I have already done a post where I was migrating a Windows based vCenter server 6.0 to VMware VCSA 6.5 here (With video). You could see that during the migration the old vCenter has been automatically shut down after everything was copied to the new VCSA 6.5. Today, we will conduct a test migration (just for fun) […]
How to Migrate Windows Based vCenter to VCSA 6.5 [Lab]
And another lab post today. Today we will migrate our Windows based vCenter server 6.0U2 to VCSA 6.5. VMware worked hard on this one so I’m wondering whether I’ll experience problems or not. It is my main lab vCenter server which historically runs on Windows, but in each major version (5.0, 5.5 and 6.0) I […]
How to Install VCSA 6.5 in VMware Workstation [LAB]
This is lab time -:). Normally you don’t do that on your production deployment. This is a guide on How to install VCSA 6.5 in VMware Workstation and see the different configuration options within the VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5. Yes, As you know, we have VMware vSphere 6.5 in GA state (General Availability), […]
How to Upgrade ESXi 6.0 to 6.5 via ISO
One of the methods of upgrading VMware ESXi 6.0 to 6.5 is via ISO (or CD-Rom). Most of you probably don’t use much CD-ROMs and CDs, but servers, especially in small client’s environments usually don’t have KVM, iPMI, ILO, Drac… so one of the options is still to upgrade via CD-ROM. I also recorded a short […]
VMware vSphere 6.5 Released – Start Your Download Engines
VMware vSphere 6.5 Released today!!! Start your download engines. The release brings all the new features that have been announced, plus even one which has been only a tech Preview. It is the vSphere Predictive DRS, which uses integration between vROPs where vROPs calculates and predict VM CPU and RAM usage. The predictions are based on […]
VMware vSAN 6.5 Licensing PDF
There has been new VMware vSAN 6.5 Licensing paper released. As the offer evolved and the 6.5 of vSAN (now with small “v” have you noticed ?) product release is imminent, VMware is taking care of pushing the necessary information out. As you know, VMware VSAN 6.5 has new technical features too. The 6.5 release […]
How to Hot-Clone a VM and upload to Ravello Cloud
When willing to upload a VM to Ravello cloud, you might want not to shut down your production VM, because as you know, you only can upload VMs that are not running. What to do? There is a way to do it and I’ll show you how. Basically you’ll need VMware Converter Standalone and clone […]
Starwind Storage Appliance Protects up to 4 disk failures
Starwind software is well known for their Virtual SAN software I have talked about on several occasions, and newly also about their Hyperconverged appliances (hardware+software) which are pre-configured with your options by Starwind engineers as a “ready-to-ship” systems. But at Starwind they also have another interesting product which provides just storage – Starwind Storage Appliance […]
Stratoscale Symphony – converged compute, storage and networking with automation and management
Stratoscale Symphony is a hyper-converged solution allowing you to built your own private cloud. Their solution has converged compute, storage and networking with automation and management. It is also multi-tenant. Think of it as a full VMware stack with ESXi, VSAN, and vCloud Director….. but running OpenStack and KVM Hypervisor based. They’re using commodity hardware […]
How-to Update Altaro VM Backup Software
I was checking the different upgrade options on different backup solutions I’m testing in my lab, and one of them is Altaro. Readers of our blog know that I work in collaboration with different software partners and vendors, to review their products, or to simply report on their features. To see how they behave in […]
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