vSphere VM Memory Statistics
Active Memory There still seems to be some confusion over what the Active Memory statistic of a virtual machine within vSphere. See example below. You can see that this virtual machine is configured with 4096 MB of memory and the … Continue reading →
VMware vSphere 6.0.0b available for download
At July 7 VMware released vSphere 6.0.0b. This version has bugfixes only. Release notes of ESXi 6.0.0b are here. Download ESXi 6.0.0b here Release notes of vCenter Server 6.0.0b are here. Download vCenter Server 6.0.0b here
Figure out how to use APD and PDL in #vSphere 6.0
During the past weeks i have received a couple of questions about the VM Component Protection (VMCP) feature introduced in vSphere 6.0. The VMCP feature adds another layer of protection for the vir…Read More
Create a pair of Platform Service Controllers in #vSphere 6
Providing a highly available single sign on for vRealize Automation is a fundamental part of ensuring the availability of the platform. Traditionally, (vCAC) vRA uses the Identity Appliance and rel…Read More
Not all Virtual Volumes are the same
VMware Virtual Volumes (or VVols) are a new important features of vSphere 6.0 that could be really important for storage vendors, because they permit to convert external storage in VM-aware storage. It could be really useful for block based storage, but also for NFS storage it can be used to provide a complete per-VM granularity, policy based management and integration with specific storage services: But note that storage vendors can implement different features in different way, so does not…Read More
Unable to Connect to vCenter Inventory Service
When I was doing a demo today, I got an error saying “An internal error has occurred – Error #1099. Reloading the client is recommended, so as to clear any problems left by this error. Click Yes to reload the vSphere Web Client?” After reloading the Web Client, I got the same error. So something […] Unable to Connect to vCenter Inventory Service originally appeared on DoubleCloud by Steve Jin, author of VMware VI and vSphere SDK (Prentice Hall) and creator of VMware vSphere Java API. His…Read More
vSphere 6 – VMware is heading toward VM-aware
A blog to share security, networking and cloud related technology information as @vCloudernBeer picked up on his search for his destiny in the cloud. (LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chowanthony) Friday, July 3, 2015 VMware vSphere 6 was released in early February 2015. The must read “Mastering VMware vSphere X” book series for vSphere 6 is already available. the Internet that we can search for. I OpenStack Summit in Vancouver. My second OpenStack bug fix was submitted upstream and…Read More
How To Use the #vCenter 6 Content Library
It’s a new feature that introduces tighter security controls into your virtual infrastructure.
NexGen Storage is NVMe Ready with QoS at the VM level and VVOLs compatible
NVMe is new standard which is slowly start to replace SAS/SATA by providing fastest/shortest/optimized data path. Associated to a software which does QoS at the VM level and supports VMware VVOLS, it gives you a quite powerful package. In fact all those features are present in the new storage array from NexGen Storage and we’ll […] Read the full post NexGen Storage is NVMe Ready with QoS at the VM level and VVOLs compatible at ESX Virtualization.
Step by Step upgrade process for #VMware tools via the update manager
Hello All, Today i came here with a task from which every administrator bang his head to complete even after knowing that it need to do again after next upgrade of vcenter/Esxi host. To ease this task vmware introduced and i believe you all know it very better “Vmware update manager”. So i am sharing the step by step procedure to achieve this task easily in no time. 😉
Encrypting VSAN VMs with HyTrust
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Use the #vCenter Server 6 Availability Guide to architect a HA solution
vCenter Server has become a mission critical part of most virtual infrastructures. It can be a single point of failure if it is not designed for availability. vCenter Server 6 has many changes relating to vCenter Server and its components and careful consideration has to be made in the design of its architecture. With the release of vSphere 6 and multi-CPU Fault Tolerance many customers asked if they could use it to protect vCenter Server. Initially this was unclear but now VMware has released the vCenter Server 6 Availability Guide which describes how different availability features, like vSphere FT, HA, vCenter Watchdog services and in guest clustering solutions, can be combined depending on customer requirements for availability….Read More
#VSAN #hybridcloud keeping up with all-flash
Everyone who works with storage technology eventually gets around to wishing for the same thing: wouldn’t it be GREAT if we could round up ALL the similar products, and put them through their paces? Reality intrudes, however. Getting a bunch of storage vendors to loan you their expensive arrays — all at the same time — is almost impossible, unless you’ve got a very big transaction to leverage. Finding the time and the space to do the testing is another issue as well — it’s rare that someone with the right skills has the luxury to spend several weeks doing array testing.
How to Configure vCenter Server SMTP Mail Settings in VMWare vCenter Server:
Hi All , I believe most of them knows about it but I tried to write it for the people who want to setup it from the scratch. Whenever the alert is generate it throws a mail to the sender email id so you can get a prompt email and act as per the urgencies.… Continue reading…Read More
How to Remove #VMware Data Security after #vShielf to #NSX upgrade
An existing vShield environment can be upgraded to a full NSX environment, as described in my VCIX post “Upgrade VMware NSX Components”. All vShield components can be upgraded, except for one; vShield Data Security. The documentation states: NSX Data Security does not support a direct upgrade. You must uninstall the current Data Security software before upgrading to NSX Manager. After NSX Manager is upgraded, you can install NSX Data Security version 6.0. If you upgraded to NSX Manager without uninstalling Data Security, you must do so using a REST call. A few days ago, someone came to me with an environment where this exact thing happened. They had upgraded to NSX for all its goodness, but had not removed Data Security and could not…Read More
Read all about it! Grab the white paper with tips for tuning the #ESXi #hypervisor!
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) enables the efficiency and agility benefits that come from untethering network functions from proprietary appliances and moving them to a virtualized infrastructure running over hypervisors and COTS hardware. Enterprise IT departments have been realizing such benefits for a number of years but the telecommunications environment brings new workloads with different requirements. The vSphere ESXi hypervisor provides a high-performance and competitive…Read More
Not enough time? Here is a #vSphere 6 upgrade guide for any busy admin!
This vSphere 6 upgrade guide details the changes in how VMs are provisioned and identity is managed, to name a few of the 650 new features.
vSphere 6 Troubleshooting Questions Answered #VCDX
The ViewPoint Webinar Series connects you directly with VMware’s own expert training team of VMware Certified Instructors (VCIs), making it easier to take full advantage of VMware products, from data center virtualization and hybrid cloud to software-defined data center. Our most recent webinar on Troubleshooting Strategies for vSphere 6 is now available as a recording you […]
Updated version of the vMSC white paper for vSphere 6.0 available now!
One of the most popular white papers of the last couple of year has definitely been the vSphere Metro Storage Cluster best practices white paper (vMSC). Over the past 12 months we have received many emails asking if there were changes that needed to be taken in to account for vSphere 5.5. More recently we started […]
VMware CP&C releases VMware vSphere 6.0 Hardening Guide #VCDX #vExpert #vcdx181.com
The VMware Center for Policy & Compliance (CP&C) team is pleased to announce the release of VMware vSphere 6.0 Hardening Guide Compliance toolkit in VMware vCenter Configuration Manager (VCM). The toolkit consists of automated compliance rules to assess your VMware vSphere 6 based virtualized environments against the hardening guide. It covers 100% of the hardening […]
