Tag: VMware

Downsize storage on vCSA 6.5

I have been upgrading some vCenter Appliances 6.0 too 6.5 and in the process they had to be deployed with x-Large storage, But they don’t need that. But this size was the only available during upgrade, because some disks was extended. I could have forced the upgrade with other size choices with the CLI options and forced to use…

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By Allan Kjaer January 30, 2018 0

VMware NSX for vSphere 6.4 Released

VMware has realeased NSX for vSphere 6.4. What's new: Security Services: Identity Firewall: Identity Firewall (IDFW) now supports user sessions on remote desktop and application servers (RDSH) sharing a single IP address, new "fast-path" architecture improves processing speed of IDFW rules. Active Directory integration now allows selective synchronization for faster AD updates. Distributed Firewall: Distributed Firewall…

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By Allan Kjaer January 16, 2018 0

vSAN Health and Controller firmware N/A

With VMware vSAN 6.6 the vSAN health monitor can check the Storage Controller firmware level, But this does require that controller management tools are installed. If they are not installed you will see this. The tools for Lenovo M5210 Controller is not in the Lenovo customized image, so you have to install this. After downloading this from…

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By Allan Kjaer January 16, 2018 0

vCenter 6.5 Update 1e, 6.0 Update 3d and 5.5 Update 3g Released

VMware released new security updated vCenter server,  There are also new patches for the ESXi server. This updated version of vCenter Server provides part of the hypervisor-assisted guest remediation of CVE-2017-5715 for guest operating systems. For important details on this remediation, see VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2018-0004. The ESXi patches are also required. See release notes here for: 6.5 U1e: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-65u1e-release-notes.html 6.0…

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By Allan Kjaer January 9, 2018 0

VMware Horizon 7.4.0 and other Released

VMware has released Horizon 7.4.0, Horizon Client 4.7,  User Environment Manager 9.3.0, vRealize Operations for Horizon 6.5.1 and vRealize Operations for Published Applications 6.5.1. VMware Horizon 7.4.0 What's new: Horizon Connection Server Cloud Pod Architecture The Cloud Pod Architecture feature now supports one-way Active Directory trust domains. Horizon administrators can implement one-way trust topologies in a Cloud Pod Architecture…

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By Allan Kjaer January 5, 2018 0

New Releases from VMware

VMware has released NSX-T 2.1 , Fusion 10.1 and Workstation/Player 14.1. VMware NSX-T 2.1 What's New: New NSX-T Features Load Balancer Inline and one-arm load balancer topology support for workloads. NSX-T load balancer support in OpenStack deployments and Ingress in Kubernetes container deployments. Pivotal Application Service Integration (PAS/PCF) NSX-T 2.1 integration with Pivotal Application Service 2.0…

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By Allan Kjaer December 22, 2017 0

VMware vCenter 6.5 Update 1d and ESXi 6.5 Update 1 Patch 2 Released

VMware has released vCenter 6.5 Update 1d, this is a security fix version. See the full release notes here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-65u1d-release-notes.html ESXi 6.5 Update 1 Patch 2 contains bug and security fixes.Including fixes for vSAN. See this KB for more information: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2151102

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By Allan Kjaer December 19, 2017 0

Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 update 3 Released.

Veeam has released the much awaited update 3 for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5. New features Built-in agent management. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows and Veeam Agent for Linux can now be deployed and managed directly from the Veeam Backup & Replication console, adding support for physical and cloud workloads protection. Maintain complete control of data protection…

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By Allan Kjaer December 19, 2017 1

VMware Tools 10.2.0 Released

VMware has released VMware Tools 10.2.0, this version has build in support for distribution thru Microsoft SCCM. What's new: Offline bundle with VMware Tools VIB: Offline bundles with VMware Tools VIB that can be installed on vSphere 5.5.x, 6.0.x and 6.5.x releases using vSphere Update Manager. VMware Tools 10.2.0 supports the guest operating systems below:…

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By Allan Kjaer December 15, 2017 0

VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 6.2 Release

VMware has released Converter Standalone 6.2, this has support for vSphere 6.5 Update 1 and Windows Server 2016. What's new: Interoperability with vSphere 6.5 Update 1 Support for additional guest operating systems: Windows Server 2016, Ubuntu 16. Converter Standalone 6.2 adds a new configuration option in converter-worker.xml for Linux migrations. You can provide a path for…

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By Allan Kjaer December 14, 2017 0