Virtual Volume VVol interoperability
In the newly released vSphere 6.0 there is a nice new feature called VVol, this is a feature that's has been talked about for a long time. But before you implement this, you should check if it interoperability with features or other products that you are using. VMware has made a KB. with there interoperability: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2112039 You should…
VMware NSX 6.1.3 Released
VMware has released NSX 6.1.3 with support for vSphere 6.0. There is some limitation in the support for vSphere 6.0, see this KB: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2110197 There are also other changes, for this see the release notes, they can be found here: https://www.vmware.com/support/nsx/doc/releasenotes_nsx_vsphere_613.html
Veeam support for vSphere 6.0
Veeam don't have support for vSphere 6.0 at the moment but they are working on it here is what they are saying on there forum. Veeam Backup & replication: Not yet, as currently available code does not support it. We will estimate and communicate final support timelines once we deploy the RTM build of vSphere…
VMware Horizion View 6.1 Released
VMware has released Horizon View 6.1 witch has support for vSphere 6.0, and other new cool features and enhancements. see the release notes: https://www.vmware.com/support/horizon-view/doc/horizon-61-view-release-notes.html?src=vmw_so_vex_akjaer_792
vSphere 6.0 Released
VMware Announcement vSphere 6.0 on February 2nd, and we have been waiting for the release / General Availability og vSphere 6.0 and associated products, Now the wait is over and we can download the binaries: HP has also released there customized image. vSphere 6.0 release notes is here: https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere6/doc/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-60-release-notes.html?src=vmw_so_vex_akjaer_792 vSphere Data Protection 6.0 release notes: https://www.vmware.com/support/vdr/doc/vdp_600_releasenotes.html?src=vmw_so_vex_akjaer_792 vSphere Replication 6.0 release notes: https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere-replication/doc/vsphere-replication-60-release-notes.html?src=vmw_so_vex_akjaer_792…
vRealize Operations Manager 6.0.0 Foundation
I was asked if a customer could use VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.0.0 in Foundation mode as they did with vCenter Operations Manager, and the answer is no, at the moment is do not support running i foundation, so you still have to use the old vCops for that. vRealize may in the future come in a…
vSphere Web Client 5.5 Update 2d
I have done the first upgrade til vSphere 5.5 update 2d today, and that went smooth. Afterward I needed to show the customer some things in vCenter and i used the vSphere Web Client, afterwards his first comment was, why is the vSphere Web Client running so fast on my machine, I had not noticed it, so i tried i againt,…
VMware vSphere 5.5 Patches
On January 27, 2015 VMware released new patches for vSphere 5.5, vCenter 5.5 Update 2d, and ESXi 5.5 update 2d. One of the resolved items in ESXi 5.5 Update 2, is the CBT bug, seen in this VMware KB: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2090639 This KB is not updated, with this information at the moment, but it is in one of the release notes…
Cancel Remove Snapshot Task
* Disclamer: I'm not sure this is supported by VMware, and requires a deep knowledge of how VMware snapshots works, and this can vary in different versions. I had a customer contacting me that they had a problem. They had shutdown a Virtual Machine because it had a huge snapshot ~1.7 TB, and afterwards they had…
VMware vRealize Automation 6.2 and more Released
VMware har released there new version of vCloud Automation Center (vCAC) now VMware vRealize Automation 6.2 and vRealize Automation Application Services 6.2. What's New Supportability Enhancements Improved logging and event tracking for auditing. Included centralized log collection of all cluster logs, including IaaS. Added telemetry support. Added certificate validation and simplification in vRealize Automation Management console. Integration…