Les nouveautés de VMware VIEW 4.5

25 mai 2010

Etant sous NDA je n’ai pas le droit de communiquer sur les nouveautés de View 4.5 mais l’information ayant été diffusée sur internet je la relaye ici

-          “Local Mode” : off-line VDI finally out of experimental phase. There is also a new role in this scenario: the Transfer Server.

-          ThinApp 4.5 with Application Entitlement (assign applications to Desktop Pools; MSI only)

-          Tiered Storage : define different datastores for different datatypes (replica’s, userdata etc.) <- great feature !

-          Full Sysprep support

-          Disposable Disk technology (ability to identify Temp/Swap data in your image and clean that data automatically).

-          Snapshot support for Linked Clones (Floating Pool)

-          Role Based Administration

-          Kiosk Mode Desktop Pools (GUI suppression and device-based assignments)

-          Native MacOS client

-          Web Download Portal (for downloading the client software via the web)

-          A good dashboard with more event logging for better troubleshooting

Ps: il faudra m’expliquer ces différences de traitement entre les utilisateurs et les betas testeurs VMware

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Les nouveautés présentes dans vSphere 4.1

7 mai 2010

Indiscrétion ou volonté de VMware de publier non officiellement des informations sur la prochaine version de vSphere ?

Le site virtualization.info a publié récemment une liste de fonctionnalités disponibles sous la prochaine release de vSphere : vSphere 4.1.

  • Storage I/O can be shaped by I/O shares and limits through the new Storage I/O Control quality of service (QoS) feature
  • Network I/O can be partitioned through a new QoS engine that distinguish between virtual machines, vMotion, Fault Tolerance (FT) and IP storage traffic.
  • Memory compression will allow to compress RAM pages instead of swapping on disk, improving virtual machines performance.
  • Distribute Resource Scheduling (DRS) now can follow affinity rules defining a subset of hosts where a virtual machine can be placed
  • Virtual sockets can now have multiple virtual CPUs. Each virtual CPU will appear as a single core in the guest operating system.
  • A team physical network interface cards in a vNetwork Distributed Switch can now dynamically load balance traffic.
  • Health check status and operational dashboard are available for HA configurations.
  • vSphere Client is no more part of the ESX and ESXi installation packages. At the end of the installation process administrators are redirected online to download the client.
  • ESXi installation can be scripted. The script can start from a CD or over a PXE boot source, and can install the hypervisor on local or remote disks.
  • ESX can boot from iSCSI targets (support for iBFT)
  • NFS performance stats are included in esxtop and vCenter Server, as well as through the vSphere SDK.
  • Virtual machines serial ports redirection over the network
  • Support for up to 4 vMotion concurrent live migrations in 1GbE networks and up to 8 concurrent live migrations in 10GbE networks
  • Support for USB pass-through (virtual machines can use ESX/ESXi local USB devices)
  • Support for administrator password change in Host Profiles
  • Support for FT in DRS clusters with with Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC)
  • Support for iSCSI TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) network interface cards (both 10GB an 1GB)
  • Support for 8GB Fibre Chanell HBAs
  • Support for IPsec on IPv6 network configurations
  • Support for multiple Data Recovery virtual appliances
  • Support for Microsoft Volume Shadow Service (VSS) in Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 guest operating systems for vStorage APIs for Data Protection (VADP)
  • Update Manager (VUM) can now patch additional 3rd party modules for ESX (like EMC PowerPath)
  • Virtual to Virtual (V2) migration for offline Hyper-V virtual machines in vCenter Converter
  • ESX and ESXi direct support for Microsoft Active Directory through Likewise technology integration
  • Support for Intel Xeon 7500 / 5600 / 3600 CPU series (this includes EVC support)
  • Support for AMD Opteron 4000 / 6000 CPU series (this includes EVC support)

Etant beta testeur officiel donc sous NDA je ne pouvais communiquer ces informations avant qu’un tiers de les publient.

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Les premières indiscrétions sur la prochaine version de vSphere

10 mars 2010

Etant sous NDA, je ne peux évidement pas parler  en public des informations obtenues dans le programme beta néanmoins rien de m’interdit de reprendre les informations publiées par d’autres :) comme par exemple cet extrait d’un article de virtualization.info énumérant les nouvelles fonctionnalités de la prochaine release de vSphere

Des fonctionnalités  toutes plus intéressantes les unes que les autres.

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VMware annonce la disponibilité de View 4

21 novembre 2009
près quelques reports, VMware vient d’annoncer la disponibilité de VMware View 4.
Au programme cette release majeur tant attendue :

Après quelques reports, VMware vient d’annoncer la disponibilité de VMware View 4.

Au programme de cette release majeur tant attendue :

  • VMware View with PCoIP – PCoIP provides an optimized desktop experience for the delivery of the entire desktop environment including applications, images, audio, and video content for a wide range of users on the LAN or across the WAN. PCoIP can compensate for an increase in latency or a reduction in bandwidth, to ensure that end users can remain productive regardless of network conditions.
  • PCoIP includes VMware View Display with support for up to four monitors and the ability to deliver the optimal resolution and pivot orientation to each monitor independently.
  • VMware vSphere Support – VMware vSphere 4 support enables improved virtual machine scalability, performance, and management, with continued support for VMware Infrastructure 3.x.
  • Enhanced single sign-on – The Log in as current user feature is integrated with Active Directory and smart cards to help simplify the process of logging in to a VMware View desktop.
  • Restricted entitlements – Administrators can control user access to virtual desktops based on the View Connection Server being used for authentication.
  • Smart card policies – Administrators can set group policies to force desktop disconnection and require reconnection when users remove smart cards.
  • Domain filtering – You can use vdmadmin.exe to control the accessibility of domains and traverse trust relationships more quickly.
  • You can cleanly delete View desktops using scripts.
  • You can log in to View desktops using user principal names (UPN).
  • You can explicitly configure IP addresses to override those supplied by the View Agent when accessing a desktop.
  • Mixed Active Directory and Kerberos authentication is supported.
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