During the tests of new vSphere 6.5 you will quickly realize that the virtual machine created in compatibility mode for 6.5 has VM Hardware Version 13. It could be quite strange in case we had version 11 in vSphere 6.0. Perhaps it means that VMware at first planned to release vSphere 6.1 which would use VM Hardware 12 but finally skipped it in favor of the vSphere 6.5. Anyway to be able to use new features of vSphere 6.5 you…
This is the first part of the series describing the different options to install, restore and upgrade vSphere 6.5, especially the vCenter server. In this part we will describe the process of External PSC deployment. 1.The first step is to download the vCSA ISO image and mount it for instance to your desktop. Inside the ISO image go to D:\vcsa-ui-installer\win32 and run the installer.exe. 2. Then we choose the Install option, as you can see there are also available such option…
That’s the day most of us ( or at least me :)) were waiting for. It’s officialy available to download vSphere 6.5 GA. It can be downloaded directly from this page. Documentation can be found here. The most important features are: HTML 5 vSphere Client ProactiveHA Network-Aware DRS vCenter Backup and Restore Auto Deploy integraded with Web Client vSphere Update Manager built-in vCenter Server Appliance. General Storage, NFS and Network enhancements I guess that there aren’t many of you who…