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Hi everyone, as I write this I am on my way to our VMware Tech Summit. THis is where we will get the opportunity to learn all about the awesome new solutions that have been presented to you at VMworld. There will not be a newsletter next week because of this but I will make up for it the following week.
Don't forget to register for vForum in Sydney in October. The details can be found here: http://info.vmware.com/content/APAC_ANZ_vForum.
Enjoy the next 2 weeks and I look forward to speaking to you again soon.
Virtually Yours
Neil Isserow
Senior Technical Account Manager
VMware Australia
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- VMware Technical Communications Video Blog: Architectural Planning of Horizon Workspace 1.5 for External Users (http://blogs.vmware.com/techpubs/?p=275)Horizon Workspace Staff Engineer Tomas Boman discusses architectural decisions when deploying Horizon Workspace 1.5 for external users.
- VMware Technical Communications Video Blog: Deploying the vSphere Replication Appliance in the vSphere Web Client (http://blogs.vmware.com/techpubs/?p=273)Senior Staff Engineer Peter Shepherd explains how to deploy the vSphere Replication appliance using the OVF wizard in the vSphere Web Client. vSphere Replication is an extension to the vCenter Server and adds a plug-in to the vSphere Web Client, allowing you to replicate a virtual machine from a source site to a target site.
- The Console: VMware Weekly News Recap September 27 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vmware/?p=1284)The VMware weekly news recap is a look back at the news, announcements and events from across the VMware ecosystem. If you missed the Google Hangout on the Future of IT with VMware EMEA CTO Joe Baguley and futurologist Paul Saffo the replay is now … Continue reading →
- VMware Education & Certification Blog: Don’t Miss Certification’s Hidden Benefits — Stand Out with VCA (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=2422)We’ve enjoyed welcoming new members to our community the last few weeks—the VMware Certified Associates (VCAs)—and thought this would be a great time to focus on best practices to get the most out of your certification with weekly “Stand Out with VCA” posts. We kick off this week with a break down of how certification can benefit your current company, and how to use to improve your opportunities. We are currently gathering stories about the benefits of a VCA certification since we launched at…
- VMware vCloud Blog: VMworld Barcelona – See What’s In Store! (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=2885)With all of the hype and buzz around VMworld San Francisco, it may be easy to forget that VMworld Barcelona is right around the corner! This year’s show will be held October 14 th to October 17 th at Fira Barcelona Gran Via, in Barcelona , and we’re excited to report that the vCloud team will be on-site again at the event, live-tweeting sessions, providing live photos from the show floor, and holding our popular #vTrivia contest to give VMworld Barcelona attendees the chance to win VMware swag and other…
- VMware Consulting Blog: Top Tips and Take-Aways from VMworld 2013 (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=873)It’s hard to believe it’s been a month since 23,000 forward-thinking IT professionals converged in San Francisco for VMworld 2013. With VMworld Barcelona just around the corner, we asked a few of our consultants to reflect back on highlights from San Francisco and offer advice for how to get the most out of the event. What nugget of information from VMworld did you take back to your work? “Pay special attention to NSX and vSAN because VMware is changing the way IT delivers networking and storage…
- VMware Accelerate: Full Steam Ahead to IT as a Service – Are You on Board? (http://blogs.vmware.com/accelerate/?p=1296)A recent VMware customer survey found that 74 percent of companies have surpassed the first stage of the three-stage journey to IT as a service. Those that have reached the final stage enjoy increased funding for innovation. This infographic reveals other key findings from the study.
