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Breaking News: vSphere 5.5 and related technologies released. Check out your MyVMware portal for downloads.
Hi everyone, with the anticipation of vSphere 5.5 and it's related technologies being available to us soon we have been running a series of workshops to give our customers a better view of what they can expect from this new release. The enthusiasm has been overwhelming for the sessions and we are delighted with the attendance we have had. I hope to run more of these in the coming weeks.
Of course we have two very large events happening. VMworld Europe is our premier event in the region and on not to miss if you are able to get to it. In the ANZ region we also have vForum in Sydney which is our regional event similar to VMworld, be sure to register and attend this awesome event if you can - http://info.vmware.com/content/APAC_ANZ_vForum.
I will be on tech training in Kuala Lumpur for a week so there may be an interruption in the newsletter distribution during this time so please be aware of that. I will do my best to get some of the more important news out to everyone as soon as I can.
Virtually Yours
Neil Isserow
Senior Technical Account Manager
VMware Australia
Local Events
- vForum Sydney - http://info.vmware.com/content/APAC_ANZ_vForum
Local Training Classes
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.1] 30sep-4oct
VMware Horizon View: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.2] 1-4Oct
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.1] - 10-11oct
VMware View: Design Best Practices [V5.x] - 28-30oct
VMware Bloggers
- The Console: VMware Weekly News Recap: September 20 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vmware/?p=1256)The VMware weekly news recap is new series that looks back at the last week to provide a snapshot of news and announcements coming from VMware, highlight media articles and put a spotlight on interesting discussions that are happening around … Continue reading →
- VMwareTV: Virtualized Desktops with 3D Graphics at North Carolina State University (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:hD30HawUQAs)Virtualized Desktops with 3D Graphics at North Carolina State University The new Hunt Library at North Carolina State University includes a Creativity Studio that leverages Dell, NVIDIA, and VMware Horizon View's 3D graphics capab... From: vmwaretv Views: 20 0 ratings Time: 02:38 More in Science & Technology
- VMware Support Insider: ALERT: vSphere Replication 5.1 fails after automatic upgrade (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=5750)vSphere Replication in a vSphere 5.1 environment will fail after an automatic upgrade to vSphere Replication 5.5. A pre-release version of vSphere Replication 5.5 has been released and will be downloaded and installed if you have Automatic Check and Install Updates configured. For more information about the issue, see the article linked below. Symptoms include: vSphere Replication fails The vSphere Replication version now says 5.5 instead of 5.1 If you experience this issue, contact VMware Support . …
- VMware Cloud Ops Blog: VMworld Recap: Hear From the CloudOps Experts, Part 1 (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=573)As cloud technology advances, IT organizations are working hard to keep up: We covered the changing role of the IT Admin during our May #CloudOpsChat, and Kevin Lees previously discussed the culture shift required for IT Transformation. At VMworld, the Operations Transformation track offered some great opportunities to hear more about how IT can successfully make the change – transitioning from practices rooted in the client-server era, to those optimized for virtualized resource pools, more automation,…
- VMware Education & Certification Blog: Why Be a VCA? (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=2465)(not seeing the video below? click here ) Learn about the newest level of certification, the VMware Certified Associate, or VCA, as VMware Director of Global Certification presents virtualization business challenges and the VMware products designed to solve them. See the VCA Overview video and hear all the certification pro stories too.
