vCenter 6.5 Update 1e, 6.0 Update 3d and 5.5 Update 3g Released
VMware released new security updated vCenter server, There are also new patches for the ESXi server. This updated version of vCenter Server provides part of the hypervisor-assisted guest remediation of CVE-2017-5715 for guest operating systems. For important details on this remediation, see VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2018-0004. The ESXi patches are also required. See release notes here for: 6.5 U1e: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-65u1e-release-notes.html 6.0…
VMware Horizon 7.4.0 and other Released
VMware has released Horizon 7.4.0, Horizon Client 4.7, User Environment Manager 9.3.0, vRealize Operations for Horizon 6.5.1 and vRealize Operations for Published Applications 6.5.1. VMware Horizon 7.4.0 What's new: Horizon Connection Server Cloud Pod Architecture The Cloud Pod Architecture feature now supports one-way Active Directory trust domains. Horizon administrators can implement one-way trust topologies in a Cloud Pod Architecture…
New Releases from VMware
VMware has released NSX-T 2.1 , Fusion 10.1 and Workstation/Player 14.1. VMware NSX-T 2.1 What's New: New NSX-T Features Load Balancer Inline and one-arm load balancer topology support for workloads. NSX-T load balancer support in OpenStack deployments and Ingress in Kubernetes container deployments. Pivotal Application Service Integration (PAS/PCF) NSX-T 2.1 integration with Pivotal Application Service 2.0…
VMware vCenter 6.5 Update 1d and ESXi 6.5 Update 1 Patch 2 Released
VMware has released vCenter 6.5 Update 1d, this is a security fix version. See the full release notes here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-65u1d-release-notes.html ESXi 6.5 Update 1 Patch 2 contains bug and security fixes.Including fixes for vSAN. See this KB for more information: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2151102
Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 update 3 Released.
Veeam has released the much awaited update 3 for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5. New features Built-in agent management. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows and Veeam Agent for Linux can now be deployed and managed directly from the Veeam Backup & Replication console, adding support for physical and cloud workloads protection. Maintain complete control of data protection…
VMware Tools 10.2.0 Released
VMware has released VMware Tools 10.2.0, this version has build in support for distribution thru Microsoft SCCM. What's new: Offline bundle with VMware Tools VIB: Offline bundles with VMware Tools VIB that can be installed on vSphere 5.5.x, 6.0.x and 6.5.x releases using vSphere Update Manager. VMware Tools 10.2.0 supports the guest operating systems below:…
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 6.2 Release
VMware has released Converter Standalone 6.2, this has support for vSphere 6.5 Update 1 and Windows Server 2016. What's new: Interoperability with vSphere 6.5 Update 1 Support for additional guest operating systems: Windows Server 2016, Ubuntu 16. Converter Standalone 6.2 adds a new configuration option in converter-worker.xml for Linux migrations. You can provide a path for…
VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 1.1 Released
VMware has released VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 1.1, this version includes some new features and bug fixes. What's new: In-product Marketplace that allows you to browse and install VMware Marketplace content for all the vRealize products. It not only filters the content as for the available environments and product versions, but also notifies you of…
Veeam SAN mode Backup failure
I was troubleshooting a strange Veeam backup problem. I could not get Veeam to do SAN mode backup. The installation was. vCenter 6.5 Update 1c ESXi 6.5 update 1 Veeam B&R 9.5 Update 2 Backup server Windows 2012 R2 Backup Proxy server Windows 2016 Subsystem Device Driver Device Specific Module 2.5.0.0 storage IBM Storwize V7000 FC Hyperswap VMFS-6…
VMware Horizon View 7.3.2 Released
VMware Has released a new build of Horizon View. This is a bug fixes version. Fixed in this version Instant-clone operations fail with Horizon 7 version 7.3.1 or version 7.3 while connecting to vCenter Server in some situations. This failure can have significant consequences in production and is now handled gracefully in Horizon 7 version 7.3.2. Here is…