Together with vSphere 6.0, VMware released a new free tool that simplifies the download of VMware suites and products. The tool is very simple, its totally worth giving it a try. Install it on your desktop, login with your My VMware account and download all products and features of a VMware Suite with on button.
Software Manager Download Page
This is how it looks like:
In vSphere 6.0 the command line interface esxcli has 2 new namespaces. The esxcli is a complete set of commands that you can use for troubleshooting, configuration or kickstart files. I have created and printed a mindmap to navigate through the namespaces more quickly. This post covers only basic namespaces, available on all ESXi 6.0 hosts. If you've installed additional software you might see more namespaces. I've also created a mindmap for ESXi 5.1 and ESXi 5.5.
ESXCLI in version 6.0 has 15 namespaces:Read More »ESXi 6.0 - ESXCLI Command Mindmap
In vSphere 6.0 the command line interface esxcli has been extended by the new features. This post introduces the new and extended namespaces. Remarkable changes in esxcli version 6.0.0 are:
There are many 6.0 Beta and RC versions running at the moment. With the vSphere 6.0 going GA today a question came up on upgrading Beta software to GA software.
From the vSphere Documentation, this upgrade is not supported:
You can upgrade an ESXi 5.0.x, ESXi 5.1.x, ESXi 5.5.0, or ESXi 5.5.х host directly to 6.0.
Despite it is unsupported, you can actually upgrade ESXi 6.0 RC to ESXi 6.0 GA. I would not recommend doing this in production, but it works:Read More »Can I Upgrade ESXi 6.0 Beta/RC to ESXi 6.0 GA?
Today VMware has made the bits available for everyone to download. Updated: ESXi Release and Build Number History Updated: VMware Product Latest Version VMware vSphere 6.0… Read More »VMware vSphere 6.0 Download Available
If you want to stay up to date with VMware product releases (vSphere 6 GA is close) you might find vTracker useful. vTracker is a service provided by virten.net that watches for VMware releases. All products are listed at this site. There is also a RSS Feed with daily updates when new product versions are available.
Why this?
You can subscribe to product updates in the profile section at my.vmware.com, but this actually does not work for me. I subscribed to all products, but never got mails. Beyond that I prefer a RSS feeds, instead of emails.
Like every year, Eric Siebert just started the voting for the best virtualization related blogs. Last year over 1400 people voted from all over the… Read More »Top vBlog 2015 Voting Started
VMware has published a patch for ESXi 5.0.
Product: VMware ESXi 5.0
Release date: February 26, 2015
Patch: ESXi500-201502001
Build: 2509828
Build (security only): 2486588
Links: KB2101910 | Download
The update resolves 14 issues including the following:Read More »ESXi 5.0 February 2015 Patch (Build 2509828)
Intel has begun to deliver their 5th Gen Broadwell NUCs. At the moment, only NUCs with i3 CPUs are available. NUCs with faster CPUs are available in the next few weeks. I could get my hands on the NUC5i3MYHE. That's the version with a 2.5" HDD slot and without integrated WLAN. This post quickly explains how to get ESXi running on the 5th Gen NUC. As known from 3th and 4th gen NUCs, it is not possible to use the ESXi Installer provided by VMware.
I'm confident that this guide will also work for i5 and i7 NUCs, as from what I've seen in the documentation they have identical controllers:
Read More »How to Install ESXi on 5th Gen Intel NUC (NIC and AHCI Fix)
VMware changed the certification policy and decided that VCP-level certifications will now expire after 2 years. The deadline for first certificates to expire is March 10, 2015. For those that have not recertified yet:
VMware supports you on your recertification process and offers a Delta Recertification Exam with great advantages:
Read More »Last call to recertify VCP - Including Workaround for Pearson VUE Website Problem