- VMware Hands On Labs Blog: New Labs and New Languages (http://blogs.vmware.com/hol/?p=526)Today we have added seven labs created by VMware Partners. These labs demonstrate the strong VMware partner ecosystem and the variety of solutions that are available. We also are highlighting our localized lab manuals in Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Spanish. Some of our most popular labs are available, localized into these languages to better serve the global audience for Hands-on Labs. Click here for detailed instructions on how to change your preferred language in the Hands-on Labs Online portal. …
- VROOM!: Line-Rate Performance with 80GbE and vSphere 5.5 (http://blogs.vmware.com/performance/?p=1492)With the increasing number of physical cores in a system, the networking bandwidth requirement per server has also increased. We often find many networking-intensive applications are now being placed on a single server, which results in a single vSphere server requiring more than one 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) adapter. Additional network interface cards (NICs) are also deployed to separate management traffic and the actual virtual machine traffic. It is important for these servers to service the connected…
- VMwareTV: VMworld 2013 Hear from the CloudOps Experts: David Crane (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:sVpUXiguhEw)VMworld 2013 Hear from the CloudOps Experts: David Crane The VMware CloudOps team caught up with VMware's Cloud Operations Architect David Crane at VMworld to discuss his thoughts on cloud operations. To hear from ... From: vmwaretv Views: 2 0 ratings Time: 01:50 More in Science & Technology
- VMwareTV: VMworld 2013 Hear from the CloudOps Experts: Ed Hoppitt and Phil Richards (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:VuUZNLuZbSc)VMworld 2013 Hear from the CloudOps Experts: Ed Hoppitt and Phil Richards The VMware CloudOps team caught up with VMware's Business Solutions Architect Ed Hoppitt and BT Plc's Global Markets CTO Phil Richards at VMworld to discuss ... From: vmwaretv Views: 3 0 ratings Time: 02:13 More in Science & Technology
- VMwareTV: VMworld 2013 Hear from the CloudOps Experts: Kurt Milne (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:9tlCrNBGpPE)VMworld 2013 Hear from the CloudOps Experts: Kurt Milne The VMware CloudOps team caught up with VMware's Director of Cloud Operations Programs Kurt Milne at VMworld to discuss his thoughts on cloud operations. To ... From: vmwaretv Views: 2 0 ratings Time: 01:45 More in Science & Technology
- VMwareTV: VMworld 2013 Hear from the CloudOps Experts: Rich Bourdeau and Rich Pleasants (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:f1t3HCVl448)VMworld 2013 Hear from the CloudOps Experts: Rich Bourdeau and Rich Pleasants The VMware CloudOps team caught up with VMware's Group Marketing Manager Rich Bourdeau and Business Solutions Architect Rich Pleasants to discuss their thoug... From: vmwaretv Views: 2 0 ratings Time: 01:55 More in Science & Technology
- VMwareTV: VMworld 2013 Hear from the CloudOps Experts: Venkat Gopalakrishnan (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:l4tndx-nZWI)VMworld 2013 Hear from the CloudOps Experts: Venkat Gopalakrishnan The VMware CloudOps team caught up with VMware's SDDC Program Director Venkat Gopalakrishnan at VMworld to discuss his thoughts on cloud operations. To hear ... From: vmwaretv Views: 2 0 ratings Time: 02:17 More in Science & Technology
- VMware vCloud Blog: How Hybrid Cloud Enables Growth, Reduced Costs for City of Melrose – Register for the 9/24 Webcast! (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=2863)As the business landscape evolves, the ability to respond more quickly to customers using cloud solutions becomes even more important, in order to stay above the competition. Because of this, many companies today are looking for a cloud solution that will give them greater agility and cost-effectiveness, and allow them to seamlessly move their applications to the cloud. Leaders of organizations and IT are in search of hybrid cloud solutions that not only connect and integrate their onsite and offsite…
- VMware Virtualization Management Blog: The Greatest Cloud Management Show on Earth (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=1669)A big shout out to the 23,000 of you who were able to attend VMworld 2013 in San Francisco several weeks ago! We hope you enjoyed the more than 60 Cloud Management-focused sessions, the FREE t-shirts, and the all-you-can-eat donuts/cookies that were given out in our Cloud Management Lounge. For those that weren’t able to partake in this inspiring event, gorge on a smorgasbord of sugary delights and/or get a fashionably FREE t-shirt, here’s a recap of the acts that stole the show… The Mother of All…
