Yay, Build Day Live is back in 2018. Our first event of the year is with Supermicro and will take place on August 2nd at 9 am Pacific time. We are still working out exactly what we will cram into the live stream; we will only know for sure at the end of the live
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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
-> Continue reading VMware vSAN 6.7 Enhancements with Jase McCarty (@JaseMcCarty)
I think that this is the seventh year that Veeam has supported the vBrownBag crew making TechTalks at VMworld US and EMEA. Thanks for the ongoing support Veeam, Ratmir, and Rickatron. More details of the TechTalks are in this blog post, and submissions are still open. Right now, we have about 160 session submissions and
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Phoummala Schmitt and Theresa Miller discuss data protection in Office 365 You can find Phoummala online at https://exchangegoddess.com/ and on twitter at https://www.twitter.com/ExchangeGoddess You can find Theresa online at https://24x7itconnection.com/ and on twitter at https://www.twitter.com/24x7ITConnect If you would like to submit a vBrownbag Tech Talk at VMworld 2018 please fill out this form before June
-> Continue reading Microsoft Office 365: Do you need data protection for your cloud? By Phoummala Schmitt (@ExchangeGoddess) and Theresa Miller(@24x7ITConnect)
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
-> Continue reading VMware NSX-T + CNA with Niran Even-Chen (@NiranEC)
People who know me, well maybe even those that don’t know I don’t like to travel. It’s all the things really – packing, getting to the airport, check-in, security. After 15 years in IT, spending most of my time accounting for what could go wrong, it has bled into everyday life. Until I have something
-> Continue reading Packing Light for VMworld
Now that the VMworld session acceptance and rejection notices are out, it may be time to sign up for a vBrownBag TechTalk. If your session was not accepted, then you are welcome to present the condensed core on the vBrownBag stage in the VMTN community area of VMworld, just fill in this google form. Keep
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Good day #vCommunity! Shane (@coolsport00) here to provide you all with an updated VCP6.5-DCV Study Guide to my previous v6 Guide (see: here). There are several changes in the v6.5 Exam Blueprint from v6, notably understanding Migration to VCSA (Section 4.3), VCSA HA (Section 9.2), & Section 10.3 no longer being covered on the exam.
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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:
-> Continue reading VMware vSphere 6.7 Upgrade with Nigel Hickey (@vCenterNerd)
Sponsors who keep supporting vBrownBag year after year makes me almost as happy as community members who keep contributing year after year. Please join me in welcoming Rubrik back as a sponsor of the vBrownBag TechTalks at VMworld US and EMEA. Currently, we have around 50 TechTalks submitted and expect to have space for over
-> Continue reading Rubrik on Board With TechTalks at VMworld
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
-> Continue reading VMware vSphere 6.7 Security Features w/ Mike Foley (@mikefoley)
Jad El-Zein and Cody De Arkland continue their discussion of Custom Forms in a hands on deep dive. Jad wrote a detailed implementation guide for vRA. It is available at http://www.virtualjad.com/2017/02/vra-7-2-detailed-implementation-video-guide.html vRA Customizing Blueprint Request Forms Documentation https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Automation/7.4/com.vmware.vra.prepare.use.doc/GUID-7906CCD5-38D3-4ECA-BFE4-8A1BC690FD74.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 a community
-> Continue reading vRealize Automation Custom Forms Deep Dive w Cody De Arkland (@codydearkland) & Jad El-Zein (@virtualjad)
I have been meaning to write about how the vBrownBag TechTalk videos get made. It has taken a few years to get everything together and the setup is still developing over time. We live stream and record video so that the presentation is available to people who cannot attend in person. I have found that our specific requirements are unusual, few other video producers work in quite the way that we do. All of the equipment selection is driven by a set of requirements.
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We have brought you a lot of great video about the Datrium DVXsolution, Open Converged, with the Build Day Live and the AMA. Our friends at Datrium were also the first to say yes to supporting the TechTalks at VMworld US 2018. There is still time to submit your TechTalk, details are on this page. Sessions
-> Continue reading Datrium Sponsors TechTalks at VMworld US 2018
Jad El-Zein and Cody De Arkland present one of vRealize Automation 7.4’s newest features: Custom Forms. Cody’s Overview Blog: https://blogs.vmware.com/management/2018/05/xaas-machine-provisioning.html Chip Zoller’s Drop Down List blog: http://www.sovsystems.com/drop-down-lists-in-vrealize-automation-from-static-to-dynamic-to-external/ vRA Customizing Blueprint Request Forms Documentation https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Automation/7.4/com.vmware.vra.prepare.use.doc/GUID-7906CCD5-38D3-4ECA-BFE4-8A1BC690FD74.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 a community of people who
-> Continue reading vRealize Automation 7.4 Custom Forms w Cody De Arkland (@codydearkland) & Jad El-Zein (@virtualjad)
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
The spring conference season continues with HPE Discover next month, and the vBrownBag TechTalks will make their first appearance at Discover this year. We are starting small, just four hours of TechTalk stage time at Discover US this year, and we would like to invite you to present a vBrownBag TechTalk at HPE Discover. If you already know about our TechTalks and will be at Discover, then drop me an email (alastair@vbrownbag.com) to schedule a TechTalk. If you are less familiar, then read on, and I will explain all.
We will be live-streaming the TechTalks, the schedule will fill out on this page.
John Studarus (@john_studarus) joins us to talk about Deploying OpenStack on ARM processors. Github Project: https://github.com/WorksOnArm
I know it is early, but we need to fit with the VMworld team’s schedule. Submissions are now open for vBrownBag TechTalks at VMworld 2018 US and EMEA. If you already know about vBrownBag TechTalks then go right ahead and fill out this form.
Now that we have completed five Build Day Live events, there are a few patterns that have emerged and a particular area where we have steadily improved our game. If you have watched the live streams, you will know that it is always the network that gives us the most trouble. On one Build Day, I had to use my manager’s voice and say that we were not going to troubleshoot the network any further but needed to do a field expedient temporary configuration. The core of the problem is that we bring some network in the vBrownBag traveling lab and need to integrate that networking with the vendor’s lab equipment. I try to make the vBrownBag a little like a production environment, so there are VLANs that separate different networks for management, storage, and workload VMs. Most vendor environments are labs where networking is kept simple. The solution has been to expand the traveling lab network and use less of the vendor’s network. The current lab provides 10 x 10Gbe ports and 10 x 1Gbe ports for the vendor’s equipment.
