Tanzu What's New - Oct 21, 2022 Edition

Tanzu Product Releases

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

Knowledge Base Articles
Tanzu Community- Tanzu Support Hub

• How to troubleshoot Tanzu Community most common errors - This article shows how to troubleshoot Tanzu Support Hub login error, Down for Maintenance, Invalid Page, Email Address has been deactivated,Yext search error situations.

VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs (TAS)

• Bosh-health-check interfering with certificate rotation - BOSH performs the health check using the app bosh-health-check (part of health watch product) every 10 minutes. The actual health check takes 30 seconds but it's triggering an edge case situation on cert rotation. Check the article for complete details.
• Jobs do not happen as scheduled with error "422 UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY - [memory_in_mb exceeds organization memory quota]" - Jobs are not executed as scheduled and check steps and instructions in this article.
• Slack Webhook Integration with Tanzu App Metrics - This article will help with Setup Slack Webhook to Receive alerts from Apps and how to integrate it with App Metrics UI.

VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated (TKGI)

• Unable to pull images using tags after upgrading Harbor (89710) - Pulling images from Harbor using tags fails with error. Check the cause and resolution steps in this article.

Redis for VMware Tanzu

• How to configure things to connect to the Redis instance from Steeltoe app without using TLS after enabling TLS in Redis tile - This article is about how to configure things to connect to the Redis instance from Steeltoe app without using TLS while still maintaining redis TLS connections for other apps.

VMware Tanzu Greenplum

• Resource queue not set the priority properly on segment and caused normal user unable to run query with MAX priority - The issue can be observed on the Greenplum version prior to 6.17.0 and issue is fixed from 6.17.0 and later versions.

Product Series

Tanzu Data Services / VMware Data Solutions

Introducing the evolution of Tanzu Data Services: VMware Data Solutions
As VMware continues to innovate on the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) and accelerate enterprise cloud transformation, it is clear that the data workloads will also only continue to grow – and we are poised to support our customers’ journeys as they modernize both traditional and modern applications. To reflect this evolutionary journey, VMware is rebranding (and evolving) the Tanzu Data Services portfolio as VMware Data Solutions.

Introduction to VMware Data Solutions (Blog) - Jacque Istok describes what products are included in VMware Data Solutions family and its functions.

Check this VMware Explore 2022 session Recap on (Video)  Introduction to VMware Tanzu Data Services

Here is the official page for VMware Data Solutions which shows why customers use Data Solutions and products and associated key features and related resources.
 

Blogs and Videos

VMware Tanzu SQL with Postgres for Kubernetes (Tanzu Postgres)

What's New with Tanzu Postgres 1.9 version which is GA now!! (Blog) Check last week's product release section on release note and other links

VMWare Tanzu

DevSecOps in Practice with VMware Tanzu: Building, running, and managing secure multi-cloud apps at scale on Kubernetes with the Tanzu portfolio Kindle Edition - This book was authored by our very own VMware colleagues Parth Pandit and Robert Hardt.  Check out this comprehensive guide with hands-on instructions that aid you in modernizing your apps, running your apps in containers on Kubernetes and understanding the business value, applications and nitty gritties of the VMware Tanzu portfolio.

Tanzu Developers

• Deploy Your Spring Boot (Java) Apps To Production In Seconds! (Video) New!! - In this video, Ben Wilcock (@benbravo73) will show you how to deploy your Spring Boot (Java) applications using a secure software supply chain. He'll also talk about what's in this supply chain, how it was built, and how its modularity allows for flexibility and customization as your needs inevitably change.
• Secure Software Supply Chains and Developer Experience Charge VMware’s KubeCon Presence (Blog) - Open-source usage is pervasive with tech leaders increasingly willing to accept the risk associated with it in order to reap the benefits. Check the related ebook
• Networking in Kubernetes, and, The SpringOne Missing Track (PodCast) - check out the podcast and video version of Cote and Ben W discussion on upcoming spring one and sessions and discount code and missing tracks.

Spring Updates
This Week in Spring - October 18th, 2022 - Josh L shares his exciting updates on Spring and upcoming Spring One conference and discount code etc.

Tech Blog Recommendation

Featuring Bassem Rezkalla’s blog . Bassem Rezkalla , currently a senior virtual cloud networking TAM by VMware based in the Netherlands, he has written detailed blogs on vSphere with Tanzu.

• Deploying TKG workload clusters across vSphere 8 Availability Zones - vSphere 8 introduced zonal supervisor cluster deployments in order to improve Tanzu workload resiliency,
• Deploying Tanzu Workload Availability Zones on vSphere 8 with NSX-T Networking - vSphere 8 introduced workload availability zone. Check this blog Bessem walks through enabling zonal supervisor cluster deployment on top of NSX-T networking.

Webinars and Events

Tanzu Application Platform (TAP)

Oct 27 - Modern App Architectures with Spring and VMware Tanzu Application Platform (AMER 10am PST) - See how easy it is to create and manage modern applications with Spring Cloud and VMware Tanzu Application Platform. You will be guided through the implementation, deployment, and day2 of a typical Spring Cloud microservices architecture application. EMEA session on Nov 3

KubeCon Event 5 more days to go!!!
KubeCon North America (Oct 26-28 Register now): KubeCon North America takes over Detroit in just three weeks! As a Diamond sponsor, VMware will have a large presence at the event including two mainstage keynotes, Program Schedule, we have  over 32 breakout sessions, booth with demo pods and a mini theater, dedicated meeting room for onsite customer meetings, media and analyst briefings and more.  VMware at KubeCon microsite for details on Learn how to get the most out of Kubernetes with VMware Tanzu and sessions.

VMware Explore Event -  Compiled list of sessions and schedule available now !!

VMWare Explore ( Europe Registration - November 7-10)  -  All Things VMware Tanzu at VMware Explore 2022 Europe - The VMware Explore Europe event  is coming up!!! . Check out The sessions, experts, labs and experiences you love and more from the center of the multi-cloud universe.. Share the news with your customers and encourage them to register and view the  Europe Content Catalog  FAQ on event

Spring One Event Coming Up -  Register is now Open!!!

Spring One (December 6–8, 2022 in San Francisco Registration link)
The event for developers, DevOps pros, and software leaders building scalable apps in a world that never stops changing. Checkout Session list  . On top of all the great sessions and speakers, we’re also offering several industry-leading workshops so you can advance your skills even further. Interact with instructors 1:1 as you get started—or push ahead—with new cloud tech. Learn more info here and  Josh’s My Spring One 2022 Preview.

Nov 9 - AWS and Tanzu: How to Lifecycle Manage EKS Clusters Through Tanzu Mission  Control  - Do not Miss this!!! Register now!!! - We are introducing lifecycle management capabilities of Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) to support customers in their application modernization efforts.
 

Thanks and Regards,

Aruna Srinivasan (She/Her)

Sr. Digital Content Manager - Tanzu Customer Success