VMware Unified Access Gateway and Firewall Ports
I was changing an VMware Horizon View Security Gateway, to the VMware Unified Access Gateway (UAG), because I had som problems with the old Security Gateway, in our Demo/test environment. Properly something with the Windows OS og Windows firewall, so to get away for Windows I decided to use the UAG instead. When setting up…
VMware Licensing Change
VMware has announced a change to core licensing for there products. This means that 1 CPU licens is equal to a maximum of 32 physical cores, so under the new model, one CPU license covers up to 32 cores in a single CPU. If the CPU has more than 32 cores, additional CPU licenses are…
VMware App Volumes 4 Released
VMware has released App Volumes 4.0, this has new and update features + bug fixes. There is an upgrade path from version 2.18, earlier version need to updated to this version first. If you are using the “abandoned” version 3.0 there is no upgrade path. App Volumes 4.0 is supported with Horizon View 7.10 and…
vRealize Network Insight 5.1 Released
VMware has released vRealize Network Insight 5.1, this has support for new things and enhanced features. What’s new: VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud® Analytics support for VMware SD-WAN: Support Threshold-based Analytics for various metrics for VMware SD-WAN entities including Edge, Link, and Edge-Application. Pre-SD-WAN assessment report: WAN Uplink/downlink assessment of non-SD-WAN (Cisco ASR/ISR) deployment. Generate a…
VMware Cloud Foundation 3.9.1 Released
VMware has released Cloud Foundation 3.9.1. This new version has a new Bill of Materials with never versions of the software, and other fixes. Application Virtual Networks (AVNs): Enable vRealize Suite deployment in NSX overlay networks. AVNs provide benefits for portability and failover for planned migration or disaster recovery. New installations of Cloud Foundation 3.9.1 use…
VMware Enterprise PKS 1.6.1 Released
VMware has released Enterprise PKS 1.6.1, this has some bug fixes and supports NSX-T 2.5.1. What’s new: [Bug Fix] Resolves an issue where if you are using Ops Manager v2.7 and PKS v1.6 as a fresh install, enabling Plans 11, 12, or 13 does not enable Windows worker-based clusters. It creates Linux-based clusters only. For…
VMware Tools 11.0.5 Released
VMware has released VMware Tools 11.0.5, this updates a few modules and has a few bug fixes. This version does not have a vib for ESXi 5.5, that is EOL. See the release notes here.
VMware vCenter and LDAP Connection to Microsoft AD
Update (2/6/2020): On February 4, 2020 Microsoft changed their guidance for the March 2020 Windows Updates to indicate that the defaults will NOT be changing in that update. https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV190023 Microsoft will release new patches here properly in the 2nd half of 2020 thru Windows Update, that will disable simple authentication connection to domain controller over LDAP,…
VMware NSX-T Data Center 2.5.1 Released
VMware has released NSX-T Data Center 2.5.1, this contains maintenance corrections, and bug fixes. Maintenance Corrections VM Edge Node now supports vMotion. After fixing the support of Edge vNIC connected to trunk portgroup, vMotion is supported on VM Edge Node. NSX Edge Node CPU monitoring enhancement The NSX Manager API and CLI command for the…
VMware vCenter 6.5 Update 3f Release and Patch for ESXi 6.5
VMware has released vCenter 6.5 Updae 3f and a new patch for ESXi 6.5 update 3 P04. Also vCenter 6.0 Update 3j. vCenter 6.5 Update 3f This is a bug and cecurity fix version. See the release notes here: Release notes ESXi 6.5 Update 3 P04 This is a bug and cecurity fix version. This…