Month: August 2015

VMworld 2015: vCSA Best Practices

INF4528, William Lam, VMware VCSA is on parity with Windows server in terms of scale and performance VUM still requires a Windows server (future version will not) FULL VUM capabilities in vSphere web client in 6.0 U1 Deployment types: Embedded (PSC and VC), or PSC as external Multiple vCenters can...

VMworld 2015: Hot topics in VMware R&D

Moore's Law: Old faithful + rising tide In the future Moore's law will be less predictable Moore's law may end around 2020 or 2022 Silicon lattice will be a limiting factor in how small transistors can go Past 40 years the industry has marched towards homogeneous (x86, ARM, CMOS, etc.)...

VMworld 2015: What’s new in SRM

Application  uptime is key for businesses 40% of companies still use tape for DR purposes Legacy DR solutions can lead to extended periods of downtime Announcing SRM 6.1 and site recovery manager air From private cloud to public cloud - the hybrid cloud SRM automates every workflow of DR orchestration...

VMworld 2015: Monday Keynote

VMware President Carl Eschenbach Record attendance at VMworld. More than 23,000 20 people have been to all 20 VMworlds (21 including Carl) Theme: Ready for Any Challenges: Innovation, productivity, security, cost, agility Run - Run a true hybrid cloud platform Built - Build and embrace containers Deliver - Any app...

VMworld 2015: vCenter Appliance as First Choice

Session: INF5975 Transforming software delivery with software appliances Accelerat e time to value Simplify software management Performance Security Reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) vCSA Security hardened Suse OS (SLES 11 SP3) vCenter server and vPostgreSQL DB in a single VM Appliance shell and UI support for appliance configuration vCenter...

Nutanix Acropolis is Citrix Ready

Just over two months ago Nutanix took the covers off our Acropolis hypervisor at our .Next Conference in Miami. Even prior to that announcement, Nutanix has been working behind the scenes with a number of close partners for ecosystem support. I'm very proud to announce that today that Citrix XenDesktop...