building a home lab for vmware vsphere 6.5

#Building a home lab for vmware vsphere 6.5 update#

Failover within the vCenter HA cluster can occur when an entire node is lost (host failure for example) or when certain key services fail. VCenter Server 6.5 has a new native high availability solution that consists of Active, Passive, and Witness nodes which are cloned from the existing vCenter Server. The GUI now shows network and database statistics, disk space, and health in addition to CPU and memory statistics which reduces the reliance on using a command line interface for simple monitoring and operational tasks. The new release brings an improved appliance management capabilities. No need to have a separate Windows server for VUM.ĭuring the migration process the vCenter configuration, inventory, and alarm data is migrated by default.

#Building a home lab for vmware vsphere 6.5 update#

VMware Update Manager (VUM) has been fully integrated into vCenter Server Appliance. Configuration, events, tasks, and performance metricsĬompared with previous release, Migrate and Restore have been added enhancing the capabilities of the Installer.Migrating to the vCenter Server Appliance is no longer an issue as the installer has a built in Migration Tool that allows a more granular selection of migrated data: Linux and Mac are now supported platforms along with Microsoft Windows. The vCenter Server Appliance now brings new features such as: The vCenter Server Appliance introduces several new features with a new modern look and feel. The UEFI secure boot for guest OS as well as a simplified user experience enforce the VMware platform introducing some big enhancements in the following areas: The new release brings Virtual Hardware v13 and VMs can now support up to 6 TB of memory. During the last VMworld Europe VMware announced vSphere 6.5, the latest version of its industry-leading virtualization platform.