Now that we have the Windows PSC installed, it is time to prepare for installing vCenter. vCenter can support three database types: embedded vPostGres (supports up to 20 hosts and 2000 VMs), Microsoft SQL, and Oracle. SQL seems to be the most popular choice, so that's what I'll help you...
In this installment of the vSphere 6.0 installation how-to series we cover upgrading ESXi hosts, VMs, and VMFS. You do need to understand ESXi/VM/VMFS upgrade best practices, recommended order, and gotchas. That’s what this post is for. Blog Series vSphere 6.0 Install Pt. 1: Introduction vSphere 6.0 Install Pt. 2: Platform Services Controller vSphere...
Upgrades can be scary times with any enterprise product. The more your critical infrastructure relies on a particular solution, or set of solutions, the more imperative it is you fully understand and test the new product. Prior vSphere releases has taught us that thorough testing cannot be skipped and you should not rush a new...
After some teasing at VMworld 2014, and a few more sessions at PEX 2015, vSphere 6.0 is finally available for download! If you are in a big hurry to download, here are some useful links. vSphere 6.0 release notes can be found here. As always, TEST TEST TEST before putting...
Introduction As long as I can recall certificate management in vSphere has been difficult, and for many customers, something they completely ignore. I'm surprised how many customer designs (even those done by VCDXs) I've seen where they feel it's too difficult to deploy vSphere certificates so they accept the risk...
Now that we've gotten some background and best practices behind us, now it's time to start the actual software installation. As previously mentioned, in all but the smallest environments it's recommended to have a dedicated Platform Services Controller (PSC), rather than an embedded one. So first up here will be...
Introduction In this second installment of the vSphere 6.0 installation series we cover the new service called the Platform Services Controller. This new service has consumed the SSO service, and added a number of new features. vCenter functionality is now divided into two primary roles, the management node and the...
Another great session at PEX 2015 by Rawlinson Rivera. Traditional storage architectures can't keep up: Specialized and costly HW - Not commodity, low utilization, overprovisioning Device-centric silos - Static classes of service, rigid provisioning, lack of granular control Complex processes - Lack of automation, time consuming processes, slow reaction to...
Straight from PEX 2015 in San Francisco, here's a recap of the February 2 announcement for what's new in vSphere 6.0 Platform Enhancements: 128 vCPUs per VM 4TB of RAM per VM 64 hosts per cluster 12TB of system RAM 480 vCPUs per host Hot-add RAM is now vNUMA aware...
At VMworld 2014 VMware revealed bits and pieces of what's new in vSphere 6.0. A lot of information was still under NDA and not disclosed, so attendees didn't get the full picture of the new virtualization platform. But now that it's announced, all can now be revealed. Unlike the last...