Tag: vSphere5.1

  • Running VMware View? Hold Off on Upgrading to vSphere 5.1

    I know we’re all excited to get at all the new features of vSphere 5.1 now that it’s available for download, but if you’re currently running VMware View, you should hold off for now. At the moment, vSphere 5.1 is not certified to work with any version of View. You can see a list of…

  • Enhancement to VAAI-NAS in vSphere 5.1

    I’ve already done a write-up of the VAAI-NAS features in vSphere 5.0, but one of the three VAAI NAS primitives has expanded functionality in vSphere 5.1. In vSphere 5.1, the NFS File Cloning primitive is expanded to allow array-based snapshots to be used for virtual machines and vApps being fast-provisioned by vCloud Director.  When vCloud…