- VMware Cloud Ops Blog: To Automate or Not to Automate? – Highlights from #CloudOpsChat (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=578)Last week, we held another successful #CloudOpsChat, this time asking: “To Automate or Not to Automate?” Thank you to everyone who participated in the lively conversation, and especially to our two co-hosts, Cloud Operations Architects Andy Troup ( @HarrowAndy ) and David Crane ( @DaveJCrane )! To start things off, we asked, “How do you define automation?” Our co-hosts jumped in first, with @HarrowAndy stating, “automation = stop doing repeatable tasks,” and @DaveJCrane remarking on how he…
- VMware Support Insider: Installing vCenter Server 5.5 best practices (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=5805)Here is our second best practice video for the day, this one for installing vCenter Server 5.5 Before commencing any installation task it is always best to carefully review and familiarize yourself with the various components and aspects of the product and it’s installation procedure first. Doing this will always help to ensure that the installation experience is that of a smooth and pleasant one. In this video presentation we specifically look at the Best Practices for Installing vCenter Server 5.5 .…
- VMware for Small-Medium Business Blog: Impact of Virtualization: A Personal Account (http://blogs.vmware.com/smb/?p=2142)Post by: Ivan Talley, Systems Engineer, VMware I wanted step out of my System Engineer shoes for a moment and reflect back on the specific impacts of VMware virtualization within the first environment I encountered it. The impact to the environment, and my daily work related duties, was one of the most fundamental changes I’ve witnessed in my career in I.T. Many people take virtualization for granted today but I think we should all take a moment to understand the significant value this technology…
- VMware Support Insider: Best Practices for Installing or Upgrading to VMware ESXi 5.5 (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=5807)Here is a video in which we discuss some of the Best practices for Installing or Upgrading to VMware ESXi 5.5 . Everybody loves best practices – right? This video is based on VMware Knowledge Base article Installing or upgrading ESXi 5.5 best practices (2052329) and you should read and familiarize yourself with the content contained within that article before commencing any installation or upgrade. Familiarizing yourself with the product’s installation and upgrade best practices will help ensure a…
- VMTN Blog: VMware Communities Roundtable Podcast – 249 – SRM 5.5 What’s New? (http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/?p=8033)Host Mike Gordon Laverick, VMware @Mike_Laverick Guests Ken Werneburg, VMware @vmKen Mike Ellis, RoundTower Tech @v2Mike Lee Dilworth, VMware @leedilworth News VMworld 2013 Photos VMworld TV on YouTube VMworld Mobile App Blog Posts from VMworld 2013 Blogger List Contributors VMworld 2013 Social Media & Community VMworld 2013 – Barcelona Podcasting for Cancer – Indiegogo – Consider donating today vBrownBag Automation Track – Check the schedule Around the Community vBrownbag Podcast VMUG…
- VMware vSphere Blog: VSAN and Storage Controllers (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=10368)There have been numerous questions around supported storage controllers with regards to VSAN. Those of you who have been following the various posts and watching the presentations/webinars on VSAN will have seen the requirement that pass-through mode must be supported if you wish to use a RAID Controller. The purpose of this article is to delve deeper into this requirements and explain why VMware are making that recommendation for storage controllers. Which storage controllers can I use with Virtual SAN? …
- VMware Support Insider: ALERT: Active Directory authentication fails when vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 runs on Windows Server 2012 along with AD (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=5794)VMware has become aware of an issue where machines running vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 running on Windows Server 2012 authenticating to an Active Directory Domain running on Windows Server 2012 will not be able to authenticate to Active Directory. For further information and updates, please refer to KB article: Active Directory authentication fails when vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 runs on Windows Server 2012 and the AD Domain Controller is also on Windows Server 2012 (2060901) .
- The Console: September 26 Join VMware EMEA CTO Joe Baguley & futurologist Paul Saffo for a live Google Hangout (http://blogs.vmware.com/vmware/?p=1286)Tomorrow we’re continuing our theme of the future of IT and have teamed up VMware EMEA CTO, Joe Baguley and futurologist Paul Saffo for a live Google Hangout. You may have already seen Paul discussing the future of IT at VMworld 2013 in San Francisco. If … Continue reading →
- VMwareTV: VMware Cloud Compass -- Risk Assessment (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:n6y0xn5jFp4)VMware Cloud Compass -- Risk Assessment The VMware Cloud Compass evaluates risks in 4 categories: availability, governance & compliance, security & privacy and business relationship management. VMw... From: vmwaretv Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 01:23 More in Science & Technology
- VMware vCloud Blog: What Can I Run On vCloud Hybrid Service? (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=2869)By: Chris Colotti This is a repost from Chris Colotti’s blog, chriscolotti.us . At every VMUG or other community presentation I always get asked the question, “So what can I run on vCHS?”. Well being the caring wise guy you all know I am, my response is always a question back. What CAN’T you run on vCHS? I jest, but in most cases the answer is pretty simple. I will leave out the obvious licensing questions and considerations of course. The real answer is there is nothing you are already…
