VMware CEO Says Dell’s Acquisition of EMC Will Have Positive Impact — eWeek
In recent TV interviews, CEO Pat Gelsinger says having Dell as the primary shareholder will help accelerate growth for the virtualization company.
PernixData Architect 1.1 and FVP version 3.5 are general available — Virtualisatieadvies
PernixData, the leader in analytics-driven flash storage, announced today the general availability (GA) of Architect version 1.1 and FVPversion 3.5, the premier platforms for infrastructure analytics and server-side storage acceleration.
Using the vSphere API to remotely generate ESXi performance support bundles — virtuallyGhetto
This is a follow-up post from my previous article on how to run a script using a vCenter Alarm action in the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA). What I had demonstrated was using a pyvmomi (vSphere SDK for Python) script to be triggered automatically to generate a VMware Support Bundle for all ESXi hosts for a given vSphere Cluster. The one caveat that I had mentioned in the blog post was that the solution slightly differed from the original request which was to create an ESXi performance support bundle. However, the vSphere API only supports the creation of generic VMware Support Bundle which may not be as useful if you are only interested in collecting more granular performance stats for troubleshooting purposes.
Installing the new macOS 10.12 Sierra ‘Developer Preview’ on VMware Fusion 8
It’s that time of year again! With #WWDC2016 in full swing, Apple has graced us with an insider look at the next big OS release for the renamed macOS dubbed Sierra.
Yet another ESXi pxe boot solution — Michael Ryom
Hopefully this isn’t just “yet another pxe boot solution” – It may not be as smart as puppet or chef, but hopefully you come to see that this is at least semi automated and a bit clever. So what sets this apart from so many other pxe solution/kickstart.
vCenter Server 6.0 Upgrade – Log on as a Service error
It’s been a while since I upgraded an old version of vCenter Server to 6.0 and I totally forgot about the error that pops up about NT Service\All Services not having Log on as a Service rights….. I was actually going to blog about this when I encountered the error at the start of the year, but it totally slipped my mind…. I think I need to start keeping a list of things I have to blog about (old age)!
Oracle Databases on VMware Best Practices Guide
As of May 2016 a new Oracle Databases on VMware Best Practices Guide is now available. This is a must read for anyone deploying Business Critical Applications on vSphere 6. The lessons learned in this best practice guide will apply to any business Critical Applications deployed on VMware.
Virtual Volumes On Nimble OS 3 — Virtual Blocks
I recently had the opportunity to test drive Virtual Volumes on Nimble Storage. This was my first time ever touching a Nimble Storage array, and if I had to summarize the experience in one word it would be simplicity. The array setup, VVol configuration, and eventually management of my VVols was extremely simple, highly available, and had some pretty differentiating functionality.
VMware vSphere CPU-Affinity NEW KB
The definition and understanding of the technology of what is often referred to as “CPU Pinning” or more precisely “CPU Affinity” has been both distorted and confused over the last decade. This new Knowledge Base Article serves to clarify those distortions and misunderstandings. This is particularly important now because the desire on the part of many customers and partners to create optimized sub-capacity architectures, often for reasons pertaining to 3rd party software licensing has never been stronger. CPU Affinity works as advertised which has always been the case and this article states that fact in the strongest possible terms.
A wish list of dream features for a vSphere 6.5 deployment — TechTarget
With VMworld 2016 mere months away and a vSphere beta program underway, check out this list of features we’d like to see in a new version of vSphere.
Best Places to Work in IT 2016: VMware no. 26 among large organizations — Computerworld
This Palo Alto, Calif., provider of cloud and virtualization software and services promotes a culture of collaboration, honesty and community service. VMware encourages its IT staffers to innovate and act as R&D pioneers. The company offers learning and career growth opportunities and celebrates social responsibility and community involvement — encouraging the latter by allowing employees to take up to 40 hours of paid time off per year to volunteer. The company organizes wellness fairs, fitness events, service learning fairs and weekly social gatherings, and its award-winning campus features on-site cafes and gym facilities.
VMware launches new service to manage endpoint security — Network World
VMware wants to help companies get a better handle on the security of the computers their employees use. The new TrustPoint product the company announced Monday uses software to make it possible to track and manage computers easily and quickly, without taking up a whole bunch of data.
Virtualization The Future: Sparse VM Swap Object in VSAN 6.2
Those of you who have a good understanding of VSAN at this stage will know that a virtual machine deployed on the VSAN datastore is deployed as a set of objects, and not a set of files, which is how a VM is deployed on traditional datastores. Those objects include the
VMware Announces Intent to Acquire Arkin — VMware Radius
Arkin offers a platform that has been purpose-built for NSX environments, significantly lowering time to resolution in the SDDC.
How to run a script from a vCenter Alarm action in the VCSA? — virtuallyGhetto
As more and more customers transition from the vCenter Server for Windows to the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA), a question that I get from time to time is how do I run a script using a vCenter Alarm from the VCSA? Traditionally, customers would create and run Windows specific scripts such as a simple batch script or a more powerful Powershell/PowerCLI script. However, since the VCSA is a Linux based operating system, these Windows specific scripts would no longer function, at least out of the box.
Things to Consider When Upgrading Your VMware Disaster Recovery Solution
Once upon a time, you protected your VMs with VMware Site Recovery Manager, and now you are wondering how to upgrade your DR solution with minimum impact on the environment. Is it as seamless as you think?
Enhancements to the VM Tools Version-Mapping File
VMware ESXi GA releases, and certain patch releases, include VMware Tools installers for the most common guest OSs. A helpful resource that customers have used to map ESXi releases to VM Tools versions is available online at: https://packages.vmware.com/tools/versions
EMC XtremIO: VMware ESXi Multi-Array Settings
The following table represents the recommended VMware vSphere ESXi host settings to be applied when an ESXi host(s) is connected to a single array and also details multi-array settings when at least one of the arrays is XtremIO.
Quick Tip – How to create a Windows 2016 ISO supporting EFI boot w/o prompting to press a key
We had a question this week from a customer that was looking automate the installation of the latest Windows 2016 Tech Preview running on vSphere. They were booting the ISO using the EFI firmware and found that they would always be prompted with the “Press any key to boot from CD or DVD ….” message as shown in the screenshot below.
How to enable the Managed Object Browser (MOB) for ESXi 6.0 Hosts
In the course of investigations for a support request I tried to connect to the Managed Object Browser (MOB) of an ESXi 6 Host as I am used to from ESXi 5.x Hosts.
