The next step of any vSphere upgrade is to upgrade vCenter. However, if you are using vCloud Director the next step would be to upgrade vCloud Director before vCenter. It is crucial at this time to ...

Following on from this thread, I want to upgrade my three vCenter environments from 5.0.0 to 5.0.0 U2. I've never actually upgraded vCenter before (only installed it from scratch a few times), so I've ...

To move on with the next phase of my migration, I needed a diagram from the VMware Virtual Infrastructure Navigator (VIN) showing the way vCenter is a central connectivity point for any VMware vCloud ...

My VMware vSphere Upgrade saga started with my having to upgrade my PDC to support Windows 2008 as I discussed within Upgrading to vSphere – The Saga Starts. The next stage of the saga continues… I am ...

The last thing you want is to have the upgrade fail or to encounter problems that you could have avoided with a little bit of research. This paper highlights the process, requirements, and options for ...

Using Host Profiles with a vSphere Upgrade, even if you do not have an Enterprise Plus license, will save time. If you have to upgrade a VMware VI3 Cluster it may be best to use Host Profiles at least ...

Enterprise virtualization features such as snapshots and clones allow data center managers to test system upgrades prior to production implementation. For example, these tools take the guesswork out ...

Last weekend we shutdown our 2 node VMWare ESXi cluster, managed by vCenter Server Appliance 5.0.0.3324 Build 472350 (which uses the embedded DB2 database). There was some building work going on and ...

VMware's release of vSphere 6.7 U1 on Oct. 16, 2018, despite being only an update, was a major event as this version includes a near-feature-complete vSphere Client. For years, VMware has been slowly ...

Due to enhancements to vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) version 6.7, in particular its performance and vSphere Client, you may want to consider upgrading your VCSA sooner rather than later. Here's how.

Virtualization giant VMware Inc. has made a new update to its vSphere 6.5 platform generally available. VSphere is the company’s flagship platform for implementing and managing virtual machine ...