMotion feature enables customers to live-migrate workloads from source to destination ESXi hosts. Over time, we have developed vMotion to support new technologies. The vSphere 7 release is no exception to that, as we greatly improved the vMotion feature. The vMotion enhancements in vSphere 7 include a reduced performance impact during the live-migration Read more...
Many businesses are discovering the need to compute enable the edge of their network. Whether it be a chain of brick and mortar stores, satellite healthcare clinics, or factories in remote locations, deploying compute at the edge allows applications to run in close proximity to internet- connected end user devices or machinery and the date Read more...
With the recent announcement of vSphere 7 it is an exciting time for vCenter Server 7 as well. In particular, migration & upgrade workflows have undergone a number of changes to help simplify them, making it easier to patch and move to new versions as part of the life cycle of vSphere: vCenter Server 7 Read more...