- VMware for Small-Medium Business Blog: Now available from your own device: Test drive VMware products with Hands-on Labs Online (http://blogs.vmware.com/smb/?p=2121)Post by Pablo Roesch, Group Manager Technical Marketing, VMware For the first time this year, the popular Hands-on Labs at VMworld 2013 were offered through a BYOD program, in which users could access the labs from their own equipment at the event. With this advancement, we are excited to announce that VMware Hands-on Labs are now available to all via the online Test Drive portal, no waiting in lines or lengthy installation required. For those of you who are not familiar, VMware Hands-on Labs are…
- VMware Consulting Blog: Build It Right The First Time – 3 Steps for Agile Private IaaS (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=860)By Jung Hwang , Enterprise Solutions Architect, VMware Imagine you are a general contractor building a house for a family. Without meeting them, you decide it should have three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a two-car garage. When the family moves in, you have to begin renovating immediately—they have four teenage daughters and a baby on the way. We all know that adding another bedroom, another bathroom, and doubling the garage is more costly and time consuming than it would have been to build the house…
- VMware for Public Sector Blog: Public Sector Initiatives (http://blogs.vmware.com/publicsector/?p=71)Hello, is this thing on? Yes, we have been neglecting this blog site but happy to say that we are back and fully intending to use this blog site for all things VMware and Public Sector. We will be updating the site with information like events/webcasts that we are participating in, updates to Federal certifications, IPv6 information, or just plain information that we feel will benefit the Public Sector Community. To start off the first blog post, we thought it would be great to bring you up to speed…
- VMware Education & Certification Blog: How Does Your Salary Stack Up? Take the 2014 IT Skills & Salary Survey to See (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=2445)How does your salary compare to national averages? Which IT skills are in highest demand? Do training and certifications impact salary? Help answer these questions and more by participating in this online survey . Global Knowledge and VMware are conducting the 2014 IT Skills and Salary Survey, one of the industry’s most extensive surveys of IT and business professionals. Last year’s survey had more than 23,800 participants. With your help, we can make this year’s even bigger for more comprehensive…
- VROOM!: Deploying Extremely Latency-Sensitive Applications in VMware vSphere 5.5 (http://blogs.vmware.com/performance/?p=1524)VMware vSphere ensures that virtualization overhead is minimized so that it is not noticeable for a wide range of applications including most business critical applications such as database systems, Web applications, and messaging systems. vSphere also supports well applications with millisecond-level latency constraints, including VoIP services. However, performance demands of latency-sensitive applications with very low latency requirements such as distributed in-memory data management, stock trading, and…
- VMware Virtualization Management Blog: vCenter Operations Management Tech Tips: Tip #10 – Best Practices for vSphere Capacity Planning – Part 2 of 4 (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=1651)This is part 2 of the mini Tech Tip series for vSphere Capacity Planning. In part 1 of this series , we covered the importance of using the right metrics and translating your operational knobs around buffers/over-commit etc into policies before you assess your capacity risk. In this second Tech Tip, we will cover examples out of box and custom visuals you could use in vCenter Operations Manager to answer your key capacity planning questions: a) Analyze VM growth across your environment b) Understand…
- VMware Education & Certification Blog: North America: Save 50% on VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5]Now is your chance to save on an early access vSphere ICM course: VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5] – BETA Location: Chicago, IL, United States Time: Oct 14-18 @ 9 AM CST See Course Description and Register Today This course fully meets the eligibility requirements for VCP certification and is half off — don’t delay as these courses fill up quickly! And sign up to be notified when future BETA Courses become available!
