vsphere 5.5 announcement
the other day i saw an announcement pop up for vsphere 5.5 which includes some features i’ve been waiting for…
most excited about max VMDK file size now being 62TB. also VCSA now being a serious replacement for windows based vcenter installations.
it looks like the requirement for a separate SSO database is removed (which is great)…however, i’m concerned about what kind of nightmare migration is in store for me moving from 5.1 to 5.5. hopefully, it’s not going to be as bad as i’m imagining.
update 9/23/2013:
i was thinking about using VCSA for a DR site, however, after further reading determined that VCSA cannot be used in linked mode. nor can VUM be used with VCSA. so it looks like i’ll need to proceed with the windows-based vcenter.
lots more info here:
http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2013/09/a-summary-of-whats-new-in-vsphere-5-5.html
http://www.ivobeerens.nl/2013/09/02/is-the-vcenter-server-appliance-vcsa-5-5-a-replacement-for-the-windows-vcenter-server/