#VMware VSAN 6.2 Performance & Storage savings (via chansblog.com)
Just a quick post to share some very interesting performance stats observed on my home lab VSAN cluster (Build details here). The VSAN datastore is in addition to a few NFS datastores also mounted on the same hosts using an external Synology SAN.
#VMware VCSA – Find services information
Hello Folks, In my previous article, we spoke about how to configure a login banner for vSphere Web Client in vSphere 6.0 Update 2. Continuing the series with the VMware VCSA, we will look at how to find information related to the services on the VCSA. Hence, the title of the article, VMware VCSA Find services information.
Design Guide for #VMware NSX running with a Cisco ACI Underlay Fabric
This document provides guidance for networking and virtualization architects interested in taking advantage of the full functionality of VMware NSX while utilizing Cisco ACI for underlay network functionality. While neither solution has a dependency on each other, there are dependencies to ensure interoperability. This paper discusses the fundamental building blocks of NSX with VMware ESXi and recommended underlay configurations with Cisco’s ACI.
#VMware says users run away screaming after trying OpenStack (via The Register)
CEO Pat Gelsinger announces above-expectations Q1 results and share re-purchase plan
How healthy is your #vSphere environment?
One common question I get from customers is how to prove that there are not hidden warning lurking around in the log files. As you know, vSphere produces a lot of logs. I shared how you can check performance issue here, so I will complement it here.
#vSphere Enterprise licenses EOA
VMware has announced that vSphere Enterprise licenses is EOA June 30, 2016, this also includes Operations Management Standard and VMware vSphere with Operations Management Enterprise.
Stretched cluster with NSX (via cloudfix.nl)
Last NLVMUG I was talking about stretched clusters. My presentation elaborated somewhat on how VMware NSX can help you deal with challenges that arise when deploying a stretched cluster solution. In this blogpost I want to have a closer look at this specific topic.
#VMware Sales Climb Thanks to New Software (via Fortune)
Software is helping making up some server deficits at VMware.
Supported #vSphere vCenter and ESXi Ciphers
Hi everyone, One question that comes up regularly is “What ciphers are supported on vCenter and ESXi?”. I’m happy to share that we have published a VMware Knowledge Base article outlining the supported ciphers!
Check #vSphere Compatibility Results From the Command Line (via Virtualization Review)
This command could be your new best friend.
Migrating OS X VMs from #VMware Fusion 7 Pro to ESXi 5.5
A new feature that appeared in VMware Fusion 7 Pro was its new ESXi management. This included the ability to upload VMs from Fusion directly to an ESXi server. However, when I tried to upload OS X VMs something seemed to go wrong. The upload would work, but the OS X VM would then hang on boot.
#VMware VCSA – 3 Ways to Activate SSH
Today’s post we’ll show you different ways to activate SSH in VMware VCSA (vCenter Server Linux Appliance). VMware VCSA – 3 Ways to Activate SSH is today’s topic. You might already know all this. You perhaps rolled VCSA in your production environment already and you have your own experience. Never mind, this post targets VMware users who do not know much about VCSA, they did not have time to dig around or are purely Windows admins that did not have time to check it out. Let’s get started.
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#VMware VCSA – How to check running services? (via vladan.fr)
We have covered 3 ways to activate SSH in VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) in our previous post – VMware VCSA – 3 Ways to Activate SSH. Today’s post we will check for the services running on the VCSA and we will see what to do if we don’t have an access via GUI. Usually, the reason that GUI won’t work is that one of the services is not running and needs to be started. But how to do when there is no easy access to start those services?
vSphere HTML5 Web Client Fling v1.2 (h5client) – Moving away from Client Integration Plugin (CIP) #h5client
Today we’re pleased to announce our second full update to the h5client fling. Once again, in case you missed it, this blog post helps introduce how to install the first version of the fling (These instructions should all still apply if you’re installing from scratch): http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2016/03/vsphere-html5-web-client-fling-getting-started.html
Recovering from a full #VSAN datastore scenario (via cormachogan.com)
We had an interesting event happen on one of our lab servers this weekend. One of the hosts in our four node cluster hit an issue, which meant that the storage on that host was no longer available to the VSAN datastore. Since VSAN auto-heals, it attempted to re-protect as many VMs as possible. However, since we chose to ignore one of the health check warnings to do with limits, we ended up with a full VSAN datastore.
HPE Data Protector VE Integration/ #VMware best practice
The Virtual Environment Integration (VE Integration) provides protection of VMs in virtual server environments. It is used o integrate HPE Data Protector with various virtualization environments, currently VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V. For Citrix XenServer is a script solution available. I will focus on VMware vSphere.
Start Using #vRealize Log Insight Today!
This document outlines the process to evaluate VMware vRealize Log Insight 3.0. This document provides details on product installation and configuration; then guides you through using Log Insight.
Setting up #VVOL’s on HP 3PAR
As I’ve recently brought a HPE 3PAR 7200 into production with an ESXi 6.0 U2 cluster I thought what a better time than now to check out just how VVOLs are implemented by HPE. Although the tasks to do so aren’t difficult by any means I find the documentation around doing so is a bit scattered in different KB’s and documents between VMware and HPE, especially if you have upgraded to their latest firmware (3.2.2 MU2).
MicroSD card RAID 1 as #VMware ESXi boot device (via running-system.com)
If you install ESXi on a microSD card and if you use HP Proliant Servers you may be interested in the “HP Dual 8GB MicroSD Enterprise Midline USB” (HP P/N: 741281-002). This dual-microSD card module provides data redundancy through a mirrored RAID 1 configuration. You connect the module to the internal USB port and install ESXi as usual!
