VMware Validated Design 6.0 – What’s New

On April 14, VMware made VMware Validated Design 6.0 Generally Available (GA), but how does this latest release differ to those before it? Here I will provide a high-level run down of what’s new across the design. Greenfield Deployments Only The first thing to note is that this release is only for greenfield deployments and …

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VxRail Support – VMware Cloud Foundation and VMware Validated Designs

The question concerning what versions of VMware Validated Design are supported on what versions of VxRail has come up a number of times over the last couple of weeks, as a result we have had a new VMware Support KB article created to track. And for those that were not aware a similar VMware Support …

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VMware Cloud Builder – Logging and Log Collection

VMware Cloud Builder is used to automate the deployment of VMware Cloud Foundation and VMware Validated Designs, during the initial bringup phase both solutions use the same components of the VMware Cloud Builder appliance: JsonGenerator - used to take the Excel file and generate the JSON file used by the bringup servicePlatformAudit - used to …

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