VMware has retired the traditional Configuration Maximums Guides in pdf form. For vSphere 6.7 Maximums you will need to visit the new online tool: https://configmax.vmware.com/ This tool has vSphere 6.0 to 6.7. It is a dynamic tool allowing to isolate component maximums, compare maximums, and export out maximums.

The backup in the VAMI now contains a scheduler including retention policy: Example configuration: How it looks with multiple backups:

Now you can configure up to 3 Syslog servers in the VAMI to receive the vCenter logs: Click on configure: Supported protocols:

Yesterday VMware released version 1.3 of the vSphere Integrated Containers. The version enhances stability and delivers a new graphical-user interface to guide users through the creation of a Virtual Container Host (VCH). Please find the details in the original post on the VMware blog: VMware Blog

Official blog post: VMware Blog VMware patches: Patch All updates will be posted on the VMware Blog post.

VMware is publishing the latest KBs on their Blog. https://blogs.vmware.com/kb/

VMware Whitepapers about Storage and Availability. vMSC Best Practices – https://storagehub.vmware.com/#!/vsphere-storage/vmware-vsphere-r-metro-storage-cluster-recommended-practices vSphere APIs for IO Filtering – https://storagehub.vmware.com/#!/vsphere-storage/vmware-vsphere-apis-for-i-o-filtering-vaio VMFS – …

Overview: This course covers a series of topics on cloud native basics such as container technology, Kubernetes, and container related infrastructure technologies. Outline: Cloud Native Basics What is a Container? In this lightboard talk, Ben Corrie explains what a container is for beginners. The Benefits of Containers …

“In this paper, we explore the performance characteristics of a large enterprise web application running in Docker containers deployed in VMware vSphere 6.5 virtual machines (VMs). In order to put the performance of this deployment choice into context, we compare its performance to that of the same application running …

You can find the documentation for most of the VMware API’s and SDKs here: https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/sdk_pubs.html