The VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture

[Video] See how VMware’s Cross-Cloud Architecture gives you both freedom AND control in your IT infrastructure

The VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture

See how VMware’s Cross-Cloud Architecture helps you avoid cloud silos, giving you both freedom and control in IT infrastructure.


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The difference between VM Encryption in vSphere…

The difference between VM Encryption in vSphere 6.5 and vSAN encryption – Yellow Bricks

The difference between VM Encryption in vSphere…

More and more people are starting to ask me what the difference is between VMCrypt aka VM Encryption and the beta feature we announced not to long ago called vSAN Encryption.


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vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5 What’s New…

vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5 What’s New Rundown – Emad Younis Blog

vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5 What’s New…

During VMworld Barcelona 2016, VMware announced vSphere 6.5. With lots of new features and updates, this is one of the biggest vSphere releases we have had in a while.


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Accessing Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) from an SSH session (2039638) | VMware KB

For times when you don’t have access to out of band management like  HPE iLO or Dell RAC, but you do have access via SSH. Set your SSH session windows to accommodate the DCUI layout, connect with SSH and launch DCUI with this command: dcui

Source: Accessing Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) from an SSH session (2039638) | VMware KB

Attempting to join an Appliance-based Platform Services Controller or vCenter Server to a vSphere domain fails with the error: ERROR_TOO_MANY_NAMES (2114233) | VMware KB

I ran into this issue today. We were deploying a vCenter appliance to a site with an external PSC. In the process we had an issue with name resolution and had to rerun the installation. While the vCenter inventory had been cleaned up by deleting the VCSA vm, the SSO directory still had an entry and needed to be cleaned up before we could successfully deploy the vCenter appliance.

Source: Attempting to join an Appliance-based Platform Services Controller or vCenter Server to a vSphere domain fails with the error: ERROR_TOO_MANY_NAMES (2114233) | VMware KB

Update sequence for vSphere 5.5 and its compatible VMware products (2057795) | VMware KB

Source: Update sequence for vSphere 5.5 and its compatible VMware products (2057795) | VMware KB

vRealize Operations Manager Sizing Guidelines (2093783) | VMware KB

Source: vRealize Operations Manager Sizing Guidelines (2093783) | VMware KB

Security considerations and disallowing inter-Virtual Machine Transparent Page Sharing (2080735) | VMware KB

Source: Security considerations and disallowing inter-Virtual Machine Transparent Page Sharing (2080735) | VMware KB