New features in VMware 5.5

The're some neat features here in VMware version 5.5

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It's also supported to cluster the SQL server that's containing your vCenter database.

vSphere ESXi Hypervisor Enhancements

• Hot-Pluggable SSD PCI Express (PCIe) Devices
• Support for Reliable Memory Technology
• Enhancements for CPU C-States

Virtual Machine Enhancements

• Virtual Machine Compatibility with VMware ESXi 5.5
• Expanded vGPU Support
• Graphic Acceleration for Linux Guests

Vmware vCenter Server Enhancements

• VMware vCenter Single Sign-On
• VMware vSphere Web Client
• VMware vCenter Server Appliance
• vSphere App HA
• vSphere HA and VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (vSphere DRS)
• Virtual Machine–Virtual Machine Affinity Rules Enhancements
• vSphere Big Data Extensions

vSphere Storage Enhancements

• Support for 62TB VMDK
• MSCS Updates
• vSphere 5.1 Feature Updates
• 16GB E2E support
• PDL AutoRemove
• vSphere Replication Interoperability
• vSphere Replication Multi-Point-in-Time Snapshot Retention
• vSphere Flash Read Cache

vSphere Networking Enhancements

• Link Aggregation Control Protocol Enhancements
• Traffic Filtering
• Quality of Service Tagging
• SR-IOV Enhancements
• Enhanced Host-Level Packet Capture
• 40GB NIC support

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VMware VirtualCenter Server service fails randomly when using EVault backup solution

Are you using Evault software for your backup? And having the symptoms that your VMware Server Service is crashing....

Then upgrade to VMware vCenter version 5.5 or contact Evault for the latest Hot-Fix for this issue.

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From IDE disk to SCSI disk in VMware

From IDE to SCSi in 8 steps. VMware supported.

I found out that IDE is trouble in performance and the disk cannot be extended. 

So i searched google and found out that there's a supported way to proceed.

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To convert the IDE disk to SCSI:

1. Locate the datastore path where the virtual machine resides.For example:# cd /vmfs/volumes/<datastore_name>/<vm_name>/
2. From the ESX Service Console, open the primary disk (.vmdk) using the vi editor. 
3. Look for the line:ddb.adapterType = "ide"
4. To change the adapter type to LSI Logic change the line to:
   ddb.adapterType = "lsilogic"
   
   To change the adapter type to Bus Logic change the line to:
   
   ddb.adapterType = "buslogic"
5. Save the file.
6. From VMware Infrastructure/vSphere Client:
   1. Click Edit Settings for the virtual machine.
   2. Select the IDE virtual disk.
   3. Choose to Remove the Disk from the virtual machine.
   4. Click OK.
      
      Caution: Make sure that you do not choose delete from disk.
7. From the Edit Settings menu for this virtual machine:
   1. Click Add > Hard Disk > Use Existing Virtual Disk.
   2. Navigate to the location of the disk and select to add it into the virtual machine.
   3. Choose the same controller as in Step 3 as the adapter type. The SCSI ID should read SCSI 0:0.
8. If a CDROM device exists in the virtual machine it may need to have the IDE channel adjusted from IDE 0:1 to IDE 0:0. If this option is greyed out, remove the CD-ROM from the virtual machine and add it back. This sets it to IDE 0:0.