Tech Roundup - 6th November 2018

Stuff collated since Tech Roundup - 23rd September 2018. With headings:

Cisco (FlexPod), CompTIA (and Cybersecurity), Flackbox, Industry Commentary, Microsoft, NetApp, Veeam, VMware

Cisco (FlexPod)

FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco ACI Multi-Pod, NetApp MetroCluster IP, and VMware vSphere 6.7 Design Guide

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_esxi67_n9k_aci_metrocluster_design.html

FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco ACI Multi-Pod, NetApp MetroCluster IP, and VMware vSphere 6.7 Deployment Guide

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_esxi67_n9k_aci_metrocluster.html

CompTIA (and Cybersecurity)

Cool Jobs: Using Cybersecurity to Protect Nuclear Power Plants

https://certification.comptia.org/it-career-news/post/view/2018/10/22/cybersecurity-and-nuclear-power-plants

Cybersecurity Careers: Learn More About Penetration Testing

https://certification.comptia.org/it-career-news/post/view/2018/10/24/cybersecurity-careers-learn-more-about-penetration-testing

Cybersecurity Certificates, Certifications and Degrees: How to Choose

https://certification.comptia.org/it-career-news/post/view/2018/10/19/cybersecurity-certificates-certifications-and-degrees-how-to-choose

CASP vs. CISSP: 4 Advantages of CompTIA’s Advanced Cybersecurity Certification

https://certification.comptia.org/it-career-news/post/view/2018/10/17/casp-vs-cissp

Flackbox

List of VSA Virtual Storage Appliances and SAN Storage Simulators

https://www.flackbox.com/list-vsa-virtual-storage-appliances-storage-simulators-san-nas-demos

Industry Commentary

Six Reasons for Multi-Cloud Computing

https://www.enterprisetech.com/2018/10/10/five-reasons-to-consider-multi-cloud-computing/

IBM, Red Hat and Multi-Cloud Management: What It Means for IT Pros

https://certification.comptia.org/it-career-news/post/view/2018/10/30/ibm-red-hat-and-multi-cloud-management-what-it-means-for-it-pros

Microsoft

Azure File Sync is now available to the public

*Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2017

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-file-sync/

NetApp

General

NetApp Cloud API Documentation

Https://services.cloud.netapp.com/developer-hub

Image: NetApp Cloud API Documentation

Cloud Volumes Services

https://cloud.netapp.com/cloud-volumes-service

NetApp Kubernetes Service Demo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwArmqYwQW0

Azure NetApp Files Demo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo9y6vZdUCk

NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for AWS Demo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mohMLHrT-S8

File Storage for AWS is Now Simpler and Faster

https://www.netapp.com/us/cloud-marketplace/amazon-web-services.aspx

Discover How Data Creates Medical Breakthroughs

http://tv.netapp.com/detail/video/5839792478001

Transforming Medical Care With Data in the Cloud (Changing the World with Data)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsUC2vMDbig

DreamWorks Animation: Creating at the Speed of Imagination

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgxwA05BLvg

Building Big Data Analytics Application on AWS with NetApp Cloud Volumes

https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1263986/Building-Big-Data-Analytics-Application-on-AWS-wit

Scaling Oracle Databases in the Cloud with NetApp Cloud Volumes

https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1263981/Scaling-Oracle-Databases-in-the-Cloud-with-NetApp

NetApp Cloud Volumes as a Persistent Storage Solution for Containers

https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1263974/NetApp-Cloud-Volumes-as-a-Persistent-Storage-Solut

New TRs

Source: http://www.cosonok.com/2018/02/netapp-technical-report-tr-powershell.html

TR-4722: MySQL Database on NetApp ONTAP Best Practices
TR-4721: Sybase ASE on NetApp HCI
TR-4719: SAP HANA System Replication: Backup and Recovery with SnapCenter
TR-4718: AI Deployment on the Cloud with NetApp Cloud Volumes Service: Enabling AI Deployments on Amazon Web Services
TR-4717: ONTAP SSH Authentication with a Common Access Card

New NVAs (NetApp Verified Architectures)

VMware Private Cloud on NetApp HCI: NVA Design

https://www.netapp.com/us/media/nva-1122.pdf

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform with NetApp HCI: NVA Design

https://www.netapp.com/us/media/nva-1124.pdf

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

https://www.openshift.com/products/container-platform/

The Easy Button for Delivering Better Experiences. Faster. With NetApp and Red Hat.

https://blog.netapp.com/netapp-hci-redhat-openshift-container-platform-partnership

New Posts by Justin Parisi

Source: https://whyistheinternetbroken.wordpress.com/

October 24: ONTAP 9.5 has been announced!

New on Tech ONTAP Podcast (hosted by Justin Parisi)

Source: https://soundcloud.com/techontap_podcast

Episode 163: ONTAP 9.5

Episode 162: NetApp Insight 2018 - Las Vegas Recap

BONUS CONTENT: NetApp Insight 2018 Las Vegas - Roaming Insight Central

Episode 161: ONTAP Select Updates

Episode 160: Converged Systems Advisor 3.0 for FlexPod

Episode 159: NetApp at AnsibleFest

Episode 158: NetApp Insight 2018 Preview

New on ThePub

Source: https://netapp.io

October 22: Introducing Trident v18.10

October 10: Demo Videos for Common Trident Installation and Configuration Environments

October 12: Getting Started with NetApp and Ansible: Complete Workflow

October 11: Getting Started with NetApp and Ansible: First Playbook Example

October 10: Getting Started with NetApp and Ansible: Understanding Playbooks

October 9: Getting Started with NetApp and Ansible: Updating NetApp Modules

October 8: Getting Started with NetApp and Ansible: Install Ansible

October 2: My Name is Rocky

September 21: ONTAP AI and NetApp Trident: Streamlining and simplifying AI workloads

New on wfaguy.com

Source: www.wfaguy.com

October: Autotiering with WFA

Veeam

Veeam Backup & Replication: Quick Migration

https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/quick_migration.html?ver=95

VMware

Introducing Project Dimension

https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2018/08/introducing-project-dimension.html

VMworld 2018: We’re Rethinking the Limits of Innovation

https://www.vmware.com/radius/vmworld-2018-innovation/

Taking Innovation to New and Unexpected Levels at VMworld 2018

https://www.vmware.com/radius/taking-innovation-to-new-and-unexpected-levels-at-vmworld-2018/

What’s New in vSAN6.7 Update 1

https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/2018/08/27/whats-new-in-vsan-6-7-update-1/

What’s New in vRealize Operations 7.0

https://blogs.vmware.com/management/2018/08/whats-new-in-vrealize-operations-7-0.html

Building on the Success of Workspace ONE

https://blogs.vmware.com/euc/2018/08/workspaceone-intelligent-hub.html

Solution Brief: SD-WAN Simplified

https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/product/vmware-sd-wan-simplified-solution-overview.pdf