VMware vSphere 6 provides some vMotion Enhancements. With vSphere 6.0 vMotion is being expanded to: vMotion across vCenter Servers. vMotion across virtual switches. Long Distance vMotion. Replication-Assisted vMotion. vMotion across vCenter Servers vSphere 6 introduces support for Cross vCenter vMotion and possibility to change compute, storage, networks, and management between data centers without disruption. … Read More »
I decided to write this post because I have heard many times that vMotion is not possible without shared storage. vMotion (known as Enhanced vMotion) is supported and possible to be done without shared storage since vSphere 5.1. This vMotion is a combination of vMotion and Storage vMotion! I understand that within a long time,… Read More »
Since more than one year ago, I have had really often discussion with current or new customers about type of vCenter deployment - vCenter Appliance (vCSA) or vCenter Windows Version. From vSphere 5.5, vCSA has been improved and practically does not differ from vCenter "Windows Version" now. So why I recommend the vCenter Appliance? I'm… Read More »