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The Rough Cuts service from VMware Press gives you exclusive access to an evolving manuscript that you can read online or download as a PDF and print. A Rough Cuts book is not fully edited or completely formatted, but you'll get access to new versions as they are created. VMware has offered the VMware Certified Professional (VCP) exam since the early 2000s but has recently expanded their...

In this video you will see the integration of Log Insight with the vCenter Operations Management platform. VMware vCenter Operations Manager 5.7.1 introduces integration with vCenter Log Insight (GA available in Q3 2013) and the vCenter Web Cleint. Log Insight can be configured to send alerts to vCenter Operations Manager about vCenter Server objects. In the vSphere UI, vCenter Operati...

Although vCenter Log Insight can be used as a standalone log consolidation and analysis tool, it’s greatest strength (and biggest differentiator) is its tight integration with vCenter Server, vSphere, and vCenter Operations Manager. No other virtualization-management tool can give you such a complete view of your data center operations by correlating virtualization performa...

vCenter Operations Manager 5.7.1 is the latest release of VMware's integrated operations suite, converging performance, capacity, and configuration management. This new release introduces the following features and enhancements. Performance Report Pack This release introduces new performance report pack. By default, reports now include operations status report for line of business vir...

This training course (three days of instructor-led classroom) focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vCloud Automation Center. This course covers the configuration and use of vCloud Automation Center as a platform for self-service provisioning of virtual, cloud, and physical machines to create and manage on-demand multivendor cloud infrastructures. ...

VMware vCenter Log Insight is the new solution of VMware for log management and analytics. It delivers superior technology for automated log management through log analytics, aggregation, and search, and an easy to use user interface. Log Insight provides the operational intelligence needed to proactively enable service levels and operational efficiency in dynamic hybrid cloud environments....

In this video you will see how to group Resources by GEO location and activate the dashboard widget. Depending on your environment, you might want to group some or all of your resources according to their physical location. When resources are grouped according to their physical location, you can see the health of all of the resources in a particular place. To group resources by their physic...

We've received some great news today. Our session proposal "vCenter Operations and the Quest for the Missing Metrics" has been accepted for both VMworld US and Europe 2013. This session will teach you how to customize vCenter Operations to provide you the information you really need for your business. We do this by giving you some real life examples from the field where we ...

Now available for FREE, 4.1 HA/DRS and 5.0 Clustering Deepdive Kindle version! Frank and Duncan have written “vSphere 5.0 Clustering Technical Deepdive” to give you a better understanding of all the new clustering features vSphere 5.0 offers and how these integrate with each other. VMware vSphere 5.0 Clustering Technical Deepdive zooms in on three key components of every VMware ...

In the version 1.0 release of VMware vSphere Storage Appliance, a brand-new, unmodified installation of vSphere 5.x infrastructure, also known as a greenfield infrastructure, was required for deployment. This requirement was identified as a significant constraint to the usability of the solution. The latest release of vSphere Storage Appliance, version 5.1.x, addresses this l...

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This course focuses on the organization administrator’s role in VMware vCloud Director in managing cloud resources. This course provides hands-on training for operators who are charged with administering their corporate resources in a public cloud or a private cloud. This course assumes that a vCloud Director organization administrator is technically proficient in working at a department...

What’s New? - Expanded Infrastructure Support Enhanced vCloud Director Integration. Machine owners can provision a vApp as a single entity, but manage the component VMs individually. The vApp blueprint specifies governance policies for the vApp as a whole (such as how many machines of each type it contains), while the vApp component blueprint specifies policies that c...

Today, many CIOs are challenged to deliver a solution that efficiently and securely delivers Windows desktops and applications to all types of end-workers and devices in a way that meetscorporate objectives for cost, security, and compliance. In order to answer this challenge, VMware® View® with FlexPod™ provides the foundation for delivering efficient and scalable virtua...

A few days ago I've posted an article about the Loadbalancer.org virtual appliance being VMware ready and I've received some nice feedback from people who already have implemented the appliance in their production environment. Michael Patton who works as a VMware vCAC PSO (National Team) North America responded with:"My reason for writing is rece...

VMware Horizon Workspace combines applications and data into a single, aggregated workspace, with flexible access to the data and applications employees need for productivity, regardless of where they are based.With fewer management points and easier access, Horizon Workspace reduces the complexity of IT administration. Horizon Workspace is delivered as a virtual applian...

The VMware Workstation team is providing public access to the VMware Workstation Technology Preview to gather feedback from users on a wide range of hardware and software configurations. The VMware Workstation Technology Preview includes changes to the core virtualization engine and new capabilities they are exploring. They would appreciate feedback in the following areas: Creating and...

VMware-expert Eric Sloof neemt tijdens VMware Forum deel aan een nieuw initiatief: de 'Genius bar'. In onderstaande blogpost legt hij uit wat dit inhoudt: "Begin juni staat iets leuks te gebeuren! Je kunt namelijk op 4 juni gratis het VMware Forum in Den Bosch bezoeken. Deze dag geeft je de gelegenheid om met leveranciers te praten en technische sessies bij te wonen, maar als klap o...

The Rough Cuts service from VMware Press gives you exclusive access to an evolving manuscript that you can read online or download as a PDF and print. A Rough Cuts book is not fully edited or completely formatted, but you'll get access to new versions as they are created. Many organizations are discovering the immense ROI available by virtualizing business critical applications. Microsoft ...

The Virtual Appliance offers the full functionality of hardware load balancers: High Availability Full Layer 4/7 Server Load Balancing Supports unlimited Virtual & Real Servers Web-based GUI HTTP Cookie Persistence RDP Cookie Persistence SSL Offloading 802.1q VLANs 802.3ad Bonding Feedback Agent Stateful Packet Inspection Full IPv6 Support SIP Support with Call-ID Per...

With the upcoming release of VMware Cloud Automation Center 5.2 on the horizon, I had the opportunity to ask Zack Kielich who works at a Senior Systems Engineer at VMware, a few questions.Q: Hi Zack, you've recently launched the website vCACTeam.info. Is this website officially a VMware website? A: No it's not officially affiliated with VMware. Contributors may come form...

Virtual machine snapshots preserve the entire state of a running VM at a particular point in time. While the snapshot is active, all changes to the VM are captured in one or more delta disks. If they stay active too long, however, the delta files become too large and create problems with performance overhead and capacity. When vCenter loses control of snapshots, they become orphaned and can...

Performance problems can arise in any computing environment. Complex application behaviors, changing demands, and shared infrastructure can lead to problems arising in previously stable environments. Troubleshooting performance problems requires an understanding of the interactions between the software and hardware components of a computing environment. Moving to a virtualize...

This paper demonstrates how securing a virtual DMZ environment using VMware vCloud Networking and Security can help your organization reduce capital expenditure and increase agility, while building a cloud-ready, secure and scalable environment for business applications. It also highlights the different design approaches to securing business-critical applications and enables ...

The vCloud Networking and Security Fundamentals course covers VMware’s vision of a Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC) and explains key features of vCloud Networking and Security Suite. This course also examines various methods for implementing vCloud Networking and Security. This course consists of the following modules: vCloud Networking and Security Vision describes the challeng...