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VMUG Advantage 2018 benefits

20 July 2018 Andrea Mauro

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As you know the VMUG membership is completly free as also all the benefits, including the online resources, local meeting and UserConf events (some events may have a fee depending by the local VMUG, but almost are for free).

But, if you want (and it’s not mandatory for VMUG membership), you can have more benefit by subscribing to the VMUG Advantage, that is an interesting way to stay on top of your technical skills with discounts on training, certifications, attendance at VMworld and on product licenses.

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Nutanix LTS and STS versions

19 July 2018 Andrea Mauro

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If you look at the recenty Nutanix Acropolis Operating Systems releases you will notice new versions in just few months: Nutanix AOS 5.6 was released in April and now Nutanix AOS 5.8 has been just released.

What does it means for the support and the lifecycle of the products?

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SQL issues with Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 3a

18 July 2018 Andrea Mauro

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The new Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 3a patch may introduce some warnings backing up Microsoft SQL Server VMs after installing the update.

It does not happen in all cases, and seems more limited for SQL Express instances.

But Veeam has described the issues in KB2689 (https://www.veeam.com/kb2689) with also the required fix!

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End of the “free” version of vRealize Log Insight

17 July 2018 Andrea Mauro

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In the last months there were several post about the vRealize Log Insight for vCenter Server edition… a “free” version of vRealize Log Insight included with vCenter Server license (so not really free, but included in your license cost).

This was true since vRealize Log Insight 3.3.2 and above will accept the vCenter Server 5.x or 6.x license key you already have. Refer to the VMware Product Interoperability Matrices for confirmation of which versions are compatible.

To be honest there were only 25 OSI included (vRealize Log Insight counts the sources of the log), but quite enough for a small-medium environment, if you consider only the ESXi and vCenter Server… If you try to use for a large environment or for monitoring also other log sources or for NSX components, this number is quite limiting.

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Arrcus: a new player in the (software defined) network area

16 July 2018 Andrea Mauro

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Arrcus emerges from stealth and has launched and released its first product: ArcOS, an independent, open, Linux-based, hardware agnostic network operating system.

ArcOS is a high-quality alternative to vertically integrated OEMs, to meet and exceed the modern smart network infrastructure requirements.

ArcOS is a fully programmable, microservices-based network operating system built from first principles. Based on Debian Linux, it is an open system that can be easily integrated with other Linux distributions as well.

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Tintri future is cloudy

16 July 2018 Andrea Mauro

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Tintri has laid off 80 per cent of its staff, including its top sales bod, leaving just 40 to 50 staff behind, however it still expects to run out of cash on June 30. And there are a lot of rumors with impending news of bankruptcy.

That’s not good at, considering the history of the company and the quality of their products.

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Simplify VMware’s products update/upgrade

13 July 2018 Andrea Mauro

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Managing the lifecycle of a complete software stack it’s something potentially complex because to the interdependence between the different layers, the order of the update or upgrade and the multiple software piecies (but also potentially some firmware/driver updates).

For VMware vSphere there is VUM that can simplify ESXi lifecycle, but for example cannot manage the vCenter/PSC upgrade/update process.

For VMware vSAN, VUM has been improved to consider the proper flow of the update process.

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