This guide will help folks which are new to virtualization or admins just starting with VMware virtualization, they run ESXi free version without vCenter. How to patch Free VMware ESXi standalone host is a common question I’m getting on regular basis and I though that I document that from the beginning to the end. If […]
Hands On Labs Presents – EVO:RAIL HOL-SDC-1428
There is a new lab at Hands On Labs available for EVO:RAIL. It’s HOL-SDC-1428 and this lab allows to play with the latest technology by VMware. If you don’t already have a HOL account you can create one for free. It’s a good way to explore the different possibilities of EVO:RAIL software without having one. Pretty […]
Free Tool – PowerActions for vSphere Web Client allows Integration of PowerCLI into the Web Client
New free tool for VMware administrators – PowerActions for vSphere Web Client. The new utility was released by VMware labs recently and allows to execute PowerCLI scripts from within the vSphere web client. The free tool called PowerActions for vSphere Web Client brings also a library of PowerCLI scripts prepared for use. You can add […]
Free Learning VDP Advanced 5.8 – Online Course by VMware Education
VMware has put online new training course for vSphere Data Protection (VDP) Advanced version. As you know the advanced version can backup business critical applications like Exchange, SQL or Sharepoint (Even if still on physical), and lifts many limits of VDP standard. The product has evolved since 5.1 or 5.5 versions, where the 5.5 version […]
Microsoft Exchange Server performance on VMware Virtual SAN
New technical PDF showing Microsoft Exchange Server performance on VMware Virtual SAN. Many customers runs Microsoft Exchange locally at their datacenters and wonder how Exchange would perform. I think the paper comes just in time to show that VSAN can considerably accelerate the Exchange Workflows. The paper is written by Jinpyo Kim (staff engineer in the […]
VMware Virtual SAN 5.5 Validation Guide
This guide helps to do a check of VSAN requirements before and after deployment. VMware engineers used this document internally first in order to validate the VSAN requirements before hitting the “enable VSAN” checkbox. It allows some head scratching on “why am I getting this error?”. If you go through and successfully validate all the […]
Free Tool for Nested ESXi Labs – ESXi Mac Learning dvFilter
There is a free utility called ESXi MAC learning dvFilter released by VMware Labs last week. This utility is provided as a VIB and installs on the physical ESXi host, not on the virtual ESXi hosts. I learned about it by reading posts from William Lam and Andreas Peetz. ESXi Mac Learning dvFilter is kind of […]
TOP 10 Free Sessions from VMworld 2014 US are Online – Check it out
TOP 10 Free Sessions from VMworld 2014 US. There are new sessions from VMworld US 2014 available for free. There is a TOP 10 of them available. (in fact there is 18 of them). It’s a good way to allow to people which were not able to attend to still have something to watch until […]
VMware Virtual SAN Sizing Tool
There is new Online utility which assists in design considerations and automates the storage sizing calculations for VSAN clusters. The utility gathers requirements in order to give you as an output a full detailed specifications. The process is done in two steps: Step1: You need to enter your VMs characteristics – size of VMDK, number of […]
How-to Monitor VMware VSAN with a VMware VSAN Observer – New PDF
There is a new whitepaper provide by VMware which teaches you how to monitor VMware VSAN with a VMware VSAN Observer. It’s a utility which is baked in with vCenter server (since 5.5 U1) and which allows to dig deep into VSAN’s performance, see the IOPS, latency, Outstanding I/Os and congestions etc… It’s quite complex […]
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