- VMwareTV: VMware Cloud Compass -- Total Cost of Ownership (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:YCVRdo0x3YU)VMware Cloud Compass -- Total Cost of Ownership Total cost of ownership (TCO) is a key factor that helps drive toward a final decision between cloud solutions. Craig Stanley, Benchmark Practice Lead, Accel... From: vmwaretv Views: 25 0 ratings Time: 01:04 More in Science & Technology
- VMwareTV: VMware Cloud Compass -- Return Assessment (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:70ZT1gks_GI)VMware Cloud Compass -- Return Assessment The VMware Cloud Compass evaluates result expectations/return assessment in 4 categories: accessibility, business responsiveness, scalability and cost & reso... From: vmwaretv Views: 15 0 ratings Time: 01:04 More in Science & Technology
- VMwareTV: Introduction to VMware Cloud Compass (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:-W4ZCZYWiFk)Introduction to VMware Cloud Compass The VMware Cloud Compass helps you investigate cloud options for a workload or group of workloads. Craig Stanley, Benchmark Practice Lead, Accelerate Advisor... From: vmwaretv Views: 162 1 ratings Time: 00:54 More in Science & Technology
- VMware Education & Certification Blog: North America: Save 50% on VMware vCloud Director Courses (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=2506)Two VMware vCloud Director BETA courses are available at a 50% savings: VMware vCloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5] – BETA Location: Dallas, TX USA Time: November 6-8, 2013 @ 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM CST See Course Description and Register Today VMware vCloud Director: Organization Administration [V5.5] – BETA Location: Dallas, TX USA Time: November 4-5, 2013 @ 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM CST See Course Description and Register Today BETA courses fill up quickly, so do not delay if you want to…
- VMware Support Insider: Three new vSphere 5.5 videos up on YouTube (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=5789)Here are three new videos uploaded to YouTube for the vSphere Web Client 5.5 release. These are produced by our Technical Publications Team. Their YouTube channel is well worth subscribing to. 5 Quick Tips for the vSphere Web Client Senior Member of Technical Staff Melina McLarty presents some quick tips and tricks for being more productive with the vSphere Web Client. Enhanced LACP Support in vSphere Distributed Switches Principal Engineer Ravi Soundararajan explains the concepts behind the Enhanced…
- VMware Virtualization Management Blog: Just Released! VMware vCenter Infrastructure Navigator 5.7.0 (https://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=1718)We are excited to announce the release of VMware vCenter Infrastructure Navigator 5.7.0! vCenter Infrastructure Navigator is a component of VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite (Advanced and Enterprise editions). Here are some key new capabilities to take note of - The vFabric Hyperic agent management functionality provided by vCenter Infrastructure Navigator 5.7 enables you to automate the deployment of vFabric Hyperic agents in your virtual environment and to monitor and manage the agents’…
- VMTN Blog: VMware Communities Roundtable Podcast – 248 – ESXi 5.5 What’s New? (http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/?p=8029)Hosts John Mark Troyer, VMware @jtroyer Guests Kyle Gleed, VMware @Kyle_Gleed News VMworld 2013 Photos VMworld TV on YouTube VMworld Mobile App Blog Posts from VMworld 2013 Blogger List Contributors VMworld 2013 Social Media & Community VMworld 2013 – Barcelona Podcasting for Cancer – Indiegogo - Consider donating today vBrownBag Automation Track – Check the schedule Around the Community vBrownbag Podcast VMUG Local Meetings – Check it today! AdaptingIT – Lauren Malhoit Podcast…
- VMware Virtualization Management Blog: Trends in Cloud Adoption (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=1728)In a recent 2013 Cloud Computing Study , The Info Pro, a service of 451 Research , projected explosive growth in the next two years for cloud computing. Many of the findings in this report are aligned with what VMware is seeing in the market. Here are some of the more significant findings from the report combined with some thoughts on these trands. Cloud Computing is and Evolution of Efficient IT 60% of the study’s respondents view cloud computing as a natural evolution of IT service delivery and 69%…
- VMware Virtualization Management Blog: Log Insight: Remote Syslog Architectures (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=1709)When architecting a syslog solution, it is important to understand the requirements both from a business and a product perspective. I would like to discuss the different remote syslog architectures that are possible when using vCenter Log Insight. Problem Statement For Log Insight, the problem statement is as follows. Every VMware product generates log messages. Every physical device (e.g. compute, network, storage) generates log messages. Every VM, including operating system and application, generates…
- VMware Education & Certification Blog: Question of the Week: VCP5-DCV (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=1687)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 conservation techniques is used by default, even when memory is not in contention? a. Ballooning b. Memory compression c. Swap file d. TPS 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: d. TPS
- VMworldTV: General Catalyst - Dr. Stephen Herrod: How to Approach an Investment (VMworld 2013) (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:XowMPZPPfaU)General Catalyst - Dr. Stephen Herrod: How to Approach an Investment (VMworld 2013) Dr. Stephen Herrod, Partner of General Catalyst and former CTO of VMware, discusses two important aspects of considering a new company, including thinking ab... From: VMworldTV Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 08:34 More in Science & Technology
