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…
VMware vSphere PowerCLI 6.0 Release 1 GA
Last week VMware vSphere PowerCLI 6.0 Release 1 was announced to be General Available. This release of vSphere PowerCLI introduces a number of new capabilities and expands on the existing cmdlets introducing single console access allowing you to easily connect to vCloud Air and enabling…
VMware Horizon View 6.1 Released
VMware released version 6.1 of Horizon View. With this latest release VMware adds six new key advancements. These new capabilities will help you deliver unlimited access to desktops and applications at lower costs with better performance (think 3D performance) and at unprecedented scale. These enhancements will help…
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…
vCenter availability with SMP-FT?
In june of 2014 VMware announced that vCenter Heartbeat would be discontinued. The product would not be available for purchase, support will remain until september 19 of 2018. VMware has chosen to readdress availability options to protect vCenter Server from outages based on internal availability solution…
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…
New VMware Hands-On labs have arrived!
Yesterday four new Hands-on Labs where announced. Two of which are related to the new products (vSphere 6 and Virtual SAN 6) announced last week. HOL-SDC-1408 – The Introduction to Virtual SAN 101 lab has been renamed to What’s New with Virtual SAN 6. This lab is…
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…
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…