- VMware Horizon Tech Blog: New to VMware Horizon Workspace? Take the Lab! (http://blogs.vmware.com/horizontech/?p=180)If you are new to Horizon Workspace and want to get kick started sing-up for the VMworld 2013 Hands-on Lab, now available online. In this 101 Lab you will gain hands-on experience with data sharing, SAML integration and other useful features. Sing-up here: http://labs.hol.vmware.com The Lab’s name is: HOL-MBL-1304 – Horizon Workspace – Explore and Deploy
- VMware ThinApp Blog: New to ThinApp? Take the 101 ThinApp Lab! (http://blogs.vmware.com/thinapp/?p=1579)It’s with great pleasure I can announce the VMworld 2013 Lab on ThinApp is publicly available. The Lab is composed of many modules including a ThinApp Overview, ThinApp integration with Horizon View, Mirage and Workspace. Simply jump to the module you are interested in. This is a ThinApp 101 Lab designed for those who are new to ThinApp. It provides a quick hands-on for those getting started with ThinApp and application virtualization as well as how to integrate ThinApp packages with the Horizon Suite…
- VMware Education & Certification Blog: Question of the Week: VCP5-DCV (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=1684)This week’s “Question of the Week” comes from the VMware Certified Professional 5-Data Center Virtualization (VCP5-DCV) Official Study Guide . Which of the following memory technologies is most closely associated with ballooning technique? a. TPS b. vmmemctl c. Memory compression d. Swap See below for the answer Not sure of the answer? You can learn more about this topic in our VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage course. Answer: b. vmmemctl
- VMware for Small-Medium Business Blog: VXLAN – What it is, Components that Make it Work, and Benefits (http://blogs.vmware.com/smb/?p=2112)Post by Terry Huber, System Engineer, VMware I’ve been asked about VXLAN by a few people recently so I wanted to put together an overview of the technology. When someone asks me what VXLAN is, I usually respond with “What is your networking background?” VXLAN can’t be explained in an elevator pitch due to the complexity. I’ll do my best to give a clear picture of what VXLAN is here. What is VXLAN? The best way to describe VXLAN is that it is an overlay technology. VXLAN encapsulates MAC…
- VMware Network Virtualization Blog: VMware NSX Labs Available in Hands-On Labs Online Portal (http://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/?p=563)At VMworld 2013 in San Francisco, we launched the VMware NSX network virtualization platform to the world. During the keynote, our CEO Pat Gelsinger was joined by representatives from CITI, GE and eBay to discuss the promise of network virtualization and VMware NSX, and more than 20 partners announced support for the platform. But perhaps the most successful part of our launch were the VMware NSX Hands-On Labs. These labs were by far the most successful at the show. Attendees consumed more than 2,000…
- VMware Support Insider: Troubleshooting virtual machine performance issues (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=5728)Here is our third Support Insider Live video episode with tips straight from the mouths of our front-line Technical Support Engineers. Our video today features Sajjad Siddicky talking about his go-to tools for troubleshooting performance issues with virtual machines. Performance of our vms is something we are all concerned with, but where does one start? Check out this two minute video: Sajjad recently wrote a piece about VisualEsxtop you can read here . VisualEsxtop is an enhanced version of resxtop…
- VMware Hands On Labs Blog: The VMware NSX Labs are now Available in the HOL Online Portal (http://blogs.vmware.com/hol/?p=476)The wait is over. The VMware NSX for vSphere Lab (HOL-SDC-1303) has arrived. You consumed over 2,000 sessions of this lab, totaling 124,000 lab minutes during the four days of VMworld. That is roughly equivalent to locking yourself in a room with your laptop and doing nothing but take this lab 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for three months straight. Creepy . . . We are bringing additional NSX content to the online portal as well as the remaining labs in the Mobility catalog. This is a big day of HOL…
- VMware Support Insider: NOTICE: Uploading support request information to VMware (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=5716)Due to a change in the support request file upload process, you can no longer attach files to support requests in My VMware. The issue affects only attachments. You can continue to use My VMware to create, update, and view support requests. To provide supporting information like log files, configuration files, and screenshots, follow the instructions in knowledge base article: Uploading diagnostic information for VMware (1008525) .
