Eric Sloof

This video covers Whats new vSphere High Availability.

This video is an introduction to some new features in the vSphere Client 6.5

VMware Tools Client allows you to interact with your vSphere VMs without network connectivity, it executes scripts and transfer files to the vSphere Virtual Machines through VMware Tools.

Main features:

• Commands / Scripts execution
• Scripts stored in exportable ".db" file
• Download file from virtual machines
• Upload file to virtual machines
• Ping test
• Communicates with Virtual Machines only with VMware tools
• Read only on vCenter API to discover inventory (will not scan the entire vCenter, it is live discovery)
• vCenter URL/Login and Virtual Machine credentials stored in separeted and exportable ".db" file
• Linux / Windows support
• Multi VM view
• JavaFX user interface

Download the VMware Tools Client

This video shows an introduction to the VMware NSX-T platform. Additional information can be found here: Kubernetes and VMware NSX and VMware NSX-T Documentation

The ability to run extremely large virtual machines on vSphere 6.5 aligns closely with the needs of large databases in the enterprise today. Specifically, Oracle database instances in some cases require large amounts of RAM, many processors, and high-speed flash-based storage to achieve the performance needed.


Tests were run in the VMware lab using monster virtual machines running Oracle databases to study their performance. Tests were run across a range of server generations and a flash storage array to illustrate how much performance has increased with each new generation of processor, the performance benefit of HyperThreading, and NUMA effects.

The results of these tests show that the performance of Oracle databases on large virtual machines is excellent.

This brief technical-overview video will introduce you to User Environment Manager 9.2, provide some details about how it works, and examine the architecture. If you are new to the product, or want a short refresher, this is a great place to begin.

Introducing the new VMware docs.vmware.com beta site, brought to you by the VMware Information Experience team!

The Host Profiles CLI Fling (hostprofilescli) is a command-line utility that allows vSphere administrators to perform several operations with Host Profiles that are either not currently possible through existing user interfaces, or possible only through graphical interfaces.


The hostprofilescli utility can also be used to export a specific profile to a local file for backup or, in some cases, to move between test and production environments. Keep in mind that Host Profiles are very closely tied to specific hardware, I/O devices, and storage. Attempting to use a profile in another environment that is not virtually identical may require significant troubleshooting to become operational.

If you are interested in joining me at a VMware vRealize Operations Manager [6.2] - Install Configure and Manage or VMware vSphere Optimize and Scale [6.5] training course in Utrecht (the Netherlands), I've got two great oppertunities for you:

• I still have a few seats left in this awesome vRealize Operations Manager: Install Configure and Manage training course 12-16 June, please click the following link for registration - https://t.co/3lxNnxTkCQ

and

• Those interested in attending the VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V6.5] training course at 3 - 7 July in Utrecht, please use the following link for registration - https://t.co/RKrJdPOw2F

vCenter Cluster Performance Tool is a Powershell script that uses vSphere PowerCLI to obtain performance data for a cluster by aggregating information from individual hosts. You have the following options to specify in the script.

An “interval” of 20s or 300s. The default is 20s, and corresponds to real time statistics. 300s corresponds to the 5 min interval statistics.
A stats query flag to obtain the list of counter IDs available on the vCenter Server. You can then pass the desired counter ID from that list to obtain Performance metrics for the cluster.

• Gathers all data of the specified interval type that is available on each host in the specified cluster
• Easy and a quick way of obtaining performance data for a vCenter cluster
• Data is saved in a CSV file, which can then easily be fed into any charting software
• A chart, in PNG format, is also generated for visualization