VMware offers cloudy upgrade lifeline to legacy vCenter users
(2022/08/12)
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2022/08/12/vsphere_8_upcoming_major_release/
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It's not often that a double dot release of a product adds significant functionality, but VMware did just that on Thursday with version 4.4.1 of its Cloud Director Availability product, which adds the ability to migrate aged and unsupported versions of vCenter to the cloud.
"Due to various reasons, a considerable number of organizations still rely on legacy VMware vCenter Server versions in their datacenters even though they have been out of support for a long time," [1]wrote senior technical product manager Nikolay Patrikov, who reckons the complexity of cloudy migration/upgrades is the reason some stick with unsupported product.
Cloud Director Availability 4.4.1 makes it possible to shift vCenter and ESXi versions 5.5 U3, 6.0 U2, and 6.0 U3 to clouds. The migration process is billed as "simple", but Patrikov's post outlines a few steps that will require considerable care and attention.
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He also points out that moving an unsupported setup to the cloud does not mean restoration of support!
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While VMware has given a lifeline to users of the vCenter versions mentioned above, it's also warned more of its customers they have some pain coming.
In a [5]July post product line manager Todor Raykov made the exciting disclosure that VMware plans an "upcoming major release of vSphere".
[6]
The Register understands that release will be vSphere 8.0.
Raykov explained the upcoming release will deprecate the local plugin architecture introduced with vSphere 6.5.
[7]Malicious deepfakes used in attacks up 13% from last year, VMware finds
[8]Citrix adds Hypervisor Cloud to bring more and faster updates
[9]VMware patches critical 'make me admin' auth bypass bug, plus nine other flaws
Only remote plugins will work with the upcoming release, which is nice because they also work with VMware cloud on AWS and "the emerging VMware-supported clouds."
"They are the technology VMware will invest in to broaden the extensibility options of vSphere and increase plugin adoption on premise and in the cloud."
Sounds promising.
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And speaking of VMware in the cloud, the company yesterday detailed [11]commitment-based contracts its partners can use to sell you the company's wares in the VMware Cloud on AWS service.
The contracts allow customers to buy licenses from a self-serve portal, and don't necessarily require purchase of credits up-front – monthly invoices are another payment option. ®
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[1] https://blogs.vmware.com/cloudprovider/2022/08/migration-from-legacy-vcenter-server-versions-to-the-cloud%EF%BF%BC.html
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[7] https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/09/vmware_malware/
[8] https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/05/citrix_hypervisor_cloud/
[9] https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/03/vmware_critical_authentication_bypass/
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[11] https://blogs.vmware.com/partner/2022/08/introducing-new-commerce-motions-for-vmware-cloud-on-aws-partners.html
[12] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
"Due to various reasons, a considerable number of organizations still rely on legacy VMware vCenter Server versions in their datacenters even though they have been out of support for a long time," [1]wrote senior technical product manager Nikolay Patrikov, who reckons the complexity of cloudy migration/upgrades is the reason some stick with unsupported product.
Cloud Director Availability 4.4.1 makes it possible to shift vCenter and ESXi versions 5.5 U3, 6.0 U2, and 6.0 U3 to clouds. The migration process is billed as "simple", but Patrikov's post outlines a few steps that will require considerable care and attention.
[2]
He also points out that moving an unsupported setup to the cloud does not mean restoration of support!
[3]
[4]
While VMware has given a lifeline to users of the vCenter versions mentioned above, it's also warned more of its customers they have some pain coming.
In a [5]July post product line manager Todor Raykov made the exciting disclosure that VMware plans an "upcoming major release of vSphere".
[6]
The Register understands that release will be vSphere 8.0.
Raykov explained the upcoming release will deprecate the local plugin architecture introduced with vSphere 6.5.
[7]Malicious deepfakes used in attacks up 13% from last year, VMware finds
[8]Citrix adds Hypervisor Cloud to bring more and faster updates
[9]VMware patches critical 'make me admin' auth bypass bug, plus nine other flaws
Only remote plugins will work with the upcoming release, which is nice because they also work with VMware cloud on AWS and "the emerging VMware-supported clouds."
"They are the technology VMware will invest in to broaden the extensibility options of vSphere and increase plugin adoption on premise and in the cloud."
Sounds promising.
[10]
And speaking of VMware in the cloud, the company yesterday detailed [11]commitment-based contracts its partners can use to sell you the company's wares in the VMware Cloud on AWS service.
The contracts allow customers to buy licenses from a self-serve portal, and don't necessarily require purchase of credits up-front – monthly invoices are another payment option. ®
Get our [12]Tech Resources
[1] https://blogs.vmware.com/cloudprovider/2022/08/migration-from-legacy-vcenter-server-versions-to-the-cloud%EF%BF%BC.html
[2] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/virtualization&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2YvYkxVzD-6dkP@N84DdW4AAAAFE&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
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[5] https://blogs.vmware.com/code/2022/07/15/vsphere-client-sdk-changes-in-the-upcoming-major-release-of-vsphere/
[6] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/virtualization&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44YvYkxVzD-6dkP@N84DdW4AAAAFE&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[7] https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/09/vmware_malware/
[8] https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/05/citrix_hypervisor_cloud/
[9] https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/03/vmware_critical_authentication_bypass/
[10] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/virtualization&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=3&c=33YvYkxVzD-6dkP@N84DdW4AAAAFE&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[11] https://blogs.vmware.com/partner/2022/08/introducing-new-commerce-motions-for-vmware-cloud-on-aws-partners.html
[12] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
|VCentre needs a Cloud to run?
thondwe
Have I missed something, or does all this imply that vCenter is going to be a cloud based only solution? If you're the sort of Org that still likes running it's own tin, you'd be the sort of Org than likes the Tin Controller on site too?
Complexity
elsergiovolador
Due to various reasons, a considerable number of organisations still rely on legacy
Plenty of organisations run legacy software simply because it is simple. Every new version becomes overloaded with features that probably most organisations don't need, but they look amazing on the company folders but they always forget to add that complexity brings fragility.
And they want engineers to service that mess without substantially increasing pay.
Pain incoming
“ While VMware has given a lifeline to users of the vCenter versions mentioned above, it's also warned more of its customers they have some pain coming.”
Unless they pay $2m+ to hang around with Broadcom?