VMware Product Walkthroughs offer step-by-step VMware how-to’s
VMware Product Walkthroughs offer step-by-step…
The VMware Feature Walkthrough site provides step-by-step guidance for installing, configuring & managing VMware products & solutions.
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VMware Product Walkthroughs offer step-by-step VMware how-to’s
The VMware Feature Walkthrough site provides step-by-step guidance for installing, configuring & managing VMware products & solutions.
An overview of current storage vendor support for VMware Virtual Volumes (VVols) [vsphere-land.com]
VMware’s new external storage architecture, Virtual Volumes (VVols), turned 2 years old this month as it launched as part of vSphere 6.0. The new VASA specification for VVols has been under development by VMware for over 6 years and it’s up to storage vendors to set their own development pace for supporting it. In this post I’ll provide an update on how each storage vendor is positioned to support VVols, this is entirely based on what is published in the VVols HCL (see below figure) and some research I have done. It will not cover things like the capabilities and scalability for VVols that is up to each vendor to dictate what they are capable of doing with VVols and how many VVols that they can support on a storage array.
New Fling: Cross vCenter VM Mobility – CLI
Cross vCenter VM Mobility – CLI is a command line interface (CLI) tool that can be used to migrate or clone a VM from one host to another host managed by a linked or isolated vCenter (VC) instance.
My favorite VMware fling tools [settlersoman.com]
VMware releases useful tools named flings. Those tools help not only in daily activities but also simplify migration or upgrade vSphere environment. Some tools are included in later version of VMware product after testing and solving potential problems/bugs during “fling phase” 🙂 In this post I will show my favorite fling tools that I often use.
vSAN Got a 2.5x Performance Increase: Thank You Intel Optane! [blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks]
Today, March 19th Intel announced the Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X—the first flash device built on the much-anticipated 3D XPoint technology. This is exciting news for vSAN customers, since—as a result of Intel and VMware’s active collaboration—we are pleased to offer day 1 support of vSAN 6.5 and ESXi 6.5 with the Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X. This is the first Intel Optane NVMe drive (375GB) to be made available with more coming soon (750GB and 1.5TB).
Nuclear subs seek virtual SAN, says VMware [theregister.co.uk]
VSAN may get a gig on UK’s Astute-class boats. And is definitely getting a filesystem
2-node vSAN topologies review [cormachogan.com]
There has been a lot of discussion in the past around supported topologies for 2-node vSAN, specifically around where we can host the witness. Now my good pal Duncan has already highlighted some of this in his blog post here, but the questions continue to come up about where I can, and where I cannot place the witness for a 2-node vSAN deployment.
vCenter Server Upgrade and Migration
Learn about vCenter Server upgrade and migration, and the use of PSC repointing & reconfiguring during this process, using an innovative white board format.
How To Reset ESXi Root Password via Microsoft AD [vladan.fr]
When you’re in front of a host where the ESXi root password has been lost, how to reset an ESXi root password might be the first question you’re asking, right? A while back we have posted a way of doing it via VMware Host profiles. But not everyone has Enterprise Plus licensing which includes host profiles.
First vSphere Client (HTML5) update in vSphere 6.5.0b! [VMware vSphere Blog]
With the release of vSphere 6.5.0b, we are proud to announce the first update to the vSphere Client!