Previously I had my windows 7 running on ESX 3.5, Workstation and VMware Server 2.0, and now I have my windows 7 on VMware vSphere, the next generation of ESX server from VMware. Notice that the operating system option will not provide windows 7 for your selection, which I believe VMware will include this on the final release of vSphere when windows 7 become officially launch to public. Anyway, you can still install it on your ESX or vSphere by choosing Windows Vista as an option.
A success installation of windows 7 on vSphere. I had able to installed the VMtools properly on the Virtual Machine.
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Storage Vmotion through GUI is available on next version of ESX vSphere. This had provided the capability to perform the storage Vmotion from 1 to another datastore with no downtime. The entire process is been simplified through graphic user interface. Full features been integrated to vCenter without external plugin.
Select Change datastore at the 1st screen. Note that the option 1 is use for Vmotion on virtual machines. Option 3 is only available when VM is been powered off
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vSphere will match with the competitor hypervisor to deliver up to 8 vCpu per VM. This will increase the CPU resources to VM guest which may require more than 4 vcpu previously. At the same time, it also provide the flexibility to support multiple vcpu from 1 to 8.
Configure 5 Vcpu for the VM
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VMware vCenter Mobile Access (vCMA). vCMA allows you to monitor and manage VMware Infrastructure from your mobile phone with an interface that is optimized for such devices. Specifically, it allows you to:
• Search for virtual machines in your data center
• Migrate virtual machines from one host to another using vMotion
• Execute recovery plans using VMware Site Recovery Manager
• Access Scheduled Tasks, Alarms and Events
• And much more…
Check out more details here and here.
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There are some new features build up for the next version of ESX server and vCenter, which will simplify and improve the manage capability of the Virtual Infrastructure from vCenter.
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