2016 is pretty much done and dusted and it’s been an good year for Virtualization is Life! There was a more modest 70% increase in site visits this year compared to 2015 and a 2600% increase in visits since I began blogging in 2012. In 2016 I managed to produce 124 posts (including this one) which was slightly up […] Read More
Released: vCloud Director SP 8.10.1 Important Upgrade for Zerto Clients
This week VMware released vCloud Director SP 8.10.1 Build 4655197. This is the sister build for vCD SP 8.0.2 and like that release, while there a a number of minor bug fixes in this release there is one important fix that will make service providers who offer replication services built upon Zerto happy, as it resolves a bug that […] Read More
vSphere 6.5 – Whats in it for Service Providers Part 1
Last week after an extended period of development and beta testing VMware released vSphere 6.5. This is a lot more than a point release and is a major major upgrade from vSphere 6.0. In fact, there is so much packed into this new release that there is an official whitepaper listing all the features and enhancements that […] Read More
vForumAU 2016 Recap: Best Event In Years!
Last week I was in Sydney for the 2016 edition of vForumAU…I’ve been coming to vForumAU since 2011 and this years event was probably up there with the best that I have attended in that time. For the past couple of years the event has had to shift venues due to the Sydney Exhibition Center […] Read More
vForumAU 2016: vBrownBag TechTalks
With vForumAU 2016 less than a week away it’s time to talk about what the vBrownBag crew will be up to next week in Sydney. If you don’t know what the vBrownBag TechTalks head here for an overview…but in a nutshell the crew offer the technical community a platform to present on topics that are more social […] Read More
Worth a Repost: Debunking Three Common Myths Around vCloud Director #LongLivevCD
It seems that all with all the announcements of late around VMware’s (re)shifting Hybrid Cloud strategy with Cross Cloud Foundation and VMware’s partnership with AWS people where again asking what is happening with vCloud Director. While vCD is still not available for VMware’s enterprise customers, the vCloud Director platform has officially never been in a stronger position. […] Read More
VMware on AWS: vCloud Director and What Needs to be Done to Empower the vCAN
Last week VMware and Amazon Web Services officially announced their new joint venture whereby VMware technology will be available to run as a service on AWS in the form of bare-bones hardware with vCenter, ESXi, NSX and VSAN as the core VMware technology components. This isn’t some magic whereby ESXi is nested or emulated upon the […] Read More
VMware on AWS: Thoughts on the Impact to the vCloud Air Network
Last week VMware and Amazon Web Services officially announced their new joint venture whereby VMware technology will be available to run as a service on AWS in the form of bare-bones hardware with vCenter, ESXi, NSX and VSAN as the core VMware technology components. This isn’t some magic whereby ESXi is nested or emulated upon the […] Read More
Released – vCloud Director SP 8.0.2 Important Upgrade for Zerto Clients
Last week VMware released vCloud Director SP 8.0.2 Build 4348775. While there a a number of minor bug fixes in this release there is one important fix that will make service providers who offer replication services built upon Zerto happy, as it resolves a bug that had stopped many service providers upgrading from vCD SP 5.6.x. Apart from […] Read More
#300
Virtualization is Life! has hit post #300 and I thought I’d take this opportunity to list through some numbers and top posts since I launched this blog as Hosting is Life! back in April of 2012. Before going through the listing below I’d like to thank the extended VMware Virtualization Community for allowing me to […] Read More