VMW Tech Update

Weekly Update – Week of 8/12/2019

VMware announces major update to HCX Enterprise

The latest update to HCX introduces three key features to help enterprise customers streamline the process of connecting, populating, and continually optimizing application placement in modern cloud infrastructures: Non-vSphere to vSphere migration (KVM and Hyper-V), large-scale bulk migration, and advanced DR with Site Recovery Manager integration. Read on for more details…

New KB articles published for the week ending 10th August, 2019 – This contains all of the KB articles that were posted during this week.
Learn how VMware is transforming the customer support experience!

Upcoming Events

VMworld 2019 – San Francisco	08/25/2019- 08/29/2019	Register
CloudLive by CloudHealth – Boston	09/24/2019 – 09/26/2019	Register
VMUG UserCon – Boston	09/25/2019	Register
VMUG UserCon – NY/NJ – Jersey City	09/27/2019	Register

Upcoming Webinars:

VMware Cloud Assembly Makes Multi-Cloud a Reality	08/20/2019	Register
GSS Webinar: vRealize Operations – Best Practices and Troubleshooting	08/27/2019	Register
VMWorld Announcement Updates	09/11/2019	Register
vSAN as Object-Based Storage	09/12/2019	Register
Instructor Hour covering vSAN 6.7	09/12/2019	Register
VVD for the vSphere Admin	09/19/2019	Register
NSX-V Upgrades and Best Practices	09/24/2019	Register

[Full Live Event List]

New Releases:
2019-08-08 – VMware Fusion 11.1.1 (for Intel-based Macs) [Download]

Labs:

https://labs.hol.vmware.com/
Always free, always available

General, Guides

TAM Blog – Log Insight Customer Use Cases

Nico Guerrera

Hey everyone,

Check out my blog on some Log Insight use cases for customers struggling to figure out how to better utilize vRLI and all of its features. Feedback is appreciated!

https://blogs.vmware.com/services-education-insights/2017/11/log-insight-customer-use-cases.html

Weekly Updates

Weekly Update – Week of 8/5/2019

Eric Grueter

Google Cloud and VMware Extend Strategic Partnership – Google Cloud and VMware Inc. announced Google Cloud VMware Solution by CloudSimple, a new service that will allow organizations to run their VMware workloads in Google Cloud Platform, providing customers with choice and flexibility to run VMware workloads on-premises, in a hybrid architecture, or in the cloud. The solution will leverage VMware Cloud Foundation infrastructure software, deployed on GCP and designed and operated by CloudSimple, a VMware Cloud Verified partner.

VMware Cloud on AWS: NSX Networking and Security – With the amount of interest in our VMware Cloud on AWS offering, Humair Ahmed, Gilles Chekroun, and Nico Vibert have put together an e-book on NSX Networking and Security on this platform. It covers from top to bottom how the NSX stack is implemented on VMC.

New KB articles published for the week ending 27th July,2019 – This contains all of the KB articles that were posted during this week.

Upcoming Events

VMworld 2019 – San Francisco	08/25/2019- 08/29/2019	Register
CloudLive by CloudHealth – Boston	09/24/2019 – 09/26/2019	Register
VMUG UserCon – Boston	09/25/2019	Register
VMUG UserCon – NY-NJ – Jersey City	09/27/2019	Register

Upcoming Webinars:

VMC on AWS – Add-Ons and Integration	08/08/2019	Register
Instructor Hour covering VMware Cloud on AWS	08/08/2019	Register
GSS Webinar: vRealize Operations – Best Practices and Troubleshooting	08/27/2019	Register
vSAN as Object-Based Storage	09/12/2019	Register
Instructor Hour covering vSAN 6.7	09/12/2019	Register

[Full Live Event List]

New Releases:

[No release updates this week]

Labs:

https://labs.hol.vmware.com/
Always free, always available

Guides

VMware Cloud on AWS: NSX Networking and Security

Eric Grueter

With the amount of interest in our VMware Cloud on AWS offering, Humair Ahmed, Gilles Chekroun, and Nico Vibert have put together an e-book on NSX Networking and Security on this platform. It covers from top to bottom how the NSX stack is implemented on VMC.

Topics Include:

NSX Architecture and Features in VMware Cloud on AWS
NSX Networking in VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC
NSX Security in VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC
NSX Operational Tools in VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC
… and more.

Click here to download this free e-book.

News & Events

CloudLive 2019 – Boston Sept. 24-26

Eric Grueter

Join us at CloudLIVE to innovate, collaborate, and grow, hosted by CloudHealth by VMware. This year it will be at the brand new Encore Boston Harbor from September 24-26.

