VMware vSAN 6.7 Enhancements with Jase McCarty (@JaseMcCarty)

  Jase McCarty joins us to discuss what’s new with vSAN 6.7. Contact Jase with any questions or feedback at www.twitter.com/jasemccarty vsan assessment https://www.vmware.com/products/hyper-converged-infrastructure/assessment.html storage hub https://storagehub.vmware.com/ documentation portal https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSAN/index.html HOLs https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=vsan-18-hol *About vBrownBag* SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/vBBYoutube Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/vBrownBag Facebook: https://facebook.com/vBrownBag iTunes: http://bit.ly/vbrownbagitunes Google+: google.com/+vBrownBag https://vBrownBag.com is a community of people who believe in helping
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VMware NSX-T + CNA with Niran Even-Chen (@NiranEC)

Niran Even-Chen (twitter.com/NiranEC) joins us to talk about NSX-T and Cloud Native Applications (CNA). Watch as he proves that they work together like peanut butter and jelly. The video includes 3 live demos! *About vBrownBag* SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/vBBYoutube Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/vBrownBag Facebook: https://facebook.com/vBrownBag iTunes: http://bit.ly/vbrownbagitunes Google+: google.com/+vBrownBag https://vBrownBag.com is a community of people who believe in
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VMware vSphere 6.7 Upgrade with Nigel Hickey (@vCenterNerd)

https://youtu.be/3qdXdtKRZuQ   Nigel Hickey joins us to talk about upgrading to vSphere 6.7. End of General Support for vSphere 5.5 notice: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/51491 VMware Product Interoperability Matrixes: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2006028 Supported and depreciated topologies: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2147672 Update sequence for vSphere 6.5: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2147289 vSphere Upgrade ebook: http://www.vmw.re/vsphere-upgrade-ebook vspherecentral.vmware.com http://www.vmw.re/65upgradetool http://www.vmware.com/go/vsphere65playlist *About vBrownBag* SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/vBBYoutube Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/vBrownBag Facebook: https://facebook.com/vBrownBag iTunes:
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VMware vSphere 6.7 Security Features w/ Mike Foley (@mikefoley)

Mike Foley (@MikeFoley) discusses the new security features of vSphere 6.7 3:38 – ESXi and TPM 2.0 14:30 – Windows 10 & 2016 Security Features Support 35:15 – VM Encryption in HTML5 UI 40:06 – vSphere 6.7 Security Resources https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2018/05/vsphere-6-7-security-media-resources.html *About vBrownBag* SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/vBBYoutube Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/vBrownBag Facebook: https://facebook.com/vBrownBag iTunes: http://bit.ly/vbrownbagitunes Google+: google.com/+vBrownBag https://vBrownBag.com is
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VMware 6.7 APIs and Automation with Kyle Ruddy (@kmruddy)

Kyle Ruddy (@kmruddy) joins us to discuss and demo what’s new with the vSphere 6.7 APIs. The best way to reach Kyle for question is twitter DM https://www.twitter.com/kmruddy Have a feature request? Post it to https://powercli.ideas.aha.io/ and they will look into it! *About vBrownBag* SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/vBBYoutube Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/vBrownBag Facebook: https://facebook.com/vBrownBag iTunes: http://bit.ly/vbrownbagitunes Google+: google.com/+vBrownBag

VMware vRealize Operations Manager: From Zero to Useful by Thom Greene (@tbgree00)

Thom Greene continues the “From Zero to Useful” series as he walks through configuration, design, and deployment of vRealize Operations Manager. Once configured, we dive into performing a health check of a virtual machine. Links from the show can be found at www.thomgreene.com/vrops Thom’s blog: www.thomgreene.com Github.com/tbgree00 twitter: @tbgree00

VMware Infrastructure as Code with Brett Johnson (@brettjohnson008)

Brett Johnson introduces the concept of infrastructure as code, CD/CD pipeline, and Git best practices. Git Resources: Commitmas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlY_hqvCmqY&list=PL2rC-8e38bUXloBOYChAl0EcbbuVjbE3t Git Documentation: https://git-scm.com/doc

VMware vSAN Homelab with Tony Reeves (@importcarguy)

Tony Reeves joins us to close out the 2018 Home Lab series for vBrownbag. We look into methods to assemble gear, using NFR, trial, and free licenses to add more services into your home lab, and modernizing publicly available scripts to work with vSphere 6.5. Veeam NFR license details can be found https://www.veeam.com/blog/how-to-get-free-veeam-nfr-key.html

VMware and Terraform Infrastructure as Code with Grant Orchard (@grantorchard)

https://youtu.be/ag36WCKrq5g Grant Orchard demonstrates using Terraform to deploy VMware VMs as code. He starts simple then introduces variables and shows how to deploy a complete application stack leveraging Terraform modules. Check out Grant’s blog series at https://grantorchard.com/infrastructure-as-code-vsphere-admin-part1/ Follow Grant on twitter at https://www.twitter.com/GrantOrchard 3:00 – Brief introduction to Terraform 16:00 – Dependency Resolution/graphviz 19:00 –
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VMware Integrated Containers (VIC) Administration Part Trois w Cody De Arkland (@Codydearkland)

