Default hashing algorithm changed in OVFTool 4.2 preventing OVF/OVA import using vSphere C# Client – virtuallyGhetto
After upgrading my home lab recently to vSphere 6.5, I also updated some of the related utilities such as the various SDKs and CLIs.
PowerCLI Script to verify ESXi 6.5 support – Virten.net
VMware vSphere 6.5 is here and a lot of systems are no longer supported. Use the following script to verify that ESXi hosts in your environment are certified for running ESXi 6.5. The script generated the following output for all hosts onnected to the vCenter.
Deploying VIC v0.7.0 in multi-cluster, multi-DVS infras – CormacHogan.com
I’ve been liaising with one of our customers in the UK who is currently evaluation vSphere Integrated Containers in a very large vSphere infrastructure. In this infrastructure, a single vCenter Server is managing lots and lots of vSphere clusters, and Continue reading → The post Deploying VIC v0.7.0 in multi-cluster, multi-DVS infras appeared first on CormacHogan.com .
Locked out of VMware vCenter Server by the NSX Distributed Firewall? – vzealand.com
You enabled the Distributed Firewall by changing the default rule to DENY but forgot to exclude the virtual vCenter Server first. Now you are locked out. Yup this happend in my lab tonight after a redeploy of NSX and enabling the DFW.
Can you upgrade to vSphere 6.5 when using a vSphere Enterprise license? – viktorious.nl
A couple of days ago, VMware vSphere 6.5 became general available. vSphere 6.5 brings a lot new interesting features that are summarised in the various blog posts and also in this whitepaper.
New Release: PowerCLI 6.5 R1 – VMware PowerCLI Blog
There’s been a lot of buzz around PowerCLI lately, and we’re keeping it going! It gives me great pleasure to announce the general availability of VMware PowerCLI 6.5 Release 1!
How to enable vCenter Server High Availability (VCHA) in vSphere 6.5 w/single ESXi host? – virtuallyGhetto
One of the big new features that was introduced in vSphere 6.5, exclusively for vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA), is the vCenter Server High Availability (VCHA) capablilty.
How to backup / restore encrypted VMs in vSphere 6.5 – Notes from MWhite
This is something I have been thinking on for a while. And I have talked to a lot of people about it. I think I know how it works and I am going to write it down here. I will update this as I get to test things. Any comments or corrections or suggestions welcome.
vSphere 6.5: Login To Web Client Fails With Invalid Credentials – virtuallyPeculiar
So, today I was making certain changes on my password policies on vSphere 6.5 and I ran into an interesting issue. I had created a user in the SSO domain (vmware.local), called as happycow@vmware.local and I tried to login to web client with this user. However, the login failed with the error: Invalid Credentials.
Predictive DRS
Resource contention is one of the most critical issues in any virtualized environment. When contention occurs, applications slow down and your users are affected. Up until now two different methodologies have been employed to mitigate the risk of contention, with varied results. But now I want to introduce you to the new “game changing” method The post Predictive DRS appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .
Game Changing: Day 2 Enterprise Data Management Tasks with VMware NSX and vRealize Operations
As a Staff Partner Architect at VMware, I tend to look at our platform and products through a slightly different lens than some of my colleagues. Rather than focusing solely on our feature rich product sets and platform, I take a top down approach and identify which of these features are most interesting for mission/business critical deployments in a Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC).
Configuration Maximum changes from vSphere 6.0 to vSphere 6.5 – vsphere-land.com
vSphere 6.5 is now available and with every release VMware makes changes to the configuration maximums for vSphere. Since VMware never highlights what has changed between releases in their official Configuration Maximum 6.5 documentation, I thought I would compare the document with the 6.0 version and list the changes between the versions here.
vSphere 6.5 DRS Performance – A new white-paper – VMware VROOM! Blog
VMware recently announced the general availability of vSphere 6.5. Among the many new features in this release are some DRS specific ones like predictive DRS, and network-aware DRS. In vSphere 6.5, DRS also comes with a host of performance improvements like the all-new VM initial placement and the faster and more effective maintenance mode operation.
vSphere Replication 6.5, 5 minute RPO for ALL! – Yellow Bricks
I just noticed the following in the vSphere Replication 6.5 release notes which I felt was worth sharing:
vSphere 6.5: What is vCenter High Availability – virtuallyPeculiar
In 6.0 we had the option to provide high availability for the Platform Services Controller by deploying redundant PSC nodes in the same SSO domain and utilizing a manual re point command or a Load balancer to switch to a new PSC if the current one was down. However, for vCenter nodes there was no such option available, and the only way to have HA for vCenter node was to either configure Fault Tolerance or have the vCenter virtual machine in a HA enabled cluster.
What’s new in the vSphere 6.5 Host Profiles
This video reviews what’s new in Host Profiles in vSphere 6.5
New Courses on vSphere 6.5, Cloud, NSX & More
Last month the Education Services team opened registration for several new instructor-led training courses covering a broad range of topics. For more information on these courses use the links below or contact your local Learning Specialist.
Virtual Machine Encryption Key Management Server Setup
This video covers setting up a Safenet KMS Cluster for VM Encryption Key Management Server
Encrypting Virtual Machines and Disks
This video explains how to use the vSphere Web Client to create an encrypted VM, to encrypt and decrypt an existing VM and to encrypt or decrypt virtual disks.
vSphere Virtual Machine Encryption Overview
With vSphere 6.5, VMware is adding vSphere Virtual Machine Encryption to it’s rich set of security features. This video give an overview of those features.
