VMware Explore last week
It was very obvious that this was a smaller conference than in years past.
An interesting statement from Hock Tan….
“…taking workloads back from the public cloud.”
Azure, AWS, and GCP must be livid!!!!
Hands On Labs is offline until Sept 3, and will have the latest labs available.
Looking forward to the HOLs being released next week.
Note that session recordings are released already….
I like William Lam’s listing of the session recordings better….
VMware Explore 2025 – already scheduled
August 25-28, 2025
Las Vegas at The Venetian.
VMware Blog post is here.
VMware VCF 9 announced
Announced vs released….The cornerstone of VMware Explore this year.
….and a large jump in version #.
I believe that is to align with vSphere 9.x release (to keep version #s aligned).
Wonder if all the other software components will also jump to version 9.x…..
VPCs natively in vSphere is cool (with migration from VLANs to VPCs)
Multi-Tenancy in vSphere….it is in here…
NVMe as 2nd tier memory (memory tiering) is going to be a great capability!
Security configurations across your “fleet” of VCF deployments.
VMware Blog post is here.
Broadcom post is here.
VMware Tanzu 10.x announcement.
Another major point at VMware Explore this year.
A focus on building upon VCF, simple AI consumption, and compliance enforcement, to speed up application delivery,
Broadcom post is here.
Johan van Amersfoort take on this.
Johan van Amersfoort take on this, from the AI perspective.
VMware Private AI
Building upon the VMware Explore 2023 announcement…
VMware Private AI was one of the major points of this year’s VMware Explore.
AI in the datacenter, and at the edge.
Broadcom Academy Link is here.
VMware Blog post is here.
“Easier” certificate “management” via Aria Operations
Easier to see what’s expired? Yes.
Easier to navigate to where you must MANUALLY fix certificates? YES.
Easier to “Manage” Certificates?….maybe, maybe not.
Still….a nice feature.
VMware blog post is here.
vSphere 8.0 u3 – use NVMe capacity as RAM
William Lam’s post is here.
Game changer for home labs.
Your 64-GB max configured Intel NUC just got some capabilities!
Some interesting constraints but a feature I hope gets polished!
VMware Blog post is here.
VMware – what is vDefense
We shall see if the promise of quicker easier and integrated is correct.
…Most of us just want simple integration and let our security teams be happy….
VMware vDefense page is here.
VMware Blog post is here.
Another new VCP…
VCP – CVF 2024
VMware Certified Professional – VMware Cloud Foundation Administrator 2024
VMware Blog post is here.
…and remember….no classroom requirments exist anymore…you can just test out.
Security Tip, or paranoia?
So another Windows vulnerability.
Advice from BleepingComputer post?
Disable IPv6 in Windows OS.
Microsoft advice?….do NOT disable IPv6.
Who’s right?
Maybe your security experts could give you some insight?
Veeam Data Platform 12.2 – more platforms
Proxmox, MongoDB, Prism Central (vs just a Nutanix Cluster), Azure & AWS features…..
Veeam Post is here.
HashiConf in Boston!
Cool. October 14-16
HashiConf link here.
Want help with your car?
StartMyCar.com
Lists all sorts of useful info for your vehicle.
Looks yours up!
Everything from interactive fusebox graphics, to owners manuals and such.
Nutanix CE (Community Edition) – 2.1 released
Aligns with production code.
Can do updates / patching just like production.
Great way to do some labs, and validation of processes….
Nutanix Blog post is here.
Nutanix Kubernetes Platform released!
I really think those that like Nutanix simplicity, will appreciate NKP!
“the intellectual property and resources of D2iQ, Inc“
“NKP is a complete, enterprise-grade, production-ready platform based on Kubernetes that serves modern applications. By taking the best of the
Cloud Native Computing Foundation) ecosystem, but providing it in an integrated and lifecycle-managed package, NKP delivers all of the functionality necessary in production with a dramatically lowered TCO.”
Nutanix Blog post is here.
NKP 2.1 Release Notes are here (need myNutanix login to access).
Continuing Education – a list of resources that come with references
(of people who have used those sites & are happy with the results).
Free Learning – GitHub Repo
KodeKloud
Nutanix University
Nutanix .NEXT 2024 Sessions
PluralSight
vBrownBag
VMware Explore 2025 – Aug 25-28, Las Vegas
VMware Hands On Labs
VMware Explore 2024 Sessions (William Lam’s easier to search list version)