Plain Virtualization

The long-awaited version for App Volumes has been released. For those who remember App Volume 3.0, it was taken down by VMware within a week (if I remembered correctly). It was a version that cannot be in placed upgrade and it was a new architecture completely. It was a right move that VMware removed it and with version 4.0. This wasn't the case. In place upgrade was possible and co-existence of version 2.x and 4.x can be achieved. To list a few of the new features below: Increase the number and speed of attachments through a new packaging  and organizing the lifecycle of the Windows apps Able to manage Single Application or Group of Applications in a single stack Enable SSL encryption for SQL server AppStack Migration Tool: use for migrating App Volumes 2.18 to App Volumes 4.0 Refer to this video for What's New in VMware App Volumes 4.0. Mastering App Volumes Activity path here .

Not going in-depth of new features but some overview so that everyone gets a quick glimpse and here is the link to VMware Blogs . Will update this article (if any) with links when it becomes available. vSphere 7.0 Overview . vCenter Server Simplified SSO Topology vCenter Server upgrade for customers with external PSC will enjoy the consolidated topology through this upgrade. embedded PSC will be the only topology moving forward. External PSC topology will be deprecated. vCenter Server Profiles ( link ) Just like how Host Profiles works. You can now compare and export the settings in JSON format as a backup or apply them to a new vCenter via REST API vCenter Multi-Homing ( link ) up to 4 vNIC where vNIC 1 is reserved for vCHA Maximum limit increased refer to  configmax.vmware.com Content Library There is a new view which you can enable. To help in managing templates, there is Check In/Out function to control versioning and revert to the previous version Contr

With the release of VMware vSAN 7.0, a few new features are introduced. Some of which are release together with vSphere 7.0. I will list all of them and refer to vSphere 7.0 if there are already mentioned. vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) The new and shining armor will likely eventually replaced the vSphere Update Manager. This can update beyond just VMware software but include drivers and firmware of the Servers where vSAN sits on. At a start, the below servers are supported: Dell 14G servers Dell MX series HPE 10G servers HPE Synergy vLCM will validated the firmware as per VMware HCL. Native File Services vSAN will provide support NFS v3 and v4. Use case ideal for Cloud Native Applications, use of Block and File storage which previous for file would need to cater to another File Storage solution, and lastly maximize the use of spare capacity. Then main attraction here is the vLCM which will handle all the upgrade and drivers and firmware together where no HCI

Recently, someone came to me and ask me below? This has been a question that I haven't been answering for awhile. How can I be alerted of new product releases or patches that are available for any VMware Products? This is actually part of your profile in my VMware portal . Log in to your my VMware portal . Under Profile Under Subscriptions You can check on the products of your interest to make aware of any patches and release update related information. When there is any, an email will be sent to you.