The embedded deployment is now VMware’s recommended deployment model for vCenter Server. This means all the required vCenter Server services are running on the same node. The release of vSphere 6.7 Update 1 introduces the convergence CLI tool. Customers with an existing external deployment can now change their topology to embedded. This deployment model also […]
What’s New in vCenter Server 6.7 Update 1
Today I’m happy to announce vSphere 6.7 Update 1 is now generally available. This release includes a single vSphere Client to manage them all. I’m referring to the HTML5 based vSphere Client, now fully featured. Also, included in this release are the necessary tools for convergence and repointing. An external Platform Services Controller (PSC) for […]
Learning Hybrid Cloud Extension (HCX) Part 2: Migration Types
I recently attended a cloud migration session. The first thing the speaker said was “we want you to migrate to the Cloud, but we don’t care how you do it”. There was no discussion of service level agreements (SLA), dependencies, or migration options, only get to the cloud! Before migrating any workload, it’s important to […]
Learning Hybrid Cloud Extension (HCX) Part 1: Overview
Hybrid Cloud Extension (HCX) is an all in one solution for workload mobility. Customers can freely move workloads between multiple on-premises environments as well as VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC). During the VMworld US 2018 day 1 keynote there were several demos shown, one included a data center evacuation using HCX (51:57). The data center […]