A work colleague of mind has just noticed that there seems to be less features listed under vSphere Enterprise Plus Acceleration Kit than on the vanilla vSphere Enterprise Plus licenses...... I really didn't notice and was aghast to see it was true: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/products/vsphere/VMware-vSphere-vSOM-Pricing-Whitepaper.pdf I really hope this is a HUGE marketing error and not actually … Continue reading VMware Marketing Error?!?
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New Licensing for vSphere and vSOM
So one of the advantages of being a partner is getting hold of information about product launches, promotions and license restructures a few weeks before the official public announcement. Anyways, now that it's been announced it's interesting what VMware have done with vSphere and vSphere with Operations Management. VMware have dropped the Enterprise License from … Continue reading New Licensing for vSphere and vSOM
Deploying VSAN 6.1 ROBO
One of the things I'm fortunate to have access to at MTI Technology is the Solution Centre which has all sorts of kit that can be used for demos and for consultants to play around with. After coming back from VMworld, one of the things I really wanted to test out was how easy it … Continue reading Deploying VSAN 6.1 ROBO
VMware Virtual SAN article
So I was asked to write another article for SearchVMware, and decided to write about Virtual SAN as it's an interesting concept which VMware have decided is one of 2 key focused products for 2016 (the other being NSX). Enjoy...... http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/VSAN-61-boasts-new-features-promises-greater-end-user-security
VMworld 2015 breakout sessions now on YouTube
Unknown to most out there, VMworldTV has been busy uploading recordings onto their YouTube channel. All the General Sessions are available to watch, and currently there are around 54 breakout session videos available - sessions such as: SDDC5273 - VMware EVO SDDC: Deploying a Software-Defined Data Center Made Easy INF5060 - What's New in vSphere … Continue reading VMworld 2015 breakout sessions now on YouTube
vSphere 6.0 update 1 and Virtual SAN 6.1 released (plus other goodies)
.... and so just a week after VMworld 2015 US, VMware have released vSphere 6.0 update 1 and a number of other product updates..... without ANY fanfare..... it was such a silent release that the first I heard about it was when all the community bloggers started posting up announcements! Anyways, here are the products released … Continue reading vSphere 6.0 update 1 and Virtual SAN 6.1 released (plus other goodies)
New VMware Fling – HTML5 Embedded Host Client for ESXi
The clever bods at VMware labs have just released another new Fling... and this one's a damn awesome Fling! https://labs.vmware.com/flings/esxi-embedded-host-client What it allows you to do (after installing the VIB) is to open up a browser to your ESXi host and gain access to a simple client allowing you to manage your freshly installed ESXi … Continue reading New VMware Fling – HTML5 Embedded Host Client for ESXi
VMware Labs re-write the Onyx tool for vSphere 6.0 Web Client
I've been a fan of Onyx since it was launched back in 2009/10 and was an avid user of it when I had to quickly learn how to write some automation scripts for a previous project. For those of you who haven't heard of this tool before, Project Onyx is a script recorder that sits between vSphere … Continue reading VMware Labs re-write the Onyx tool for vSphere 6.0 Web Client
VMware vSphere ESXi and vCenter Server 6.0.0b Released
So the first minor release for vSphere ESXi 6.0 is out alongside the second minor release for vCenter Server 6.0. https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere6/doc/vsphere-vcenter-server-600b-release-notes.html https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere6/doc/vsphere-esxi-600b-release-notes.html Looking through the release notes, I don't think I've experienced any of those bugs that have been fixed - which is a good indication of a stable software release..... I'm guessing that the … Continue reading VMware vSphere ESXi and vCenter Server 6.0.0b Released
Comparing the Configuration of vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 and 6.0
Great White Paper here for those of you transitioning from 5.5 to 6.0 and want to know what the differences are: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/products/vsphere/VMware-vsphere-60-vcenter-server-appliance-55-60-comparison.pdf For me the major difference is VMware have dropped the Virtual Appliance Management Interface (VAMI), which makes sense as why would you want to manage your virtual environment from one browser url and … Continue reading Comparing the Configuration of vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 and 6.0
The Virtual Unknown 