VMware’s Update Manager (included with vCenter 5 download) has a nice, new feature for help in upgrading your hosts from ESXi 4.1 U1 to ESXi 5. The feature, Figure 1, is found in the Admin View and is simply called “ESXi Images”. It allows you to upload ESXi images in to the Upgrade Manager Repository […]
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vSphere 5 swap to host cache: forcing & reporting
Quick & dirty post: If you ever need to demonstrate ESXi 5’s new swapping to host cache feature, I’ve found the easiest way to do that is to create two VMs that over-commit the host memory (and have very little disk allotted). You can power on the VMs, open up each VM’s console and boot […]
VCP5 vs VCP4: Comparing exam blueprints
Tuesday July 12th was a big day for VMware. They announced the VMware vSphere 5 product suite, restated their plans for enabling and accelerating private & public cloud adoption, revealed a change in licensing, and announced the VCP5 beta exam. I wasn’t surprised that VCP5 was announced, but I imagine that some of you (like […]
Liveblogging the VMware vSphere 5 Launch
10:58 AM CDT: Announcing that it will begin shortly. 11:04 AM CDT: Deep breath. And so it begins… 11:05 AM CDT: CEO of VMware, Paul Maritz takes the stage. He’s discussing what he’s terming the ‘cloud era’, and the forces that are driving it — a drive towards an information-centric world, and a drive towards […]