Tanzu What’s New - April 14, 2023 Edition

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." - Helen Keller 

Check out Tanzu Product releases for this week and release notes for more details.

VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition (TKGI)

• PV creation fails with "no datastores found to create file volume" (91784) - The Persistent Volume Creation (PVC) has specified an access mode of ReadWriteMany and this is not supported by the datastore. Check KB for resolution details
• tkgi update-cluster compute profile failure (91596) - The current behavior of the compute profile feature when changing the node_pools name, rename all Bosh VM instance names at the beginning of the update task then Bosh updates each Bosh VM

VMware Tanzu Application Services for VMs (TAS)

• BBR Restore fails after upgrading to TAS 3.0 - BBR Restore on a new installation of TAS 3.0 fails when restoring UAA if you've upgraded to TAS 3.0 release from 2.13, 2.12, or 2.11 and lower. Check the KB article for workaround details
• How to use SECRET to store clientId & clientSecret for Github Authentication - Sometimes customers would like to use a secret to store the credential information, this KB is a how to guide for those users.
• Upgrading Prisma Cloud fails with "Availability Zones can't be blank"  - While upgrading our Partner tile Prisma Cloud for TAS to v22.12.415+, there is a mandatory new configuration needed for Network where must select Availability Zones.

VMware Tanzu Operations Manager (Opsman)

• Response issue time is either too old or with date in the future, skew 60 prevents users from log in to Azure Operation Manager with SSO - There was a regression here that left Azure Opsman without chronyc enabled, therefore, OpsMan did not do anything to sync it's time after initial boot.
• How to collect TAS specific vm log bundles via Ops manager - This document explains how to collect the log bundle from a specific TAS vm or component such as cloud controller, UAA, Credhub, among others from the Ops Manager UI

VMware Data Solutions
VMware Data Solutions is a family of data-driven solutions built to store, process, and query critical data resources in real-time and at a massive scale, both on-premises and in the multi-cloud world. Explore how VMware Data Solutions build on VMware’s long history of infrastructure and cloud innovation, enabling customers to modernize their approach to data and enhance their digital transformation efforts.

Tanzu Techzone Featuring VMware Data Solution Updates
Landing Page to find VMware Data Solution product Blogs, White papers and other assets
VMware Data Solutions Include product family such as VMware Greenplum, VMware GemFire, VMware RabbitMQ, VMware SQL, VMware Data Services Manager  

VMware GemFire
GemFire 10.0.0 GA today and available now!!!!
VMware’s high-speed in-memory database for low-latency applications. GemFire 10 marks a significant milestone with over 21 years of active development since its inception in 2002. This new major version brings much anticipated improvements in operations, performance, and ease of use.

Top 5 Feature highlights

• GemFire Management Console - a new graphical user interface that simplifies fleet management and configuration of GemFire clusters.
• Plugin Extensions Model:  an easy way to extend the core GemFire data engine with new capabilities, including a drop-in Redis adapter, full-text Search with Lucene, and Session State management on Tomcat.
• GemFire Developer Center:  a new developer-focused microsite (https://gemfire.dev) that consolidates examples, tutorials, blogs, and other content into a single destination.
• Support for Spring Boot 3 and related integrations.
• Improved JSON document support, faster multi-site replication, low latency garbage collection with Java 17 and Z Garbage Collector, and much more!

Resources
Introducing VMware GemFire 10 - Release Announcement Blog
GemFire Developer Center - New!!!! - To learn more about GemFire, this center will have quickstart guides, tutorials, videos, and blog articles to help you get started!

• GemFire 10.0: documentation, release notes, and download
• GemFire Management Console 1.0: documentation, release notes, and download
• Webinar: GemFire 10 Features
• Video: GemFire in two minutes / The World of GemFire

* VMware GemFire 10 is designated the “Gideon” release in honor of our colleague Gideon Low.

