Secure Cloud Native Applications with Lightwave
VMware just announced the introduction of two new Open Source projects, Project Lightwave and Project Photon, both of which are intended to improve scalability and integration between cloud apps and existing enterprise infrastructure. VMware recognizes that containers, microservices, and DevOps are changing how modern applications…
VMware releases vRealize Orchestrator plug-in for vSphere Replication
VMware has released the vRealize Orchestrator plug-in for vSphere Replication. This new plug-in allows VMware administrators to simplify the management of their vSphere Replication infrastructure by leveraging the robust workflow automation platform of vRealize Orchestrator. The vRealize Orchestrator plug-in for vSphere Replication extends automation capabilities for certain…
VMware releases vROPs management pack for OpenStack 1.5
VMware continues to invest in OpenStack with the vROPs management pack for OpenStack 1.5. The vROPs management pack for OpenStack provides comprehensive operational capabilities for managing an OpenStack environment. It provides out of the box dashboards, reports, inventory views, and alerts complete with remediation actions….
vRealize Operations Manager Content Pack for Log Insight
vRealize Operations Manager Content Pack for Log Insight is provided to present log data in a more meaningful way and to analyze all the logs redirected from a vRealize Operations Manager instance(s). The content pack contains various dashboards, queries and alerts to provide better diagnostics and…
Build a new home lab
In February 2014 I’ve build myself a new whitebox ESXi server to replace the server which died on me when testing a Nvidia Quadro K5000 graphics card. One year later, I started my new job at VMware and I need to dive into some new products…
What’s new in VMware vSphere 6?
VMware just announced the new version of their flagship product, VMware vSphere 6. vSphere is still the industry-leading virtualization platform and the foundation for the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC). This blockbuster release contains the following new features and enhancements, many of which are industry-first…
What’s new in vSphere 6 Scalability
In VMware vSphere 6 scalability has been improved both on the physical host as the virtual machine side. vSphere 6 doubles thealready impressive 5.5 values. Server scalability With this release VMware has increased the scalability substantially. vSphere 6 clusters can now support 64 hosts with 8.000…
What’s new in vSphere 6 Availability
Just when we thought that availability cloud not get any better VMware has made a huge step with vSphere 6 Availability by improving Fault Tolerance, vSphere Replication, Data Protection and MSCS clustering support. Fault Tolerance For me Fault Tolerance was one of the best and most…
What’s new in vSphere 6 vCenter Server
The improvements and new features in vSphere 6 vCenter Server is huge, see the extensive list below. vCenter Server The great news is, that the vCenter virtual appliance and the installable vCenter Server are on par. Meaning that the scalability and feature set of both vCenter…
What’s new in vSphere 6 vMotion Enhancements
VMware vSphere vMotion capabilities have been enhanced in this release, enabling users to perform live migration of virtual machines across virtual switches, across vCenter Server systems, and across long distances of up to 100ms RTT. These new vSphere vMotion enhancements enable greater flexibility when designing…
What’s new in vSphere 6 Storage
In vSphere 6 storage will change substantially with the introduction of Virtual Volumes (vVols) and Virtual SAN 6. vSphere vVols enables your external storage arrays to become VM-aware. Storage Policy-Based Management (SPBM) allows common management across storage tiers and dynamic storage class of service automation….
What’s new in vSphere 6 Networking
Here are the changes in vSphere 6 networking. As you can see there are not very many changes but the impact may be substancial. Network I/O Control With vSphere 6 VMware introduces Network I/O Control Version 3 which allows administrators or service providers reserve or…
What’s new in vSphere 6 pricing & packaging
Recently VMware announced some changes in the vSphere 6 Pricing. vSphere is available standalone or as a part of vSphere with Operations Management or vCloud Suite. For information on upgrading to vSphere 6.0, visit the vSphere Upgrade Center. vSphere 6 pricing & packaging In the chart below you…
vRealize Automation Management Pack for vRealize Operations Manager available now
VMware just released the vRealize Automation Management Pack for vRealize Operations Manager. The Management Pack for vRealize Automation extends operational management capabilities of the vRealize OperationsManager platform to provide tenant-aware operational visibility of the infrastructure supporting private clouds to cloud provider administrators. In addition to…
Technical Preview: CoreOS on vSphere 5.5
CoreOS is a new Linux distribution that has been re-architected to provide features needed to run modern infrastructure stacks. CoreOS is a new, lightweight Linux distribution that’s designed from the ground up to run containerized applications. The strategies and architectures that influence CoreOS allow companies like…