Top Use Cases for Virtualization with Intelligent Management

Organizations around the world have been enjoying the benefits of core compute virtualization for years. But it’s time for virtualization 2.0, which is – virtualization with intelligent management. IT managers and practitioners need to take control of the management complexity that comes with a growing IT infrastructure. VMware vSphere with Operations Management can help alleviate… Continue reading Top Use Cases for Virtualization with Intelligent Management

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?

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

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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

Mellanox 40 Gigabit Ethernet Drivers Now Integrated in VMware vSphere 5.5

Mellanox® Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MLNX) (TASE: MLNX), a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage systems, today announced that its ConnextX®-3 40GbE driver has been successfully integrated into VMware vSphere® 5.5 to enable a new price/performance record for virtualized data centers. Benchmark results achieved a sustainable rate of more… Continue reading Mellanox 40 Gigabit Ethernet Drivers Now Integrated in VMware vSphere 5.5

What’s new in VMware vSphere 5.5 Release

VMware vSphere® 5.5 introduces many new features and enhancements to further extend the core capabilities of the vSphere platform. This paper will discuss features and capabilities of the vSphere platform, including vSphere ESXi Hypervisor™, VMware vSphere High Availability (vSphere HA), virtual machines, VMware vCenter Server™, storage networking and vSphere Big Data Extensions. This paper is… Continue reading What’s new in VMware vSphere 5.5 Release

VMware Unveils Next-Generation Products and Services to Further Enable the Software-Defined Data Center

Addressing the needs of organizations to simplify IT, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today at VMworld® 2013 announced a wave of new products and services designed to help IT accelerate their adoption of a software-defined data center architecture and take advantage of the value of advanced virtualization in… Continue reading VMware Unveils Next-Generation Products and Services to Further Enable the Software-Defined Data Center