Getting Started with OpenTelemetry and VMware Tanzu Observability

Getting Started with OpenTelemetry and VMware…

Modern application architectures are complex, typically consisting of hundreds of distributed microservices implemented in different languages and by different teams. As a developer, SRE, or DevOps engineer, you are responsible for the reliability and performance of these complex systems. But while you might have metrics that will help you debug when there’s an issue, metrics alone can’t help you narrow down and ultimately identify the root cause. With observability, you can ask questions…Read More

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Major VxRail software update – VxRail 7.0.240

Dynamic nodes Compute-only nodes with no vSAN license Flexible primary storage options – VMware vSAN HCI Mesh or Dell EMC external storage arrays Scale compute independent of storage VxRail HCI System Software with dynamic nodes for VxRail LCM experience E560F, P570F, and V570F models […]

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VMSA-2021-0020: Questions & Answers

VMSA-2021-0020: Questions & Answers

VMSA-2021-0020 outlines security vulnerabilities in VMware vSphere and VMware Cloud Foundation, including one critical vulnerability. These are common questions & answers about it to help guide customers.

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Improved Uptime for Stretched Cluster and 2 Node cluster

Improved Uptime for Stretched Cluster and 2…

In vSAN 7 Update 3, if the cluster experiences a witness site fault after one of the sites has already been deemed unavailable, vSAN will continue maintaining data availability for the workloads running inside the stretched cluster or the 2 Node cluster.

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How vSAN Cluster Topologies Change Network Traffic

How vSAN Cluster Topologies Change Network Traffic

vSAN is incredibly flexible, and can be deployed in a number of different ways. But how does this impact network traffic across your topology? Read on to find out.

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Windows Server 2022 Secured Core Virtual TPM

Windows Server 2022 Secured Core Virtual TPM. Enabling vTPM in VMware Workstation and how to use Windows Admin Center Security extension

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Get an A on ssllabs.com with VMware Avi / NSX…

Cryptographic security is an important aspect of hosting any business-critical service. When hosting a public service secured by TLS, it is important to strike a balance between compatibility (The Availability aspect of CIA), and strong cryptography (the Integrity or Authentication and […]

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TKG v1.4 – Some nice new features

Over the last week or so, VMware recently announced the release of TKG version 1.4. On reading through the release notes, there were a few features that caught my eye, so I thought I would deploy a cluster and take a closer look. In particular, two features were of interest. The first of these […]

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NSX-V to NSX-T migration: New capabilities in…

Migration Coordinator, built into NSX-T, helps provide customer with multiple ways to migrate their NSX-V topologies into NSX-T. In this demo, we will demonstrate a new capabilities of the Migration Coordinator that enables customers to lift and shift their existing NSX-v DFW rules and groups […]

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Introducing a Federated Storage Platform

Introducing a Federated Storage Platform

A new Federated Storage Platform The drive of the IT industry towards cloud is making headlines almost daily, with most analysts focusing on public cloud providers. The combined market cap of Amazon, Microsoft and Google, the top three public cloud providers, is approaching six trillion dollars – almost one-third of the entire Nasdaq capitalization. This … Continued The post Introducing a Federated Storage Platform appeared first on VMware vSAN Virtual Blocks Blog.

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