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 has released a new White paper about ESXi IP storage troubleshooting. In this paper, we: • Describe how you can analyze packet traces to identify functional and performance issues in an ESX IP storage environment. • Compare packet capture alternatives, and explain why we recommend an inline optical network tap …

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 – …

VMware has released a new Whitepaper about Metro Storage Clusters. “An overview of the definition, functionalities and capabilities of VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster configuration that is a specific storage configuration combining replication.” VMware vSphere® Metro Storage Cluster Recommended Practices

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 …

If you would like to manage your vROPs using Powershell the following module could be helpful. Quote: PowervROps is a module written for PowerShell that can be used to access various elements of the vRealize Operations Manager API via PowerShell functions. Link: https://github.com/andydvmware/PowervROps

Found a great blog post on how to monitor windows services with VMware vRealize Operations Manager (vROPs). Link: Steve Tilkens Blog