robk Posted July 24, 2011 Posted July 24, 2011 Has anyone produced any training Material on v5? As a vmware newbe I am keen to find out what I should be buying and what it will do over it's competitors.
Duke Posted July 26, 2011 Posted July 26, 2011 This thread is worth a look if you want to see what the enterprise people think of vSphere 5 (particularly vRAM): Vsphere 5 - Ars Technica OpenForum
Duke Posted August 1, 2011 Posted August 1, 2011 Only rumour so far, but looks like VMware are working towards 'fixing' (or at least improving) the vRAM situation: VMware changes vRAM licensing on vSphere 5 after customer feedback on vTAX 1
Theblacksheep Posted August 3, 2011 Posted August 3, 2011 (edited) Licencing changed for vsphere 5: VMware: Rethink IT: Changes to the vRAM licensing model introduced on July 12, 2011 Yes, even the free version now gets 32gb Edited August 3, 2011 by Theblacksheep 3
Arthur Posted August 3, 2011 Posted August 3, 2011 Excellent news regarding vSphere Hypervisor. The 8GB vRAM limit was absolutely ludicrous especially now that 8GB's of DDR3 RAM is only £34.80 inc. VAT!
Duke Posted August 4, 2011 Posted August 4, 2011 Has anyone seen a chart that compares vSphere 4 versions to vSphere 5 versions (feature-wise)? From what I can see they're dropping vSphere Advanced which is what I run so I need to know what my upgrade path is...
Theblacksheep Posted August 4, 2011 Posted August 4, 2011 Has anyone seen a chart that compares vSphere 4 versions to vSphere 5 versions (feature-wise)? From what I can see they're dropping vSphere Advanced which is what I run so I need to know what my upgrade path is... advanced gets upgraded to enterprise. you gain DRS for free. 1
andrew-virtusolve Posted August 4, 2011 Author Posted August 4, 2011 advanced gets upgraded to enterprise. you gain DRS for free. As long as you have current support, if you don't buy it now and get the upgrade at very low cost This PDF has all the details you would want - http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere_pricing.pdf 1
Duke Posted August 4, 2011 Posted August 4, 2011 you gain DRS for free. DRS and Storage vMotion, which is kinda awesome. As long as you have current support All under support and I'll keep that support up for as long as we stick with VMware I reckon.
andrew-virtusolve Posted August 4, 2011 Author Posted August 4, 2011 DRS and Storage vMotion, which is kinda awesome. All under support and I'll keep that support up for as long as we stick with VMware I reckon. Which should be a while then - although having said that I've just been looking at Replication in Hyper-V on Windows Server "8" and it's pretty awesome - OK you can do the same with Quest vReplicator which is now part of vRanger - but a great free feature - they are coming on...
Theblacksheep Posted August 25, 2011 Posted August 25, 2011 vSphere 5 is available to download from VMware. Yellow-Bricks
gshaw Posted August 25, 2011 Posted August 25, 2011 Who's going to be first to bite the bullet and do the upgrade... report back once done
Theblacksheep Posted August 25, 2011 Posted August 25, 2011 Who's going to be first to bite the bullet and do the upgrade... report back once done I've downloaded, but not going near production servers. Might try the home server tonight tho
gshaw Posted August 25, 2011 Posted August 25, 2011 Hehe, only just had ours put in on 4.1 so will sit and watch the early adopters iron out any issues before we move I think... might have to dig out a spare PC to try it out on as well...
Arthur Posted August 29, 2011 Posted August 29, 2011 VMware have updated their performance whitepapers for vSphere 5 (links courtesy of Yellow-Bricks)... vMotion Architecture, Performance, and Best Practices in VMware vSphere 5 http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10202 Understanding Memory Management in VMware vSphere 5 http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10206 Performance Implications of Storage I/O Control–Enabled NFS Datastores in VMware vSphere 5 http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10207 Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Performance on vSphere 5 http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10204 Zimbra Collaboration Server Performance on VMware vSphere 5 http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10203 Host Power Management in VMware vSphere 5 http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10205 VMware vCenter Update Manager 5.0 Performance and Best Practices http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10208
Dave_O Posted August 29, 2011 Posted August 29, 2011 (edited) In, done, complete no problems. Done using update manager remotely using my iPad (seriously). Edited August 29, 2011 by Dave_O
gshaw Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 In, done, complete no problems. Done using update manager remotely using my iPad (seriously). What about your backup solution? Veeam is still testing against 5.0 so officially not supported at the moment...
Dave_O Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 Works fine. All backups over the weekend completed successfully
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