- VMware Support Insider: ALERT: Cannot upload log files using Support Assistant (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=5712)Due to a change in the support request file upload process, VMware Support Assistant 5.1 temporarily cannot be used to upload files. For more details, see knowledge base article: VMware Support Assistant 5.1 will fail to upload log files (2059759) . Subscribe to the article to be notified when there are updates. Support requests can still be filed through Support Assistant, but you must use a temporary manual FTP process to upload files to VMware Technical Support. To provide supporting information like…
- VMwareTV: VMworld 2013 VMUG Luncheon: Interview with Angelo Luciani (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:NV95XAeBhnA)VMworld 2013 VMUG Luncheon: Interview with Angelo Luciani The VMware CloudOps team caught up with Toronto VMUG leader Angelo Luciani at the VMworld VMUG Luncheon to discuss the VMUG special interest groups and the b... From: vmwaretv Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 01:12 More in Science & Technology
- VMware Education & Certification Blog: Europe: Save 50% on Two VMware vSphere Courses (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=2449)Two VMware vSphere BETA courses are available at a 50% savings: VMware vSphere:What’s New [V4.x to V5.5] Location: Frimley, UK Time: October 28-29, 2013 @ 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM GMT See Course Description and Register Today VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5] Location: Frimley, UK Time: October 21- 25 @ 9:00 AM to 5:00 GMT See Course Description and Register Today BETA courses fill up quickly, so do not delay if you want to lock in the 50% savings.
- VMware Virtualization Management Blog: vCenter Operations Management Tech Tips: Tip #9 – Best Practices for vSphere Capacity Planning – Part 1 of 4 (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=1636)Welcome back from VMworld San Francisco 2013. We promised that we will come back and share the content from our VMworld presentations on vSphere Capacity Planning using vCenter Operations. Here is a mini-series of Tech Tips covering: 1) picking the right metrics and knowing your operational knobs 2) picking the right visuals to understand 2a) your VM growth, Infrastructure burn rate and capacity risk 2b) how to optimize your infrastructure utilization and realize savings? 2c) determining if you have…
External Bloggers
- Top 5 Tips for Managing Heterogeneous Virtual Environments (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=4177)Many virtual environments lack consistency and uniformity and are often made up of a diverse mix of hardware and software components. This diversity could include things like multiple vendors for hardware components as well as hypervisors from different vendors. Since budgets play a big factor in determining the hardware and software used in a virtual [...]
- Magic Monday–Jobs, Jobs, Jobs! (http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2013/09/magic-mondayjobs-jobs-jobs.html)It’s a great time to be in IT – lots of opportunities, and growth all around! It’s great to see a good frenemy from a respected competitor join a startup today (good luck amigo, now I must destroy you :-)...
- EMC System Engineering Role Decoder Ring (http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2013/09/emc-system-engineering-role-decoder-ring.html)I periodically post job openings – and I realized that what I consider “duh!” obvious (all the various roles) is likely clear as mud to folks on the outside… Read on past the break for the “Job Decoder Ring” if...
- Be careful when defining a VM storage policy for VSAN (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=13667)I was defining a VM storage policy for VSAN and it resulted in something unexpected. You might have read that when no policy is defined within vCenter that VSAN defaults to the following for availability reasons: Failures to tolerate = 1 So I figured I would define a new policy and include “stripe width” in […] " Be careful when defining a VM storage policy for VSAN " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Looking for a VMware Training ? Sign up for a…
- Isolation / Partition scenario with VSAN cluster, how is this handled? (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=13636)After explaining how a disk or host failure worked in a VSAN cluster, it only made sense to take the next step… How are Isolations or Partitions in a Virtual SAN cluster handled? I guess lets start with the beginning, and I am going to try to keep it simple, first a recap of what […] " Isolation / Partition scenario with VSAN cluster, how is this handled? " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Looking for a VMware Training ? Sign up for a Free 3 day…
- How VSAN handles a disk or host failure (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=13643)I have had this question multiple times by now, I wanted to answer it in the Virtual SAN FAQ but I figured I would need some diagrams and probably more than 2 or 3 sentences to explain this. How are host or disk failures in a Virtual SAN cluster handled? I guess lets start with […] " How VSAN handles a disk or host failure " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Looking for a VMware Training ? Sign up for a Free 3 day Trial today on Train Signal!
