Kyle Ruddy covers examples of adding a host to a vCenter Server system, setting the host to be in maintenance mode, licensing the host, adding an NTP server, setting up the networking and adding datastores to the host.
Monday, August 22. 2016
Video - Using PowerCLI to configure hosts
The New Windows Optimization Guide
This guide provides the necessary information for optimizing a Windows virtual desktop or server master image for use in View in Horizon 6 or Horizon 7, or in Horizon Air Cloud-Hosted.
The document is a companion to the VMware OSOT Fling (Operating System Optimization Tool). The document describes optimizations for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.
These recommended optimizations enhance the overall scalability and performance within a View virtual desktop infrastructure or Horizon Air cloud tenant environment.
The App Volumes Technical FAQ
The App Volumes FAQ provides answers to critical questions about using App Volumes in your data center. Question categories include requirements and maximums, installation and configuration, storage, management, using App Volumes with Remote Desktop Session Hosts (RDSH), and troubleshooting.
Friday, August 19. 2016
vRealize Network Insight Overview
vRealize Network Insight provides IT operations teams peerless visibility, contextual analytics and micro-segmentation planning and modeling capabilities for their VMware NSX based software-defined data centers.
You can now deploy NSX over any physical compute and networking system with confidence. vRealize Network Insight connects the virtual and physical layers through cross domain, cross layer, cross vendor visibility and analytics. vRealize Network Insight makes NSX operations extremely simple and robust. Download the solutions brief here.
See how VMware vRealize Network Insight delivers intelligent operations for software-defined networking and security to help IT maximize their NSX investments.
Tuesday, August 16. 2016
Microsoft SQL Server on VMware vSphere Availability and Recovery Options
Running Microsoft SQL Server on VMware vSphere offers many options for database availability and disaster recovery utilizing the best features from both VMware and Microsoft. For example, VMware vSphere vMotion and VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) can help to reduce planned downtime and balance workloads dynamically, and VMware vSphere High Availability (HA) can help to recover SQL Server databases in the case of host failure.
At the application level, all SQL Server features and techniques are supported on vSphere, including AlwaysOn Availability Groups, AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instances, database mirroring, and log shipping. SQL Server availability features can be used inside of a virtual machine just as you would on a physical server, and combined with vSphere features to support flexible availability and recovery
scenarios, applying the most efficient and appropriate tools for different use cases.
AlwaysOn is a collection of high availability and disaster recovery features introduced in SQL Server 2012 that minimize Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO), and maximize availability of databases. SQL Server AlwaysOn branding encompasses both FCIs and AGs. The following table lists SQL Server availability options and their ability to meet RTOs and RPOs. Before choosing any option, evaluate your business requirements to determine which ones best meet your specific needs.
Download this new technical white paper written by Niran Even-chen: Microsoft SQL Server on VMware vSphere Availability and Recovery Options
New Technical White Paper - Horizon FLEX Deployment Considerations
This VMware Horizon FLEX Deployment Considerations paper is intended to help administrators address important matters that may arise during the installation and setup of VMware Horizon FLEX.
This document contains information on topology and best practices. It is to be used in conjunction with the existing Horizon FLEX Administration Guide and Horizon FLEX Client User Guide. For more information on the challenges and use cases that Horizon FLEX addresses, see the VMware Horizon FLEX Solution Brief.
VMware Horizon FLEX is a policy-based, containerized desktop solution that allows IT administrators to create, secure, and manage local desktops to meet the needs of workers with their own unmanaged computers. End users work within a restricted virtual machine (VM) on their endpoints and can either be connected to or disconnected from the enterprise network.