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VMware vCenter Server 5.5.0a update available

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 15, 2017

VMware has released an update to vCenter Server 5.5.0a. Both versions, Windows based and also VCSA (Linux Appliance) based vCenter servers – vCenter server appliance are updated. There is no new features in the 5.5.0a version. It’s only maintenance release as it fixes some bugs which showed quickly after the initial release. While I don’t […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: vCenter server 5.5.0a, VCSA 5.5.0a

VMware vSphere and Private VLANs

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 1, 2014

As the title shows, this post is about private VLANs (PVLAN). This topic shows on VCAP exams, but also on VCP based exams. So if you’re studying for VCAP or VCP, this article might be your interest. VMware vSphere and Private VLANs are great topic, but not easy. Usually you can separate traffic and secure […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware vSphere and Private VLANs

Windows Server Hyper-V 2012 R2 Poster of component architecture – Free Download

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 16, 2016

If you collection freebies, this might be your interest. With the release of Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 as well as Windows Server 2012 R2 few days back, there is a new poster(s) available as a free download from Microsoft’s website. A poster showing the Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V component Architecture, which can be […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Server Virtualization, Windows Server 2012 Tagged With: Windows Server 2012 R2 poster

VMware NSX Product Walkthrough and details from the UI

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 17, 2017

I have already reported on new website for vSphere 5.5 Online demos. This time, there is a new addition by NSX team. They put in place new section which shows you the all the components and configuration steps for NSX. The Walkthrough is accessible on https://vmwarewalkthroughs.com/NSX/. It’s a convenient way to see what are the components […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware NSX

How-to convert VHD to VMDK with Free Starwind V2V Converter

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 4, 2020

Starwind V2V converter is a free software which allows converting VHD to VMDK virtual disk files. It allows to convert VHD to VMDK virtual disk file format. VMware converter, which has been updated recently to version 6.1, does need Hyper-V server running in order to connect to and convert hyper-V virtual machine into VMware VMs. […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Starwind V2V converter, VHD to VMDK, VHDX to VMDK

VCP-Cloud Official Cert Guide

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 5, 2020

New book by VMware Press, with DVD allowing to learn towards VCP Cloud exam. The authors Tom Ralph and Nathan Raper who works as a senior cloud service architect at VMware. The paper book shall be released the 31st of October and contains a DVD with testing software, whether the kindle edition is already out. But the […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization

VMware vCenter Server Converter 5.5 released with virtual hardware 10 support and more

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 17, 2020

VMware has updated vCenter Converter software to match the latest virtual hardware version. vSphere 5.5 has introduced virtual hardware version 10 and converter hasn’t been updated since the vSphere 5.5 release.  So the latest release – Build 1362012 – brings not only the vmx-10 support but also, and this is surprising, support for converting RedHat KVM […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware vCenter Server Converter 5.5

Microsoft ReFS first look

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 9, 2014

ReFS format for disk volumes in Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 brings more resiliency than NTFS. Microsoft ReFS and the possibility to use ReFS formatted volumes were introduced early 2012 to provide a filesystem which has more resiliency, and offers auto-healing functions when used together with Storage spaces function. For those of you not […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Microsoft ReFS, Windows Server 2012 R2

OCZ Enterprise and VXL for VMware Acceleration Software

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 17, 2017

Company called OCZ very well known for popular consumer based SSDs were exposing during VMworld Barcelona not only hardware based consumer and enterprise SSDs and PCIe cards, but also an acceleration software. I know OCZ for their Vertex 4 drivers, because I’m using a pair of 256Gb in my lab, but haven’t heard about their […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: OCZ Enterprise

Hyperconvergence, server side caching and other virtualization trends during VMworld 2013 Barcelona

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 19, 2017

VMworld Barcelona 2013 finished and my role as a blogger is to write about my thoughts of the event. It’s not a duty, it’s a pleasure. While during last year’s VMworld,  Nutanix has impressed me already, this year I’ve met some really interesting and passionate people working for Nutanix, and they told me that other […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: hyperconvergence

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