vSphere 5.5 Update 2 available now
A few moments ago VMware released vSphere 5.5 Update 2 which has a ton of enhancements. What’s new in vSphere 5.5 Update 2 Support for hosts with 6TB of RAM – vSphere 5.5 Update 2 starts to support hosts with 6TB of RAM. VMware vShield…
Horizon (with View) 6.0.1 is downloadable now
Did we outscoop Eric “Scoop” Sloof from NTPro.nl? I hope we did with this: I was just browsing the VMware download site for something Horizon View related when I noticed that Horizon (with View) 6.0.1 is out. The download date on the item is 2014/09/09….
VMware Fling – View Auditing Portal
Today VMware Labs released a new fling, the View Auditing Portal which is a new web portal that serves as an extension to Horizon View Administrator. View Auditing Portal features: Show parent virtual machines of linked clone desktop pools and descendant snapshots in a tree view. The…
VMware Fusion 7 released
Just moments ago VMware has released VMware Fusion 7, their personal desktop virtualization software for the Mac. VMware Fusion 7 is optimized for the latest Macs and ready for OS X Yosemite and Windows 8.1. Designed for OSX Yosemite With Fusion 7 you will be…
VMworld 2014 Highlights – a complete recap
VMworld 2014 Highlights – Day 1 Live report from the VMworld 2014 General session. Today VMworld 2014 kicks off with the VMworld 2014 General session. The theme for this year is “No Limits”. Follow the VMworld 2014 General session live, here, on VMGuru. Announcement of VMware EVO:…
VMworld 2014 Day 4 Highlights
Today was the last day at VMworld 2014, check out the VMworld 2014 Day 4 Highlights. Live report from the VMworld 2014 Day 4 General session. The general session on the second day often shows a lot of speakers and demos. We did some MMPTW…
Veeam v8
Yesterday at VMworld 2014 I attended a breakout session which gave a preview of Veeam v8. Veeam compared it to the V8 Lamborghini, it’s a beast. Just as Veeam Backup & Replication product name implies, the cornerstone of data protection strategy includes both…
VMware Virtual SAN best practices
This morning at VMworld 2014 there was a great session regarding the most common mistakes/pitfalls in VMware Virtual SAN design. One of the speakers was Cormac Hogan, VMware Storage Architect. He had some great tips. Minimal cluster size is 4 nodes. According to the…
VMworld 2014 General Session Day 4
Last day of VMworld also has a general session. It probably will be an easy going one, since last night was the VMworld party. Follow it here. Checkout the other General Session Live blog day 1 Live blog day 2 Live blog day 4
VMworld 2014 Day 3 Highlights
Today was a great day at VMworld 2014 with a lot of breakout sessions. Wednesday on VMworld 2014 is always a busy day with a lot of sessions and of course the VMworld Party. Because of the many sessions I have had no time to…
VMware Fling – Latency Sensitivity Troubleshooting Tool
VMware released a new Fling, a latency sensitivity troubleshooting tool. The Latency Sensitivity Troubleshooting Tool provides scripts and examples to troubleshoot configuration and performance problems with the Latency Sensitivity feature in VMware vSphere 5.5. Features Python script that runs on ESXi to check virtual machine…
VMware Fling – BatchV2V
VMware released a new Fling, BatchV2V. It is a command line utility that helps to simplify batch V2V operations with VMware Converter. On first run, BatchV2V outputs a configuration file that can be used multiple times to batch copy one virtual machine to many other targets. For…
VMworld 2014 Day 2 Highlights
Today was a great day at VMworld 2014 with a lot of VMware EUC news. Check out the VMworld 2014 Day 2 Highlights. Live report from the VMworld 2014 Day 2 General session. The general session on the second day often shows a lot of…
VMware Fling – Services Virtual File System
VMware release a new fling, a Service Virtual File System. Building on top of the FUSE API (Linux specific) and the llfuse library, Services Virtual File System (SVFS) aims to provide an easy way for creating a custom file system that integrates seamlessly with the…
VMware releases Workspace Suite
Todays General Session at VMworld 2014 was mainly about EUC and one of the new items was VMware Workspace Suite. VMware Workspace Suite combines application, device and data management with centralized identity management and policy enforcement to empower anytime, anywhere workers, transform workflows…