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How to audit vCenter Cloud Gateway & vCenter Server Registrations for vSphere+

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The vSphere+, vSAN+ and the VCF+ Cloud Service all leverage the vCenter Cloud Gateway (VCGW) to provide secure connectivity between your on-premises VMware infrastructure and the VMware Cloud (VMC) Console. The process to setup the VCGW is made up of the following two steps:

  1. Connect your VCGW to the VMC Console
  2. Register your vCenter Server or SDDC Manager (VCF+) to your VCGW

We had an interesting question from one of our vSphere+ customers that wanted to better understand who within their organization was performing the VCGW and vCenter Server registrations for the vSphere+ Cloud Service?

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VMware 1.0, GSX Server 1.0, Server 1.0 and Workstation 3.0 - Trip down memory lane

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While concluding my recent personal project, a trip down memory lane with both ESX 1.0 (along with installing all subsequent major ESX and ESXi releases) and VirtualCenter 1.0, I had received a TON of positive feedback on the nostalgia and the memories that these videos had brought back, including many VMware colleagues both current and past.

For many, including myself, it was also an opportunity to experience some of the very early releases of ESX and ESXi, especially with folks starting their VMware journey at different points in time and these videos are as much educational as they are historical.

With that said, I also had bunch of folks ask what about other early VMware Hypervisors such as VMware GSX Server, VMware Server and VMware Workstation? These early VMware Hypervisors also heavily influenced the careers of many within our VMware community and it got many folks started in their IT career, so I thought it would make sense to also include these in my trip down memory lane project ... so I guess I was not done, just yet! 😅

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