VMware vCloud® Director™ (vCloud Director) orchestrates the provisioning of software-defned datacenter
services, to deliver complete virtual datacenters for easy consumption in minutes. Software-defned datacenter
services and virtual datacenters fundamentally simplify infrastructure provisioning and enable IT to move at the
speed of business.
Numerous enhancements are included within vCloud Director 5.1, making it the best infrastructure-as-a-service
(IaaS) solution in the marketplace today. This document highlights some of these key enhancements and is
targeted toward users who are familiar with previous vCloud Director releases.
VMware vCloud® Director™ (vCloud Director) orchestrates the provisioning of software-defned datacenter
services, to deliver complete virtual datacenters for easy consumption in minutes. Software-defned datacenter
services and virtual datacenters fundamentally simplify infrastructure provisioning and enable IT to move at the
speed of business.
Numerous enhancements are included within vCloud Director 5.1, making it the best infrastructure-as-a-service
(IaaS) solution in the marketplace today. This document highlights some of these key enhancements and is
targeted toward users who are familiar with previous vCloud Director releases.
Windows Server 2012 introduceert het gebruik van Storage Pools. Hiermee kunt u zowel USB, externe als interne harde schijven in een Storage Pool plaatsen. Vanuit deze pool kunt u vervolgens zoveel virtuele schijven maken als u nodig heeft. Dit zijn in feite VHD bestanden zoals deze ook al door HyperV gebruikt werden. Server 2012 ondersteunt de RAID versies 0,1 en 5. Wilt u flexibiliteit en file redundancy, zonder een duur SAN aan te hoeven schaffen, dan is deze feature is voor u!
Presentation by Michael Van Horenbeeck: http://twitter.com/mvanhorenbeeck. Video recording available here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/video/windows-server-2012-improvements-in-failover-clustering.
Virtualization has been the “big thing” in server consolidation for years, and two of the biggest players are Microsoft and VMware. So how do these solutions stack up for live migration, memory, support, and fault tolerance? Find out this and more when you view C/D/H's Virtualization Smackdown slide deck.
And for more information on this or other virtualization topics, visit our blog at www.cdhtalkstech.com.
Cluster ist die Basis für die Private Cloud. In dieser Session lernen Sie die Erweiterungen der Cluster Services kennen, wie Cluster Shared Volumes, Cluster-Aware Updating und VM-Cloning und -Monitoring. Nach der Session können Sie die neuen Möglichkeiten einschätzen und das Potenzial für Ihr Unternehmen bestimmen.
Prairie DevCon-What's New in Hyper-V in Windows Server "8" Beta - Part 2Damir Bersinic
This is the second of a 2-part series delivered at Prairie DevCon in Calgry on March 15. 2012. The sessions provided a quick overview of the new features of Hyper-V in Windows Server "8" Beta and how these compare to VMware vSphere 5.
An introduction to Citrix CloudPlatform (powered by Apache CloudStack), Citri...ShapeBlue
During this session, Giles Sirett Managing Consultant of ShapeBlue will look at the USE-CASE’s for CloudPlatform, the different versions of the technology available and the benefits it brings to service providers and enterprises alike.
Using his real world project experience, Giles will openly discuss competing technologies and where Citrix CloudPlatform sits in the currently Cloud eco-system. He will also look at the benefits to be gained from Citrix CloudPortal and Citrix CloudBridge.
VMware PEX Boot Camp - Reaching the Clouds with NetApp Integrations with VMwa...NetApp
Enterprises are asking their architects and integrators to find the most robust, cost-effective, scalable, easy-to-manage infrastructure for their vCloud environments. NetApp integrations with VMware vCloud Director make efficiency, data agility and integrated data protection a native part of vCloud environments. This session will show how integrations with vCloud Director make provisioning and cloning, session orchestration and automation, resource creation and management easier and smarter on NetApp storage.
Windows Server 2012 introduceert het gebruik van Storage Pools. Hiermee kunt u zowel USB, externe als interne harde schijven in een Storage Pool plaatsen. Vanuit deze pool kunt u vervolgens zoveel virtuele schijven maken als u nodig heeft. Dit zijn in feite VHD bestanden zoals deze ook al door HyperV gebruikt werden. Server 2012 ondersteunt de RAID versies 0,1 en 5. Wilt u flexibiliteit en file redundancy, zonder een duur SAN aan te hoeven schaffen, dan is deze feature is voor u!