- VMware vSphere Blog: A list of VSAN references – from VMware bloggers (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=10342)A lot of folks have been looking for VSAN reference materials now that vSphere 5.5 is available and the VSAN beta can commence in earnest. Many VMware employees, who are also bloggers, have put together quite a bit of information to get you well and truly on your way to a successful VSAN deployment. This post will pull this information into one place of reference. First of all, to get us started, here are a few useful links on how to sign up to the VSAN beta, the link to the beta community and some demos,…
- VMware Support Insider: ALERT: vSphere 5.5 Single Sign-On upgrade rolls back after importing Lookup Service data (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=5781)VMware has become aware of an issue where an upgrade to vSphere 5.5 may fail when upgrading the SSO component. The issue appears to be related to the default SSO certificate generated when installing vSphere 5.1 Build #799735 For details and updates on this issue refer to KB article: vSphere 5.5 Single Sign-On upgrade rolls back after importing Lookup Service data (2060511) Related info: Location of Single Sign On log files for vCenter Server 5.1 (2033430)
- VMware for Small-Medium Business Blog: How Millennium Pharmacy Systems Achieves Automation through SaaS (http://blogs.vmware.com/smb/?p=2133)Post by Brandon Sweeney, Vice President U.S. Mid-Market Businesses In any organization, an efficient, reliable and secure infrastructure is necessary for success. For those in the health care industry like Millennium Pharmacy Systems, a mid-market pharmaceutical provider, reliable IT infrastructure is critical. Supporting approximately 250 nursing-care facilities with a Software as a Service (SaaS) based system to dispense pharmaceuticals, maintaining constant uptime and complying with stringent industry…
- VMware vSphere Blog: vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 Not Recognizing Nested Active Directory Groups (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=10317)I was testing vSphere 5.5 upgrades in my lab and came across an interesting situation that you need to be aware of. In a nutshell, pay attention to how your Active Directory groups are configured on your vCenter Server and avoid nesting any domain level user or group accounts inside of local groups. Here’s the situation I ran into. My lab was running a vanilla vCenter 5.1 install. In vCenter I only had one permission assigned, which is for the local “Administrators” group. With this setup I…
- VROOM!: Performance Best Practices for vSphere 5.5 is Available (http://blogs.vmware.com/performance/?p=1536)We are pleased to announce the availability of Performance Best Practices for vSphere 5.5. This is a book designed to help system administrators obtain the best performance from vSphere 5.5 deployments. The book addresses many of the new features in vSphere 5.5 from a performance perspective. These include: vSphere Flash Read Cache, a new feature in vSphere 5.5 allowing flash storage resources on the ESXi host to be used for read caching of virtual machine I/O requests. VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN), a new…
- VMware for Public Sector Blog: Emerging Strategies for Managing Mobility Event (http://blogs.vmware.com/publicsector/?p=81)On September 24, 2013 @ 2:00 PM ET VMware will be sponsoring a webinar alongside Government Computer News on the topic of “ Emerging Strategies for Managing Mobility .” During this webinar, we will review the results of a recent mobility survey focusing on defense, civilian and state and local agency decision-makers and their mobile management strategies. Please register tune-in if your schedule permits to listen to the findings, as well as hear Bryan Salek provide more insight on this topic from…
- VMware vSphere Blog: vSphere Flash Read Cache (vFRC) In Action (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=10306)Now that vSphere 5.5 has GA, I wanted to announce the availability of a few videos that I’ve posted to the VMwareTV YouTube Channel . The videos cover a couple of the vFRC management and configuration functionalities as well as interoperability with other vSphere enterprise core features such as vMotion, HA & DRS. vSphere Flash Read Cache Single and Multiple Hosts Configurations vSphere Flash Read Cache Configuring Virtual Machines to use Virtual Flash Read Cache vSphere Flash Read Cache…
- VMwareTV: vSphere Flash Read Cache - Interoperability with vMotion (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:pt9YACkfmnM)vSphere Flash Read Cache - Interoperability with vMotion This video demonstrate how vSphere Read Flash Cache interoperates with vMotion. From: vmwaretv Views: 386 4 ratings Time: 03:02 More in Science & Technology
- VMwareTV: vSphere Flash Read Cache - Interoperability with HA & DRS (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:pSx-Bh-8714)vSphere Flash Read Cache - Interoperability with HA & DRS This video demonstrate how vSphere Read Flash Cache interoperates with HA & DRS. From: vmwaretv Views: 28 0 ratings Time: 03:40 More in Science & Technology
- VMwareTV: vSphere Flash Read Cache - Configuring a VM to use Virtual Flash Read Cache (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:4l6T7bHNKeo)vSphere Flash Read Cache - Configuring a VM to use Virtual Flash Read Cache This video demonstrate how to successfully configure a virtual machine to use Virtual Flash Read Cache. From: vmwaretv Views: 31 0 ratings Time: 01:43 More in Science & Technology
