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Configuration of a 16 node Virtual SAN cluster with the vSphere Distributed Switch – Video

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 18, 2014

There is new video at VMware showing the configuration of a 16 node Virtual SAN cluster with vDS (vSphere distributed switch). If you have missed the VSAN announcement and not using VDS so far because of the enterprise plus entry ticket, you might read the announce from VSAN launch which says that VSAN has the VDS option in. […]

| Filed Under: Videos Tagged With: Configuration of a 16 node Virtual SAN cluster

VMware vSphere 5.5 Fast Track Training Available

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 17, 2017

The latest Fast Track training is available from VMware Education. It’s 5 day’s in depth training which availability has been announced last week by VMware. It’s one of the possible trainings which is necessary to become a VCP certified – VMware Certified Professional. You can find the required (or) recommended trainings on each of the links […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware vSphere 5.5 Fast Track Training

PowerCLI 5.5 R2 Released – Download your free copy

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 12, 2019

Alan Renouf has announced through the PowerCLI blog the news few days back when the main news about VSAN and vSphere 5.5 U1 release. There is a new release of PowerCLI 5.5 R2 (Build 1649237 is VMware vSphere PowerCLI 5.5 Release 2) which brings many new support for different products and vSphere. The latest PowerCLI 5.5 […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff Tagged With: PowerCLI 5.5 R2 Released

VMware VSAN Datastores supported on Horizon View 5.3.1

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 17, 2020

With the GA release of VMware VSAN, the latest update of Horizon View 5.3.1 now supports VSAN datastores as location of Horizon View desktops (full and linked-clones). There is no other enhancements or new features in Horizon View 5.3.1, just the VSAN support, which allows running VDI workflows on VSAN clusters. By default VSAN does […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization

VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) 1.0 GA – FAQ, Pricing and Design Options

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 23, 2023

As I already reported today, VMware has released vSphere 5.5 Update 1 which introduced VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN). Some folks call it version 1.0 of VSAN, but it’s VSAN, it’s GA product and it scales up to 32 nodes. In this post I’ll try to look first at the pricing options which had been unveiled […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization

VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 1 Released

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 13, 2014

VMware has released their latest update to vSphere 5.5 Update 1. This update includes most of the vCloud Suite products, including VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN). VMware VSAN (detailed post here: VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) 1.0 GA – FAQ, Pricing and Design Options) has been long awaited storage feature which is “baked” into the hypervizor and which enables […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 1

Synology Disk Station Manager 5.0 download available

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 22, 2022

Many homelabs do use Synology NAS devices for virtualization, but not only. Synology has just released a new update enhancing the DiskStation Manager to version 5.0. It’s the latest operating system that is used all range of NAS devices. One of the new features is a new user interface that comes with a high-resolution mode for Ultra […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Synology Disk Station Manager 5.0

New Visio Stencils for VMware and Hyper-V from Veeam – free download

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 10, 2014

If you often creating diagrams, you might want to check New Visio Stencils for VMware and Hyper-V from Veeam. Can be used in Viso 2003 – 2013. There are 2D and 3D versions available at Veeam. The download is free, but registration is required. The 2D version got updated to the Metro style so you […]

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VCP for life – are you in?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 22, 2015

Catchy title for not so catchy problem. VMware has announced yesterday a new recertification policy – Recertification Policy: VMware Certified Professional. The news came out from a fellow blogger Christian Mohn (@vninja). He posted the details on his blog and I reacted on the announce by posting two comments. I had a mixed feeling… Feeling that […]

| Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: VCP for life

Official VMware VSAN Design and Sizing Guide (PDF)

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 21, 2017

VMware VSAN Design and Sizing Guide is an up-to-date document that helps to understand VSAN requirements for SSDs, HDDs, but also for memory and CPU per host, as VSAN introduces about 10% of CPU overhead.  The paper was updated at the same time as the yesterday announce for the VSAN Launch and new configuration maximums. The […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff Tagged With: VMware Virtual SAN Design and Sizing Guide, VMware VSAN Design and Sizing Guide

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