CloudLIVE is the industry-leading multicloud conference dedicated to transforming and scaling businesses in the cloud.

This three-day event brings together 500+ cloud leaders with the shared mission of harnessing the power of the cloud to fuel innovation.

Register now for an experience that will take your multicloud strategy to the next level.

Weekly Updates

Weekly Update – Week of 7/29/2019

Sean Sweeney

VMware acquires Uhana – VMWare has announced the acquisition of Uhana, the latest in a round of purchases made in the artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) enterprise space.

Things have been otherwise quiet on the acquisitions and major news front as we ramp up to VMworld 2019.

New KB articles published for the week ending 20th July, 2019

Upcoming Events

VMworld 2019 – San Francisco	08/25/2019- 08/29/2019	Register
VMUG UserCon – Boston	09/25/2019	Register
VMUG UserCon – NY-NJ – Jersey City	09/27/2019	Register

Upcoming Webinars:

GSS Webinar: vSAN Performance Deep Dive	07/30/2019	Register
Instructor Hour Covering Cloud Foundation	07/31/2019	Register
Instructor Hour on NSX-T	08/01/2019	Register
NSX-T – Using the CLI to Understand More About How it Works *NEW	08/01/2019	Register
VMC on AWS – Add-Ons and Integration *NEW	08/08/2019	Register
Instructor Hour covering VMware Cloud on AWS	08/08/2019	Register
GSS Webinar: vRealize Operations – Best Practices and Troubleshooting	08/27/2019	Register
vSAN as Object-Based Storage *NEW	09/12/2019	Register
Instructor Hour covering vSAN 6.7	09/12/2019	Register

[Full Live Event List]

New Releases:

2019-07-23
VMware vSphere Integrated Containers 1.5.3 [Download]
VMware AppDefense Plugin 2.2.1 for Platinum Edition [Download]

2019-07-16
VMware vCenter Server 6.7U2c [Release Notes] [Download]

Labs:
https://labs.hol.vmware.com/
Always free, always available

Weekly Updates

Weekly Update – Week of 7/22/2019

Eric Grueter

New and Noteworthy:

VMware Announces Intent to Acquire Bitfusion – Increasingly businesses are applying artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to differentiate and advance their processes and offerings. VMware is pleased to announce our intent to acquire Bitfusion to help businesses more efficiently use AI technologies on-premises and in hybrid cloud environments.

New KB articles published for the week ending 13th July,2019 & New KB articles published for the week ending 20th July,2019 – I plan on including this entry now each time they are published. This contains all of the KB articles that were posted during the respective weeks.

Upcoming Events

VMworld 2019 – San Francisco	08/25/2019- 08/29/2019	Register
VMUG UserCon – Boston	09/25/2019	Register

Upcoming Webinars:


GSS Webinar: vSAN Performance Deep Dive *New!*	07/30/2019	Register
Instructor Hour Covering Cloud Foundation	07/31/2019	Register
Instructor Hour on NSX-T *New!*	08/01/2019	Register
Instructor Hour covering VMware Cloud on AWS *New!*	08/08/2019	Register
GSS Webinar: vRealize Operations – Best Practices and Troubleshooting *New!*	08/27/2019	Register
Instructor Hour covering vSAN 6.7 *New!*	09/12/2019	Register

[Full Live Event List]

New Releases:

2019-07-16
VMware vCenter Server 6.7U2c [Release Notes] [Download]

2019-07-02
VMware vSAN Witness Appliance 6.5 U3 [Download]
VMware vSphere Virtual Disk Development Kit 6.5.4 [Download]
VMware App Volumes 2.17.0 [Release Notes] [Download]
VMware User Environment Manager 9.8.0 [Release Notes] [Download]
VMware Horizon 7.9.0 Advanced [Release Notes] [Download]
VMware vCenter Server 6.5 U3 [Release Notes] [Download]
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 U3 [Release Notes] [Download]
DellEMC Custom Image for ESXi 6.5U3 GA Install CD [Download]
HPE Custom Image for ESXi 6.5U3 Install CD [Download]

2019-06-27
VMware vRealize Orchestrator Plug-In for vSphere Replication 6.5.1.4 [Release Notes] [Download]
VMware vSphere Replication 6.5.1.4 [Release Notes] [Download]
VMware Site Recovery Manager 6.5.1.3 [Release Notes] [Download]

Labs:
https://labs.hol.vmware.com/
Always free, always available

General

Welcome

Sean Sweeney

Thanks for visiting VMware Tech Updates. This site will serve as a central location for VMware news & events, tailored for customers in the Northeast region. This site will be maintained by members of the SE & TAM teams, and any opinion pieces represent the thoughts of the author and not the company’s official position.