Hot off the press is a new version of VMware tools, 10.2.0. This has a number of bug fixes, and an updated OS support list. For security geeks, VMware tools finally supports ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization). There's also a Windows 10 fall creator's (1709) fix tucked in there as...
Microsoft has been very busy adding new security features to Windows 10. It seems that each release gets something new, or existing features are enhanced. For enterprises, one of the great new-ish features is Windows Defender Credential Guard. What is Credential Guard? It uses VBS (virtualization based security) to help...
I've been running this blog for a number of years (since 2009), and one thing that really irks me is the amount of spam comments my blog gets. I use comment moderation (sorry for sometimes being way behind in moderation, BTW), so my blog isn't full of spammy comments. Spammy...
If you are a Wordpress site administrator, one of the things you can do to improve SEO results and security is secure your site with SSL. Yes, even if you aren't doing transactions like ecommerce, paypal, etc. using SSL is still recommended. Depending on your Wordpress hosting company, they may...
The other day I was trying to use Jeffrey's "Metadata Wrangler" for Lightroom plugin. However, it was failing with a perl.exe 0xc0000142 error. I had just updated my computer to Windows 10 Fall Creator's update (1709), so it crossed my mind maybe that was the cause. I had also increased...
Session: SER1317BU Faster storage need faster networks -10/25/40 NICs are now the norm -Protocol stack needs to be upgraded with new storage protocols -Performance of AFA depends on network connection with low latency -32Gbps FC is shipping, 64Gbps is coming NVMe - A logical device interface to NVM devices -PCIe...
Session: SER2965BU Note: This session had a number of log examples and what to look for. Review the session slides for all the details. EXCELLENT session! Goal: 7 log files, 7 ESXi commands, 7 config files for enhanced troubleshooting 7 Important Log Files -Host abruptly rebooted - vmksummary.log -Slow boot...
Session: MMC2455BU, GS Khalsa Legacy (physical) DR solutions are not adequate - Long RTOs, lots of surprises, unreliable vSphere is an enabler for DR - consolidation, hardware independence, encapsulation (VM is a file) Long distance DR solutions with async replication -Active/passive -Active/Active -bi-directional failover -Shared site recovery Metro DR Solutions...
Session: SER2529BU Alan Renouf PowerCLI Overview -623 cmdlets and counting -PowerCLI is 10 years old -Name change - VMware PowerCLI -Move-VM now includes cross vCenter vMotion -Automate everything with VSAN -Independent disk management cmdlets - new-vdisk, get-vdisk, copy-vdisk, move-vdisk -VVOL replication cmdlets -New Horizon View module -SPBM cmdlets -More inventory...
Session: ADV1588BU Note: This session had a multitude of complex architecture diagrams which I did not capture. See the session slide deck, after VMworld, for all the details. Why? -Business objective/drivers How? Meet requirements What? Design and build Deliver Build and integrate Validate Met requirements? Design Steps Business drivers &...
Session: SER2508BU Note: The session slides have a lot more details, KB links, etc. so grab the slides if want more details. High Level Plan -Enablement -Workshop -Test Environment -Design -Migration Enablement -Product landing page and KBs -Product documentation -Whitepapers like what's new? -Check the readme for bugs/issues -Check blogs...
Session: SER1872BU Frank Denneman, Niels Hagoort Note: This was a highly technical session with lots of diagrams. Best bet is to get Frank and Niel's book for all the details. Compute Architecture: Shows a picture of a two NUMA node server. Prior to Skylake processors, two DIMMSs per memory channel...