DevOps skills transform sysadmins; Rancher 2.0 prioritizes Kubernetes; and more

Modern Infrastructure Digest News and advice for creating tomorrow's data center | October 5, 2017 FEATURED STORY DevOps skills transform sysadmins into SREs By Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer DevOps skill sets call for IT ops pros to script, code and manage distributed systems platforms – here's how to get started. (SearchITOperations.com) Advertisement NEWS   VMware's open source embrace: Q&A with Dirk Hohndel VMware open source exec Dirk Hohndel opens up about the company's enlightened attitude about open source and how the company now deals with that community. (SearchServerVirtualization.com)   Rancher 2.0 prioritizes Kubernetes support Rancher Kubernetes support is enabled by default with Rancher 2.0, as enterprises seek help with container orchestration. (SearchITOperations.com) EXPERT ADVICE   Know what's driving your organization to open source Open source strategies can attract top talent, among other benefits -- but it's important to implement slowly and strategically. (SearchDataCenter.com)   A closer look at the inner workings of vSphere Authors Frank Denneman and Niels Hagoort wrote VMware vSphere 6.5 Host Resources Deep Dive with experienced administrators in mind. (SearchVMware.com)   Detect performance issues in Hyper-V hosts and VMs Find the root cause of Hyper-V bottlenecks by using the specific performance counter for each resource: network, storage, CPU and memory. (SearchServerVirtualization.com)   Prevent GRC violations with configuration management IT organizations can kill two birds -- GRC challenges and slow deployment cycles -- with one stone when they implement configuration management processes. (SearchITOperations.com)   Balance admin innovation with a uniform toolkit Fight the natural proliferation of configuration management software among IT operations and development groups with a commonsense approach. (SearchITOperations.com)   Check and configure VLAN settings on Hyper-V virtual switches You can use either PowerShell cmdlets or Hyper-V Manager to check and assign VLAN IDS to Hyper-V virtual switches and VMs. (SearchServerVirtualization.com)   VSAN and HCI can complete your virtual environment HCI's modular approach presents storage challenges even as it streamlines data centers, but a vSAN-HCI combination can complete a virtual environment. (SearchVMware.com)   Match HCI systems to your workload needs Compare HCI appliance vendors and their different hardware configurations to optimize workload performance in your enterprise. (SearchDataCenter.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Modern Infrastructure Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget Data Center and Virtualization Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2016 TechTarget. All rights reserved.