- VMwareTV: vSphere Flash Read Cache - Single and Multiple Host Configuration (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:19y_o6xnKkE)vSphere Flash Read Cache - Single and Multiple Host Configuration This video demonstrate how to successfully enable vSphere Flash Read Cache (vFRC) on single and multiple hosts. From: vmwaretv Views: 46 1 ratings Time: 03:38 More in Science & Technology
- VMwareTV: Virtualized Desktops with 3D Graphics at North Carolina State University (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:lKFyU8btbbA)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: 104 2 ratings Time: 02:38 More in Science & Technology
- VMware vSphere Blog: vCenter Server 5.5 – Simple vs Custom Installations (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=10292)With the release of vSphere 5.5 now upon us, before jumping in and performing a fresh install or an upgrade I wanted to highlight the minor changes to the vCenter Server installer, specifically when to use the simple installer and when to use the individual custom install wizards. With the new release, when you attach your ISO image you will be presented with the updated splash screen Simple Install Selecting this option which is now the default will give you an installation of the core components…
- vCenter Orchestrator Blog: VMware vCenter Orchestrator 5.5 is now GA! (http://blogs.vmware.com/orchestrator/?p=536)As part of the of the vSphere 5.5 announcement, we are extremely glad to share the general availability of vCenter Orchestrator 5.5 ! Large organization will greatly benefit from the enhanced cloud-scale architecture, out-of-the box high availability of the platform, and major improvements to the REST API. Additionally, workflow developers can enjoy a more efficient development experience thanks to the new debugging and failure diagnostic capabilities in the vCenter Orchestrator client. We continue…
- VMware Support Insider: vSphere 5.5 is here! – KBs you need to know about (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=5737)vSphere 5.5 has been released for all to download. We’re sure vSphere users are all eager to install a copy and start kicking the tires, and we’re just as eager to see that you get started on the right foot. With this in mind, we have created the following list of Knowledgebase articles that are brand new, or have been updated for vSphere 5.5 You’ll notice lots of best practices KBs here. The first grouping contains absolute ‘must know’ information, the second grouping gets a bit more into…
- VMware Hands On Labs Blog: Try Out New VMware Products in the Hands-on Labs (http://blogs.vmware.com/hol/?p=547)The complete catalog of Hands-on Labs from VMworld 2013 is now available online. This is the best place for you to explore new features in the vCloud Suite and vSphere 5.5 and learn about VMware Virtual SAN. Connect to the labs at: http://labs.hol.vmware.com/ vSphere with Operations Management v5.5 If you are new to vSphere, be sure to take the “vSphere and vSOM 101″ lab (HOL-SDC-1310) This provides an introduction to vSphere features and functionality and uses videos and hands-on steps to deepen…
- VMware Education & Certification Blog: Save 50% on VMware vSphere What’s New [V4.x to V5.5] – BETA (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=2494)Save 50% on VMware vSphere BETA course: VMware vSphere: What’s New [V4.x to V5.5] Location: Live Online – attend remotely from anywhere! Time: Oct 21-22 @ 9 AM CST See Course Description and Register Today Don’t delay as BETA courses, and Live Online in particular, fill up quickly! And sign up to be notified to receive notification as soon as future BETA Courses become available!
- VMware Support Insider: ALERT: Unable to install or upgrade vCloud Director 5.5.0 (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=5761)VMware has become aware of an issue that may occur if you use Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP4 as your vCloud Director database, you will not be able to successfully upgrade to (or do fresh install) vCloud Director 5.5.0 VMware is currently investigating this issue. The problem occurs only with the specific database version mentioned. For more information and updates on this matter, reference Knowledgebase article: Unable to install or upgrade to VMware vCloud Director to version 5.5.0 when using SQL Server…
- VMware Support Insider: ALERT: VSA Manager plug-in does not appear in the vSphere Web Client (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=5756)VMware has become aware of an issue that may occur after upgrading to vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) Manager 5.5, wherein the VSA Manager plug-in does not appear in the vSphere Web Client. Specifically: The VSA Manager plug-in does not appear in the vSphere Web Client You are unable to upgrade the VSA cluster service For updates and further information on this restart issue, please refer to Knowledgebase article: After upgrading to vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) Manager 5.5, the VSA Manager plug-in…
External Bloggers
- I created a folder on my VSAN datastore, but how do I delete it? (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=13728)I created a folder on my VSAN datastore using the vSphere Web Client, but when I wanted to deleted it I received this error message that that wasn’t possible. So how do I delete a VSAN folder when I don’t need it any longer? It is fairly straight forward, you open up an SSH session […] " I created a folder on my VSAN datastore, but how do I delete it? " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.
- vSphere HA advanced settings, the KB (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=13714)I’ve posted about vSphere HA advanced settings various times in the past, and let me start by saying that you shouldn’t play around with them unless you have a requirement to do so. But if you do, there is a KB article which I can highly recommend as it lists all the known and lesser known […] " vSphere HA advanced settings, the KB " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.
