Current vSphere offerings (other than VCF)
vSphere Standard
vSphere Enterprise Plus (…which is welcomed back by many)
…and of course, VVF (VMware vSphere Foundation).
VMware vSphere Product page is here.
vSphere Metrics & VCF Operations
Great free material for learning.
Link where I found this info….
Direct link to download items.
vCenter with Authentik (Open Source SAML Provider)
Cool, because you can self host it!
Open source, not officially supported, but it works, and can provide you a way to prove out process and configuration!
William Lam’s Blog post is here.
vSAN Stretched Cluster – doing site maintenance
Yes, you can do site maintenance for your stretched vSAN cluster…
It is kind of the point (to be able to lose 1 of your sites)….
Duncan Epping’s post covers some of the details.
It is a good idea to practice this, so when you need to do this, the order of operations is not a surprise….
Dynatrace acquires Runecast
Hope they keep Runecast’s core product going…
Runecast does a great job simplifying findings, and guiding for remediations…
Dynatrace News page is here.
Project SignalWave
…is a cloud native app for demonstrating apps in a K8s cluster.
Developed by people I know, I know what to expect of them….
This project is ideal for developers, architects, and DevOps engineers looking to understand and implement best practices for cloud-native development and operations.
GitHub link is here.
CentOS Linux Alternatives
I remember when CentOS announced the end of alignment with Red Hat releases…it was a few years ago….
I started using Rocky Linux for my CentOS replacement.
There are other alternatives though….
Andrea Mauro’s blog post is here.
Nutanix – Getting started with Terraform Provider
This article will focus on getting started with using the Nutanix Terraform provider & demonstrate some basic use cases.
Nutanix Dev page is here.
Nutanix – Syncing Categories across Prism Centrals
….also covers Citrix tags.
Nutanix Dev page is here.
Nutanix v4 APIs Workflows – Categories
Cover tasks such as creating VMs, associating categories, updating, deleting categories, and more.
Nutanix Dev page is here.
Nutanix & supported Partner Software
been having this conversation a lot in the past few months.
Want to see what Partner Software is “supported” in AHV?
(…and just because it is not supported explicitly, does not mean it won’t work)
When you get to the Compatibility & Interoperability Matrix, look at the top of the page, and you’ll see “Partner Software”.
Can also be downloaded to CSV…..1,135 entries right now…
Link to the Compatibility & Interoperability Matrix is here.
(you need to be logged in to myNutanix)
New Nutanix Test Drive – NCM
NCM (Nutanix Cloud Manager) focused Test Drive, focused on the capabilities of the Self Service (the old Calm product),
NCM Self-Service, NCM Intelligent Operations, NCM Cost Governance, and NCM Security Central are covered.
Nutanix Dev post is here.
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 2025 – May 7-9 (Washington DC)
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)