VMware Workstation Pro 12.5.6 and Fusion 8.5.7 Released
VMware has released Workstation Pro 12.5.6 and Fusion 8.5.7. This versions add support for Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703) and bug fixes. See full release notes for VMware Workstation Pro 12.5.6 here: http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/workstation/12/workstation-1256-release-notes.html And Fusion 8.5.7 Released here: http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/fusion/8/fusion-857-release-notes.html
VMware Tools 10.1.7 Released
VMware Tools version 10.1.7 released, this version fixes and Receive Side Scale (RSS) problem with the VMXNET3 driver. the problem description is in this blog from VMware: https://blogs.vmware.com/apps/2017/03/rush-post-vmware-tools-rss-incompatibility-issues.html See full release notes here: http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/vmwaretools/1010/vmware-tools-1017-release-notes.html
VMware Released vRealize Automation 7.3 and Other
VMwware has released vRealize Automation 7.3, vRealize Orchestrator 7.3, vRealize Code Stream 2.3 and VMware User Environment Manager 9.2. vRealize Automation 7.3 What's new: Parameterized Blueprints to Enhance Reusability and Reduce Sprawl​ Policy-Based Optimization of Virtual Machine Placement Enhanced Control of NSX-Provisioned Load Balancers Enhanced NAT Port Forwarding Rules NSX Security Group and Tag Management High…
Disable Delayed Ack for iSCSI on ESXi, not always working
Some iSCSI storage system, requires that “Delayed Ack” is disabled on the ESXi hosts, like DELL Equallogic, HPE StoreVirtual and HPE StoreServ. If this is not done in the correct order this will not work completely as expected. The KB from VMware says, just to disable it, and reboot, and this will work if you wan not…
vSphere 6.5 support for vRealize Infrastructure Navigator and vRealize Hyperic
There is in vSphere 6.5 no longer support for vRealize Infrastructure Navigator and vRealize Hyperic. This 2 products have been replaced by 2 new products, so I don't think that this will get updated/upgraded to support vSphere 6.5. vRealize Infrastructure Navigator This product have been replaced with a management pack for vRealize Operations. This management pack…
RVTools 3.9.5 Released
Rob de Veij has updated his fantastic tool, RVTools to version 3.9.5, this fixes some small issues. Bug fix: Unhandled System.Security.SecurityException in CLI Bug fix: Export vLicence tabpage not working in CLI Bug fix: Export from CLI creates tabpage.xls.xlsx files. Now changed to tabpage.xlsx files Bug fix: dvSwitch tab page has two 'Name' fields. One is renamed now…
PowerCLI 6.5.1 Released
VMware has released PowerCLI 6.5.1, this new version, adds support for new commands til DRS groups/Rules and vSAN 6.6. See the VMware blog about it here: https://blogs.vmware.com/PowerCLI/2017/04/new-release-powercli-6-5-1.html There is no installer for this version, it is installed thru PowerShell Gallery, here is a blog on how to install: https://blogs.vmware.com/PowerCLI/2017/04/powercli-install-process-powershell-gallery.html After I have installed this i made a a…
vSAN 6.6, ESXi 6.5d, vCenter 6.5d and more Released
VMware has released vSAN 6.6 which is a part of vCenter 6.5d and ESXi 6.5d. This is a very exciting new version of vSAN with many new features and enhancements. vSAN 6.6 What’s New: VMware Virtual SAN (vSAN) 6.6 introduces the following new features and enhancements: Unicast. In vSAN 6.6 and later releases, multicast is not required…
VMware vCenter 6.5c Released
This is a security fix for vCenter 6.5a, addressing remote code execution vulnerability due the use of BlazeDS to process AMF3 messages See the full release notes here: http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/vsphere/65/vsphere-vcenter-server-650c-release-notes.html
VMware vSphere Data Protection EOA
VMware has announced End of Availability for there backup solution (vDP). vSphere 6.5 will be last version to have this product included. Instead they will focus on the vSphere Storage API, which is the backup API that is used for image backup by vDP and all 3th party backup vendors. For more information see the KB: https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2149614 Or…