vRealize Automation or OpenStack or both?

If you are reading this your most likely a vSphere shop and have a high amount of virtual servers in your data center. As you know, you can quickly right click and spin up a new VM. However, the challenge is getting all of the infrastructure and integrations in place Continue reading vRealize Automation or OpenStack or both?

How to create a local Docker Hub Registry on Photon OS

In this guide I will show you how to create a local Docker Hub type registry on your laptop or in your data center so that you can securely and quickly push and pull images. Typically a developer would need to push and pull images to the Docker Hub on Continue reading How to create a local Docker Hub Registry on Photon OS

VMware Virtual SAN 6.1 is here!

New product enhancements include: Stretched clusters: Virtual SAN 6.1 supports stretched clusters that span two geographic locations to protect data from site failures or loss of network connection. This enables active-active Datacenters Virtual SAN for Remote Office / Branch Office (ROBO): Virtual SAN 6.1 provides the ability and support to Continue reading VMware Virtual SAN 6.1 is here!

Containers for the vSphere Admin

Updated 8/12/16 At VMworld last year there were various announcements around containers and VMware’s commitment to support this technology. Since I work at VMware, I have been been using this technology for over a year. When speaking with customers last year it dawned on me that most of our customers Continue reading Containers for the vSphere Admin

How to use Vagrant to deploy containers on vSphere with VMware Photon!

You already have a large vSphere environment and your developers are quickly eating up space on their Laptops or worse, they are going out to a Public cloud on their corporate card. Why not enable them to use their favorite tools on vSphere? This post is not about using Vagrant Continue reading How to use Vagrant to deploy containers on vSphere with VMware Photon!

How to integrate vCenter Alarms with SocialCast – vCenter Appliance

As you may or may not know, in my previous life I was a vSphere Admin working for a large multinational company. My team supported a large vSphere environment with a wide range of application workloads. Many times we would encounter problems with the applications that required all of us Continue reading How to integrate vCenter Alarms with SocialCast – vCenter Appliance

Five free solutions from VMware to build your next generation app

So you want to build the next Air BnB or Twitter but you don’t have the pre-IPO funds to do it? VMware can help. I know what your thinking, VMware is enterprise software, I can’t afford that. Think again, VMware makes a lot of technology freely available to you. It’s Continue reading Five free solutions from VMware to build your next generation app