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Configuring Hybrid Linked Mode (HLM) for VMware Cloud on AWS

October 26, 2017 By Emad Younis 5 Comments

Hybrid Linked Mode (HLM) is a brand new feature available only for VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC), which was announced during VMworld US in August 2017.  HLM provides the ability to extend an administrator’s management view from on-premises to VMC. This may sound oddly familiar if you are using Enhanced Linked Mode (ELM) in your […]

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Filed Under: VMware Cloud on AWS Tagged With: HLM, Hybrid Linked Mode, VMC

Printing #migrate2vcsa Stickers and Apparel

January 5, 2017 By Emad Younis Leave a Comment

[Updated to include more VCSA and VMware Cloud on AWS Stickers] Happy New Year! 2016 was a big year for the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA). We now have officially supported Migration Tools in vSphere 6.0 U2m and vSphere 6.5. With the release of vSphere 6.5, the VCSA has surpassed its Windows counterpart in terms of […]

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Filed Under: vCenter Tagged With: migrate2vcsa, vCenter Server Apppliance, VCSA

vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5 Installer macOS Ovftool Error

November 21, 2016 By Emad Younis 9 Comments

Recently, some macOS Sierra users have had an issue with the VCSA 6.5 installer. At the “Set up appliance VM” (step 5), the VCSA deployment and storage sizes are not available. The following error is received “A problem occurred while reading the OVF file.. Error: ovftool is not available”. Let me start by saying this is […]

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Filed Under: vCenter Tagged With: Appliance, macOS, VCSA, VCSA 6.5, VMware, vSphere 6.5

vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5 Installer Improvements

November 15, 2016 By Emad Younis 1 Comment

The vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5 has significant new features and improvements mentioned here. One area of notice is the installer, which in this release not only has a new look and feel but other improvements. These improvements are not only visible from the ISO, but also during the deployment. The end result is a better experience throughout […]

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Filed Under: vCenter Tagged With: Appliance, VCSA, VCSA 6.5, VMware, vSphere 6.5

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Emad Younis is a Staff Cloud Solutions Architect working in the Cloud Services Business Unit, part of the R&D organization at VMware. He currently focuses on workload mobility and hybrid connectivity across on-premises and cloud infrastructures.

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