- Initialized disks to be used by VSAN task completed successfully, but no disks added? (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=13718)I’ve seen various people reporting the following, they wanted to create a diskgroup in Virtual SAN / VSAN, the task completes successfully but you don’t see any disks. Strange right because it gives a green checkmark?! I had the exact same scenario today, but if you click the task more details are revealed as shown […] " Initialized disks to be used by VSAN task completed successfully, but no disks added? " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.
- Something to know about vSphere Flash Read Cache (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=13118)When I was looking in to vSphere Flash Read Cache (part of vSphere 5.5) there was one thing that had my interest, how does it interact with vSphere HA and DRS and more specifically, are there any caveats? It all started with the question what are the requirements for a virtual machine to be successfully […] " Something to know about vSphere Flash Read Cache " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.
- The Compatibility Guides are now updated with VSAN and vFlash info! (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=13691)For those wanting to play with Virtual SAN (VSAN) and vSphere Flash Read Cache (vFRC / vFlash), the compatibility guides are being updated at the moment. Hit the following URL to find out what is currently supported and what not: vmware.com/resources/compatibility/ For vSphere Flash Read Cache: Select “VMware Flash Read Cache” from the drop down […] " The Compatibility Guides are now updated with VSAN and vFlash info! " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter -…
- Drag and drop vMotion not working with the 5.5 Web Client? (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=13597)A couple of weeks I bumped into this issue where I constantly received a red cross when I wanted to “drag and drop” vMotion a virtual machine using the vSphere 5.5 Web Client. Annoying as it is something which I was waiting for to use as I used this all the time with the vSphere […] " Drag and drop vMotion not working with the 5.5 Web Client? " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.
- Start your engines, time to download vSphere 5.5 (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=13675)What a way to start the Sunday / Monday (depending on where you are) right? Yes, the day has finally come… Start your engines, it is time to download vSphere 5.5. Just like last year I decided to make a nice short post with all the links to the required download pages, I hope it […] " Start your engines, time to download vSphere 5.5 " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.
- Get your SDS here (form to access ScaleIO) (http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2013/09/get-your-sds-here-form-to-access-scaleio.html)Lots of cool new tech to play with when it comes to software-defined storage models. Recall - SD* is about: Decoupled control and data planes (for compute/network/storage) - and control planes (which control policy) that are pure software. The control...
- Welcome to HyTrust as a vSphere-land sponsor (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=4233)I’d like to welcome HyTrust as a new sponsor to vSphere-land. While they might be a new sponsor here, HyTrust and I actually go way back to the days when I was a judge for the Best of VMworld awards. Back in 2009 I was a judge for the security category for Best of VMworld, [...]
- Configuration maximums that changed between vSphere 5.1 and 5.5 (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=4211)Below is a table of all the configuration maximums that changed between the vSphere 5.1 release and the vSphere 5.5 release.
- The Monster VM didn’t get any smarter in vSphere 5.5 but it got a whole lot fatter (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=4199)If you look at the VM resource configuration maximums over the years there have some big jumps in the sizes of the 4 main resource groups with each major vSphere release. With vSphere 5.0 the term “Monster VM” was coined as the number of virtual CPUs and the amount of memory that could be assigned [...]
- Come and get your vSphere 5.5 (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=4193)vSphere 5.5 is now available for your downloading pleasure here, while you’re waiting for it to download be sure and check out my huge (and growing) vSphere 5.5 link collection to get you all the info you need to know how to use it. This is also the shortest release cycle from the previous version [...]
