vCenter server appliance (Linux) version 5.5 increased the limits for its internal vPostgress DB now supporting up to 100 hosts and 3000 VMs. Soft limit, but enabling the usage and deployment scenarios at the client’s sites. Clients which are OK with the fact that their vCenter is not on Windows. There are some questions which […]
Realtek 8169 NIC in ESXi 5.5 not detected by default – install a VIB
I was upgrading my White boxes this weekend. I had them populated with some Intel NICs (no problem with those) and some Realtek NICs. The unsupported Realtek NIC was not recognized after a clean install, but could be installed with community-supported drivers. Read on if you have the same problem and your Realtek 8169 NIC […]
Zentyal Linux 3.2 released
I’ve reported about Zentyal Linux few months back and showed two types of installs (prepackaged and on the top of Ubuntu server). I found that this Linux distro is interesting enough for small, or very small businesses. Its Ubuntu Server based distribution which uses an GUI front-end for easy administration. This is interesting for people […]
Installing and upgrading to ESXi 5.5 – Best practices and tips
ESXi 5.1 standalone or ESXi 5.1 managed by vCenter can be upgraded to ESXi 5.5 after the last week’s GA release of vSphere 5.5. While for ESXi managed by vCenter, the upgrade process is quite straight forward by using VUM (VMware Update Manager). The VUM can also be used with Linux based (VCSA), where the […]
vCenter Server 5.5 Installation Best Practices
There is a new KB and new video discussing the vCenter Server 5.5 installation best practices. As the vCenter server is one of the pieces which needs to be setup best way possible, the KB Installing vCenter Server 5.5 best practices is a must. I can highly recommend to bookmark. For environments where linked mode is not […]
Few tips when working with vSphere 5.5 web client – video
There is a couple of new videos which has been added at VMware YouTube TechPubs channel. I really like those videos as they’re done professional way and shows really cool details. The one I wanted to point to is the video showing the HTML 5 web based console and using the web based client and […]
Performance best practices for vSphere 5.5 – technical PDF
VMware vSphere 5.5 is officially GA since few days. The whole vCloud suite starts to leverage Flash features (vFlash read cache) and upcoming VSAN. VSAN really is something that’s transforming the classic shared storage market and shared storage approach in design. VSAN is discussed briefly in the pdf Performance best practices for vSphere 5.5. I’m planning […]
Windows 8.1 upgrade options
New pricing options for Windows 8.1 has been unveiled by Microsoft last week. Retail version Windows 8.1 will be available in standalone, full versions of the software. Microsoft has previously announced that only upgrades from previous versions of Windows might be available. Users willing to upgrade from Windows 7 can upgrade to W8.1. There is several […]
VMware vCloud Suite 5.5, vSphere 5.5 and ESXi 5.5 available for Download!
Yesterday VMware has finally released the final release of VMware vSphere 5.5 which is GA and available for download. The whole vCloud suite and vSphere products including ESXi 5.5 are available at VMware. After Friday’s aler through Twitter and VMware KB not to let the automatic update let upgrade the vSphere replication to 5.5 pre-release […]
VMware VSAN Beta Community opens the doors
A publicly available VMware VSAN beta community has been unveiled last week. You may have missed the news, so that’s why this post. VSAN beta community provides the latest news and informations about upcoming VMware VSAN. There are some PDF technical documents available there like VSAN datasheet or VSAN technical whitepaper. There is also an […]
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