We can configure and replace license changes to Aria Automation either using the CLI or through the Aria Suite Lifecycle UI. This short post demonstrates the convenient way using Aira Suite Lifecycle (formerly known as vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager).
Recently, I wanted to create a new provider VDC with a vSphere cluster as resource pool in a customer VMware Cloud Director environment. It failed with the error message “[ … ] class com.vmware.vcloud.api.presentation.service BadRequestException”.
While checking the cluster in the resource vCenter Server (version 7.x), the following error was shown in the vSphere Client:
“vSphere DRS functionality was impacted due to unhealthy state vSphere Cluster Services caused by the unavailability of vSphere Cluster Service VMs. vSphere Cluster Service VMs are required to maintain the health of vSphere DRS”
End-User Computing Division of Broadcom…
Today marks the start of an exciting new chapter for the End-User Computing (EUC) Division of Broadcom and, ultimately, for our customers and partners. Global investment firm KKR announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the EUC Division from Broadcom.
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🎉 Congratulations! vExpert 2024 Awards…
Thank you to everyone who applied for the vExpert program. A special thank you to the vExpert PROs for managing the application voting; it’s a lot of work! We are pleased to announce the list of 2024 vExperts. You can visit the vExpert Directory to see the list and profiles of each vExpert.
Broadcom has completed its acquisition of VMware, which will now operate as VMware by Broadcom. Broadcom’s structure is to run divisions dedicated to product groups, and the VMware business will operate as the following four Broadcom divisions:
- VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
- Tanzu (TNZ)
- Software-Defined Edge (SDE)
- Application Networking and Security (ANS)
As Broadcom is now refocusing VMware on these four core business units, Broadcom officially intends to divest itself of end-user computing (EUC), which includes products as Horizon, Workspace One and App Volumes, and Carbon Black which had just become an independent Broadcom business unit (see this article on The Register).
On Dec. 11, Krish Prasad (SVP and GM of the VCF division) announced significant changes coming to the VCF division portfolio:
- Transition to Subscription Licenses: Offerings will be available solely as subscriptions or as term licenses following the end of sale of perpetual licenses and Support and Subscription (SnS) renewals.
- Portfolio simplification: A reduction from more than 160 products, bundles and editions to two offers – VMware Cloud Foundation and the new VMware vSphere Foundation.
vSphere Standard and vSphere Essential Plus remain untouched by this changes.
The new licensing bundles are offered as “Disconnected”, i.e. no VMware Cloud connectivity. Optional “Connected” capability is planned for the future.