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  VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 on Dell VxRail 8.0.100 is now GA (Generally Available), this is the first VCF release to support vSphere 8.0. VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) on VxRail offers jointly engineered features that simplify, streamline, and automate the operations of the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) stack and manage the end-to-end lifecycle. This integration enables VCF to extend the native VxRail capabilities for VMware NSX, VMware Aria Suite (formerly VMware vRealize Suite), and multiple VxRail clusters. VCF on VxRail provides a simple path to the hybrid cloud. VCF 5.0 on VxRail 8.0.100 hardware and software version details This section lists the VCF 5.0 on VxRail 8.0.100 hardware and software components. Hardware and firmware versions For the supported hardware and firmware versions, see  VCF on VxRail Support Matrix . For the associated VCF and VxRail versions, see  VxRail 8.0.x Support Matrix . Software versions VCF 5.0 on VxRail 8.0.100 includes the fo...

  VMware Cloud Foundation is VMware’s comprehensive software-defined infrastructure (SDI) platform for deploying and managing private and hybrid clouds. As part of the newest release of VMware Cloud Foundation, we are announcing the integration of NSX 4.1.0 and its features that enhance the user and administrator experience. New Enhancements to the Network and Security Fabric in VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 NSX 4.1.0 adds a variety of new features and enhancements for virtualized networking and security which can be leveraged within a VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 deployment.  Important updates include: Summary of NSX 4.1.0 Highlights VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 with NSX 4.1.0 support comes with platform enhancements such as multi-tenancy for networking resources and NAPP 4.0.1.1 Antrea is a Kubernetes-native project that implements the CNI and Kubernetes Network Policy to provide network connectivity and security for pod workloads. NSX 4.1.0 introduces new container network...

 Hello Everyone, We are excited with the announcement of general availability of VMware NSX-T 3.2 release.  NSX-T 3.2 includes key innovations across multi-cloud security, scale-out networking for containers, VMs, and physical workloads. It also delivers simplified operations that help enterprises achieve a one-click, public cloud experience wherever their workloads are deployed.   Strong Multi-Cloud Security   NSX-T 3.2 provides strong, multi-cloud, easy-to-operationalize network defenses that secure application traffic within and across clouds. NSX-T 3.2 goes a step further in making it easy to enable Zero Trust application access across multi-cloud environments — enabling customers to secure traffic across applications and individual workloads with security controls that are consistent, automated, attached to the worklo...

  The announcement of  VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0  is a reminder that one of the more important aspects of deploying a multi-cloud infrastructure is a robust cloud management platform to address the ongoing operations of a well-managed cloud. In most organizations, cloud adoption has moved to mainstream and cloud operations, automation and management are critical to driving business agility. The success of such organizations in their multi-cloud journey will depend on their cloud operating model and the cloud management solution they choose. vRealize Suite (also known as ARIA) is a key component packaged with VMware Cloud Foundation that delivers the business outcomes that organizations are looking for. This post will detail what is new with vRealize and provide highlights for each of the components within vRealize Suite. vRealize Operations (vROps)  deliver predictive and proactive IT operations management for private, hybrid and multi-cloud environments in a unifi...

 Hello Everyone, Hope you are doing well. Today, i am covering this posts regarding the self-signed certificate expires in NSX-T environments for components like LocalManager and mp-cluster.  you will see warnings on NSX-T GUI that LocalManager and mp-cluster self-signed certificates has been expired.  Generally, we update only NSX Manager Cluster/VIP certificates only.  Certificates for LocalManager, tomcat and mp-cluster comes with self-signed certificates when we deployed the NSX-T environment. tomcat certificates is an API certificate used for external communication with individual NSX Manager nodes through UI/API. mp-cluster is an API certificate used for external communication with the NSX Manager cluster using the cluster VIP, through UI/API. Let's start to renew the LocalManager self-signed certificates. Login to NSX-T GUI with admin credentials. Go to Systems > Under Settings click on Certificates > click on CSRs > click GENERATE CsR Click on GEN...

 Hello All, Today, i am covering the new feautres introduced in vSphere 7.0 where we can migrate a VM to another vCenter Server which is not joined to same SSO domain.  It means, there is no need to have linked mode and same SSO joined vCenter Servers to migrate a VM to another vCenter Server. All you need you have Network connectivity between the Source and Destination vCenter Servers and required ports should be allowed as well as have access at both the vCenter Server. Below are the screenshots capture while moving a VM from one vCenter Server to another running on vSphere 7.0 version.  Login on Source vCenter Server and choose the VM which we want to migrate.  Right click on VM and choose Migrate option and then select Cross vCenter Server export option.     Click NEXT  Put Destination vCenter Server FQDN, Username and Password and Click on LOGIN option. Accept the thumbprint and click on Yes        Click NEXT and Proceed furthe...