Entries from Eric Sloof

The PowerShell Module for VMware Cloud Foundation is an Open Source PowerShell module for interacting with the VMware Cloud Foundation (SDDC Manager and Cloud Builder) public APIs.

NVIDIA vGPU allows vSphere to share NVIDIA GPUs among multiple VMs by using either the timesliced vGPU profile or the MIG-with-vGPU profile (we will call this MIG vGPU throughout this paper). These two vGPU modes provide a flexible choice on how GPUs are shared to best leverage the GPU resource.
With two options available, you might wonder if you should choose vGPU or MIG vGPU. This paper explores multiple use cases of the two profiles with different workloads, from ML training to ML inference and other workloads. We also show you how to choose the right profile for your workloads to maximize the benefits of vGPU and MIG vGPU.

vSphere has been the de-facto data centre infrastructure platform of choice for the past decade. In recent years, a new platform has emerged - Kubernetes. But even Kubernetes benefits by running on vSphere. VMware has embraced Kubernetes and has their own Tanzu branded distributions available, which have been integrated with many existing vSphere products.

This can be overwhelming for the vSphere administrators, who have traditionally managed virtual machine workloads, but are now faced with new concepts such as containers, Kubernetes, Pods, persistent volumes, load balancers, etc.

This is a book designed to help traditional vSphere Administrators take their first tentative steps with Kubernetes. It introduces the concept of containers, before moving into Kubernetes and discussing some of the most common entities found in Kubernetes, particularly focusing on compute, storage and networking.

The book describes some of the most common ways of deploying Kubernetes before moving onto VMware Tanzu branded distributions, such as TKG and vSphere with Tanzu. Deploying TKG and vSphere with Tanzu on vSphere infrastructure is examined in details, along with Container Network Interfaces (CNI) and Container Storage Interfaces (CSI). Particular focus is paid to day 2 operations, and the tooling available to assist with managing, monitoring and troubleshooting these products.

The book written by Cormac Hogan finishes with some discussion about DevOps and DevSecOps, and shows what opportunities are available for a vSphere Administrator who is building up their skill-set in the world of Kubernetes.

Cross vCenter vMotion capability. The demo shows the two migration workflows, performing a workload migration from an on-prem vSphere infrastructure to a VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC while the workload remains 'live' and pingable!

More info and demos here: vmc.techzone.vmware.com

VMware will be sunsetting the NSX native load balancers. Customers should be migrating to the currently supported NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi) which simplifies operations today while getting you ready for your multi-cloud and container strategies tomorrow.

Avi works across all environments beyond the NSX framework, expanding use cases to public cloud, containers and app security while adding capabilities for GSLB, WAF and analytics.

A migration tool will be available to make the migration of your existing configuration to the current technology easy and painless. 

Watch this webinar to learn: · 

• Why migrating to Avi load balancing today makes sense
• How to migrate from NSX-v or NSX-T to Avi load balancing
• The benefits of application delivery automation, operational visibility, and scalability that you can gain with the Avi solution

vSphere Diagnostic Tool is a python script that runs diagnostic commands on the vCenter Server Photon Appliance to return useful troubleshooting data while running within the confines of the local environment with out upstream dependencies.

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This webinar is for VMware customers and partners, who sell, use, deploy, configure, and manage vSphere systems on a daily basis, and are interested to hear and learn about new features and best practices of using the rich feature set of VMware vSphere 7.X.

In this session you will learn about the latest features and capabilities introduced for VMware vSphere since the introduction of vSphere 7.0.

Haim Melamed will cover fundamental vSphere changes such as the introduction of vSphere Cluster Services (vCLS), the redesign of vMotion and DRS, new features around GPU support for graphics and CUDA applications, and much more.

In addition, he will cover some best practices of designing and deploying vSphere environments, around performance, manageability, scalability, redundancy and much more

Implementing VMware Dynamic Environment Manager is the definitive guide to installing and managing end-user desktop environments using the VMware Dynamic Environment Manager solution and tools.

To begin with, you will be able to explore what environment management is, and why you need it in your business infrastructure before discussing the VMware solutions. You will quickly get speedy with installing and configuring the DEM in real-time, using screenshots, and step-by-step directions.

You will then be able to explore how to manage end-user environments, wherein you can focus on personalization, configuring the end-user environment, and creating condition sets for triggering when certain policies get applied.

You will be able to create XML-based config files, configure application migration, and see how to restore and backup user settings. In this book, you will get handy with the best solutions on how to troubleshoot your VMware environment along with how to upgrade FlexEngine, DEM console, and ADMX templates.

Overall, this book gives you an in-depth knowledge of VMware DEM, using real-time examples based on the latest versions of the VMware Manager.

VMware’s vSAN has rapidly proven itself in environments ranging from hospitals to oil rigs to e-commerce platforms and is the top player in the hyperconverged space.

Along the way, it has matured to offer unsurpassed features for data integrity, availability, space efficiency, stretched clustering, and cloud native storage services. vSAN 7.0 U3 has radically simplified IT operations and supports the transition to hyperconverged infrastructures (HCI).

The authors of the vSAN Deep Dive have thoroughly updated their definitive guide to this transformative technology. Writing for vSphere administrators, architects, and consultants, Cormac Hogan, and Duncan Epping explain what vSAN is, how it has evolved, what it now offers, and how to gain maximum value from it.

The book offers expert insight into preparation, installation, configuration, policies, provisioning, clusters, architecture, and more. You’ll also find practical guidance for using all data services (including vSAN File Service), stretched clusters, two-node configurations, and cloud-native storage services.