Eric Sloof

The VMware Validated Design provides a set of prescriptive documents that explain how to plan, deploy, and configure a deployment of a Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC). This design supports a number of use cases, and is designed to minimize difficulty in integration, expansion, and operation, as well as future updates and upgrades.

The new VMware Instant Clone Technology included in the View component of the Horizon 7 Enterprise Edition improves and accelerates the process of creating cloned virtual desktops over the previous View Composer linked-clone technology. In addition, instant clones require less storage and less
expense to manage and update because the desktop is deleted when the user logs out, and a new desktop is created using the latest master image.
For just-in-time desktops, you can combine instant clones with VMware App Volumes™ and VMware User Environment Manager™ to create disposable desktops that retain user customizations, personas, and user-installed apps from session to session, even though the cloned desktop is destroyed when the
user logs out. Users experience a stateful desktop, while the enterprise realizes the economy of stateless desktops.

This white paper is for View administrators who are considering using instant clones. It provides a technical explanation of Instant Clone Technology and its benefits and limitations. This paper is intended both for readers who are

Optimize network performance across virtual and physical networks with 360 degree visibility. In this video you will learn about:

• Virtual and physical network topology mapping
• Performance optimization across overlay and underlay

To help people get started using Cloud Foundry, the community has made available three beginner training courses. They are developed under the Apache open source licensing model, giving anyone the ability to freely use the materials to become more proficient on Cloud Foundry, as well as to contribute to the content.
 

• Cloud Foundry for Beginners: From Zero to Hero
• Microservices on Cloud Foundry: Going Cloud Native
• Operating a Platform: BOSH and Everything Else

https://www.cloudfoundry.org/training/​

Optimize network performance and availability with visibility and analytics across virtual and physical networks. Provide planning and recommendations for implementing micro-segmentation security, plus operational views to quickly and confidently manage and scale VMware NSX deployment.

VMware vRealize Network Insight: Micro-segmentation

VMware vRealize Network Insight: Visibility

Best practices are described for optimizing Big Data applications running on VMware vSphere. Hardware, software, and vSphere configuration parameters are documented, as well as tuning parameters for the operating system,

Hadoop, and Spark. The Dell 12-server cluster (10 of which were dedicated to Hadoop worker processes) used in the test is described in detail, showing how the best practices were applied in its configuration. Test results are shown from two MapReduce and two Spark applications running on vSphere as well as directly on the hardware, and results from a reduced-size cluster of 5 worker servers.


The virtualized cluster outperformed the bare metal cluster by 5-10% for all MapReduce and Spark workloads with the exception of one Spark workload, which ran at parity. All workloads showed excellent scaling from 5 to 10 worker servers and from smaller to larger
dataset sizes.

Download the Technical White Paper: Big Data Performance on vSphere 6 Best Practices for Optimizing Virtualized Big Data Applications

A demo showing how a multi-site Cross-VC NSX can be used with third party security services; an example is demonstrated using Palo Alto Networks. Cross-VC NSX provide for consistent security across multiple vCenter domains and sites with Universal Distributed Firewall. Further, third party security services such as Palo Alto Networks can be leveraged for Application/L7-level security.

This comprehensive Horizon 7 Network Ports diagram specifies ports for View in VMware Horizon 7, VMware Identity Manager, VMware App Volumes, VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon, and VMware Access Point.

The VMware App Volumes Reviewer’s Guide is a comprehensive technical overview to help you evaluate VMware App Volumes. You learn about App Volumes architecture and components, and storage, network, and security.


The installation and configuration sections present a basic App Volumes deployment. Exercises in the remaining sections allow you to evaluate some of the App Volumes key features.