vSphere 5.5 has been announced on 26/08/2013 and the product is yet to be GA for the public, But there are many beta testers have posted about how to, explaining the new features, etc.. of the product, I will try to list out the articles of other bloggers in NO particular order which I will be using as a reference while exploring with the product. Hope this will be helpful for others too…
Chris Wahl has done a deep dive on the improvements made on vSphere 5.5
- vSphere 5.5 Improvements deep dive series
- Using Active Directory Integrated Windows Authentication with SSO 5.5
As usual Vladan Segent had given a good overview of what’s newly available on storage, network, replication, etc..
- A dedicated vSphere 5.5 page
- ESXi 5.5 Free Version – no more hard limit 32GB of RAM
- VMware vFlash Read Cache (vFRC) configuration steps
Here is list of topics covered by Marcel van den Berg
- An overview of all VMworld 2013 announcements
- Introduction of VMware vSphere Flash Read Cache
- An introduction to VMware AppHA
- An introduction to VMware vCloud Hybrid Service
- Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform compared to VMware VSAN 1.0
- vSphere 5.5 Host Power Management
Here is the list of topics covered by Duncan Epping
- Introduction to VMware vSphere Virtual SAN
- Introduction to vSphere Flash Read Cache aka vFlash
- vSphere 5.5 nuggets: vCenter Server Appliance limitations lifted!
- vSphere 5.5: platform scalability
- vSphere 5.5 nuggets: changes to disk.terminateVMOnPDLDefault
- Testing vSphere Virtual SAN in your virtual lab with vSphere 5.5
- What’s new in vSphere 5.5 for DRS?
- vSphere 5.5 nuggets: Change Disk.SchedNumReqOutstanding per device!
- vSphere 5.5 nuggets: High Availability Enhancement
- How do you know where an object is located with Virtual SAN?
- VMware vSphere Virtual SAN design considerations
- How VSAN handles a disk or host failure
- Isolation / Partition scenario with VSAN cluster, how is this handled?
- Frequently asked questions about vSphere Flash Read Cache
- Frequently asked questions about Virtual SAN / VSAN
- Be careful when defining a VM storage policy for VSAN
As usual Corman Hogan has shared what’s new on vSphere Storage 5.5 and started a series of blog post on VSAN
- What’s New in vSphere 5.5 Storage
- VSAN Part 1 – A first look at VSAN
- VSAN Part 2 – What do you need to get started?
- VSAN Part 3 – It is not a Virtual Storage Appliance
- VSAN Part 4 – Understanding Objects and Components
- VSAN Part 5 – The role of VASA
- VSAN Part 6 – Manual or Automatic Mode
- VSAN Part 7 – Capabilities and VM Storage Policies
- VSAN Part 8 – The role of the SSD
- VSAN Part 9 – Host Failure Scenarios & vSphere HA Interop
- VSAN Part 10 – Changing VM Storage Profile on-the-fly
Mike Laverick has covered the following topics
- What’s New in vSphere 5.5: Virtual Machines
- What’s New in ESX 5.5
- What’s New in 5.5 – vSAN
- What’s New in vCenter 5.5
- What’s New in vSphere 5.5 – vCNS Manager
- What’s new in vSphere Replication 5.5
- What’s New in vCloud Director 5.5
- What’s New in vSphere 5.5 – The Virtual Machine – 62TB VMDK
- What’s new in vSphere5.5: Networking
- What’s new in vSphere5.5: Storage
- What’s New in VSAN 1.0
Jason Nash has covered the following topics
- VMware Releases vSphere 5.5 – What’s New?
- vSphere 5.5 – Changes on the Network Side
- vSphere 5.5 – A Look at Flash Read Cache
Below are the post written by Marco Broeken
- vSphere 5.5, NSX, SDDC, VSAN, vFlash, What’s New at VMworld 2013
- vSphere 5.5 Flash Read Cache (vFRC)
- vSphere Virtual SAN, Introducing Your New Storage Vendor VMware
- vSphere 5.5 Application HA, Advanced App Monitoring explained
Derek Seaman blog post covers
- What’s new in vSphere 5.5
- vSphere 5.5 Space Reclaimation
- vSphere 5.5 Upgrade Part 1
- vSphere 5.5 DRS New Features, Future Directions
Julian Wood has written around 10 posts on What;s new on vCloud Suite 5.5
Andreas Peetz blog post covers below
David Davis has covered the below posts
William Lam blog post covers the below topics
- How to quickly setup and test VMware VSAN (Virtual SAN) using Nested ESXi
- New vCenter Server Simulator 2.0 enhancements in VCSA 5.5
Rawlinson Rivera blogged on the below topics
- Introducing vSphere Flash Read Cache
- vSphere 5.5: vSphere Ruby Console
- vSphere 5.5: Using RVC VSAN Observer Pt1
- vSphere 5.5: Using RVC VSAN Observer Pt2
From VMware Blogs
- PowerCLI 5.5 What’s New–Overview
- What’s New with vSphere Data Protection (VDP) 5.5
- Virtual Appliances getting more secure with vSphere 5.5 – Part 1
- Virtual Appliances getting more secure with vSphere 5.5 – Part 2
- Virtual Appliances getting more secure with vSphere 5.5 – Part 3
- Virtual Appliances getting more secure with vSphere 5.5 – Part 4
- A Summary of What’s New in vSphere 5.5
- What’s New in vSphere 5.5 Platform–Quick Reference
- Allow me to introduce you to vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5
Dave Hill blog post on
Prasenjit Sarkar wrote the below articles
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