vSphere 6.0 Update 2 Released
ESXi 6.0 U2 New features: VMware host client – back to the good old web client from ESX version 1.x and 2.x, or maybe not this is a HTML5 Client. High Ethernet link speed – ESXi 6.0 U2 supports 25 G and 50 G ethernet link speeds VAIO Enhancements (vSphere API for I/O Filtering) –…
New Releases from VMware
VMware has released a number of new versions of there products. vRealize Suite 7.0 and vCloud Suite 7.0, is now available and contains these new release of: vRealize Automation 7.0.1: see release notes here: http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/vra/vrealize-automation-701-release-notes.html vRealize Business for Cloud 7.0.1: see release notes here: http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/vRBforCloud/701/vRBforCloud-701-release-notes.html vRealize Log insight 3.3.1: see release notes here: http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/LogInsight/33/log-insight-331-release-notes.html there are also som updated version for…
ESXi Embedded Host Client v6
VMware updated the ESXi Embedded Host Client Fling to version 6. The best news is that a version of the will be part of the upcoming ESXi 6.0 Update 2 release, see William Lam's blog post:http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2016/03/the-future-of-the-esxi-embedded-host-client.html He also stats that i will be accessible in the fre VMware Hypervisor version. Here is the change log for this version:…
VMware vRealize Log Insight for vCenter
VMware announced that all users with a vCenter Server License are entitled to use their vCenter Server License to get a 25-OSI pack for vRealize Log Insight for vCenter, at no charge. For more information on this see: http://blogs.vmware.com/management/2016/02/vrealize-log-insight-for-vcenter-faq.html
VMware vRealize Log Insight 3.3 Released
VMware has released vRealize log Insight 3.3, What's New in vRealize Log Insight 3.3 vRealize Log Insight 3.3 includes new and enhanced features that cover all major areas of the product including installation, configuration, licensing, alerting, dashboards, reports, and policies. This release introduces the following enhancements. New and Enhanced Agent Parsers New Syslog, Labeled Tab-Separated…
vSphere 5.0 and 5.1 End of General Support this Year
2016/8/24 VMware will end there general Support for vSphere 5.0 and 5.1, so if you are still using this versions you should begin to plan the next upgrade to 6.0 or 5.5. For more information on VMware product lifecycle see: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/support/Product-Lifecycle-Matrix.pdf Other products that will expire 2016: VMware App Volumes 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 – 2016/12/09 VMware Data…
Veeam One and vCenter 5.5 Update 3
If you are using Veeam One 8.0 and has updated vCenter to version 5.5 update 3, you will get an error that it can't collect performance data. This i due to a change in vCenter that limits the query size. Veeam has a hotfix to solve this problem Veeam One Build 8.0.1731: https://www.veeam.com/kb2071
ESXi Embedded Host Client v5
VMware updated the ESXi Embedded Host Client Fling to version 5. Here is the change log for this version: New Updates in 5.0 Host Improvements to performance monitoring UI, resize dragger, tooltip behavior VM Export VM support (basic) Experimental IT/ES keyboard support for in-browser console Fixed some major issues with storage controller manipulation (adding/removing controllers, assigning…
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.2 Released
VMware has released a new version of vRealize Operations Manager version 6.0. What's New? vRealize Operations Manager 6.2 is the latest release of the VMware integrated vRealize Operations Suite. Updates cover all major areas of the product including installation, configuration, licensing, alerting, dashboards, reports, and policies. This release introduces the following enhancements. Enhanced Distributed Resource Scheduler…
vSAN and HBA Driver support
Be aware of using the correct SCSI/SATA driver for vSAN supported controllers. In the vSAN health check you may see something like this: After checking the Compability list, I found that this controller supported the megaraid_sas. The megaraid_sas is what’s referred to as legacy driver, so you have do disable the native driver. See the KB for instruction: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2044993 Note:…