Have you seen the VSA 5.1 Evaluation Videos yet?
For those of you interested in a low cost shared storage solution, VMware now have a vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA). The initial release (1.0) came out last year. This year, we announced version 5.1...
View ArticleShould I use das.failuredetectiontime or das.config.fdm.isolationPolicyDelaySec
Today I received a question around the use of das.failuredetectiontime and das.config.fdm.isolationPolicyDelaySec. Should you be using these advanced settings? Short answer: no. Long answer: This myth...
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“vMotion without shared storage” API
My colleague Frank Denneman recently asked me whether there was a new vSphere API for the new enhancement made to vMotion in vSphere 5.1, which would allow you to migrate a live running virtual machine...
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The vSphere Web Client and Localization
Want to view the vSphere Web Client in a localized language or running a localized language and want to switch to English? With the vSphere Web Client you can append a localization parameter to the URL...
View ArticleMemory Performance Counters – An Evolved Look at Memory Management
vSphere memory management has evolved over the years taking advantage of new technologies and techniques like using large memory pages, compressing memory, and using solid state devices (SSDs) for swap...
View ArticlevSphere Data Protection (VDP) and vSphere Replication (VR) Interoperability
We have been getting a fair number of questions regarding interoperability of vSphere Data Protection (VDP) and vSphere Replication (VR) both of which are included with vSphere 5.1 (Essentials Plus and...
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Virtual Volumes (VVOLs) Tech Preview [with video]
Disclaimer : This a Technology Preview. This functionality is not available at the moment. It is simply demonstrating the exciting prospects that the future holds for storage related operations within...
View ArticlevSphere 5.1 – VDS Feature Evaluation Videos
As you start looking at the new features of vSPhere 5.1 release, you will find substantial improvements to the vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS). In the earlier post here, I briefly talked about the new...
View ArticlevSphere 5.1 Auto Deploy Overview Videos
The VMware Technical Marketing team has produced a series of short videos to help introduce and show off many of the new features and capabilities of vSphere 5.1. I’d like to call your attention to...
View ArticleAutoscaling in vSphere survey!
As the infrastructure layer matures, the IT problems and bottlenecks are moving closer to the application layer. Autoscaling of application workloads is a feature that is important to customers...
View ArticleVMware vCloud Networking and Security 5.1 – Evaluation Videos
VMware vCloud Networking and Security is the leading software-defined networking and security solution that brings the flexibility and operational efficiency to the networks and network services in a...
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Stop vs Pause with vSphere Replication
Something to be aware of with regards to vSphere Replication is how we handle stopping vs pausing replication. With a pause we temporarily stop shipping differential data to the recovery site, but...
View ArticlevCloud Director 5.1.1 Released!
Today, VMware has released vCloud Director 5.1.1. This minor release has a few important updates, including: The vCD Appliance now has sets net.ipv4.conf.all.rp.filter = 0 in the /etc/sysctl.conf...
View ArticleUpdate to vSphere vCenter Server, version 5.1.0A released
A new version of the vSphere vCenter Server has been released to address some of the issues encountered with various scenarios of deploying and operating the 5.1.0 version. This release is a full...
View ArticleVSA v5.1.1 Released
An updated version of the vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) was released yesterday (Oct 25th). This 5.1.1 version is primarily a maintenance release and contains the following fixes as documented in the...
View ArticleSnapshots with vCloud Director 5.1
With the release of vCloud Director 5.1, it is now possible to take advantage of snapshots. This highly requested feature allows you to capture the state of a VM or vApp at a particular point of time....
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vSphere Replication 5.1.0.1 patch released
Some of you may have noticed that vSphere Replication 5.1 has been unavailable to install or upgrade through either VAMI upgrades or the VUM repositories. We’ve just released 5.1.0.1 which is now...
View ArticleBeta Customers Wanted!
VMware currently has a beta program available for the VMware vCenter Support Assistant. This product is designed to help customers accelerate the support process when they have issues by allowing them...
View ArticleRestart virtual machine by HA? Destination: cluster or resource pool?
Recently I received the same questions from multiple customers, if HA restarts a virtual machine will it be placed in the resource pool it belongs or will it be restarted in the root resource pool...
View ArticleConnection Timeout when PXE booting HP DL380G7
I recently came across an interesting issue where a customer wasn’t able to successfully PXE boot their HP DL380G7 servers using AutoDeploy. All attempts to PXE boot would result in a “connection...
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