VMware VCSA (vCenter Server appliance) is more robust and more scalable. Details in my post which has the details of vCenter server 6.0 (Windows and Linux versions). While deployment of Windows based vCenter server is probbably more usuall in the enterprise, the VCSA isn’t that popular just yet. The reason is certainly the previous limitations […]
vSphere 6 Features – Mark or Tag local disk as SSD disk
In vSphere 6 you can mark local disk as SSD disk (or we can say tag). If you’re planning to activate VSAN, you’ll need some SSDs, at least one per disk group. And you’ll need at least one disk group per host. There is a new feature which is part of the VMware VSAN 6.0 announced […]
vSphere 6 Features – New Config Maximums, Long Distance vMotion and FT for 4vCPUs
VMware vSphere 6 Features: vMotion is one of the emblematic features of VMware Virtualization technology. vMotion is what many of the IT guys (including me) thinks is the “thing that got me hooked” into virtualization. It’s magic. vMotion has been here over a decade. Several improvements were already implemented since 2004 like storage vMotion (sVMotion), multiple […]
vSphere 6 Features – vSphere Client (FAT and Web Client)
VMware vSphere 6 brought new changes into the web client, but not only. The changes are affecting also the Windows (FAT) client. Yes the one you keep using…. The new Web client however is much faster. For example if you remember the login speed in version 5.0, 5.1 or 5.5, that the login speed was […]
vSphere 6 Features – VSAN 6.0 Technical Details
VMware vSphere 6 also brings VSAN 6.0 which brings some significant performance enhancements (As twice as fast in hybrid setup OR 5 times faster in All-Flash setup!!) and new features which the one really excites is that VSAN now allows to be a Flash only (All-Flash), that means that no spinning media is no longer necessary. […]
vSphere 6 Features – vCenter Server 6 Details, (VCSA and Windows)
VMware vSphere 6 introduces vCenter Server 6 which, again, exists in two different platforms – Windows or Linux (SLES based VCSA). This time however the vCenter Server VCSA based virtual appliance offers equal functions than Windows based vCenter server. In this post we’ll look at vSphere 6 Features – vCenter Server 6 Details. Linux based VCSA has […]
How-to Upgrade from Windows 7 or 8.x to Windows 10 Using Windows Update
The final release of Windows 10 isn’t available yet but if you’re testing upgrades of existing computers running Windows 7 or Windows 8 because you want to see how it goes, you can also test the upgrade from Windows 7 or 8.x to Windows 10 Using Windows Update. Note that Microsoft has announced a Free upgrade for […]
StarWind Virtual SAN Product Review
StarWind Virtual SAN is a software based solution allowing to create a shared storage for VMware ESXi hypervisor. Not only that StarWind can create a shared storage, but it can also be a pool of HA and fault-tolerant storage served to hypervisor’s VMs. VMware vSphere and Hyper-V are supported platforms, but today I’ll focus on […]
How-to Backup and Restore VM in VSquare Backup
VSquare Backup is new backup solution (agent-less) for VMware and Hyper-V infrastructures. The particularity of the offering is that it’s a subscription based solution. Today I’ll show How-to Backup and Restore VM in VSquare Backup. The admin console called Anywhere Administration Console allows to setup the connection to the VSquare backup servers. The connection to the […]
vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2d Released – not only maintenance release
VMware has released vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2d. ESXi host builds stays the same, no update here. This release of vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2d fixes many bugs but also changes some default behaviors in DRS. So it’s already 11th update since 5.5 GA version! Check out the release notes here. Here is a quote concerning […]
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