Update 5/31/2016:Â Got all my parts and built the PC. Apparently there's an industry wide problem with the Z170 HDMI 2.0 output that results in blank screens on many new 4K monitors (works at 1080P). I've seen it reported on the Intel forums for Asus and Gigabyte motherboards. I opened a...
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So for as long as I've been using VMware, the Windows C# client has been a staple of my workflow. Even when VMware started transitioning to the icky Flash based interface, I know many MANY people still used the C# client. Between dodgy performance, reliance on Flash (and all it's...
In my new role at Nutanix I've had the pleasure of working with end customers, and configuring their vSphere 6.0 environment. During this process, SSL certificates have come up. Surprisingly, thus far my clients have chosen the VMCA method of deploying certificates. This is great, as it automates certificate deployments...
So literally just a few minutes ago I landed in San Diego, back from another long week at VMworld. This was particularly long, as on the Saturday before all the festivities there was a VCDX town hall meeting. There, we got to meet Pat Gelsinger (CEO) and a number of...
Session INF4712 Compatibility Maximums - Review the document and stay within the guidelines. vCenter 6 Platform choice: Windows and VCSA support same maximums and performance Up to you, but look at things like Linux experience, licensing, existing skills, etc. vCenter - New deployment architecture PSC - SSO, License service, lookup...
Session INF4529 Note: Although not mentioned in this session, I have a SSL toolkit for vSphere 6.0 which makes the replacement process easier. Check out my vSphere 6.0 install guide here for all the details. Certificate Lifecycle Management VMCA: VMware certificate authority VECS: VMware Endpoint Certificate store VMCA Dual Operational...
Session INF4945 Why is vCenter HA important? Primary administrative console Critical component in end-to-end cloud provisioning Foundation for VDI Backup and DR solutions rely on vCenter vCenter target availability is 99.99% from VMware's design perspective (5 min a month) Make every layer of the vCenter stack HA vCenter DB...
Session INF4946 Today Why does VMware use PKI? PKI - The good, bad and ugly Chose your deployment to maximize operational security Tech preview demonstration Shows a slide of many recent companies that were hacked Certificates are used in vSphere to maintain trust. Used for solution users, encryption and SAML...
Session INF5060 VMware's architecture for IT: Any device, any application, one cloud EVO SDDC is about deploying a new datacenter in less than two hours Compute strategic imperatives: Cloud native infrastructure, hybrid cloud, virtualization leadership vSphere 6.0 - Largest vSphere release ever Shipped March 2015 2x to 4x scale increase...
Session SDDC6827 Note: This was a panel discussion, so I tried to transcribe as much as I could. Please forgive any typos or bad English. I'm immediately publishing after the session was over. Josh Odgers - Nutanix Sachin Chheda - Nutanix Bob - Hallmark business connections (Hallmark cards) George - Perth...
Session INF5306 DRS is the #1 scheduler in the datacenter today 92% of clusters have DRS enabled. 79% are in fully automated mode. 87% have affinity and anti-affinity rules. 43% of clusters have resource pools enabled and use them 99.8% of cluster use maintenance mode Bottom line: DRS is popular...