VMware Cloud Foundation and VMware Cross Cloud Services–VMworld 2016 Keynote

Many of you are at VMworld 2016 and had the opportunity to be at the Keynote Live this morning. However there are those of us that are not at VMworld this year so I decided to put together some highlights from this mornings keynote.

The big theme for the keynote this year was the announcement of VMware Cloud Foundation and Cross Cloud Services. Although I say too much about Cloud Foundation beyond what what was discussed in this mornings keynote I think the below slide really helps shed some light. Although you will hear Cloud Foundation compared to Nutanix, I see it as more than just converged infrastructure. I see it more as a converged cloud. If you look at the let side of the below image you can see that VMware Cloud Foundation includes, Private Cloud as well as VMware vCloud air, and the IBM cloud. The benefit here is all of these environments are built on top of VMware technology. To the right you see the Non-VMware-Based Clouds which includes Amazon, Azure, and Google CP. These would be what’s part of the VMware Cross Cloud Services.

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August 30, 2015

VMworld2015 Hands on Labs Open today!!!

VMworld2015 Hands On Labs open today!

Don’t forget to stop by the Hands On Labs and check out some of this years awesome labs that are available. Last night we had the lab burn in and they are open to day. There are labs for just about everything you can imagine. Not sure what lab is right for you, that’s fine stop by and chat with some subject matter experts that will help you determine which lab is the right fit for you. There are roughly 350 terminals in the HOL this year along with a customer connect area where you can BYOD to connect. If that was not enough there are 4 expert led breakout rooms where you can reserve a spot and attend expert led sessions on the various technologies.

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March 13, 2015

VMware Introduces 24 product releases including the much anticipated vSPhere 6

Yesterday VMware was very busy announcing the release of over 2 dozen product which included two new products to the market these two new additions to the VMware portfolio are:

VMware Integrated Openstack – That’s right it’s out and it’s available now for you to download.
VMware Software Manager 1.0 – This probably not as exciting as VIO, but it will come in handy for finding, selecting, and downloading the content needed to install or upgrade a VMware Suite.

Below is a list of all the products released yesterday including links to their downloads, documentation, and release notes for your convenience.

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February 21, 2015

No clouds just people – I have an ask for all of you!

If you read my blogs you know I’m usually all business talking tech and providing my readers with what I hope is useful information. Today I’m writing to ask for your support. My wife and I are raising money for Muscular Dystrophy by participating in the Harley Davidson Ride for life fund raiser. Last year Ride for Life donated $1.09M dollars to the MDA as part of this charitable event and hopefully this year we can raise even more.

My ask of you:

If you have found the information on this blog useful please show your support by donating to Ride for Life. My wife and I are trying to reach a goal of $3,000 raised for MDS through Ride for Life. Any donation you can make is greatly appreciated. You can make a donation by visiting my donation page at http://www2.mda.org/site/TR/General/22-NortheastDivision?px=3059956&pg=personal&fr_id=12249. For every dollar raised a matching donation will be made by VMware Foundation up to $3,141.59 as part of their Matching Gift program for employees. All donation must be in by 5/1/2015.

Regardless of whether you are able to donate or not I want to thank you all for following my blog and may you all have happiness and good health!

Thank You all,

Sid and Tina Smith

Live Free and Ride Hard

October 23, 2014

vRealize Automation – vCAC 6.1 – Registering the Application Services Cloud Provider and Templates

Once your vCAC Application Services appliance is installed and configured, you must set up a Cloud Provider. A Cloud Provider is a system that will provide infrastructure services for the applications you will manage. In this case, we are using vCAC. At the same time, you can create Templates based on the vCAC Blueprints you’d like to consume.

Follow the steps below to create your Cloud Provider and Templates.

Choose a user account and add it to the Group Manager role in a vCAC Business Group with the privilege to deploy the Blueprint you would like to use as a base for your application installation.
Next login to the Application Services appliance, open the Applications menu in the upper right-hand corner, and navigate to Cloud Providers.
Click the green plus sign to add a new Cloud Provider.
Select the appropriate Cloud Provider Type, vCAC in this case.
Fill in the Name and Description for the Cloud Provider. The vCAC Cloud Provider Type also requires you to input the vCAC Infrastructure URL (the Windows machine, NOT the catalog appliance), as well as your chosen User Name and Password. Be sure to click Validate Connection after you’ve completed all required fields.
To add a Template, click the green plus sign next to the Templates heading in the lower section of the page.
Click the check box for the Blueprints you’d like to enable as Templates in Application Services, then click OK. You can also click the ellipsis to show more information about a Blueprint.
If you’d like, you can change the Name and/or Description of the Template(s). When you are finished, click Save.

This Cloud Provider and Template will now be available for Application deployments.