How to Fix vCenter 5.5 upgrade to 6.0 VCSServiceManager failed with error code 1603?

I decided to upgrade my home lab‘s vcenter 5.5 to 6.0 few days ago and what I thought would be a straight forward process turned into a 3 days of researching and scratching my head as to what was wrong with the upgrade and more troubling, what was I doing wrong? I knew that with… Continue reading How to Fix vCenter 5.5 upgrade to 6.0 VCSServiceManager failed with error code 1603?

General Availability of VMware ESXi 6.0 Patch Release ESXi600-201504001 (2111975)

VMware has released new ESX 6.0 Patch as of April 09, 2015. A few of the Issues resolved in this patch: After you enable Fault Tolerance on a Windows VM (Windows XP and later) configured with Virtual Hardware version 11 and vSphere 6.0 VM Tools, the virtual machine’s workload throughput will drop significantly. When you… Continue reading General Availability of VMware ESXi 6.0 Patch Release ESXi600-201504001 (2111975)

StorMagic, VMware to Deliver 2-Node Storage Solution For Remote Branch Offices

SvSAN VMware Infrastructure

StorMagic, a leading provider of enterprise-class software-defined storage for virtual server environments, today announced it has partnered with VMware to deliver a solution providing powerful server virtualization and software-only shared storage for remote office and branch office (ROBO) environments, using only a two-server configuration. VMware vSphere and StorMagic SvSAN will be combined to deliver high… Continue reading StorMagic, VMware to Deliver 2-Node Storage Solution For Remote Branch Offices

EMC Embraces VMware vSphere 6, Accelerate Hybrid Cloud Adoption

EMC XtremeIO

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today announced support for VMware vSphere 6 within its product and solution roadmap and development cycle, enabling customers to leverage EMC’s leading storage platforms to virtualize scale-up and scale-out applications with confidence, redefine availability, and simplify the virtual data center. EMC storage platforms including VMAX®, VNX®, VNXe, VPLEX® and XtremIO™ will… Continue reading EMC Embraces VMware vSphere 6, Accelerate Hybrid Cloud Adoption

Supermicro Highlights Server Platforms for VMware vSphere 6, Virtual SAN 6 at PEX 2015

Supermicro Ultra, TwinPro, FatTwin Server hardware platforms

Super Micro Computer, a global leader in high-performance, high-efficiency server, storage technology and green computing will highlight its broad range of server, storage and networking platforms optimized for hyper-converged infrastructure at VMware Partner Exchange 2015 this week in San Francisco, CA. New solutions are configured to take maximum advantage of VMware vSphere 6 and VMware… Continue reading Supermicro Highlights Server Platforms for VMware vSphere 6, Virtual SAN 6 at PEX 2015

SimpliVity’s Hyperconverged Infrastructure to Support VMware vSphere 6

SimpliVity announced today at the VMware Partner Exchange (PEX) conference in San Francisco that its hyperconverged infrastructure will support VMware vSphere 6. The company also announced coming support for the Intel Haswell processor, bringing enhanced performance to its OmniCube hyperconverged infrastructure system, and adding the SimpliVity OmniStack Integrated Solution with Cisco UCS C240 M4 Rack… Continue reading SimpliVity’s Hyperconverged Infrastructure to Support VMware vSphere 6

Silver Peak Extends VMware vSphere 6 Replication Performance Over the WAN

VMware Partner Exchange 2015 Today at VMware Partner Exchange 2015, Silver Peak announced that its WAN optimization software has tested and pre-validated the new VMware vSphere® 6 Replication solution to accelerate remote replication. Silver Peak’s software-based approach to data acceleration overcomes WAN bandwidth, distance, and quality impediments to help storage and IT administrators easily meet… Continue reading Silver Peak Extends VMware vSphere 6 Replication Performance Over the WAN