Once again, I had a wonderful week, and still managed to squeeze in the time to record 10 vendor visit videos, with a focus on what pertains to the home lab enthusiast.
I'm also happy that playback of my VMTN TechTalk with vBrownBag is also now available here, entitled "Paul Braren - What you need to know about running VMware with U.2, M.2, M.3, and PCIe NVMe SSDs".
Like last year, I found it a bit challenging to actually do a live demo in a shared space with many guests nearby for various activities, so instead I focused on showing the physical gear to those who stopped by, along with discussing a variety of tech topics. For folks looking for a software demo of what you can do with a home lab like mine, using the equipment that I had brought with me to VMworld, it's still available here.
The week was productive and busy, and there were quite a few announcements that made me quite happy about the big happenings in vSphere 6.7. Especially great that HTML5 vSphere client finally has feature parity once 6.7 Update 1 arrives, and I love that the creation of a valid cluster and/or vSAN cluster is becoming much easier too, all the details below.
The most noteworthy technical announcements were summed up nicely by Michael White here:
... Product – VMware Skyline This is amazing stuff. I love how it shows you all the proactive findings and let you sort / filter to what you really need. I love how it supports the idea a VMware support guy pushing a button and requesting logs, and the customer getting an email and hitting approve or not approved and it uploads the logs automatically. Very cool stuff here. ...
You'll also want to check out the following post carefully:
... VMware vSphere Platinum is a new edition of vSphere that delivers advanced security capabilities fully integrated into the hypervisor. This new release combines the industry leading capabilities of vSphere with VMware AppDefense, delivering purpose-built VMs to secure applications. ... Key Features and Capabilities vSphere Platinum delivers comprehensive built-in security and is the heart of a secure SDDC, delivering secure applications, data, infrastructure, and access. ...
Secure Infrastructure
Secure Boot for ESXi – Allows only VMware and Partner signed code to run in your hypervisor.
Secure Boot for Virtual Machines – Helps prevent images from being tampered with and prevents the loading of unauthorized components.
Support for TPM 2.0 for ESXi – Enables hypervisor integrity by validating the Secure Boot for ESXi process and enables remote host attestation.
(Virtual TPM 2.0) – Provides the necessary support for guest operating system security features while retaining operational features such as vMotion and disaster recovery.
Support for Microsoft Virtualization Based Security – Supports Windows 10 and Windows 2016 security features, like Credential Guard, on vSphere. ...
Introducing vSphere 6.7 Update 1 Along with vSphere Platinum, we are excited to announce vSphere 6.7 Update 1, which includes some key new and enhanced capabilities. Here are some highlights:
Fully Featured HTML5-based vSphere Client
Enhanced support for NVIDIA vGPU powered VMs; and Support for Intel FPGA
vSphere Client Let's first take a look at the vSphere Client. From vSphere 6.7 U1 onward, the vSphere Client is the only client you'll need to manage vCenter Server. As promised here, all administrative functions have now been completed for the vSphere Client. ... Enhancements for HCI and vSAN This next set of features is aimed at making it easier to setup, configure, and scale host clusters. In this release we've added a new workflow called Cluster Quickstart which provides one simple, efficient wizard to create a cluster, add hosts, and configure those hosts so they are all identical. ... One other important improvement in this area is the integration of I/O controller firmware update with VUM. Customers are now able to remediate software and firmware in one maintenance cycle under a single VUM UI. It is much faster and safer to do cluster remediation in one operation. vSAN HCL checks are built-in to ensure the host being remediated is compliant to the vSAN HCL before VUM moves to the next host. The I/O controller firmware is updated via an integration with the server vendor's firmware update utility. ...
vMotion for NVIDIA vGPU & Support for Intel FPGA Following the introduction of Suspend and Resume capabilities in vSphere 6.7, VMware and NVIDIA are introducing VMware vSphere vMotion with NVIDIA vGPU powered VMs. ... Conclusion vSphere 6.7 Update 1 is an exciting release. Not only does it add support for vSphere Platinum but it includes a number of exciting new features. If you've been waiting to upgrade to vSphere 6.7 then start planning your upgrade. If you're just waiting to finally get rid of flash or your external PSCs, have the ability to more efficiently manage your HCI environment, or vMotion your NVIDIA vGPU workloads, then start getting prepared to upgrade!
I had a little side-trip on the day after VMworld, figuring it was finally time for me to see the Grand Canyon. It was an incredible experience, as you can see for yourself pictured below.
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