Presentation by Michael Van Horenbeeck: http://twitter.com/mvanhorenbeeck. Video recording available here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/video/windows-server-2012-improvements-in-failover-clustering.
Virtualization has been the “big thing” in server consolidation for years, and two of the biggest players are Microsoft and VMware. So how do these solutions stack up for live migration, memory, support, and fault tolerance? Find out this and more when you view C/D/H's Virtualization Smackdown slide deck.
And for more information on this or other virtualization topics, visit our blog at www.cdhtalkstech.com.
Cluster ist die Basis für die Private Cloud. In dieser Session lernen Sie die Erweiterungen der Cluster Services kennen, wie Cluster Shared Volumes, Cluster-Aware Updating und VM-Cloning und -Monitoring. Nach der Session können Sie die neuen Möglichkeiten einschätzen und das Potenzial für Ihr Unternehmen bestimmen.
Prairie DevCon-What's New in Hyper-V in Windows Server "8" Beta - Part 2Damir Bersinic
This is the second of a 2-part series delivered at Prairie DevCon in Calgry on March 15. 2012. The sessions provided a quick overview of the new features of Hyper-V in Windows Server "8" Beta and how these compare to VMware vSphere 5.
An introduction to Citrix CloudPlatform (powered by Apache CloudStack), Citri...ShapeBlue
During this session, Giles Sirett Managing Consultant of ShapeBlue will look at the USE-CASE’s for CloudPlatform, the different versions of the technology available and the benefits it brings to service providers and enterprises alike.
Using his real world project experience, Giles will openly discuss competing technologies and where Citrix CloudPlatform sits in the currently Cloud eco-system. He will also look at the benefits to be gained from Citrix CloudPortal and Citrix CloudBridge.
VMware PEX Boot Camp - Reaching the Clouds with NetApp Integrations with VMwa...NetApp
Enterprises are asking their architects and integrators to find the most robust, cost-effective, scalable, easy-to-manage infrastructure for their vCloud environments. NetApp integrations with VMware vCloud Director make efficiency, data agility and integrated data protection a native part of vCloud environments. This session will show how integrations with vCloud Director make provisioning and cloning, session orchestration and automation, resource creation and management easier and smarter on NetApp storage.
Private cloud infrastructure configure and deploy
In collaboration with IEEE Computer Society, the Cloud Security Alliance and Dell, Microsoft is hosting a 24 Hours in a Private Cloud virtual event
OVHcloud Hosted Private Cloud Platform Network use cases with VMware NSXOVHcloud
In this workshop VMware will provide a quick reminder of the main contributions of the NSX network virtualization platform: consistent network and security management, increased application resiliency, rapid migration of workloads to and from the cloud.
VMware and OVH will then move on to practical cases with implementation of micro-segmentation, dynamic routing, automatic deployment of an application, load balancing in the OVH Hosted Private Cloud. This workshop is aimed at a technical audience.
Hyperconvergence enables you to pair the elasticity benefits of the cloud with the control and security of on-premise data centers. All within a consolidated management infrastructure. Learn how Cisco HyperFlex 3.0 enables these capabilities and much more for any application, in any cloud at, any scale.
This presentation digs into the latest version of HyperFlex. Cisco experts discuss increased scale up to 64 nodes, logical availability zones, managing HyperFlex with Cisco Intersight, stretch clusters, Hyper-V on HyperFlex, and persistent volume integration with kubernetes.
Resources:
Watch the related TechWiseTV episode: http://cs.co/9005DgslL
TechWiseTV: http://cs.co/9009DzrjN
How to bi your operations with System Center 2012 R2 using Operations Manager...hypervnu
System Center Summer Night - How to bi your operations with System Center 2012 R2 using Operations Manager and Service Manager - Oskar Landman en Walter Eikenboom
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
2. #hypervnu
System Center Release Candidate
Available NOW!
