Roger Lund (vExpert)36
Who will be planning on deploying the VMware Appliance, as it now supports the same Hosts, and VM's as the Windows Install.
Chris Nickl
i've actually been doing deployments for my customers for some time, and will continue to do so. It just works really nicely.
Ather Beg
For me, the lack of MSSQL support is not great as a lot of companies have their resilient clusters and want to use it.
Aline Menezes
Is the vcenter appliance now supporting plugins from 3rd party vendors like Netapp's VSC? Or even for SRM?
Gerard Strouth
I would if it would ever support VUM
Chris Nickl
@gstrouth i have heard that the new VUM will support the VCSA... again something i heard today.
Chris Nickl
@amenezes0617 so that is up to the vendors just like it was previously.
Gerard Strouth
@ck_nic I heard in a separate release after 6.0
Aline Menezes
What about SRM?
Chris Nickl
@gstrouth that very well may be the case. I've heard it both ways, however i tend to believe the separate release one.
William Lam
@amenezes0617 afaik, those should be supported. @BenMeadowcroft can better comment on SRM, but solution just talks to VC regardless if its Windows/VCSA
William Lam
@gstrouth not sure what you mean, You can use Windows VUM w/VCSA, that's worked since 5.x days :)
Gerard Strouth
@lamw Yeah but if I need to have the server anyway why not just run vCenter on it as well
Chris Nickl
@gstrouth the customer i'm working with now can't use the Windows Appliance due to security and other reasons. I still see a play for the VCSA.
William Lam
@gstrouth your statement was whether VUM would be support it, which It does :) Also not everyone runs VUM on same VC, just depends
Bryan Krausen
@amenezes0617 SRM 5.8.3 fully supports vCSA today.
William Lam
Enhanced Linked Mode is a pretty cool feature in both Windows VC/VCSA for those that used ADAM based Linked Mode or wanted "poor mans" single pane of glass
Gerard Strouth
@lamw Sorry meant as 1 appliance, yeah many use cases but for me having it together is a benefit
William Lam
@gstrouth we hear you loud & clear :) Trust me, I'm with you on all this, something I mention to PM/Engr on a regular basis.
William Lam
Some other cool enhancements is that new VCSA 6.0 has scripted install for automated deployments, much simpler to use!
William Lam
I have a nice blog series on Automating VCSA 6.0 deployments in the coming weeks. Not only make deployments easier but also POC/Evals
Chris Nickl
@lamw Mr. Lam, i greatly greatly look forward to it, as i have used a TON of your automation stuff.
William Lam
@ck_nic Thanks! Lots more coming from me as well as VMware Engineering. VCSA is only going to get better and better!
Burhan Halilov
@lamw I really hope it's not the ridiculous browser based install from the beta
Chris Nickl
@7400N i actually hope it is, i like it better.
William Lam
@7400N Nope, as I said "scripted install" = No GUI :) Accepts a nice JSON input & deploys VCSA + Configures. Supports Windows/Mac OSX/Linux. Yes, truly multiple platform!
Ben Meadowcroft
@lamw @amenezes0617 yep, SRM supports VCSA and has done for several releases.
