VMware vSphere 6.7 has introduced a firewall management for the VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA). The firewall options allow you to create new firewall rules or edit some existing firewall rules. the feature has been introduced in vSphere 6.7 Update 1. We’ll have a look at all those options in this post – VMware vCenter Server […]
StarWind VVOLS Support and details of integration with VMware vSphere
As you might notice, StarWind VSAN now supports VMware VVOLS. If you’re new into VMware VVOLS, you should perhaps check some VMware documentation, or we have an article about storage and VMware VVOLS as well. Virtual volumes are object exported by a compliant storage system. vVOLs correspond one-to-one with a VMs disk and other VM related files. […]
What is VMware UNMAP? – Dead Space Reclamation
I’ve had a couple of questions concerning UNMAP and dead space reclamation, in VMware vSphere. We know this also as “TRIM” on Windows and other systems. While in the past, the mechanism of space reclamation was able to reclaim dead space from a thinly provisioned array, but also from thin provisioned VMs (or rather their VMDKs), […]
What Is Log-Structured Write Cache?
Log-Structured Write Cache (LWC) is composed of RAM but also small SSD pool. This way, an application with random writes, can have optimal performance, compared to a cache using RAM only. But it is also more secure as logs are written to SSD tier and replicated to other nodes within the cluster. StarWind VSAN uses LWC […]
How To Login Into VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) Management page
As you know, the VMware management has evolved over a couple of years. In this post, we’ll explain how and what’s changed, but also do a quick demo of How To Login Into VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) Management page. This post is destined people who are NOT VMware administrators but they just need some basic […]
StarWind V2V Converter is Now also P2V
StarWind has updated their free software called StarWind V2V Converter. The software has been around for a long time, but every release gets better. This time the tool can now even do a physical conversion into virtual (P2V). So, for example, you can convert physical Windows Server host into a virtual machine running on VMware […]
VMworld Barcelona Again An Awesome Experience
This post is a bit of recap what has happened during VMworld Barcelona 2018 and my thoughts of next year. If you follow me on Twitter you’re already aware that next year we’re heading back to Barcelona again. It’s not that I don’t like Barcelona (I adore), but there are other cities in Europe where […]
VMware Cloud Foundation 3.5 Announced during VMworld Barcelona
VMware has announced a new version of their hybrid cloud offering called VMware Cloud Foundation 3.5. It’s a simple path to the hybrid cloud through an integrated software platform that is the foundation for both private and public cloud environments. Technically, the deployment and installation are heavily automated, based on vSphere 6.7 U1, NSX and […]
VMware AppDefense Released as Part of the vSphere Platinum Licensing Package
VMware released a long-awaited AppDefense platform. It is part of vSphere 6.7 U1. It is a completely new product and licensing package. VMware AppDefense is part of a new licensing package – vSphere Platinum. VMware vSphere Platinum is a new edition of vSphere that delivers advanced security capabilities fully integrated into the hypervisor. You’ve read our post called VMware Tools […]
What is a vSphere 6.7 Topology and Upgrade Planning Tool?
A few days back, VMware has announced an interesting tool. It is a utility (online) which guides you through the choices you have when you’re planning upgrade your virtual infrastructure. Today’s post is about vSphere 6.7 Topology and Upgrade Planning Tool. In fact, the tool isn’t new as it has been around since vSphere 6.5 but we […]