Eric Sloof - NTPRO.NL

This paper describes the DRS enhancements in vSphere 6.7, which include new initial placement, host maintenance mode enhancements, DRS support for non-volatile memory (NVM), and enhanced resource pool reservations.

Both traditional on-premises virtualized private clouds and the new VMware Cloud on AWS provide users the benefits of server consolidation, manageability, and flexibility that VMware brings to the table.

To gauge the relative merits of on-premises vs. VMware Cloud on AWS from a Big Data performance point of view, similarly configured 8-server clusters were built in both environments, and the same set of Spark benchmarks were run on both.

Performance was very similar, leaving customers with two excellent options for running their Big Data workloads.

Download: Technical White Paper - Big Data Performance on VMware Cloud on AWS

The VMware Certification team is implementing a new certification name change, where the year will be used to identify when the certification was earned. This change is intended to make it easier for certification holders and potential employers to immediately identify how current a holder’s certification is.

This also allows the certification holder to validate the currency of their certified knowledge. The new naming will eventually apply to all VMware certifications and select badges. For example:

• Former naming: VMware Certified Professional Desktop Mobility 8 (VCP8-DTM)
• NEW naming: VMware Certified Professional Desktop Mobility 2018 (VCP-DTM 2018)

We are changing the way we name VMware certifications. The Year Makes It Clear.