Category: VMware

vSphere 6.0 Basics – Part 4 – Installing vCenter Server with Windows Server 2012 R2

This is part 4 of the vSphere 6.0 Basics, detailing the installation of vCenter Server on Windows Server 2012 R2.

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vSphere 6.0 Basics – Part 2 – vSphere Client Install

This is part 2 of the vSphere 6.0 Basics, detailing the installation of the vSphere Client.  The vSphere Client can now only be used for ESXi 6.0 direct connect (RC version), however, the GA version will support vCenter Server 6.0 (courtesy of Derek Seaman via PEX).  Be aware that vSphere Update Manager now uses a separate vSphere Update Manager Client, not the vSphere Client as in previous versions.

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vSphere 6.0 – Feature List

The amazing VMware vSphere 6.0 has just been announced and will be released in March 2015!  Michael Webster wrote a great article about the significance of vSphere 6.0 that is worth reading.  This a “brain-dump” of the impressive new features and improvements:

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VCDX Design with vSphere 6.0

For all you VCDX Candidates out there, with vSphere 6.0 about to be generally available (complete speculation on my side – 2 Feb 2015), submitting vSphere 6.0 designs for your VCDX defence is not a good idea until Update 1 is released (probably August 2015).

Otherwise, you will have to explain how you will mitigate the risks that come with GA code and how they will impact your Customer’s Mission-Critical and Business-Critical services.  Which is not a pleasant conversation to have.