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vSphere 6.5 Update 1 is out, here’s why you want to upgrade | Itzikr’s Blog on WordPress.com
Hi VMware have just released the first major update to vSphere 6.5, normally, I don’t blog on these but this update is so big and it fixes some really annoying bugs I saw using the GA version of vSphere 6.5..thankfully, we worked hard with their support to overcome some of the issues I highlighted…
VMware Announces General Availability of vSphere 6.5 Update 1
vSphere 6.5 Update 1 is the Update You’ve Been Looking For! Today, VMware is excited to announce the general availability of vSphere 6.5 Update 1. This is the first major update to the well-received vSphere 6.5 that was released in November of 2016. With this update release, VMware builds upon the already robust industry-leading virtualization The post VMware Announces General Availability of vSphere 6.5 Update 1 appeared first on VMware vSphere Blog .
Latest Fling from VMware Labs – DRS Lens
As VMware vSphere DRS has become more widely adopted now, more and more users are interested in knowing how it works. They need more insights into DRS activity and actions. They want to know the value that DRS provides to their clusters. DRS Lens is an attempt to provide a UI-based solution to help understand DRS better. DRS Lens provides a simple, yet powerful interface to highlight the value proposition of vSphere DRS. Providing answers to simple questions about DRS will help quell many of…Read More
migrate2vcsa – Migrating vCenter 6.0 to 6.5 VCSA
Over the past few years i’ve written a couple of articles on upgrading vCenter from 5.5 to 6.0. Firstly an in place upgrade of the 5.5 VCSA to 6.0 and then more recently an in place upgrade of a Windows 5.5 vCenter to 6.0. This week I upgraded and migrated my NestedESXi SliemaLab vCenter using the migrate2vcsa tool that’s now The post migrate2vcsa – Migrating vCenter 6.0 to 6.5 VSCA appeared first on VIRTUALIZATION IS LIFE! .
VCAP6-DCV Deployment Exam Simulator – Solutions4Crowds
S4C VCAP Simulator is a tool to help students and administrators to achieve the VCAP6-DCV Deployment certification. This simulator is a broken VMware vSphere 6.0 environment that should be fixed by following 17 pre-defined tasks in less than 180 minutes. When the time is gone, the environment will shutdown and access will be interrupted. [ … Continue lendo VCAP6-DCV Deployment Exam Simulator →
Welcome to your lights-out datacenter! With vRealize Operation 6.6 automated workload balance is easier and more controllable than ever. This latest release of vRealize Operation gives you the ability to balance workloads across clusters and datastores, simple controls to govern how much balance you want based on your business needs, three ways to activate it The post Automated Workload Balance appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .
Resources for VMware NSX
NSX can be a beast to take in at once. However, as someone trying to get a handle on all that it has to offer, the article below has some great resources to get you started. No matter what level you are coming into this information at, you will no doubt be able to use these resources to get you started. And as with anything, practice makes perfect. So if you’re like me and learn by doing, then hop on over to VMware’s Hands On Labs site and get started with NSX.
VMware’s NSX, their Network Virtualization and Security platform is one of their hottest technology platforms. NSX is all about micro segmentation, a policy based method for ensuring resourc…
PowerCLI 6.5.1 Installation Walkthrough
We released PowerCLI 6.5.1 two weeks ago and the response has been incredible! The VMware.PowerCLI module is closing in on 4,000 downloads from the PowerShell Gallery and we’ve received a ton of good feedback. There seems to be quite a few questions and comments over this new installation method so I created a walkthrough video […] The post PowerCLI 6.5.1 Installation Walkthrough appeared first on VMware PowerCLI Blog .
Free e-learning course – VMware vSphere: What’s New Fundamentals [V6.0 to V6.5]
This course highlights the new features and enhancements in vSphere 6.5. It also presents use cases that describe how the new features align with customer needs.
Weathervane, a benchmarking tool for virtualized infrastructure and clouds – now open source!
Weathervane is a performance benchmarking tool developed at VMware. It lets you assess the performance of your virtualized or cloud environment by driving a load against a realistic application and capturing relevant performance metrics. You might use it to compare the performance characteristics of two different environments, or to understand the performance impact of some change in an existing environment.
