This blog has been created as a central location to capture information that is relevant to my job. It will hopefully help the wider community at the same time. The content is focused on VMware's Software-Defined Datacenter (SDDC).
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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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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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 …
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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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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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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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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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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Last Updated: 27-Sep-2022 Welcome to Edition #9 of the What's New for VMware Validated Solutions, today we announced the following updates: New Solution - Cloud-Based Automation for VMware Cloud Foundation Added automation based on the PowerValidatedSolutions v1.8.0 release Release of PowerValidatedSolutions v1.8.0, our PowerShell module developed to ensure robustness, consistency, and accelerate implementation Cloud-Based Automation …
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By default NSX-T Data Center passwords (root, admin and audit) on the NSX Manager and NSX Edge nodes are set to expire after 90 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. Firstly in more …
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