Tag: VMWare

Interview with Valentina Alaria (Sr. Director for TAP) at VMware Explore 2022

Interview with Valentina Alaria (Sr. Director for TAP) at VMware Explore 2022

I had the pleasure during #VMwareExplore to interview Valentina Alaria, but not only that! She was super nice and we had so much laugh before, during and after the interview! Excellent professional and even better person!! When you got to know the interview was going to be live, my legs started shaking and she made me few comfortable … Continue reading Interview with Valentina Alaria (Sr. Director for TAP) at VMware Explore 2022

TKGs – Use NSX-ALB (Avi) as Ingress Controller for vSphere with Tanzu

TKGs – Use NSX-ALB (Avi) as Ingress Controller for vSphere with Tanzu

Lately I've been playing around with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Multicloud (TKGm) and Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service (TKGs) in combination with NSX - Advanced Load Balancer (Avi). A common Use Case is to provide your K8s environment with an Ingress Controller. While in TKGm this seems to be straight forward and thoroughly documented by VMware here, the TKGs approach remained a bit vague to me.

vRA 8.x – Unable to sync the status of this resource (Custom Resources)

Hi, The other day I was working for a customer and encountered an issue with one of our deployed Custom Resources. Basically we have created a Custom Resource to support the planned scheduling of increasing Citrix Terminal Servers. This Custom Resource in vRA is linked to a vRO Dynamic Type. Problem Our Custom Resource 'Citrix … Continue reading vRA 8.x – Unable to sync the status of this resource (Custom Resources)

VMworld 2019 – Recap Day 3: Bear Grylls, HCI Keynote, Meet The Experts, VMworld Fest

Wednesday 06/11/2019 As usual I started the day with the General Session on VMworld featuring some product demos supporting VMware’s Vision & Strategy. Bear Grylls also joined the stage as guest speaker outlining his take on life, providing some change from the technology content. Next up I joined the Keynote Session on HCI ‘The Foundation … Continue reading VMworld 2019 – Recap Day 3: Bear Grylls, HCI Keynote, Meet The Experts, VMworld Fest

Evolving vRealize Automation 8 and VMware Cloud – Detailed Information (Part 1)

VMworld Barcelona 2019 - Evolving vRealize Automation [HBO1323BE] Brief Description: VMware vRealize Automation has been the gold standard in private cloud automation for quite some time. However, like all things, it's time to grow. Join this deep dive to learn how vRealize Automation is evolving into vRealize Automation Cloud and vRealize Automation .Next. Expect live … Continue reading Evolving vRealize Automation 8 and VMware Cloud – Detailed Information (Part 1)

VMworld 2019 – Recap Day 2: VMware’s Vision, Pulse IoT Center, Pat Gelsinger @vExpertParty

Tuesday 05/11/2019 The 2nd day of VMworld started of with the general session which outlined VMware’s vision, strategy and some tangible customer cases. The first tech session for me was about Pulse IoT Center. A promising way to manage your IoT devices like sensors, cameras etc. focusing on your Edge Environment. After lunch, we did … Continue reading VMworld 2019 – Recap Day 2: VMware’s Vision, Pulse IoT Center, Pat Gelsinger @vExpertParty

VMworld 2019 – Recap Day 1: ITQ on Stage, VCDX workshop, VCF & HCX!

Monday 04/11/2019 It’s my first VMworld ever and the first day has been an educational journey! Together with some ITQ colleagues we started of the day with the VCDX workshop. They shared with us clear tips and thorough information on how to embark upon the VCDX road. The VCDX community is always willingly to help … Continue reading VMworld 2019 – Recap Day 1: ITQ on Stage, VCDX workshop, VCF & HCX!

Kubernetes Workshop VMworld 2019 Barcelona

Session ID: Run Kubernetes on VMware [KUB2073WER] Brief description: Whether you are a VI admin working with vSphere, a DevOps engineer or a Developer you might have seen requests to work with Containers. If you are already working with VMware solutions in your enterprise wouldn't it be great to leverage those solutions to work on … Continue reading Kubernetes Workshop VMworld 2019 Barcelona

vRA – How to integrate ADFS SSO

Recently I needed to integrate a vRA environment with Active Directory Federated Services (ADFS) so the same Single Sign On experience could be delivered across various products for the customer. This required a good cooperation with the AD team in order to set it up correctly. Below an overview how to get it working and … Continue reading vRA – How to integrate ADFS SSO

vRA 7.5 – Hostname Change: Host has been updated successfully, but is not updated in SSO

(The same procedure applies for vRA 7.6) Use Case The other day I was working at a customer who wanted to move his vRA environment to an external F5 Load Balancer VIP with a new FQDN in a different namespace (example.com). The environment was currently using an NSX Load Balancer and configured with Custom Signed … Continue reading vRA 7.5 – Hostname Change: Host has been updated successfully, but is not updated in SSO