Note: on March 2025 the RVTools web site has been hacked! Verify when you d...
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Horizon allows you to configure one or more replica Connection Server insta...
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Reading Time: 2 minutesScality Zenko is a multi-cloud data controller that allows you to stay in control of your data across any cloud. Zenko has been launched on July 2017 to provides a unified interface based on a proven implementation of the Amazon S3 API across clouds.
Zenko was built from the ground up to address the challenges of modern cloud application development and data management, overcoming the challenges of complexity and lock-in that come with today’s cloud storage services.
Reading Time: 3 minutesVMware vSphere 5.5 is really close to its End of Support, that will mean no more updates and possible limited support from VMware.
The End of General Support for vSphere 5.5 is September 19, 2018. To maintain your full level of support and subscription services, VMware recommends upgrading to vSphere 6.5, or to a newer version.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDell EMC has probably a storage portfolio too rich and with some overlaps, due to the EMC acquisition, and I was quite sure that the Dell PowerVault MD storage series was destined for early obsolescence to be replaced by the Compellent series.
But obviously, I was wrong. Dell EMC announced a new PowerVault line: Dell EMC PowerVault ME4.
As the previous PowerVault MD series, also the new PowerVault ME4 (very strange name) is targeted for the specific SMB market.
Reading Time: 3 minutesJust a few weeks ago, VMware has released NSX Data Center for vSphere v6.4.2 and now it’s the turn of a new version: NSX Data Center for vSphere v6.4.3.
NSX Data Center for vSphere 6.4.3 addresses a number of specific customer bugs. See Resolved Issues for more information.
The release notes describe other aspects, but there aren’t new features or specific improvement in this new release.
Reading Time: 4 minutesHistorically speaking, the VMware management tools were mostly based on Microsoft Windows systems. The biggest example was the vCenter Server that has start as a Windows installable software. Other products like Horizon View, vRealized Automation, Chargeback Manager, SRM, … were also based on Windows with some installable components.
But rely on a general purpose OS makes more complicated the management (for example for patching) and makes longer the deployment time.
A virtual appliance could bring more benefit in a virtual environment (see Virtual Appliance: angels o demons?) and simplify both the management and the deployment. Also if virtual appliances are well designed could become a better solution from the security point of view.
Reading Time: 2 minutesVMware Horizon version 7.4 was released at the begin of this year, and now VMware has just released the new version of VMware Horizon: version 7.6 has several improvements as documented in the release notes. So a really active year for EUC and VDI.
VMware has also released VMware User Environment Manager 9.5 and VMware AppVolumes 2.14.2.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThree years ago, VMware has decided to make VMware Tools an independent package, with a separate lifecycle and available in the MyVMware download page as a separated package. Separated and independent from VMware Fusion, Workstation and ESXi virtualization solutions!
Seems good, but on vSphere environment, this can make some confusion considering that you have the VMware Tools bundled with ESXi and the standalone VMware Tools usually with a bigger version and independent also by the version of vSphere!
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