Category: vSphere 6.5

The topic of moving to the vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) has come up quite a bit lately my customer meetings. Here are some useful URLs on the topic: Migrating virtual machines between vSwitch or...

I recently ran into the “503 Service Unavailable” message when trying to access vCenter in my homelab and thought this fix might be of interest to others. Please be sure to discuss this procedure with support prior...

vSphere 6.5 includes a great deal of new features as well as a 6x performance increase in operations per second over vSphere 5.5. Given this sort of boost in performance and efficiency it is now time...

First vSphere Client (HTML5) update in vSphere 6.5.0b! [VMware vSphere Blog] First vSphere Client (HTML5) update in vSphere… With the release of vSphere 6.5.0b, we are proud to announce the first update to the...

Here is a list of URLs that I have comprised on the topic of optimizing SQL Server on vSphere:   The SQL on vSphere Best Practices Guide: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/solutions/SQL_Server_on_VMware-Best_Practices_Guide.pdf   Microsoft SQL Server on VMware Availability and Recovery Option:  http://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/solutions/sql-server-on-vmware-availability-and-recovery-options.pdf...

New vCenter Server Appliance Deployment Walkthroughs – via VMware vSphere Blog vSphere 6.5 takes the VCSA deployment experience to the next level. The VCSA 6.5 installer no longer requires a plugin, making it browser...

Join VCSA 6.5 to AD Domain – via EnterpriseDaddy Join VCSA 6.5 to AD Domain In one of my vSphere 6.0 posts, I mentioned how to join vCenter Server appliance to an AD Domain,...

vSphere 6.5 now includes enhanced integration with DRS and vRealize Operations Manager.  Here are the steps on how to start using it in your environment: The first setting to enable is located under the DRS Cluster configuration, check...

Here are the details I used for my nested ESXi 6.5 deployment in my home lab. The OVA and it’s configuration is provided by William Lam from virtuallyghetto.com. Host Configuration: Dell XPS 8700 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790 CPU...