Cody De Arkland is back with a vengeance to wrap up the unintended VIC trilogy. As you can/have seen in part two many of the demos did not go as intended (not the worst thing to happen from a learning perspective by the way). In this episode, Cody “fixed the glitch” with the demos –
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VMware vSAN 6.6 Deep Dive with Jase McCarty (@jasemccarty) #vBrownBag

Jase McCarty dives into the nerd nobs of vSAN 6.6 in this deep dive episode. VMware vSAN 6.6 Video *About vBrownBag* https://vBrownBag.com is a community of people who believe in helping other people. Specifically we work in IT infrastructure and we help other people in the IT industry to better their carreers by educating. Most
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VMware NSX Edge Gateway & Distributed Firewall with Tim Davis @aldtd #vBrownBag #vExpert

Tim Davis wraps up the mini NSX ninja series discussing Edge Gateways (ESG) and Distributed Firewall (DFW). VMware NSX Edge Gateway & Distributed Firewall Video Show Notes *About vBrownBag* – Edge Integrated Network Services (3:00) – Edge network palcement – (4:50) – Edge Summary (6:00) – Edge vs Distributed Firewall (10:30) – Edge Sizing (11:30)
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VMware NSX Switching and Routing with Tim Davis @aldtd #vBrownBag #RunNSX

Tim Davis talks VMware NSX switching and routing in this #vBrownBag episode. VMware NSX Switching and Routing Video   Show Notes: – VXLAN logical switching with NSX (1:45) – VXLAN protocol overview (6:40) – VDS and VXLAN (11:10) – Traffic flow on VXLAN backed VDCS (14:00) – VLXAN for NSX system architecture (22:30) – Cluster
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VMware NSX Component Overview w Tim Davis @aldtd #vBrownBag #RunNSX

Tim Davis from VMware kicks off the mini-NSX ninja series with a focus on the components used by NSX to enable virtual networking. NSX Component Overview Video Show notes: – Network virtualization (2:35) – Without network virtualization (3:27) – Data center virtualization (4:10) – Operational model of a VM (4:49) – Demo – NSX and
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vBrownBag vRealize Network Insight Deep Dive with Sean O’Dell (@theseanodell)

Sean O’Dell provides a vRealize Network Insight deep dive and 40 minutes of demo/hands on examples! vRealize Network Insight Deep Dive Video Show Notes: – Achitecture and components (6:22) – Deployment / scale out (9:55) – Use cases (16:20) – Demo (19:30 – 60:00) *About vBrownBag* https://vBrownBag.com is a community of people who believe in
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vBrownBag Follow-Up vSAN Sizing and Design with Jase McCarty (@jasemccarty)

Jase McCarty discuss vSAN sizing and design considerations. vSAN Sizing and Design Video Show Notes: Presenter: Jase McCarty – Traditional storage solutions (2:10) – VMware vSAN storage (2:45) – vSAN objects and components (4:25) – vSAN vs traditional storage (6:30) – Next gen hardware (8:00) – Boot devices (9:50) – Storage controllers (11:20) – Controller
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vBrownBag Follow-Up What’s New in vSphere 6.5 vSAN w Jase McCarty (@jasemccarty)

Long time vBrownBag presenter Jase McCarty stops in to discuss new features in vSAN 6.5 Show Notes: What’s New in vSphere 6.5 vSAN Presenter: Jase McCarty (@jasemccarty) – vSAN 6.0, 6.1, & 6.2 New Features (4:30) – vSAN 6.5 (5:40) – 2 Node Direct Connect (6:10) – 2 Node Config Demo (13:18) – vSAN iSCSI
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vBrownBag Follow-Up What’s New in PowerCLI 6.5 R1 with Kyle Ruddy (@kmruddy)

Kyle Ruddy talks about what’s new with PowerCLI 6.5 Show Notes: What’s New in vSphere 6.5 PowerCLI 6.5. Presenter: Kyle Ruddy Twitter: @kmruddy – What is PowerCLI (2:55) – VMware PowerCLI – what’s in a name! (4:40) – Module based (6:35) – Cross vCenter vMotion with PowerCLI (8:40) – DEMO! Cross vCenter vMotion (11:45) –
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vBrownBag Follow-Up What’s New in vSphere 6.5 Availability & Resource Features w @mattdmeyer

We continue the What’s New in vSphere 6.5 vBrownBag series with Matthew Meyer, discussing new features in availability, and resource management features. Show Notes: Availability and Resource Management Features for vSphere 6.5 Presenter: Matthew Meyer Twitter: @mattdemeyer – Proactive HA (2:35) – Quarantine Mode (3:44) – HA Restart Priorities (11:58) – HA Orchestrated Restart (13:15)
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vBrownBag Follow-Up What’s New in vSphere 6.5 – vCenter Server Appliance w Emad Younis @emad_younis

Adam Eckerle, TMA for vCenter with VMware and vBrownBag crew member, covers the new features in vCenter for vSphere 6.5 What’s New in vSphere 6.5 – vCenter Server Appliance Guest: Emad Younis Twitter: @emad_younis Show Notes: What’s New in vSphere 6.5 – vCenter Server Appliance – Why migrate to the vCenter Server Appliance? (2:14) –
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