While there are great expectations for vSphere 6.5; we are still taking care of a number of 5.5 sites. This is just a reminder to check on the deploypkg.dll before the 5.5 update 3e upgrades.
Category Archives: vCenter
VMware announces vSphere 6.5!
Today at VMworld Europe, VMware announced vSphere 6.5. This highly anticipated release promises to deliver on several key features and components that have been in the works for some time. Among the anticipated features are native backup and restore of the vCenter 6.5 appliance, the HTML 5 vSphere Client, native HA for the vCenter 6.5 appliance, Update Manager integrated with the vCenter 6.5 appliance. This release also brings VMotion encryption, VM disk level encryption, vSphere integrated Containers, major enhancements to DRS, dramatic improvements to API and automation capabilities with enhancements to REST APIs and CLI’s as well as improvements to the logs and integrated GUI for Auto Deploy, to name a just a few.
For more information on the vSphere 6.5 announcements visit VMware’s vSphere Blog posts:
Introducing vSphere 6.5
What’s New in vSphere 6.5: vCenter Server
What’s new in vSphere 6.5: Security
What’s New in vSphere 6.5: Host & Resource Management and Operations
The vSphere 6.x product page at VMware.com also highlights the product versions and licensing:
vSphere and vSphere with Operations Management
With VMworld Europe 2016 underway, expect more announcements from VMware.
VMware KB: vCenter Single Sign-On and Platform Services Controller High Availability Compatibility Matrix
I am parking this here as a reference for an upcoming customer design/deployment of vCenter 6. This article has good information on the specific requirements for load balancing the various vCenter SSO versions.
VMware KB: Backing up and restoring the vCenter Server Appliance vPostgres database
VMware KB: Backing up and restoring the vCenter Server Appliance vPostgres database.
This is very useful information for anyone who is considering deploying the vCenter 6.0 virtual appliance.
VMware KB: VMware Platform Services Controller 6.0 FAQs
VMware KB: VMware Platform Services Controller 6.0 FAQs.
This is a terrific FAQ for the vSphere 6 PSC. I suggest you read this and refer to it as you begin to get more familiar with and plan upgrades or deployments of vSphere 6.
vSphere 6 Install, Configure and Manage web resources page
In preparation for teaching an early access vSphere: Install, Configure and Manage [v6] course this week, I have collected all the web resource links from the student manual onto a single page. Every web link is included, though none are repeated as they are in some sections of the course materials.
The web resources are here.
VMware KB: Installing or upgrading vCenter Server 6.0 using an external Platform Service Controller prompts the user to accept the Platform Services Controller Certificate
VMware KB: Error when uploading files to vCenter Server Appliance using WinSCP
VMware KB: Error when uploading files to vCenter Server Appliance using WinSCP.
This KB article describes how to set the default shell for “root” to bash to facilitate file operations on vCenter 6.x virtual appliances.
VMware KB: Configuring vSphere 6.0 VMware Certificate Authority as a subordinate Certificate Authority
VMware KB: Understanding and using vSphere 6.0 Certificate Manager
VMware KB: Understanding and using vSphere 6.0 Certificate Manager.
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