Nutanix Technical Evangelist of the Year
Got an award at Nutanix GTS (Global Tech Summit).
Will link to the LinkedIn post with the award, once I have a picture.
Horizon View update
don’t forget…it’s Omnissa View now….
Not an EBS release (but you can update the agent)
Be careful…all reference to VMware and Horizon have been purged.
This could cause some issues for folks, so read the release notes!
Blog post is here.
VMware (eh-heh, Broadcom…oh, wait…Omnissa) KB 6000743 is here…..
vSAN ESA with 10-GbE networking?
Well, it was not supported during GA of vSphere 8.
With the release of the AF-0 node type, it was supported.
Duncan Epping weighs in, and points to the support docs…
“Official” VMware Visio Stencils updated
Since VMware never offered these, the community to the rescue!
VirtualG UK link here.
VPC Networking with VCF NSX
one of the reasons I highlighted this was the super simple drawing on the site…
…shows a simple diagram of Isolated, Private, and Public networking concepts.
Blog post is here.
Microsoft ending WSUS?
yup.
Bleeping Computer on end of WSUS.
Bleeping Computer on end of WSUS Driver Synchronization.
VMware Exam Scaled Scoring explained
Why not just score it from 0%-100%?
Why the scaled approach from 100-500?
Not the deepest explanation, but an explanation none the less.
VMware Blog post is here.
HPE acquisition of Juniper – US DOJ sues to block
Believing that this would reduce a competitive market.
Reuters article is here.
What is Nutanix NCM?
Well, essentially, it is capabilities built into Prism Central.
Prism Central itself is “free” (as this is where licensing occurs)….
But to get any real value, that’s where NCM steps in….
A frenemy (competitor) Raj Patel has a great 2 minute write up on it.
NC2 on AWS Deployment Models
Recently updated, this covers the different approaches one might have when deploying NC2 (Nutanix Cloud Clusters) on AWS.
3 of the most common deployment types are covered.
Nutanix Documentation is here.
Nutanix – backing up Self Service
Using Self Service Runbooks and/or Blueprints?
Don’t forget to include backups into your daily operations…..
Blog post is here…
Nutanix’s NKP – using Entra ID
“…how to configure the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) solution with Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory), to provide single sign-on (SSO) authentication to NKP users.”
Nutanix Dev post is here.
Nutanix v4 APIs – Using API Key Authentication
Should be self explanatory….
Nutanix Dev post is here.
Nutanix Projects – Capabilities & Benefits
I’ve been a big fan of Projects in Prism Central.
Many different ways to use it, and I go through many of them in my classes.
Here’s a great summary of how to use Projects to meet your needs.
Nutanix Blog post is here.
Nutanix Guest Tools – renewing the certificates
In my lab, I rebuild ever few weeks….
…so my VMs don’t get to 1,000 days of existence…
Found a post that covers the issue, and a couple of ways to remediate.
A great use case for Automated Playbooks!
Blog post is here.
Setting up a Backplane network
Want to further isolate your HostCVMs from storage replication traffic?
(yes, this is the replication of storage within your cluster)
Blog post is here.
Nutanix AHV – Active/Backup to Active/Active
…while the cluster is online?
Here’s a blog post covering the switch config, and the AHV vSwitch config.
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)