VMware vSphere Blog

Updates to VM Compatibility and VMware Tools with vSphere 6.7 Update 2

Kev Johnson posted April 9, 2019

With VMware Tools version 10.0 VMware took the decision to separate it’s release cycle from that of vSphere. On that note I’m pleased to announce that the latest release of the VMware Tools 10.3 codebase is now available for download. In vSphere 6.7 Update 2 we also introduce a new version of VM Compatibility (formerly Read more...

Designing a Shared Virtualized Infrastructure for Business Critical, Machine Learning and High-Performance Computing Workloads

Justin Murray posted April 8, 2019

The University of Groningen – Center for Information Technology The University of Groningen (UG) is a public research university, located in the north of the Netherlands. The university has over 5000 people on staff and over 30,000 students across its under-graduate and post-graduate populations. The Center for Information Technology (CIT) within UG provides computing resources Read more...

VMware vSphere Update Manager Enhancements in vSphere 6.7 Update 2

David Stamen posted April 8, 2019

vCenter Server 6.7 Update 2 has been announced and will soon be generally available as an update and download, and with it come quite a few enhancements to the VMware vSphere Update Manager Interface! Back in October, I covered some enhancements within vSphere 6.7 Update 1. vSphere 6.7 Update 1 did bring feature parity to Read more...

vCenter Server 6.7 Update 2: What’s New

Nigel Hickey posted April 5, 2019

Note: vSphere 6.7 Update 2 was recently announced and is generally available as an update and download. The announcement of vSphere 6.7 Update 2 informed us of many new features like DRS-MM (DRS in Maintenance Mode), CPU scheduler options for vulnerabilities like L1TF, as well as new vSphere ROBO licensing, and updates to vSphere Read more...

Introducing vSphere ROBO Enterprise with DRS-MM

Niels Hagoort posted April 4, 2019

The vSphere ROBO license model is perfect for organizations that have Remote Office Branch Office (ROBO) locations with a few hosts running workloads. Although being feature-rich, the ROBO clusters lacked the ability of automatic virtual machine migration when entering maintenance mode to perform upgrade or update operations. With the announcement of the vSphere 6.7 Update Read more...

vSphere Platinum 6.7 Update 2 Brings New Visualizations, Capabilities, and Security Features

Bob Plankers posted April 3, 2019

The release of vSphere 6.7 Update 2 was announced (and will soon be generally available as an update and download), bringing improvements and fixes to all editions of vSphere. This includes vSphere Platinum 6.7 Update 2, the premier edition of vSphere that features AppDefense. If you aren’t familiar with VMware AppDefense it is cutting edge Read more...

Announcing vSphere 6.7 Update 2, vSphere Platinum updates, and vSphere ROBO Enterprise

Himanshu Singh posted April 2, 2019

I am excited to share that today we are announcing the VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 2 release, with key enhancements that will deliver an efficient and more secure hybrid cloud platform to our customers. We are also announcing the new vSphere Remote Office Branch Office Enterprise edition, as well as updates going specifically into vSphere Read more...

VMware Cloud on AWS Evaluation Guide

Charu Chaubal posted March 11, 2019

As we move into a world where businesses expect a dynamic and responsive IT environment, hybrid cloud is increasingly being seen as the answer. Customers that need consistency, comprehensive visibility and ease of management and operations across their on-premises and public cloud environments are evaluating VMware Cloud on AWS to become part of their Hybrid Read more...

Exploring the GPU Architecture and why we need it.

Niels Hagoort posted March 8, 2019

A Graphics Processor Unit (GPU) is mostly known for the hardware device used when running applications that weigh heavy on graphics, i.e. 3D modeling software or VDI infrastructures. In the consumer market, a GPU is mostly used to accelerate gaming graphics. Today, GPGPU’s (General Purpose GPU) are the choice of hardware to accelerate computational workloads Read more...

Understanding the vCenter Server Converge Tool

David Stamen posted February 26, 2019

Announced in November 2018, the External Platform Services Controller (PSC) is being deprecated. Previously, many customers have deployed the External PSC to take advantage of features such as Enhanced Linked Mode (ELM) or PSC HA. With the removal of the External PSC, VMware has provided a Converge Tool to be able to migrate from an Read more...