VMware Cloud Director 10.x – Replace JCEKS certificate keystore with PKCS12

If you have a certificate.ks keystore that you have carried over from previous VCD versions, is highly likely is a JCEKS based keystore. If you start experiencing SSL issues and go through a SR, Support will ask you to migrate your kesytore to PKCS12 format. Even if is not related. Turns out that the JCEKS […]

VMware Cloud Foundation for Cloud Providers – Lessons Learned

One of the tools I’ve been working with recently is VCF 4.x. As an Enterprise or Cloud Provider admin, VCF makes your life easier by providing a central point of management known as de SDDC Manager. Keeping all your clusters and its components updates becomes a trivial task. Below I will share some valuable tips, […]

Telefonica Chile mitigating Cloud Disruption risks by using Cloud-to-Cloud (C2C) replication

“Cloud to Cloud Replication offering will be a synonymous for high resilience being translated in 99.6% of availability for our Cloud Provider’s Customers coming from different vertical segments like oil and gas, government, and financial companies” – José Manuel Kuhn, IT Product Manager, Telefonica Chile   Telefónica Chile Provides  Peace of Mind to Local Enterprises […]

Breaking down Cloud Silos by deploying the NEW Extensibility framework provided by VCD 9.1

Extensibility is key for implementing an effective and realistic Cross-Cloud deployment; there is no other way to solve the inter-connectivity and compatibility issues you will be facing when provisioning workloads into a multi-cloud environment. Extensibility is critical when considering Infrastructure-as-a-Code, which is a relevant component within your Cloud automation and DevOps initiatives. Currently, VMware’s CPSBU just released vCloud […]

vCloud Director VCD 9.0.0.2 patch has been released [2018-01-16]

vCloud Director VCD 9.0.0.2 VMware vCloud Director for Service Providers enables service providers to build differentiated cloud services that are inherently hybrid-aware and ideal for enterprise-class organizations. It is available through the VMware Cloud Provider Program. More info? https://docs.vmware.com/en/vCloud-Director/index.html Resolved Issues The Allocation tab under Organization VDC Properties for a particular Organization VDC network shows incorrect […]

Tip of the Day No. 17497

#TOTDSeries Tip of the Day No. 17497: Claim your FREE O’Reilly eBooks featuring #IoT Design, UX and Governance!!! FREE #IoT Ebooks Creating great hardware and IoT products requires cutting-edge insight on design, engineering, logistics, marketing, and management. These free ebooks compile knowledge from the experts who write O’Reilly books and speak at the Solid conference. […]

Tip of the Day No. 17493

#TOTDSeries Tip of the Day No. 17493: Get FREE #DevOps e-book and start training yourself in #DevOps by #2018!!! Getting Started with DevOps DevOps will help you deploy code faster and more often, spot and fix errors sooner, and ultimately meet market demands and customer expectations better. This ebook explores how you can bring development […]

Tip of the Day No. 17492

#TOTDSeries Tip of the Day No. 17492: LAST chance to update any #API call to the new #Microsoft #Azure portal framework “To provide a single, streamlined experience for Azure portal users, we will be sunsetting the Azure classic portal on January 8, 2018. Today, the Azure portal is a hub for all Azure services and […]