Taken directly from Forbes Guthrie’s vreference.com blog: VMware has published the vSphere 5 documentation: http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-pubs.html In addition to the online html library and the downloadable PDFs, there are now e-book versions to grab. There are MOBI files for your kindle and EPUB files for most other e-book readers. I’ve requested this for some time now, [...]
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vSphere 5 documentation sources
Posted: September 9, 2011 in ESXi5, Virtualisation, VMware, vSphere 50
vKernel Releases vRAM Tools and Guide
Posted: August 4, 2011 in ESXi5, Virtualisation, VMware, vSphere 5The folks over at vKernel have been busy and recognized that there is a lot of panic about vRAM entitlements. They have a new help center and tool for monitoring your current utilization and to help you plan for the future. The tool is located here
VMware Revises vRAM Entitlements
Posted: August 3, 2011 in Desktop Virtualisation, ESXi5, Virtualisation, VMware, VMware View, vSphere 5In an unexpected but greatly appreciated change of heart, VMware has published that it is revising the vRAM entitlements and model with regards to vRAM Entitlements, the following is an extract from a blog post and mail sent to all VMware Partners: VMware vSphere 5 Licensing and Pricing Update As you are probably aware, when [...]
Microsoft and VMware Compared Series–An Introduction
Posted: July 27, 2011 in ESXi5, Hyper-V, Microsoft General, Virtualisation, VMware, vSphere 5, Windows ServerAs expert providers of VMware’s vSphere server virtualisation platform and Microsoft’s Hyper-V with System Centre Virtual Machine Manager we are often asked to make comparisons between the two platforms. The web is filled with propaganda from both organisations and there is little objective commentary. In the ‘Microsoft and VMware Compared Series, we are going to [...]
VMware TV has released a load of new vSphere 5 demonstration videos, they are embedded below: vSphere Web Client Demo vSphere Storage DRS Demo vSphere Profile-Driven Storage Demo vSphere Storage Appliance Resilience Demo vSphere Auto Deploy Demo vSphere Storage Appliance Installation and Configuration
More focus being placed around vRAM licensing issues with vSphere 5 New video from VMware
VMware Begins RAM Model Charm Offensive
Posted: July 15, 2011 in ESXi5, Virtualisation, VMware, vSphere 5It must be difficult for VMware, a market leader in the field, no-one really near them to offer strong competition – so they plough ahead anyway, bring some amazing innovation (see the new vSphere Web Client Post) and all everyone is talking about is the new licensing model! Well they must’ve predicted this coming, but [...]
One of the coolest features of the up-and-coming new version of vSphere 5 is the feature-rich web client, which, for the majority of admins will do away with the requirement for downloads of the vi-client. Written in Adobe Air, it is a very slick and polished product, which will only get better (some are predicting [...]
VMware now has a comprehensive number of white papers with all of the answers to What’s New for components in vSphere 5, please use the following links: What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Platform What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Storage What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Performance What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Networking [...]
vSphere 5– vCenter Server Appliance
Posted: July 13, 2011 in ESXi5, Virtualisation, VMware, vSphere 5Overview The vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) is a new innovation in vSphere 5 that removes the need for a dedicated Windows Server to help manage your vSphere environment. Essentially the vCSA is a cut-down linux-based virtual machine that comes with the vCenter binaries and a database engine to run them pre-installed and a minimal amount [...]
