Monthly Security Patch Program for the vCenter Server Appliance
With the announcement that the Windows version of vCenter will be discontinued, VMware will now release monthly Security for the vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 (vCSA) Photon OS. See the official aaniuncement here: https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2017/09/monthly-security-patch-program-vcenter-server-appliance-vcsa.html The first one was released for 2 days ago. Here is a link to the documentation for vCSA Photon OS security patches: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/rn/vcenter-server-appliance-photonos-security-patches.html Future hopes: I…
VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 1.0 Released
VMware has released a new product for lifecycle management ot there vRealize suite. This first version deliverers this features: vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager automates Day 0 to Day 2 operations of the entire vRealize Suite, enabling simplified operational experience for customers. vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager automates lifecycle management with a single pane of glass, thereby freeing customer…
VMware vRealize Network Insight 3.5 Released
VMware has released vRealize Network Insight 3.5.This version has support for NSX 6.3.3. What's new: PCI Compliance Dashboard (Enterprise Edition) vRealize Network Insight helps assess the PCI Compliance for environment with NSX-V firewalls. The dashboard provides analysis of data for specific PCI sections. Support for NSX IPFIX vRealize Network Insight supports NSX IPFIX along with…
3 Announcement from VMware before VMworld
VMware has announced that the next number version (not update) will be the last version to have a Window vCenter version, vSphere Web Client (Adobe Flash) and support for old Linux style /O drivers. vCenter on Windows VMware introduced the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) back in version 5.0. I did not use vCSA version 5.0 and 5.1 at…
Veeam B&R 9.5 support for vSphere 6.5 Update 1
Veeam has been testing support for VMware vSphere 6.5 Update 1 and vSAN 6.6.1, and they now supports this combination. There is no version information for Veeam Backup & Replication, other then vSphere 6.5 is supportet from 9.5 Update 1, and vSAN 6.6 was support in 9.5 Update 2. So I will say you have to use 9.5 Update…
VMware NSX for vSphere 6.3.3 Released
VMware has released NSX for vSphere 6.3.3, this is primarily bug fixes, and a few new things. What's new: Guest Introspection supports Windows Server 2016: See "Guest Introspection for Windows" below for requirements. NSX Controller OS change: The underlying operating system for the NSX Controller is now Photon OS. See Controller Upgrade in the Upgrade Notes for NSX Components section…
VMware PowerCLI 6.5.2 released
VMware has released PoserCLI 6.5.2 thru Microsoft PowerShell Gallery. What's new: Addition of the ‘InventoryLocation’ parameter to the following cmdlets: Move-VM, Import-VApp, New-VApp Ability to mount a Content Library sourced ISO with the New-CDDrive cmdlet Updated Support Around Experimental Features See VMware Blog article about it here: https://blogs.vmware.com/PowerCLI/2017/08/new-release-powercli-652.html
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.6.1 Released
VMware has released vRealize Operations Manager 6.6.1, this is a bug fix version. See the full release notes here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Operations-Manager/6.6.1/rn/vrops-661-release-notes.html
VMware vSphere 6.5 update 1 and more Released
VMware has released vCenter 6.5 Update 1, ESXi 6.5 Update 1, vSAN 6.6.1, Replication 6.5.1, Site Recovery Manager 6.5.1, and VMware Tools 10.1.10. This means that we now can upgrade from vSphere 6.0 update 3 to vSphere 6.5. vCenter 6.5 Update 1 What's new: You can run the vCenter Server Appliance GUI and CLI installers on Microsoft…