VMware vSphere 6.7 & 6.5 update 2 – Resources

Just over a fortnight ago VMware released their latest version of vSphere and vSAN - 6.7.... unfortunately for me, I was neck-deep in a tender response and was in Paris for a number of days for a meeting - so spent most of my travels looking at a small mobile phone screen trying to read … Continue reading VMware vSphere 6.7 & 6.5 update 2 – Resources

vSphere 6.5 Product Interoperability – brain fade moment!

So it's probably worth reminding everyone that there are still VMware products that are not yet supported on vSphere 6.5! I unfortunately found out the hard way when I broke my work's demo environment (or at least half of it). Now even though I've blogged about compatibility issues previously eating too many mince pies and drinking … Continue reading vSphere 6.5 Product Interoperability – brain fade moment!

What’s new with VMware vSAN 6.5?

Given that I'm a VMware vExpert for vSAN, I guess I'm kind of obliged to write about what's new with the latest iteration of vSAN - 6.5..... =) vSAN 6.5 is the 5th version of vSAN to be released and it's had quite a rapid adoption in the industry as end-users start looking at Hyper-Converged … Continue reading What’s new with VMware vSAN 6.5?

VMware makes welcome changes in vSphere 6.5

So the 2nd and 3rd part of my vSphere 6.5 articles have made it onto the SearchVMware.com website... you can read about it here: http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/VMware-vSphere-65-puts-emphasis-on-security-applications http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/VMware-makes-welcome-changes-in-vSphere-65   You can read part 1 here: http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/VMware-focuses-on-simplicity-in-vSphere-version-65

Update sequence for vSphere 6.5 and its compatible VMware products

So VMware have now released a Knowledge Based Article that describes the upgrade path in which vSphere 6.5 and its compatible VMware products must be updated: https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2147289 NOTE: At this time current versions of VMware NSX for vSphere, VMware Integrated OpenStack, vCloud Director for Service Providers, vRealize Automation and vRealize Infrastructure Navigator are not compatible with … Continue reading Update sequence for vSphere 6.5 and its compatible VMware products

vSphere/vCenter 6.5 released

So post VMworld, I wrote a long article about what's new for vSphere 6.5 which I was hoping would be published on SearchVMware.com.... unfortunately I'm still waiting on it to be published, last I heard the article was too long and they were splitting it up into two articles! ¬_¬" Anyways, whilst I wait for … Continue reading vSphere/vCenter 6.5 released