Unified Installer App Controller
Configuration Manager Data Protection Manager
Endpoint Protection Operations Manager
Orchestrator Service Manager
Virtual Machine Manager
3. #hypervnu
about the speaker
► Engineer @ Wortell
► Focus on:
► Server virtualization
► System Center Virtual Machine Manager
► Storage
► Blog: www.hyper-v.nu | blogs.wortell.nl
► Twitter: @myhyperv | @hypervnu
► Mail: maarten.wijsman@wortell.nl
4. #hypervnu
this session will …
► give you an introduction in to SCVMM 2012
► answers the question: “SneakerNET™, yes or no?”
► show you some deployment possibilities
► make clear if SCCM / WSUS has become obsolete
► give you insight in some changes regarding SSP
5. #hypervnu
Deployment Fabric Cloud Services
Infrastructure Fabric Cloud Service
Management Management Management
Enhancements
HA VMM Hyper-V Bare Update Application Service
Server Metal Provisioning Management Owner Usage Templates
Hyper-V, Dynamic
Upgrade VMware, Citrix Capacity and Application
Optimization Deployment
XenServer Capability
Custom Network Power Custom
properties Management Management Delegation Command
and Quota Execution
Storage Cluster
Powershell Image Based
Management Management Servicing
6. #hypervnu
introduction tour
Highly Available VMM Server
► Because we asked for it & elimination of SPOF
Upgrade
► From VMM 2008 R2 to VMM 2012 RC to VMM 2012 RTM
Custom Properties
► Name/Value pairs, not limited to Custom1 … Custom10
Powershell
► Backward compatible, 200+ cmdlets > 400 + cmdlets, standard
verbs
7. #hypervnu
introduction tour
Provisioning
► Bare-metal provisioning via IPMI, DCMI, SMASH or via Custom Provider
Hypervisor Support
► NEW > Citrix XenServer | Hyper-V & VMware (ESX/ESXi 3.5 / 4.1, vCenter
Server 4.1)
Network Management
► Logical Networks, IP & MAC address management and Load Balancer
Provisioning
Storage Management
► Management via SMI-S, classify arrays & pools and snap cloning rapid
provisioning
8. #hypervnu
introduction tour
Update Management
► Integration with WSUS / SCCM, fully automated cluster updating
Dynamic Optimization
► Cluster level load balancing using Live Migration
Power Management
► Live Migration to pack more VM’s per host, power down hosts
Enhanced Placement
► 100+ placement checks/validations, custom rules
9. #hypervnu
introduction tour
Application Owner Usage
► Fine-grained action control, quota per user / shared, dimensions of quota
(vCPU, memory etc.)
(Cloud) Capacity and Capability
► Aggregated capacity, dimensions op capacity (vCPU, memory etc)
► HA VMs, allow VMs to use dynamic disks or differencing disks
Delegation and Quota
► Fine-grained action control, quota per user / shared, dimensions of quota
(vCPU, memory etc.)
10. #hypervnu
introduction tour
Service Templates
► Multi-tier applications
Applications
► Build-in support for Web deploy, Server App-V, SQL DAC
Image-based
► OS seperated from apps, composed during deployment
Servicing
► Change to template and the apply change to deployed instances
11. #hypervnu
Fabric
Fabric
Management
Hyper-V Bare Update
Metal Provisioning Management
Hyper-V, Dynamic
VMware, Citrix Optimization
XenServer
Network Power
Management Management
Storage Cluster
Management Management
12. #hypervnu
fabric
Physical Server
► Host provisioning – from bare-metal to Hyper-V to Cluster provisioning
► Server hardware management – IPMI, DCMI, SMASH, Custom via Provider
► Manage multiple hypervisors – Hyper-V, VMware, XenServer
Network
► Define Logical Networks using VLANs and Subnets per datacenter location
► Address management for Static IPs, Load Balancer VIPs and MAC addresses
► Automated provisioning of Load Balancers via Provider e.g. Brocade, Citrix or F5
Storage
► Storage Management using SMI-S
► Discover storage arrays and pools
► Classify storage based on throughput and capabilities