- Monster VM’s and Business Critical Apps Attack #vForum2013 Sydney (http://longwhiteclouds.com/?p=2406) #vForum2013 in Sydney, Australia is coming up fast, and this year we will be Defying Convention Again. It’s at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour on October 21st and 22nd and we’re expecting to see up to 7000 attendees this year. It is going to be big, and it’s going to be […]
- The Trouble With SSL Certificates and Upgrading to VMware SSO 5.5 (http://longwhiteclouds.com/?p=2397)If you’re upgrading from vSphere 5.1 to vSphere 5.5 and you ARE NOT using Custom CA SSL Certificates then you might run into an error. The error will be encountered during the upgrade of SSO, and specifically the Lookup Service, and only occurs in specific conditions, such as when using the default VMware Self-Signed Certificates. […]
- vSphere 5.5 Record Breaking Network Performance (http://longwhiteclouds.com/?p=2388)VMware recently published a record breaking network performance test where a single ESXi host showed close to line rate throughput over 8 x 10Gb/s NIC’s. The single host achieved close to 80Gb/s throughput using standard MTU size (1500B), 16 VM’s (each with 1 vCPU 2GB RAM), and 8 vSwitches, on top of a Dell R820 […]
- How to upgrade to vSphere 5.5 (http://www.vmguru.nl/wordpress/?p=11654)A few weeks ago during VMworld 2013 VMware announced vSphere 5.5. We already did a ‘What’s new in vSphere 5.5‘ post but now it is actually available, so it’s time to find out how to upgrade to vSphere 5.5. But before we start, there are a few caveats: ESXi 5.0 and 5.1 included drivers for […] Leave A Comment posted in VMware by Erik Scholten
- PoSh automation for Horizon View manual pools (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=5455)Automation is system administrator’s best friend. Automating repetitive tasks is a key enabler in most IT environments. Whilst many of the desktop pool administrative tasks in Horizon View can be made via PowerShell, not all objects are exposed. The POSH scripts below were created by VMware’s Jedi Master Engineer Mike Pryor and they allow administrators … Continue reading »
- Why are Citrix employees jumping ship? (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=5449)Most of you probably know that VMware recently, for the first time, started hiring a dedicated End-User Computing sales force. VMware has been hiring hundreds of EUC focused sales reps and SEs across the globe, which some are coming from Citrix. I had the opportunity to talk to few of those new VMware employees and … Continue reading »
- vCenter Server 5.5 Installation Best Practices (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=32253)There is a new KB and new video discussing the vCenter Server 5.5 installation best practices. As the vCenter server is one of the pieces which needs to be setup best way possible, the KB Installing vCenter Server 5.5 best practices is a must. I can highly recommend to bookmark. For environments where linked mode is not […] You might also like: vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 (vCSA) – Installation and VMware SSO Install – Single Sign On Server… vCenter Server Appliance Upgrade Process Video Read…
- Few tips when working with vSphere 5.5 web client – video (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=32246)There is a couple of new videos which has been added at VMware YouTube TechPubs channel. I really like those videos as they’re done professional way and shows really cool details. The one I wanted to point to is the video showing the HTML 5 web based console and using the web based client and […] You might also like: vCenter Server 5.5 Installation Best Practices Installing Windows Server 2012R2 on ESXi vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 (vCSA) – Installation and Read the full post Few tips when working…
- Performance best practices for vSphere 5.5 – technical PDF (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=32241)VMware vSphere 5.5 is officially GA since few days. The whole vCloud suite starts to leverage Flash features (vFlash read cache) and upcoming VSAN. Even if in Beta, VSAN really is something that’s transforming the classic shared storage market and shared storage approach in design. VSAN is discussed briefly in the pdf Performance best practices for […] You might also like: VMware VSAN Beta Community opens the doors VSAN Observer – upcoming tool for monitoring VSAN… VMware VSAN Video Read the full…
- Windows 8.1 upgrade options (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=32229)New pricing options for Windows 8.1 has been unveiled by Microsoft last week. Retail version Windows 8.1 will be available in standalone, full versions of the software. Microsoft has previously announced that only upgrades from previous versions of Windows might be available. Users willing to upgrade from Windows 7 can upgrade to W8.1. There is several […] You might also like: Windows 8 Upgrade Paths from XP, Vista and Seven announced End of support for Windows XP in less than 2 years Windows 7 Explorer…
- VMware vCloud Suite 5.5, vSphere 5.5 and ESXi 5.5 available for Download! (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=32234)Yesterday VMware has finally released the final release of VMware vSphere 5.5 which is GA and available for download. The whole vCloud suite and vSphere products including ESXi 5.5 are available at VMware. After Friday’s aler through Twitter and VMware KB not to let the automatic update let upgrade the vSphere replication to 5.5 pre-release […] You might also like: vSphere 5.1 A Released together with vCD 5.1.1 and many more VMware vSphere 5 available for download vSphere 5.5 – ESXi 5.5 Free Version…
- VMware VSAN Beta Community opens the doors (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=32217)A publicly available VMware VSAN beta community has been unveiled last week. You may have missed the news, so that’s why this post. VSAN beta community provides the latest news and informations about upcoming VMware VSAN. There are some PDF technical documents available there like VSAN datasheet or VSAN technical whitepaper. There is also an […] You might also like: VSAN Observer – upcoming tool for monitoring VSAN… VMware VSAN Video Performance best practices for vSphere 5.5 – technical Read the…
