Released: vCloud Director SP 8.20.0.1

Last week VMware released an update for vCloud Director SP (Build 5439762) and while the small version increment suggest a small release, it actually contains a couple of important new features and introduces support for VVOL datastores which hopefully will get vCAN Service Providers looking at VVOLs a little more as well as a new Cell Management Tool command to help the debugging of the auto import feature. There are also a number of resolved issues that are worth reading through the release notes for.

• Support for VVol (Virtual Volume) datastores These datastores were introduced in vSphere 6.0 and can now be selected for use by vCloud Director. See VMware Knowledge Base article 2113013 for more information about VVols.
• New Cell Management Tool subcommand debug-auto-import You can use this command to get more information about why an adopted VM was not imported. See the debug-auto-import command help for information about command options.

Also, just as a reminder that if you are a vCAN Service Provider currently running vCloud director or looking to run it, the vCloud Director Team has a VMLive session in June that(https://vmware.my.salesforce.com/secur/login_portal.jsp?orgId=00D400000009hQR&portalId=06040000000D6Nb&startURL=/apex/PRMPartnerUnivTab%3F%26stURLmLa%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmylearn%252Evmware%252Ecom%252Fregister%252Ecfm%253Fcourse%253D328718%2526ui%253Dsso). Looking forward to seeing what goodies the vCD Product Team are going to announce in regards to vCD enhancements. Those with the the correct entitlements can download the build (https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vcloud_director/8_20). References: http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/vcd/8-20/rel_notes_vcloud_director_8-20-0-1.html