► Discover or configure LUNs and assign to hosts and clusters
► Rapid provisioning of VMs using snap cloning of LUNs
15. #hypervnu
1. OOB Reboot
5. Run GCEs &
Configure partitions
VMM Server contoso
WDS server
Bare Metal
Server
Library server
Hyper-V
Server
Host profile Drivers VHD
16. #hypervnu
check list BMD
► Syspreped VHD
► GPO configured
► DHCP, WDS and PXE
► VMM resolvable
► Logical Network
► Host Profile
► OOB via iLO2/3 or iDRAC operational
► Run as Accounts
► MAC address known for management connectivity
17. #hypervnu
logical network and IP pools
Logical Host IP Subnets/ IP Pools
Network Group VLANS
10.1.1.0/24 Pool 01
VLAN 5 Pool 02
LIJNDEN
VLAN 7
DHCP
FRONTEND
12.1.1.0/24 Pool 03
VLAN 10
Pool 04
SCHIPHOL
VLAN 12
DHCP
18. #hypervnu
IP address pool management
IP Range: 10.70.23.1/24 (254 addresses)
Reserved VIPs
Static IPs
IPs (Virtual IPs)
Define ► Set IP IP check- IP check-
Pool range out in VM
New VM
► Static, Deletion,
creation
reserve, Migration
VIP
19. #hypervnu
Deployment Fabric Cloud Services
Infrastructure Fabric Cloud Service
Management Management Management
Enhancements
HA VMM Hyper-V Bare Update Application Service
Server Metal Provisioning Management Owner Usage Templates
Hyper-V, Dynamic
Upgrade VMware, Citrix Capacity and Application
Optimization Deployment
XenServer Capability
Custom Network Power Custom
properties Management Management Delegation Command
and Quota Execution
Storage Cluster
Powershell Image Based
Management Management Servicing
20. #hypervnu
Deployment
Highly Available VMM Server
► Because we asked for it
► VMM server now cluster aware so elimination of a potential SPOF!
Upgrade
► From VMM 2008 R2 to VMM 2012 RC to VMM 2012 RTM
Custom Properties
► Name/Value pairs
► No need to use Custom1…Custom10
Powershell
► Fully powershell scriptable > from 200+ to 400+ cmdlets
► Backward compatible with VMM 2008 R2 scripting interface
21. #hypervnu
VMM Components
► Management Server
► Console
► Self-Service Portal
► Library
► Microsoft SQL Server 2008 E/S or 2008 R2 D/E/S
22. #hypervnu
Topology
Web Console
Internet Explorer 8
VMM Console Self-Service Internet Explorer 9
Non- Clustered Portal
Library Server
Server
VMM
Management
Server
Non- Clustered
SQL
WSUS
Servers
WDS
(PXE)
Servers
Vmware
vCenter Server
HYPER-V
Servers and
Clusters
Citrix
XenServers
and Clusters
VMware ESX
Servers and
Clusters
23. #hypervnu
Topology
Web Console
Internet Explorer 8
VMM Console Self-Service Internet Explorer 9
Non- Clustered Portal
Library Server
Server
HA VMM
Management
& Clustered
SQL
WSUS Servers
Servers
WDS
(PXE)
Servers
Vmware
vCenter Server
HYPER-V
Servers and
Clusters
Citrix
XenServers
and Clusters
VMware ESX
Servers and
Clusters
24. #hypervnu
DEMO
Web Console
Internet Explorer 8
VMM Console Self-Service Internet Explorer 9
Clustered Portal
Library Server
Server
HA VMM
Management
Servers
WSUS Clustered SQL
Servers
WDS
(PXE)
Servers
Vmware
vCenter Server
HYPER-V
Servers and
Clusters
Citrix
XenServers
and Clusters
VMware ESX
Servers and
Clusters
25. #hypervnu
SELF-SERVICE PORTAL
HYPER-V CLUSTER
LIBRARY SERVER
HEARTBEAT
HA VMM + SQL
HYPER-V
STAND-ALONE HYPER-V
30. #hypervnu
sources
Microsoft Virtual Machine Manager CEP Sessions
► https://connect.microsoft.com/site799/vmm2012cep
Tech·Ed North America 2011 Sessions
► Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012: What’s in It,and How It Enables the Building of
Private Clouds and Federation to the Public Cloud
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/SIM211
► Modeling and Maintaining Virtualized Services in Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/VIR315
► Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012: Deployment,Planning,Upgrade
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/VIR316
