Virtualization

  • Site-Recovery-Manager-8.1-Installation-Begins

    Installing VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager SRM 8.1

    One of the exiting recent announcements from VMUG was the addition of VMware’s Site Recovery Manager for vSphere being added to the catalog of downloable software for VMUG Advantage Subscribers. Since the announcement, among other things going on in the…

  • Configure-the-witness-host-in-the-new-vSAN-enabled-cluster-in-the-new-vCenter-environment

    Move VMware vSAN 6.7 Stretched Cluster to Different vCenter Server

    In my home lab I have had several projects going on that have been slowly taking place over the past few weeks. One of those projects was getting my “prodution” vSphere vSAN cluster upgraded to vSphere 6.7 across the board…

  • Opvizor-4.9.2-vSAN-6.7-Cache-Disk-Group-Stats

    Opvizor Performance Analyzer New vSAN 6.7 Performance Analysis

    VMware vSAN 6.7 has incredible performance improvements, especially over legacy versions of vSAN. For a VMware administrator, especially with larger environments, keeping a handle on potential performance bottlenecks and other performance hotspots can be challenging. VMware vSAN has already included…

  • Replace-or-Change-VMware-vSAN-Witness-Host-with-vSphere-6.7-Appliance

    Replace or Change VMware vSAN Witness Host with vSphere 6.7 Appliance

    VMware vSan is getting more and more powerful with each and every release. With the introduction of vSphere 6.7 and vSAN 6.7, the HTML5 UI has received more functionality, Windows Failover Clustering is now supported, and all new redeisinged adaptive…

  • VMware-vSphere-6.7-New-Performance-Improvements

    VMware vSphere 6.7 New Performance Improvements

    VMware vSphere 6.7 has certainly been an exciting release.  It seems like however, that all VMware releases and announcements are full of new goodies and plenty of things to nerd out on.  Recently, I was able to get my “production”…

  • vSAN-Observer-PCPU-performance-dashboard

    Monitoring VMware vSAN with vSAN Observer

    VMware vSAN is certainly the market leader in software defined storage solutions.  VMware vSAN, especially in the new VMware vSAN 6.7 release is a powerful platform that allows organizations to have a powerful software defined approach to managing and provisioning…

  • VMware-ESXi-6.7-successfully-installed-in-Ravello-Cloud-Service

    Installing VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7 in Ravello Cloud Service

    One of the really great benefits of the vExpert program is having free access to many different vendor programs, services, software, and other tools and utilities. One of the benefits that is extended is access to the Oracle Ravello Cloud…

  • Running-the-VMware-Workstation-Pro-Tech-Preview-2018-installer

    VMware Workstation Pro Tech Preview 2018 Released with New Features

    For those running virtualization on top of their desktop operating system, VMware workstation is certainly a powerful solution to provide solutions to engineers and others looking to run multiple operating systems on top of a desktop. This can be utilized…

  • Runecast-1.7.5-VMware-vSphere-6.7-Support-and-Best-Practices

    Runecast 1.7.5 – VMware vSphere 6.7 Support and Best Practices

    With the release of vSphere 6.7 the race for companies to get updated compatiblity with vSphere 6.7 is on. However those using Runecast Analyzer no longer have a wait to enjoy compatibility with the newest version of vSphere. Additionally, those…

  • Kicking-off-the-Horizon-7.5-Connection-Server-Install

    Installing VMware Horizon 7.5 Connection Server

    As we have already covered, VMware Horizon 7.5 is a major step forward for VMware VDI as it provides all the latest and greatest features and functionality and integration with the latest vSphere release – vSphere 6.7. In the post…