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 […]
Nlite alternative for Windows 8 and Windows 7 – WinReducer 8
Everyone knows Nlite, right? Nlite is tool for reducing the size of original Windows ISOs, but the software hasn’t been updated yet for Windows 7 or Widnows 8. Good news, the developer is working on it. With such a tools you can basically strip some options directly from the ISO and install more lightweight system. […]
Disable hibernation on Windows 7 and Windows 8 based systems – standalone and GPO configs
You’ve wondered how to disable hibernation in Windows 7 (W8) and why? Hibernation function on W7 (vista, 8) uses hiberfil.sys hidden system file for fast wake up. When activated hiberfil.sys is created at the root filesystem. Unfortunately, this file is usually very large depending on how much your system has physical memory. Example of my […]
Latency Sensitive Applications on vSphere 5.5 – Deployment and Best practices
Even though everyone is waiting for vSphere 5.5 GA code, the first papers starting to show up. If you’re regular reader of my blog, you remember my article which introduced new feature in vSphere 5.5 which talks about Latency Sensitive Applications on vSphere 5.5. Check out my other vSphere 5.5 features from dedicated VMware vSphere 5.5 […]
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