VMware vSphere 6.5 U1 has been released last week, Friday, so I had time to upgrade the lab over the weekend. Mixed results as you’ll see later in this post, but after the upgrade, I’m running the latest version – the vSphere 6.5 U1. The lab runs a Supermicro Motherboard which has a certified storage […]
VMware vSphere 6.5 U1 Released
Yes, there is a new release of VMware vSphere 6.5U1 which contains the release of VMware vCenter Server 6.5 U1 for Windows and vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5 U1. Also, VMware ESXi 6.5U1 is part of the update including a new version of VMware Tools (can be downloaded separately). The 6.5U1 brings a possibility to upgrade […]
Deploy VMware VCSA 6.5 in VMware Workstation 2017 Tech Preview
This one will interest people which want to test the deployment scenarios of VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5 in a lab without needing a dedicated ESXi host. Recently released VMware Workstation 2017 (Tech Preview) has brought a new feature allowing the deployment of VMware vCSA 6.5 via this product. So this post will detail […]
How to Capture a VMware Mirage Application Layer?
Before we will walk you through the process, we’d like to point out few things which should be respected when working with VMware Mirage Reference Machines. While currently up to a version of Windows marked 1607 are supported by VMware Mirage (not the Creators update just yet), there are few other guidelines, such as disabling automatic updates […]
What is VMware Stretched Cluster?
We’re adding another definition or tip to our list today – What is VMware Stretched Cluster? We wrote a post in the past teaching How To Configure VMware High Availability (HA) Cluster. But Stretched Cluster is something different as stretched cluster adds an another dimension to the traditional HA cluster – a geographical location. Imagine you have a […]
StarWind Fault-Tolerant Storage and Benefits
StarWind Virtual SAN has been discussed on this blog quite a few times in the past, but today we’ll talk about the main benefits for customers willing to use StarWind Fault-Tolerant Storage. The product is evolving with every release but it’s core features and architecture stays simple and flexible for many scenarios. The fact that compared to […]
Runecast Analyzer Keeps vSphere Infrastructure Problems-Free
Runecast Analyzer which has been reviewed by our team a few months back (Check the Runecast Analyzer detailed review here). It is a very innovative product which points you to the parts of your vSphere infrastructure which is not compliant with the latest VMware KB articles and might be an issue causing downtime or lead […]
VCSA 6.5 Password Expires in X days Notification – How to change?
If you don’t change the default VMware vCSA password policy for an administrator within the vSphere.local domain, you will get a notification 30 days before the password expires. This is not the root password of the VCSA appliance. We wrote how to reset root password for VCSA appliance here. (Post include a detailed video too). […]
What is VMware CPU Ready?
VMware CPU Ready metric is used to see a percentage of time that the virtual machine was ready, but could not get scheduled to run on the physical CPU. CPU ready time is dependent on the number of virtual machines on the host and their CPU loads. Usually, to see the values, an “esxtop” command is […]
VMware Mirage Client Installation and Configuration
Our guide to VMware Mirage continues today with VMware Mirage Client Installation and configuration. In order for the endpoint to become a managed and backed up, it needs an agent called VMware Mirage Client. It’s a small piece of software which installs on each endpoint, and this software pushes the bits to your Mirage cluster. […]
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