The HCL exists because the server vendor and VMware have certified and tested ESXi 5.1 will function correctly, on the servers listed on the HCL.ġ.
If your computer is not listed on the VMware HCL, it may still be possible to install and run VMware ESXi 5.1 on your laptop, desktop, or server.
It’s a great feeling to be recognized by not only my peers through the voting in the Top vBlog but also by VMware themselves through the vExpert title.ESXi 5.1 requires the NX/XD bit to be enabled for the CPU in the BIOS.Ī full list of the ESXi 5.1 Hardware Requirements can be found in the VMware ESXi 5.1 Install GuideĬheck the VMware Hardware Compatability Lists (HCL), to discover if your computer is certified for use with ESXi 5.1.
I’m both honored and humbled by both lists. VMware awarded this title to 754 people this year and on that list of many impressive names you’ll find yours truly, Michael Tabor! There were a lot of very smart, very accomplished people, even VCDXs, that weren’t named as vExpert this year. The VMware judges selected people who were engaged with their community and who had developed a substantial personal platform of influence in those communities. While vExpert isn’t a technical certification or even a general measure of VMware expertise. To top it off, yesterday VMware announced 2014’s first quarter VMware vExpert list. My first year entered into voting and made it to 71st place! A huge thanks goes out to not only Eric but just as much so to everyone who voted for me! First, Eric Siebert ( announced on March 27th, this years results of the 2014 Top VMware & Virtualization Blog voting. So far, 2014 has been a very rewarding year for a number of reasons, two of which has happened in just a week or two span. Check out the complete list if fixes in the release notes below.
In addition to the new features of vCenter and ESXi 6.0 Update 2 there are a large number of resolved issues and security patches in this release – including the critical glibc vulnerability.
Expanded vCenter Server database support to now allow the use of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 3 and Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 as external database sources.vSphere Web Client support in Windows 10.Support to change vSphere ESX Agent Manager logging level providing support to dynamic increase or decrease of vSphere ESX Agent Manager (EAM) logging levels without restarting EAM.2-factor authentication for the vSphere Web Client using RSA SecurID and Smart card authentication.
VMware has also released the much anticipate VSAN 6.2 which includes it’s own bunch of new features such as deduplication, compression, QoS, and RAID5/RAID6 Erasure coding. VMware has released vCenter Server 6.0 Update 2 and ESXi 6.0 Update 2 (build: 3620759) which include a number of new features and fixes.