- Frequently asked questions about Virtual SAN / VSAN (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=13581)After I published the vSphere Flash Read Cache FAQ many asked if I would also do a blog post for frequently asked questions about Virtual SAN / VSAN. I guess it makes sense considering Virtual SAN / VSAN being such a hot topic. So here are the questions I have received so far, followed by […] " Frequently asked questions about Virtual SAN / VSAN " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Looking for a VMware Training ? Sign up for a Free 3 day Trial today on…
- Putting the User Back in VMware User Group (http://blog.scottlowe.org/?p=3299)Want to speak at your local VMUG, but aren't sure how to get started or what to say? Here's an opportunity for you to get more involved, with some support from someone who's done this sort of thing a lot. This article was originally posted onblog.scottlowe.org . Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Putting the User Back in VMware User Group
- VMware Certification – VCAP5-DCA Exam Experience (http://longwhiteclouds.com/?p=2373)For those of you who follow me on twitter you’ll know that I recently sat the VMware VCAP5-DCA (VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Datacenter Administration) exam. I learned a few valuable things along the way that I think could help others prepare, and suffered a few glitches as well. So I thought I’d share this with […]
- vSphere 5.5 Windows Failover Clustering Support (http://longwhiteclouds.com/?p=2355)During VMworld USA 2013 where vSphere 5.5 was launched we heard all about the new enhancements. Some of them were less publicised than others. This article will fill you in on another great reason to consider moving to vSphere 5.5 when it is released. vSphere 5.5 brings with it huge enhancements to the support of […]
- vSphere 5.5 Jumbo VMDK Deep Dive (http://longwhiteclouds.com/?p=2326)Many of you may recall the article I wrote titled The Case for Larger Than 2TB Virtual Disks and The Gotcha with VMFS. In that article I put forward the pros and cons for larger than 2TB virtual disks, some solutions suitable for large storage VM’s in vSphere, and an issue caused by VMFS Heap Size. […]
- Review: Synology Diskstation DS1513+ with VMware – Part 2 (http://www.vmguru.nl/wordpress/?p=11531)In part 1 we finished the hardware installation of the Synology and setup of the DSM software. In this part we will hook the Synology to the VMware vSphere 5.1 Lab environment. The Lab consist of a laptop with 32GB and 2 Quad core E5 Intel CPUs, VMware workstation 8 which runs two virtual VMware […] Leave A Comment posted in Hardware by Edwin Weijdema
- Why is Content-Based Read Cache (CBRC) so important for Horizon View and VSAN? (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=5444)This article builds on top of my previous two articles about Horizon View and VMware Virtual SAN. Here are the aforementioned articles: How does VMware VSAN help Horizon View?, and How is Horizon View configured for VMware VSAN? The CBRC (Content Based Read Cache) was introduced with vSphere 5, allowing Horizon View administrators to leverage … Continue reading »
- How is Horizon View configured for VMware VSAN? (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=5440)In my previous article I discussed VSAN benefits for Horizon View (How does VMware VSAN help Horizon View?), including CAPEX and OPEX savings provided by the use of inexpensive server disks for shared storage and simplified day-to-day storage configuration and provisioning activities. In this article I will explore some of the VSAN capabilities and features … Continue reading »
- Teradici is giving away a trip to VMworld 2013 Barcelona (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=5436) To celebrate 1,000,000 over 1 million Teradici PCoIP® zero clients shipped to enterprises worldwide Teradici is sending one lucky winner to VMworld 2013 Barcelona, October 14-16th. Teradici will cover flights, hotel and conference pass for 3 days. Thanks to Teradici for supporting the virtualization and EUC communities! Click here to enter the competition This article was first published … Continue reading »