- Introducing the MonsterRemote for the MonsterShield (http://kendrickcoleman.com/index.php/Ruby-on-Rails-Projects/introducing-the-monsterremote-for-the-monstershield.html)I'm pretty excited to release this and make one long blog post out of it. This is not my usual blog posting topic, but this is a good place to keep it so I can maintain it. I'm a pretty big halloween nut, like really big. check out some pictures from 2012 Halloween . Last year, I caught wind of the MonsterShield prop controller . For about $200, you can have a prop controller that can control 16 relays, have 15 different animations, with MP3 cd quality audio, that also has an API. I was…
- Automate All the Things #vBrownbag Follow-Up Todd Lewey (@tlewey) covering Autolab (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=3896)Todd Lewey (@tlewey) covers the installation and configuration of Autolab which will be used through out the Automate All the Things series. Getting Started with Autolab You can download Autolab here (http://www.labguides.com/) Google+ Community If you need help, have other questions or want to keep the conversation going, you can join the G+ Automate All […]
- The vBrownBag community survey (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=3892)Here at vBrownBag global HQ we are hard at work plotting to make vBrownBag more awesome. One thing we know is that the most awesome thing about vBrownBag is you, the community, so it’s time to ask what you think. Please take two minutes to fill in the quick survey we’ve put together and let […]
- VMware Fusion / Workstation Performance Hacks (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=3889)This post is by Cody Bunch Well, not sure if they’re hacks, but they are some handy VMX file settings that can, at least marginally improve the performance of your VMs. VMX Settings v.vmx["logging"] = “FALSE”v.vmx["MemTrimRate"] = “0″v.vmx["MemAllowAutoScaleDown"] = “FALSE”v.vmx["mainMem.backing"] = “swap”v.vmx["sched.mem.pshare.enable"] = “FALSE”v.vmx["snapshot.disabled"] = “TRUE”…
- #vBrownBag – Automate ALL the things follow-up – Introduction (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=3884)Tonight we had on Josh Atwell and 50ish of our closest #vBrownBag friends to kick off our next few months of vSphere and Infrastructure automation. The video is below: Video #vBrownBag Automate ALL the things – Introduction from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo.
- Installing VMware vSphere 5.5 – Quick Tour (http://www.2vcps.com/?p=1399)So if you haven’t gone through it in your lab, what is better than getting an idea of how to install vSphere 5.5 with a few screenshots. For the beginners out there I just wanted to walk through the process really quick like. Boot from the media! Still looks very familar if you have done […] Related posts: A Quick Update – vSphere 5 Book Review: Automating vSphere with VMware vCenter Orchestrator View Client on iPad with Bluetooth Keyboard
- VMware Support Alert – ALERT: Active Directory authentication fails when vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 runs on Windows Server 2012 along with AD (http://vmwaretips.com/wp/?p=2194)VMware has become aware of an issue where machines running vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 running on Windows Server 2012 authenticating to an Active Directory Domain running on Windows Server 2012 will not be able to authenticate to Active Directory. For further information and updates, please refer to KB article: Active Directory authentication fails when vCenter [...]
- VMware Support Alert – ALERT: vSphere 5.5 Single Sign-On upgrade rolls back after importing Lookup Service data (http://vmwaretips.com/wp/?p=2191)VMware has become aware of an issue where an upgrade to vSphere 5.5 may fail when upgrading the SSO component. The issue appears to be related to the default SSO certificate generated when installing vSphere 5.1 Build #799735 For details and updates on this issue refer to KB article: vSphere 5.5 Single Sign-On upgrade rolls [...]
- VMware KB Digest – New KB articles published for week ending 9/21/13 (http://vmwaretips.com/wp/?p=2187)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. My VMware Cannot upload log files using VMware vCenter Support Assistant 5.1 (2059759) Date Published: 9/16/2013 Virtual Disk Development Kit [...]
- VMware Support Alert – ALERT: Unable to install or upgrade vCloud Director 5.5.0 (http://vmwaretips.com/wp/?p=2183)VMware has become aware of an issue that may occur if you use Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP4 as your vCloud Director database, you will not be able to successfully upgrade to (or do fresh install) vCloud Director 5.5.0 VMware is currently investigating this issue. The problem occurs only with the specific database version mentioned. [...]
- VMware Support Alert – ALERT: VSA Manager plug-in does not appear in the vSphere Web Client (http://vmwaretips.com/wp/?p=2181)VMware has become aware of an issue that may occur after upgrading to vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) Manager 5.5, wherein the VSA Manager plug-in does not appear in the vSphere Web Client. Specifically: The VSA Manager plug-in does not appear in the vSphere Web Client You are unable to upgrade the VSA cluster service For [...]
- Read the vSphere 5.5 Release Notes!! (tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819640694385843490.post-6833682265482664167)My previous post on the 5.1 Release notes was quite popular as well as the 5.1.0a post as well… So as always, the first things I do when a new version is released is: Download the bits - of everything.. Download the documentation Go over the... This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!..