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Last Updated: 26-Oct-2021 Welcome to Edition #2 of the What's New for VMware Validated Solutions, today we are announcing a number of incremental changes: Additional support for Dell VxRailAdditional automation across solutions based on the PowerValidatedSolutions v1.1.0 releaseAdditional Operational Guidance Added Support for VMware Cloud Foundation 4.3.0 / 4.3.1 on VxRail Delighted to announce support of …
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Last Updated: 05-Oct-2021 Last month we released VMware Validated Solutions for background reading check out my original post here, this fundamental shift in developing VMware Validated Solutions now allows us to deliver incremental value over time, this is just the first of what I hope to be many updates but I'm really excited to share …
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I'm pleased to announce the general availability of PowerVCF v2.1.3 for download from the PowerShell Library. PowerVCF is a open source project and the team works on adding support when time permits. This latest release adds new functionality to support the release of VMware Cloud Foundation 4.3. Download It Here: PowerVCF PowerShell Library Download Categorycmdlet …
Back in February I shared a post called VMware Cloud Builder - Bringup Validation for VMware Cloud Foundation, where I discussed details around changes relating to the validation modules used within VMware Cloud Builder for VMware Cloud Foundation 4.2. At the time I promised to share more details on what each validation module actually did, …
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For those of you who are not familiar with VMware Cloud Builder its a virtual appliance that is shipped as part of VMware Cloud Foundation. It's primary goal is to bootstrap the deployment and configuration of the Management Domain which includes ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-T Data Center and SDDC Manager. VMware Cloud Builder was first …
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I'm pleased to announce the general availability of PowerVCF v2.1.2 for download from the PowerShell Library. As mentioned in previous posts PowerVCF is a open source project and the team works on adding support when time permits. This latest release is a very minor update containing a few bug fixes as well as adding support …
I'm pleased to announce the general availability of PowerVCF v2.1.1 for download from the PowerShell Library. As mentioned in previous posts PowerVCF is a open source project and the team has been working hard on the latest update in their spare time to add support for VMware Cloud Foundation 4.1. Download It Here: PowerVCF PowerShell …
In this part of the series, we will take a look at how to initiate the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager deployment workflow in SDDC Manager. VMware Cloud Builder APIs Used GET /v1/bundlesPOST /v1/bundlesPOST /v1/vrslcmsGET /v1/tasks/{id} PowerVCF Cmdlets Get-VCFBundleRequest-VCFBundleNew-VCFvRSLCMGet-VCFTask PowerShell Scripts createDeployVrslcmAvnSpec.ps1 Procedure Step 1 - Download and populate the Planning and Preparation Workbook for your …
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I'm pleased to announce the general availability of PowerVCF v2.1.0 for download from the PowerShell Library. As mentioned in previous posts PowerVCF is a open source project and the team has been working hard on the latest update in their spare time to add support for VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x. Download It Here: PowerVCF PowerShell …
In this part of the series, we take a look at how to initiate the NSX-T edge cluster deployment in SDDC Manager. VMware Cloud Builder APIs Used GET /v1/clusters POST /v1/edge-clustersGET /v1/tasks/{id} PowerVCF Cmdlets Get-VCFClusterNew-VCFEdgeClusterGet-VCFTask PowerShell Scripts createWorkloadEdgeSpec.ps1 Procedure Step 1 - Download and populate the Planning and Preparation Workbook for your target platform. Step …
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