Author: garyjblake

My current role is Senior Staff Solution Architect at VMware, working for the Cloud Infrastructure Business Group (CIBG) responsible for Solution Architecture for VMware Cloud Foundation and VMware Validated Solutions.

What’s New for VMware Validated Solutions – Edition #12 (January 2023)

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Last Updated: 31-Jan-2023 Welcome to Edition #12 of the What's New for VMware Validated Solutions, today we announced the following updates: New Solution - Cloud-Based Intelligent Operations for VMware Cloud Foundation Enhancements to Password Policy Configuration within Identity and Access Management for VMware Cloud Foundation Release of PowerValidatedSolutions v2.0.0, our PowerShell module developed to ensure …

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Generating Health Reports for VMware Cloud Foundation

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VMware Cloud Foundation is an advanced hybrid cloud platform that provides a complete set of software-defined services for compute, storage, networking, security and cloud management to run enterprise apps. By definition this means that VMware Cloud Foundation consists of a number products from across the VMware portfolio but how do you know your platform is …

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What’s New for VMware Validated Solutions – Edition #11 (November 2022)

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Last Updated: 29-Nov-2022 Welcome to Edition #11 of the What's New for VMware Validated Solutions, today we announced the following updates: Added improvements to the implementation prerequisites across all VMware Validated Solutions Added improvements to PowerShell functions for Site Protection and Disaster Recovery for VMware Cloud Foundation Added certificate replacement procedures for Cloud-Based Automation for …

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Configure Password Expiration Policy for NSX Manager/Edge Nodes for a VMware Cloud Foundation Instance

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With the release of VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5.0 a welcome enhancement to Password Management comes the notification capability, with this new feature we have introduced firstly a new banner that appears in the SDDC Manager UI when an account is identified as disconnected either as a result of the password expiring or the component going …

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Fixing Expired Passwords on Workspace ONE Access

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By default Workspace ONE Access passwords (root, sshuser) are set to expire after 60 days. Unless you rotate passwords on regular basis you may have overlooked this default configuration and suddenly find yourself locked out of being able to perform management tasks. VMware Cloud Foundation provides the ability to perform scheduled or manual password rotations …

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End-to-End Automation of Private Cloud Automation Validated Solution

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If your not already familiar with the Private Cloud Automation for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution it’s primary purpose is to implement a modern cloud automation platform that delivers self-service automation, DevOps for infrastructure, and orchestration. This is achieved through the deployment of vRealize Automation and the integration with one of more VMware Cloud Foundation …

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What’s New for VMware Validated Solutions – Edition #10 (October 2022)

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Welcome to Edition #10 of the What's New for VMware Validated Solutions, today we announced the following updates: Added support for VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5.0 Added automation based on the PowerValidatedSolutions v1.9.0 release Release of PowerValidatedSolutions v1.9.0, our PowerShell module developed to ensure robustness, consistency, and accelerate implementation Added Support for VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5.0 …

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End-to-End Automation of Intelligent Operations Management Validated Solution

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If your not already familiar with the Intelligent Operations Management for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution it’s primary purpose is to provide operations monitoring, analytics and reporting for VMware Cloud Foundation infrastructure components. This is achieved through the deployment of vRealize Operations and the configuration of it's management packs to collect data from ESXi, vCenter …

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End-to-End Automation of Intelligent Logging and Analytics Validated Solution

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If your not already familiar with the Intelligent Logging and Analytics for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution it’s primary purpose is to provide logging, analytics and reporting for VMware Cloud Foundation infrastructure components. This is achieved through the deployment of vRealize Log Insight and the configuration of it's content packs to collect log data from …

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End-to-End Automation of Developer Ready Infrastructure Validated Solution

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If your not already familiar with the Developer Ready Infrastructure for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution it’s primary purpose is to provide enterprise grade infrastructure, suitable for developers to consume for the deployment of modern applications, using VMware Cloud Foundation as its foundational layer. The Developer Ready Infrastructure validated solution achieves this by walking you …

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