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How startup and shutdown a vSphere based infrastructure

Reading Time: 2 minutesAs written in a previous post, starting from vSphere 5.0U1 in a HA cluster the VM Startup & Shutdown ESXi host properties is disabled. Anyway wasn’t supported, because according with the vSphere Avalability Guide and also the KB 850 (Automating the process of starting and stopping virtual machines on VMware ESX): The Virtual Machine Startup and Shutdown (automatic startup) feature is disabled for all virtual machines residing on hosts that are in (or moved into) a vSphere HA cluster. Automatic startup is not supported when used with vSphere HA. So, how it’s possible handle a […]

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Using Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 with VMware vSphere

28 May 2013
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Reading Time: 2 minutesVMware vSphere 5.x According with KB 2006859 (Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012 Operating System does not boot or install on ESXi or ESX) Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 VMs are fully supported for ESXi 5.1, ESXi 5.1 U1, ESXi 5.0 U1 and ESXi 5.0 U2. Note: For Windows Server 2012, you must install the patch ESXi500-201209001(Patch 04) on ESXi 5.0 U1. For more information, see VMware ESXi 5.0, Patch Release ESXi500-201209001 (2032584).

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VMware reveal the vCloud Hybrid service

Reading Time: 2 minutesWith the event of the 21 May, VMware (with Pat Gelsinger, CEO, Carl Eschenbach, COO and Bill Fathers, GM, Hybrid Cloud Services) has announced a new vCloud Hybrid service. Built on the foundation of VMware vSphere and leveraging VMware’s software-defined data center technologies, vCloud Hybrid Service will provide an easy, fast path for VMware customers to achieve the agility and efficiency of the public cloud at infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) level.

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VMware Horizon View 5.2 update path

Reading Time: 3 minutesStarting from the 5.2 version, VMware View is now called VMware Horizon View (according with the new position in the VMware Horizon Suite). But the upgrade path (of the View part) is still quite similar with previous version (see also VMware View 5.1.2 update or VMware View 5.1 upgrade path) and is well described in the Upgrade guide.

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PCoIP vs. Blast

Reading Time: 3 minutesI’ve already write a post with the comparison between PCoIP and RDP (PCoIP vs. RDP) and some considerations on how use each protocol in a VMware View infrastructure. Other protocols, like HP RGS (Remote Graphics Software) has been removed (from View) years ago, and protocols from other solutions (like, for example, SPICE) are not included. But now there is also the HTML5 option (Blast protocol) included with the Horizon Suite or with the Feature Pack of Horizon View (see this post on how enable it).

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VMware Horizon View 5.2 HTML5 Access

Reading Time: 3 minutesVMware Horizon View 5.2 HTML5 Access is a new way to access your virtual desktop using the Blast protocol. Actually is not integrated in the standard Horizon View package, but you need to download the required packages from the Horizon View Feature Pack section:

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New updates for VMware products

26 April 2013
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Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Apr 25, VMware has released some important updates for its products: VMware vSphere 5.1U1: see ESXi Release Notes, vCenter Server Release Notes Several existing bugs are now resolved (especially the beacon probing issue) VMware vCloud Director 5.1.2: see the Release Notes VMware vSphere Data Protection 5.1.10: see the Release Notes VMware vSphere Replication 5.1.1: see the Release Notes VMware VSA (vSphere Storage Appliance) 5.1.3: see the Release Notes VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.1.1: see the Release Notes VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1.0

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