The download of my vSphere Release History in PDF Format is now available. It includes the latest vSphere updates. The document is a printable Version of… Read More »vSphere Release History PDF - April 2015 Update
The ESXi 6.0 base image provided by VMware does not work with Gigabyte BRIX out of the box. This post explains how to create a customized ESXi 6 ISO for your Gigabyte BRIX. These images can be used to do a fresh install or upgrade a BRIX to VMware ESXi 6.0.
The Image works for the following BRIX:
On April 20th, 2015, VMware announced Photon, its own container-friendly Linux distribution. Photon is a technology preview of a small footprint Linux container host. It has been released as open source software and is available at GitHub.
This post explains how to install Photon in VMware Workstation, do some basic configuration and implement the first container.
Read More »Guide to Install Photon in VMware Workstation and Deploy a Container
If you want to install the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) from vSphere 6 in VMware Workstation you might have noticed that the new guided installer is not suitable for you. The appliance is still available as ova, but it's a little bit hidden. This post explains how to deploy VCSA in VMware Workstation.
VMware vSphere 6.0 with the new Virtual Volumes (VVol) storage architecture is in the market since one month now. Many vendors are working on the new technlogy and have announced to support VVols for their storage arrays. This post takes a look on the current status and what vendors are supported today:
VMware has published a patch for ESXi 6.0
Product: VMware ESXi 6.0
Release date: April 9, 2015
Patch: ESXi600-201504001
Build: 2615704
Links: KB2111975 | Download
The update resolves 5 critical issues:Read More »ESXi 6.0 April 2015 Patch (Build 2615704)
VMware vSphere 6 has been released to the market 4 weeks ago. There are many new features and enhancements, but as you know there are different pricing and licensing models. It is available as a la carte licensing priced on a per CPU basis or in packs of 25 VMs and for small deployments as Kits. This post takes a look on the availability of new vSphere features in different vSphere editions.
Read More »Which vSphere 6.0 Features are available in Editions?
VMware has published a patch for ESXi 5.5 Product: VMware ESXi 5.5 Release date: April 7, 2015 Patch: ESXi550-201504001 Build: 2638301 Links: KB2112672 | Download The update resolves an… Read More »ESXi 5.5 April 2015 Patch (Build 2583090)
ESXCLI is the most powerful command line tool on an ESXi host. You may need it for troubleshooting, configuration or for ESXi installations by using a kickstart file. I'm having these command line reference since vSphere 5.x on my desktop and I am using it quite often. Here is the command line reference for vSphere ESXi 6.0.
Download: esxcli-60-command-reference.txt
The first public release of VMwares bare-metal hypervisor ESXi was about 7 years ago. During that time we had lots of new features, including the latest outstanding introduction in vSphere 6.0 - Virtual Volumes. This post takes a look at how the hypervisor footprint has changed since ESXi 3.5.