- VMware vSphere 5.5 Physical Host Maximums (http://techhead.co/?p=7676)The release of VMware vSphere 5.5 has seen a number of enhancements to the underlying hypervisor (ESXi), and as with every major release of vSphere there is an increase in it’s capabilities around CPU, Disk and/or memory. Probably the most significant in the VMware vSphere 5.5 release is the increase in VMDK file size that […] The post VMware vSphere 5.5 Physical Host Maximums appeared first on TechHead and was written by Simon Seagrave . Why not take a look at my other related posts?: VMware vSphere…
- Disable hibernation on Windows 7 and Windows 8 based systems – standalone and GPO configs (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=32184)You’ve wondered how to disable hibernation in Windows 7 (W8) and why? Hibernation function on W7 (vista, 8) uses hiberfil.sys hidden system file for fast wake up. When activated hiberfil.sys is created at the root filesystem. Unfortunately, this file is usually very large depending on how much your system has physical memory. Example of my […] You might also like: How to enable multiple RDP sessions on Windows How to Enable Copy paste between VMware vSphere Client and a How-to disable ssh warning esxi 5…
- Latency Sensitive Applications on vSphere 5.5 – Deployment and Best practices (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=32175)Even though everyone is waiting for vSphere 5.5 GA code, the first papers starting to show up. If you’re regular reader of my blog, you remember my article which introduced new feature in vSphere 5.5 which talks about Latency Sensitive Applications on vSphere 5.5. Check out my other vSphere 5.5 features from dedicated VMware vSphere 5.5 […] You might also like: VMware vSphere 5.5 Low Latency Applications Enhancements vSphere 5.5 Top 5 VM performance problems and how to solve them Read the full post…
- New Free VMware Labs available Online at HOL (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=32169)Few days back I reported about new labs that has been added to Free VMware Labs at Hands On Line after VMworld San Francisco. And today VMware has added even more labs to the list, which starts to be quite impressive. All new VMware technology (yes, the one which is not available for public yet too !) is […] You might also like: VMware Horizon View 5.2 – Installation of Horizon View VMware Released Horizon Workspace 1.5 – what’s… VMware Horizon Workspace Reviewer’s Guide – The… Read the…
- How to Remove Cached IP addresses and hostnames in vSphere client (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=32158)If you’re IT consultant, IT guy working with VMware vSphere or just testing ESXi in your lab, after a certain time you’ll find that in your management workstation or laptop when launching the vSphere client (the Windows based) you start to accumulate the old connection settings. All those IPs and host/DNS names starts to make […] You might also like: Install and use local help file for vSphere Web client How-to register vSphere Web Client with vCenter –… vSphere Client – SSH Auto Connect to ESXi…
- Official VMware VSAN Videos – VSAN config, requirements, interoperability and VM availability (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=32136)There are new videos of VSAN available through VMwareTV YouTube Channel. There are 5 of them and all showing VSAN, the configuration steps and availability. Precisely one of those videos (video 5) which shows the details what happens if there is a host failure and the VM storage policy has been defined with Number of failures […] You might also like: VMware VSAN introduced in vSphere 5.5 – How it works… VMware VSAN Video Free VMworld 2013 Session – The Next Phase in the… Read the full post…
- How to enable multiple RDP sessions on Windows (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=32121)Multiple RDP sessions is disabled on Windows servers. It means that if you are working on the server and at the same time another administrator connects, you get disconnected, because the other admin takes over. How to enable multiple RDP sessions? There is a simple way to do it and I’ll show you how to […] You might also like: Disable hibernation on Windows 7 and Windows 8 based systems Free Tool – Session downloader for TechED sessions… Remote Desktop Protocol 8.0 update for Win 7 SP1 and…
