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Virtual Updates 2022-08-08

vSphere 6.5 & 6.7 – End of General Support
Why do I keep posting this?
I do not want anyone to be surprised….
Don’t forget that vSphere 6 is phasing out, and that most people should be moving to vSphere 7.
Customer buying new hardware, & asking for ESXi 6.5 installs are being met with surprises, as the hardware doesn’t support ESXi 6.5…..forcing the upgrade path.
So far, vSphere 7.0.3 Update 3f (July release) seems to be very stable.
vSphere 6.5 & 6.7 End Of General Support ends October 15, 2022
This only leaves just over 2 months to get to vSphere 7.
VMware End of Support pages are here.
Don’t forget that SD cards are no longer recommended by VMware!
That means you need SSD or NVMe for boot drives now!

vSphere+ and vSAN+ licensing nuances
Well, core based licensing is here.
In short, you must license each core.
Each CPU must be licensed for minimum of 16 cores, regardless of the actual core count….
That might be an unwelcome change for those of us running 8-Core CPUs for software licensing controls….
VMware KB 89116 covers it.

Virtual Updates 2022-07-25

vSphere 6.5 & 6.7 – End of General Support
Why do I keep posting this?
I do not want anyone to be surprised….
Don’t forget that vSphere 6 is phasing out, and that most people should be moving to vSphere 7.
Customer buying new hardware, & asking for ESXi 6.5 installs are being met with surprises, as the hardware doesn’t support ESXi 6.5…..forcing the upgrade path.
So far, vSphere 7.0.3 Update 3e (May release) seems to be very stable.
Just did a class with 7.0 Update 3f (July release) and had no issues.
….and just upgraded to 7.0 Update 3g (still no issues yet).
vSphere 6.5 & 6.7 End Of General Support ends October 15, 2022
This only leaves just about 2 months to get to vSphere 7.
VMware End of Support pages are here.
Don’t forget that SD cards are no longer recommended by VMware!
That means you need SSD or NVMe for boot drives now!

VMware Explore
VMworld was rebranded as VMware Explore…
If you are registered, you now have access to the Schedule Builder, which went live on July 19.
Go the event portal, and click on Session Builder!
If you’ve ever been, you know that sessions fill up fast, so get to building your schedule! Many sessions are already full (at 10:09am July 19th).

Virtual Updates 2022-07-11

vSphere 6.5 & 6.7 – End of General Support
Don’t forget that vSphere 6 is phasing out, and that most people should be moving to vSphere 7.
So far, vSphere 7.0.3 Update 3c seems to be very stable.
vSphere 6.5 & 6.7 End Of General Support ends October 15, 2022
This only leaves just under 3 months to get to vSphere 7.
VMware End of Support pages are here.
Don’t forget that SD cards are no longer recommended by VMware!
That means you need SSD or NVMe for boot drives now!

vSphere+ and vSAN+?
There is a promise for all perpetual licenses to be taken into account when transitioning to the VMware Subscription model, which is why I personally believe this new “offering” exists.
Speaking with others in the community, there are mixed feelings on this.
Still too early to tell.
Still, VMworld (ok, VMware Explore) is only 7 weeks out, so I’m sure I can figure it out by then, and give feedback to VMware.
If you have thoughts on this, let me know so I can share them with VMware leadership…..
Duncan Eppings’ post is here.
William Lam’s post is here.
VMware Product info page is here.
VMware Blog post is here.
VMware New release is here.

Virtual Updates 2022-06-29

vSphere 6.5 & 6.7 – End of General Support
Don’t forget that vSphere 6 is phasing out, and that most people should be moving to vSphere 7.
So far, vSphere 7.0.3 Update 3c seems to be very stable.
vSphere 6.5 & 6.7 End Of General Support ends October 15, 2022
This only leaves just under 4 months to get to vSphere 7.
VMware End of Support pages are here.
Don’t forget that SD cards are no longer recommended by VMware!
That means you need SSD or NVMe for boot drives now!

Getting Started with Kubernetes
It is an older post from January 2019, but that doesn’t mean it won’t help you.
Eric Shanks (VCDX #171) put together a huge 27-part post about
Getting Started with K8s
Lots of good information there!!!

Virtual Updates 2022-06-13

vSphere 6.5 & 6.7 – End of General Support
Don’t forget that vSphere 6 is phasing out, and that most people should be moving to vSphere 7.
So far, vSphere 7.0.3 Update 3c seems to be very stable.
vSphere 6.5 & 6.7 End Of General Support ends October 15, 2022
This only leaves just under 7 months to get to vSphere 7.
VMware End of Support pages are here.
Don’t forget that SD cards are no longer recommended by VMware!
That means you need SSD or NVMe for boot drives now!

VMUT Advantage Sale!
Depending how many people jump on this offer, the discount will get up to 15% off the list price of $200
Folks love that you get all the licenses you need for you home lab (yes there are a few other benefits too, but I always hear about the home lab licenses).
Support your favorite blog author, below is Duncan & William’s links.
Support Duncan Epping
Support William Lam

Virtual Updates 2022-05-30

vSphere 6.5 & 6.7 – End of General Support
Don’t forget that vSphere 6 is phasing out, and that most people should be moving to vSphere 7.
So far, vSphere 7.0.3 Update 3c seems to be very stable.
vSphere 6.5 & 6.7 End Of General Support ends October 15, 2022
This only leaves just under 7 months to get to vSphere 7.
VMware End of Support pages are here.
Don’t forget that SD cards are no longer recommended by VMware!
That means you need SSD or NVMe for boot drives now!

VMware acquired by Broadcom
This completed just last week.
All sorts of people have differing opinions on how this will impact VMware moving forward.
An interesting perspective causing controversy (whether you agree with him or not), is Brian Madden’s take on this topic.
I have linked to his post on LinkedIn here
VMware’s Post about this is here.

Virtual Updates 2022-05-16

vSphere 6.5 & 6.7 – End of General Support
Don’t forget that vSphere 6 is phasing out, and that most people should be moving to vSphere 7.
So far, vSphere 7.0.3 Update 3c seems to be very stable.
vSphere 6.5 & 6.7 End Of General Support ends October 15, 2022
This only leaves just under 7 months to get to vSphere 7.
VMware End of Support pages are here.
Don’t forget that SD cards are no longer recommended by VMware!
That means you need SSD or NVMe for boot drives now!

vCenter 7.0.3 – Update 3e released
Already ran a few upgrades, and two new installs.
Everything seems fine, but it has only been 3 days since release…
Still have that weird SSO error, so not everything got fixed….
vCenter 7.0.3-u3e Release Notes are here.