One year ago, Broadcom killed the Free vSphere Hypervisor, but on April, wi...
VMware ESXi 8 has dropped the compatibility with a lot of old CPU models, a...
One year ago, Broadcom killed the Free vSphere Hypervisor, but now, with th...
In VMware Workstation 17.6.1, when I create a Rocky Linux VM, there is no w...
Cloud-init is a powerful configuration tools used in several Linux distribu...
VMware® vCenter Converter Standalone provides an easy-to-use solu...
If you are are planning to upgrade your Horizon Connection Server's OS, the...
The legacy C# vSphere Client for Windows is no more available for vSphere 6...
Debian like distributions have a nice option to manage distribution upgrade...
VMware vSphere Clustering Service (vCLS) was introduced in the vSphere...
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe vCenter Operations Management Suite is the product designed from VMware to monitor and manage a vSphere infrastructure (but not only). Similar as other VMware products there are several editions (for a detailed overview see the comparison page):
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome months ago I’ve wrote about a possible Storage vMotion issue with Symantec Backup Exec. Recently there were some cases where vCenter Server progress status is not correctly updated for a Backup Exec 2012 job (for example it remains fixed to 5% for some days). This support page descrive a possible workaround solution: vCenter progress status is not updated after a job is canceled: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH180911
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLink collection of the precendent posts: VMware View 5.1 upgrade path – Check-list VMware View 5.1 upgrade path – Steps VMware View 5.1 upgrade path – Notes For previous upgrade paths see also: VMware View 5.0.1 upgrade path Upgrade path to vSphere 5 – The View 5 part
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the previous post we have talk about the steps for a successful View 5.1 upgrade. Now let’s add some operative notes. Event DB If you have already configure it in View 4.6 or 5.0 the setting and the schema will be maintained. So no extra effort is required. Connection Server The upgrade will begin like a new installation with some differences compared to previous version. Some new windows during the installation are the warning for the certificates requirements and the data recovery password (the password is required when you restore the View LDAP configuration […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the previous post we have talk about the pre-upgrade phase during a VMware View 5.1 upgrade path. Now let’s the the steps to perform the upgrade. As written in the Upgrade Guide (VMware View Upgrade Overview) the steps are: Upgrade View Connection Server on the existing host or migrate to a new machine. See Upgrade View Connection Servers in a Replicated Group. If you use View Security Servers, upgrade to 5.1, see Upgrade View Security Server. Upgrade View Composer on an existing Windows Server 2008 host or, if you are running View Composer 2.6 […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs written, VMware has announced and released the new VMware View 5.1 version with several improvements. One difference is that in this version the upgrade path is a little more complicated compared to previous upgrade procedures (see VMware View 5.0.1 upgrade path and Upgrade path to vSphere 5 – The View 5 part) due to some changes and a limited compatibility matrix! As you can notice, new VMware Connection Servers can “talk” with old (5.0 and 4.6) Connection Servers, Agents, but only during the upgrade phase. Also new Connection Servers could not work with old […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteActually the exam is not yet avaialable. But some people (with the approval of VMware) have already publish the current beta exam blueprint with some study notes and some interesting information: Ed Grigson has highlighted the changes to the VCAP5-DCA blueprint compared to VCAP4-DCA: VCAP5-DCA What’s new Gregg Robertson has started with some notes a the VCAP5-DCA blueprint objectives ProfessionalVMware – #vBrownBags VCAP5-DCA Podcast Vancolab TheFoglite
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