- Check out VMware VSAN Through HOL – Free Online Labs (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=32100)VMware VSAN – virtual SAN, an upcoming product from VMware, can be tested by you, already, now. Even if you don’t have a home lab or even if VSAN is not available for public testing (while writing those lines). One of the newly added VMware HOL labs called Virtual SAN and Virtual Storage (HOL-SDC-1308) is […] You might also like: New Free VMware Labs available Online at HOL VMware Hands-On Labs Public Beta Interest List VMware I/O Analyzer updated – what’s new? Read the full post Check out VMware…
- On Putting the User Back Into User Group (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=3882)This post is by Cody Bunch Following on Scott’s commitment to the community, I would like to announce that I too will be accepting five folks (VMware, OpenStack, Unix, etc…) who are willing to step up, volunteer, and speak for the first time at your local user group (be it VMUG or otherwise). So what […]
- The Votes are in – Best community #vBrownBag sessions at VMworld US (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=3879)This post is by Cody Bunch Before we get into the results, a few thanks need to go out to the folks at VMware that made this happen for the second year in a row, as well as our various #vBrownBag swag sponsors. If you didn’t get in on the swag scavenger hunt, no worries, […]
- #vBrownbag Follow-Up Nick Marshall (@nickmarshall9) covering vSphere 5.5 vFlash Read Cache (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=3877)Nick Marshall, author of Mastering vSphere 5.5, reviews the configuration and use of the new VMware vSphere 5.5 vFlash Read Cache. 2013-09-11 Professionalvmware.com #vBrownBag vSphere 5.5 vFlash Read Cache with Nick Marshall (@nickmarshall9) from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo.
- #vBrownbag Follow-Up Nick Marshall (@nickmarshall9) covering VSAN (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=3873)Nick Marshall, author of Mastering vSphere 5.5, reviews the requirements, installation and configuring of VMware’s new VSAN offering which was announced at VMworld along with vSphere 5.5. 2013-09-04 Professionalvmware.com#vBrownBag VMware VSAN with Nick Marshall (@nickmarshall9) from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo.
- Podcasting for Cancer (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=3859)Wow, it’s been an amazing first 24 hours or so. Earlier this week a fellow community member Gabriel Chapman @Bacon_Is_King tweeted about having lost his father to cancer a year ago and now his mother’s was spreading. Shortly after Trevor Pott @cakeis_not_allie started to engage the community and seeing what we could do. Myself and […]
- VMware Support Alert – ALERT: vSphere Replication 5.1 fails after automatic upgrade (http://vmwaretips.com/wp/?p=2177)In our effort to provide our viewers with up to the minute information on VMware related news and topics, we’re posting the following Special Alert direct from VMware Support Insider. http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png vSphere Replication in a vSphere 5.1 environment will fail after an automatic upgrade to vSphere Replication 5.5. A pre-release version of vSphere Replication 5.5 [...]
- VMware Support Alert – ALERT: Cannot upload log files using Support Assistant (http://vmwaretips.com/wp/?p=2173)In our effort to provide our viewers with up to the minute information on VMware related news and topics, we’re posting the following Special Alert direct from VMware Support Insider. Due to a change in the support request file upload process, VMware Support Assistant 5.1 temporarily cannot be used to upload files. For more details, [...]
- VMware KB Digest – New KB articles published for week ending 9/14/13 (http://vmwaretips.com/wp/?p=2170)In our effort to provide our viewers with up to the minute information on VMware related news and topics, we’re posting the following list of new KB Entries for this week, direct from VMware Support. VI SDK Determining how a server is booted in VMware vSphere Web Services SDK (2054641) Date Published: 9/10/2013 VMware ESX [...]
- Virtual Storage Integrator 5.6 – What’s New (http://www.2vcps.com/?p=1365)The Virtual Storage Integrator or VSI has been around for a while. Seems every release something new and exciting gets added that customer have asked for. The VSI 5.6 plugin for EMC is the latest version (9/13/2013) of the plugin to help streamline and simplify interactions between the vSphere client and the EMC storage used […] Related posts: Virtual Storage Integrator – VSI 5.5 Come to the EMC World HoL -Thats Hands on Labs Using iSCSI to get some big ole disk in a Virtual Machine