vRealize Log Insight for vCenter Server – End of Availability
VMware has just announced that the vRealize Log Insight for vCenter Server (the "free" version that is licensed with the vCenter Server license key) will be end of life August 23th. 2019. This does not mean that VMware is dropping product, but only remove the ability to use the "free" version, and 4.6.x will be the last version…
VMware vCenter 6.7a and other released
VMware has released vCenter 6.7a, vSphere Replication 8.1.0.2, vSphere Integrated Containers 1.4, and PowerCLI 10.1. vCenter 6.7a and vSphere Replication 8.1.0.2 This are bug fix versions. See the release notes for vCenter 6.7a here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-670a-release-notes.html See the release notes for vSphere Relication 8.1.0.2 here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/vSphere-Replication/8.1/rn/vsphere-replication-81-release-notes.html vSphere Integrated Containers 1.4 What's new: Added the ability to add VCHs to DRS VM affinity groups. Read more.…
VMware vSphere 6.5 Update 2 released
VMware has Released vSphere 6.5 update 2. Since vSphere 6.5 update 2 came out after 6.7, there’s not an upgrade path (yet), will be possible in future 6.7 release. vCenter 6.5 Update 2 What's new: With vCenter Server 6.5 Update 2, you can deploy by using the GUI or CLI installer up to 10 vCenter…
vSphere 6.7 and more Released
VMware has released vCenter 6.7, ESXi 6.7, vSAN 6.7, VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.1 and VMware vSphere Replication 8.1. VMware vCenter and ESXi 6.7 What's new: VMware vCenter HTML5 Client is the primary client including: vSphere Update Manager, Content Library, vSAN, Storage Policies, Host Profiles, vDS Topology Diagram and Licensing Improved vCSA Lifecycle Faster migration Better monitoring vCSA backup can now…
VMware vCenter 6.5 Update 1g, 6.0 Update 3e and 5.5 Update 3h Released
VMware has released vCenter 6.5 Update 1g, vCenter 6.0 Update 3e and vCenter 5.5 Update 3h. These releases fixes a problem with EVC mode problem, when adding new hosts, and some security fixes. See the full releasen notes for vCenter 6.5 Update 1g here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-65u1g-release-notes.html See the full releasen notes for vCenter 6.0 Update 3e here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.0/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-60u3e-release-notes.html See the full releasen…
Veeam has released Management Pack 8.0 Update 5
Veeam has released Management Pack 8.0 Update 5 for Microsoft SCOM. What's new: Support for Ops Mgr and SCVMM 1801 Veeam MP supports Microsoft System Center Operation Manager 1801 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 1801. Support for Windows Server 1709 Hyper-V Veeam MP supports Windows Server 1709 Hyper-V. Windows Server 1709 Hyper-V hosts and clusters…
RVTools 3.10 Released
RVTools is one of my favorite tools to get information out of a ESXi host or vCenter. Thanks to Rob de Veij for putting time into making this tool. This new version has a lot fo cool new features: what's new: Upgraded RVTools solution to Visual Studio 2017 Upgraded RVTools to .Net Framework version 4.6.1 Upgraded Log4net…
New releases from VMware
VMware has released some new version of different products. vRealize Network Insight 3.7 This version contains new features plus security and bug fixes. What's new: Increase in Scale for Micro-Segmentation Planning You can do micro-segmentation in vRealize Network Insight now for 4 million flows. Centralized Upgrade (Offline) vRealize Network Insight supports the single-click offline upgrade from…
vCSA 6.5 Resize Disk during Migration/Upgrade/Restore
I have seen this a few time, that the Migration/Upgrade fails if the database or seat (Statistics, event and task) database runs out of disk space. you can solve this by extending the disk between Stage 1 and Stage 2. UPDATE: There is now a VMware KB with a official solution: Not sure if this…
vCSA 6.5 disks sizes
Here is a list of all sizes of vCenter (vCSA) 6.5 deployments, all disks are in GB, if nothing else is specified. vCPUs and Memory is not listed. This list i made from vCSA 6.5 Update 1e. vCenter with embedde PSC and disk size = Default. Harddisk Mount Tiny Small Medium Large X-Large Harddisk 1 / /boot SWAP 12 12…