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Monday, November 10. 2014

vSphere Replication Calculator

Storage and network bandwidth requirements can increase when using vSphere Replication. Besides the network transfers of replicated data from the primary site to the vSphere Replication server, and the transfers from the vSphere Replication server to the ESXi host, the host writes the data to storage once and then, due to the use of redo log snapshots, reads the data back and rewrites it to storage.

The amount of network bandwidth that vSphere Replication requires to replicate virtual machines efficiently depends on several factors in your environment.

Network-based storage
Size of dataset
Data change rate
Recovery point objective (RPO)
Link speed

To further help you to estimate the amount of bandwidth that vSphere Replication requires, VMware provides the online vSphere Replication Calculator.

Friday, October 24. 2014

Latest Fling from VMware Labs - Horizon Migration Tool

The Horizon Migration Tool helps you migrate published applications and desktops from XenApp to Horizon View. One XenApp farm is migrated to one or more Horizon View farm(s).

The GUI wizard-based tool helps you:

Validate the View agent status on RDS hosts (from View connection server, and XenApp server)
Create farms
Validate application availability on RDS hosts
Migrate application/desktop to one or multiple farms (new or existing)
Migrate entitlements to new or existing applications/desktops. Combination of application entitlements are supported
Check environment
Identify incompatible features and configuration

Download: Horizon Migration Tool

Thursday, October 23. 2014

Download VMware Remote Console 7.0

VMware Remote Console provides console access and client device connection to VMs on a remote host. You will need to download this installer before you can launch the external VMRC application directly from a vSphere web client.

Download VMware Remote Console 7.0

Tuesday, October 21. 2014

Available for download - vRealize CloudClient 3.0

vRealize CloudClient is a command-line utility that provides verb-based access to many of VMware's cloud management products, such as vRealize Automation. CloudClient provides an easy to use command-line and scripting capability.

Using the Cloud Client as an interactive shell provides a easy-to-use utility for performing many common VMware Cloud Management Platform Functions

Launching Cloud Client

Use the following procedure to launch Cloud Client on Windows.

Open a command prompt on your workstation.

Change directories to the directory where you extracted the Cloud Client files.

Enter cloudclient.bat

Use the following procedure to launch Cloud Client on Linux or MacOSX.

Open a terminal on your workstation.

Change directories to the directory where you extracted the Cloud Client files.

Enter ./cloudclient.sh

The Cloud Client interface appears.

Download the vRealize CloudClient 3.0

Friday, October 17. 2014

Latest Fling from VMware Labs - ESXtop for the vSphere Web Client

ESXtopNGC Plugin is an enhanced, plugin-version of ESXtop for the vSphere Web Client. The plugin displays ESX server stats in new and more powerful ways by tapping into the GUI capabilities of the Web Client.

Features:

Separate tabs for CPU, memory, network and disk performance statistics
Flexible batch output
Flexible counter selection
Advanced data grid for displaying stats (sortable columns, expandable rows, etc.)
Configurable refresh rate
VM-only stats
Embedded tooltip for counter description

Get it here

Tuesday, September 30. 2014

Running Arista vEOS inside VMware Workstation

Designed to provide a foundation for the business needs of next-generation datacenters and cloud networks. Arista EOS provides extremely robust and reliable data center communication services while delivering security, stability, openness, modularity and extensibility.

This unique combination offers the opportunity to significantly improve the functionality and evolution of next generation data centers. Arista EOS Central (EOSC) offers access to articles, architectures, tips, examples, and support to deliver real-world solutions that bridge the gap between what vendors build and what users want.

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