Kumpulan Knowledge Based penting untuk VMware vSphere 6.0

Saat ini sudah launch beberapa bulan yang lalu vSphere 6.0, tetapi saat ini masih banyak pengguna vSphere yang masih menggunakan versi 5.5. Jadi kumpulan knowledge based ini sangat berguna untuk me-recap apa saja yang KB yang penting untuk versi 5.5 ini.
With this in mind, we have created the following list of Knowledgebase articles that are brand new, or have been updated for vSphere 5.5 You’ll notice lots of best practices KBs here.

The first grouping contains absolute ‘must know’ information, the second grouping gets a bit more into details.

• Update sequence for vSphere 5.5 and its compatible VMware products (2057795)
• Methods for installing vCenter Server 5.5 (2053142)
• Methods of upgrading to vCenter Server 5.5 (2053130)
• Methods of installing ESXi 5.5 (2052439)
• Methods for upgrading to ESXi 5.5 (2058352)
• Installing vCenter Server 5.5 best practices (2052334)
• Installing or upgrading to ESXi 5.5 best practices (2052329)
• New features in VMware vSphere 5.5 (2058665)
• Creating and using a Service Principal Account in vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 (2058298)
• Virtual Flash feature in vSphere 5.5 (2058983)
• Support for virtual machine disks larger than 2 TB in vSphere 5.5 (2058287)
• Enhanced LACP Support on a vSphere 5.5 Distributed Switch (2051826)
• MSCS support enhancements in vSphere 5.5 (2052238)
• Configuring CA signed SSL certificates for vCenter Single Sign-On in vSphere 5.5 (2058519)
• Reconfiguring the load balancer after upgrading a vCenter Single Sign-On High Availability deployment to version 5.5 (2058838)
• Installing VMware vCloud Networking and Security 5.5.x best practices (2059449)
• Installing VMware vCloud Director 5.5.x best practices (2059451)
• Best practices for upgrading to VMware vCloud Networking and Security 5.5 (2055673)
• Upgrading to VMware vCloud Director 5.5.x best practices (2059464)

Also not to be missed:

• Installing vCenter Server 5.5 on a Microsoft Windows platform using the Simple Install method (2058224)
• Installing vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 on a Microsoft Windows platform (2058239)
• Installing the vSphere 5.5 Web Client on a Microsoft Windows platform (2058262)
• Installing vCenter Inventory Service 5.5 on a Microsoft Windows Platform (2058269)
• Installing vCenter Server 5.5 on a Microsoft Windows platform (2058274)
• Installing vSphere Update Manager 5.5 on a Microsoft Windows platform (2058410)
• Upgrading to vCenter Server 5.5 on a Microsoft Windows platform using the Simple Install method (2058227)
• Upgrading to vSphere Web Client 5.5 on a Microsoft Windows platform (2058265)
• Upgrading to vCenter Inventory Service 5.5 on a Microsoft Windows platform (2058272)
• Upgrading vCenter Server 5.5 on a Microsoft Windows platform (2058275)
• Upgrading to vSphere Update Manager 5.5 on a Microsoft Windows platform (2058423)
• Upgrading to vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 on a Microsoft Windows platform (2058249)
• Required ports for vCenter Server 5.5 (2051575)
• Licensing ESXi 5.x and vCenter Server 5.x (2014295)

Taken from: http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/2013/09/vsphere-5-5-is-here-kbs-you-need-to-know-about.html