Tanzu Service Mesh (TSM)
Tanzu Service Mesh provides advanced, end-to-end connectivity, security, and insights for modern applications—across application end-users, microservices, APIs, and data—enabling compliance with Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and data protection and privacy regulations

Resources

• Tanzu Service Mesh home page
• Tanzu Service Mesh Solution Brief
• Tanzu Service Mesh Documentation
• Tanzu Service Mesh for Partners Frequently Asked Questions
• Cloud Solutions Website for Partners
• Tanzu Service Mesh on Partner Connect
• Tanzu Service Mesh on Tanzu Techzone

Blogs

• TSM Now Available for Cloud Services Providers – Saas Partners - Christopher W shares TSM GA Launch Announcement Blog
• VMware Tanzu Service Mesh Blog
• VMware Tanzu Announcements from VMware Explore
• VMware Cloud Management Blog

Demos & Videos

• Tanzu Service Mesh Channel (YouTube)

eBook

• Service Mesh For Dummies

VRABBI'S BLOG - Kubernetes and Tanzu Ramblings
vrabbi's blog  by Scott Rosenberg, has been writing detailed blogs on TKG TMC and TAP. TAP Blogs  , TKG Blogs . His blogs have been regularly featured on VMware Advocacy social media as well. Now featured on Tanzu Techzone Community as well. Scott is gifting us with all sorts of TAP enriching blogs this week.

TAP content by Scott featured on Tanzu Techzone Community this week
TAP 1.5 – IDE Plugin Enhancements
TAP 1.5 – App SSO Enhancements
TAP 1.5 – Azure DevOps Is Now Supported
TAP 1.5 – New Trivy / Aqua Integration
TAP 1.5 – Dynamic Service Provisioning With Crossplane
TAP 1.5 – Spring Cloud Gateway
TAP 1.5 – Application Accelerator Updates
TAP 1.5 – GitOps Installation
TAP 1.5 – Application Configuration Service
TAP 1.5 – Namespace Provisioner Gets A Major Update
TAP 1.5 – External Secrets Operator Enhancements
TAP 1.5 – What’s New

VMware Data Solutions
VMware GemFire
Experience the Latest Features of VMware GemFire for Redis Apps 1.1.0 - John M briefs on VMware GemFire for Redis Apps is an extension for VMware GemFire and its latest release and features

General - Best Practice for DevOps Team and Platform Engineering
The Golden Path to Cloud Success - James W  sharing insights on best practice on work stream focused approach.

VMware Tanzu Fundamentals
The VMware Tanzu team introduces important technology topics in quick, easy-to-understand videos. This week , What Are Containers? – VMware Tanzu Fundamentals - In this video, Vincent Osterman breaks down containers, virtual machines, their strengths, and their differences. Check out Tanzu Tech Insights page for more details on containers.
 

Tanzu Talk PodCast
Your Three Friends, Edward Grigson, Ben Wilcock  and  Michael Cote do a regular developer focused podcast on current industry topics. This week Creating the business case for platform engineering, Kerry Schaffer . In this episode, Coté talks with Kerry Schaffer about that business case, but also about the role of developer happiness and platform marketing. Tanzu Talk YouTube playlist for Tanzu live topics.

Golden Path to SpringOne Join in Application Developers !!!
Lineup of Speakers from VMware and beyond, cover everything from Spring, programming tools, platforms, and tech stacks to the people, processes, culture changes, and real-world stories that will empower today’s developers to do more. New shows air every Tuesday and Thursday at 2pm ET until we see you at SpringOne at VMware Explore in August 2023.
Apr 18 - How Netflix Really Uses Java Today - In this talk, we’ll discuss the current Netflix architecture(s), how and why we evolved from previous iterations, and our Java tech stack.
Apr 20 - Automated Refactoring for Spring-Based Applications - This talk will include some live demonstrations of automated migrations on real-world Java applications and libraries.

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023  Request a meeting - Amsterdam
Apr 18-21 - Checkout Keynotes, Session and Featured Products -  Join us at KubeCon EU 2023 where our experts will share the latest in open source contributions and cloud native technologies.

VMware Technology Forum  - Join
Apr 18 (London) - VMware Technology Forum to help you innovate faster in the multi-cloud world. Join our experts and customers to find out more about the latest advancements in multi-cloud services for cloud native applications, cloud infrastructure, cloud management, security and networking, and anywhere workspaces.

Tanzu Application Service for VMs (TAS) - Do not miss this webinar !
Apr 19 - What’s new with VMware Tanzu Application Service 4.0 LTST - Nick K  and Karim C will be happy to answer questions. Attend this webinar to learn about the latest long-term support release for Tanzu Application Service and improve developer productivity, platform experience and ecosystem updates for TAS.

VMware Explore 2023 on its way to Save the Date! - Las Vegas - Aug 21-24
Save the date, will keep you posted on agenda and sessions.  Stay tuned!!!  Other Explore 2023 Location and Schedules

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Thanks and Regards,
Aruna Srinivasan (She/Her)
Sr. Digital Content Manager - Tanzu Customer Success