VMworld 2015: Virtual SAN 6.1 introduction – vSAN grows up!
Today at VMworld the new version of Virtual SAN, version 6.1, was introduced. VMware’sVirtual SAN leverages local storage in servers and delivers it to the vSphere cluster as a virtual SAN. vSAN was introduced in 2014 as version 5.5. The new features are pretty impressive. Initially Virtual SAN…
VMware releases new versions of Fusion and Workstation
Yesterday VMware released the latest versions of its personal desktop hypervisors: Fusion for the Mac and Workstation (and Player) for Windows. For those of you who are not familiar with either product, both are used to provide a virtual environment on either Windows or OS…
VMware Fling – VNC Server and VNC Client
The VMware labs just released a new fling. This time it’s all about remote access with VNC. The release notes state: This Fling is a stand-alone, cross-platform VNC implementation based on the remoting technology found in vSphere and VMware Workstation. It allows remote access to…
Do’s and Don’ts at VMworld
For some it’s the first time, others are long going alumni’s, visiting VMworld is the yearly top of the pops when it comes to hearing and seeing all the new trends in the world of virtualization and beyond. And I’d like to emphasize on the…
Running high CPU load on your VMware cluster with Splunk – Leap Second Issue
On 30 June we experienced a ‘leap second’. This is a correctional measure for a time discrepancy. As IT guys, we don’t like time shifts. A lot of systems handle sudden time shifts poorly, even if it’s just for 1 second. If you use Splunk,…
How to install Micro Segmentation on your vSphere cluster – a Step-by-step guide
Micro segmentation is probably the number one reason for companies with vSphere to purchase NSX. This feature inserts a packet filter in between your VMs. A filter you can configure centrally, link to single VMs, groups of VMs, kinds of VMs and specify according to your…
VMware Fling – PowerCLI Cmdlet for NFS
Who does not want to be like PowerCLI Man? For all of you PowerCLI fans out there, VMware Labs released a new fling a couple of days ago. The PowerCLI Cmdlet for NFS allows you to manage NFS from within PowerCLI. VMware PowerCLI is one of the…
Dutch VMUG Roundup
Last thursday, 19 March 2015, the dutch VMUG boys organized the VMUG Usercon again. Venue was the 1931 conference center in Den Bosch. This year the total amount of participants went through the roof. The all-time-record for a VMUG conference was not broken, but with…
vSphere 6 available for download NOW
On 2 February VMware announced new versions of a couple of core products that are available for download now. After a short period of waiting, the products are finally released for all of you to download, install and use. These are the products being released…
Vote VMGuru!
It’s that time of year again, where you guys get to vote (for VMGuru, of course!) the best blogs on virtualization. As always, this is hosted by vSphereland.com and their ever objective committee will count your votes. This year’s list with blogs is pretty impressive….
VMware Fling – VM Resource and Availability Service
A couple of days ago, the VMware labs released a brand new fling, the VM Resource and Availability Service. What can you do with it? This Fling enables you to perform a what-if analysis for host failures on your infrastructure. You can simulate failure of…
Cisco releases UCS Manager Management Pack for vRealize Operations
Earlier this week Cisco released version 1.0.1 of their management pack for UCS Manager for VMware’s vRealize Operations. Cisco UCS Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations helps vRO administrators to automate IT operations management, manage performance and gain visibility across both Cisco UCS physical infrastructure…
VMware and Google team up on Enterprise Clouds
Pretty amazing news came out today. VMware and Google are to team up to accelerate enterprise clouds! VMware’s vCloud Air will incorporate Google’s Cloud DNS, Cloud Storage, Cloud Datastore and Bigquery. “Our collaboration will provide customers with a unique hybrid solution that combines the power…
Coffee as a Service with VMware Orchestrator
Coffee as a Service, (CaaS?) I guess we all have that in some form. Some have a kind lady bringing coffee, others have a kind collegue.. but that is not what this is about. What this is about, is vCenter Orchestrator, or vRealize Orchestrator as…
Put that USB Scanner in VMware Horizon View
Putting a USB Scanner to work in a VMware Horizon View environment always was a pain in the butt. Either images came into the session sooooooo slooooooow you had a caffeine shock by the time the scan was finished, or images were garbled and looked…