Tanzu What’s New - March 10, 2023 Edition

 “Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations” - Zig Ziglar      Read Previous Tanzu Updates   

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

VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs (TAS)

• TAS MySQL CPU spikes after upgrading from TAS v2.11 to v2.13  - Some large environments are observing Tanzu Application Service (TAS) MySQL VM CPU spikes after upgrading from TAS v2.11 to v2.13.  Workaround and reasons are detailed in the KB.

VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG)

• CSI: Correct sync between CSI pod secret and workload_storage_management user password (87375) - VMware is currently trying to RCA this issue. If you run into this issue, please open a case with VMware support and include a Workload Management Log bundle. Applicable for VMware vSphere 7.0 with Tanzu - TKGS Guest Clusters or Supervisor Clusters fail to create or attach PersistentVolumes or PersistentVolumeClaims to new nodes or pods.
• Enable or modify kubernetes audit logging on already deployed workload cluster. (91252)  - How To enable Kubernetes auditing on a Management or Tanzu Kubernetes cluster, set the ENABLE_AUDIT_LOGGING variable to true before you deploy the cluster. Check the KB for steps.
• Certificate is not Trusted warning after replacing default certificates with Custom certificate on the vSphere+ Cloud Gateway (91246) - This is a known issue affecting VMware Cloud Gateway while using custom certificates with one or more Intermediate certificate authorities.. Applicable for VMware vSphere 8.0 with Tanzu VMware vSphere 7.0.x. Check KB for the details.
• During Workload Management install, cluster selection returns "api request to NSX manager failed. Status code 403" (91152) - When enabling Workload Management on vCenter connected to an NSX manager, after starting the configuration wizard and selecting NSX as the networking stack, there are no Clusters listed as COMPATIBLE. Applicable for VMware vSphere 8.0 with Tanzu VMware vSphere 7.0.x. Check KB for the details.

Tanzu Service Mesh (TSM) - New Tanzu Tech Zone landing page for TSM available!!!
Arslan Abbasi is excited to announce that Tanzu Tech Zone now has the dedicated product page for Tanzu Service Mesh where you can see Latest and Featured contents and updates on TSM.

Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG)
Overview of TKG 2.1 Node Anti-Affinity feature - Dani Barkelew,  walks through this new feature  Node Anti-Affinity Introduced/Released in Tanzu Kubernetes Grid 2.1 and 1.6.1 with all the details in this blog.

Tanzu Application Platform (TAP)
Backstage and the Tanzu Application Platform: Part 4 - Tanzu Application Platform Software Catalog - Visibility of Runtime Resources -  (Video) Andrei Z describes in this video on Tanzu Application Platform Software Catalog - Visibility of Runtime Resources, we describe how the Kubernetes runtime resources are visualized through the Runtime Resource Visibility plugin. Previous parts in last week's Tanzu update - March 3.

Tanzu Mission Control (TMC)

• Managing Kubernetes Edge Locations at Scale with VMware Tanzu Mission Control - Ken Coleman, describes on how your edge environments could be running Kubernetes on many types of different infrastructures and how is it possible with TMC to manage Kubernetes clusters that run on platforms such as OpenShift, GKE, Rancher, and even bare metal with all the details in this blog. Don’t miss to check out the Demo (Video) for the same.
• Deploying Kubernetes at the Edge with VMware Tanzu Using Single Node Clusters - Ken Coleman, also demonstrates how to use VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid in a hub-and-spoke architecture to create Kubernetes clusters at multiple edge locations (Video).

VMware Tanzu
Understanding the Path to Production (Video) - In this VMware Tanzu Fundamentals video, we walk you through what a software path to production is, some common hurdles developers might encounter along the way, and how VMware Tanzu can help.

Tanzu Mission Control (TMC)

Mar 23 - Terraform, GitOps, Helm: Seamless Automation and Package Management with Tanzu Mission Control - Learn how VMware Tanzu Mission Control supports platform teams with infrastructure automation and package management with support for Terraform, GitOps, and Helm.

Spring Updates
This Month in Spring - March 2023 - Josh L, blogs to update all Spring happenings and Check out Josh’s Youtube channel - Josh talking about PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Java, Kotlin, Spring and more

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 they covered Cloud Repatriation and Low CI/CD Usage. Do Subscribe to not miss their enriching topic discussions.

VMware Tanzu
Mar 16 - Unlocking the Full Potential of Cloud Native Technology w/ Education & Training - VMware Tanzu Learning experts will explore the importance of education and training programs for organizations adopting cloud-native technologies.

General -  Product Developers and Platform Engineering
Mar 14 - Product Centricity & Platform Engineering: Why it Matters and How to Get Started - Product-style practices are strong predictors of success, resulting in up to 2.8X more growth
 

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.

• Mar 14- Safe and Sensible: Deployment and Launch with Reduced Risks - Overview of how you can work WITH your compliance and security teams to address actual needs
• Mar 16- Seamlessly Adopt GraalVM Native Image in Your Applications - Explain how to make the transition to Spring Native seamless with the tools we developed

VMware Explore India is here! Register now!  - Apr 11- 12th  Agenda
Don't want to miss out on insightful tech sessions by experts, exhilarating activities, and hands-on learning experiences, save the date and register now! Watch the video for more!

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!!!

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

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