vSAN GA, ESXi 5.5 U1, PowerCli 5.5 R2 and So many things...

This past week was full of announcements from VMware.

Finally vSAN is GA'ed (Generally Available), after so long community Beta testing and pricing is also announced.

ESXi 5.5 Update 1 with other supporting softwares (vCenter & VCSA) is also released with bugfixes and available for download.

In the meantime, PowerCLI 5.5 R2 also released with many new cmdlets, checkout the release details at below URL:-
http://www.virtu-al.net/2014/03/13/powercli-5-5-r2-released/

Free e-Learning for vCAC App services 6.0 from VMware Education at below URL:-
http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/courses.cfm?ui=www_edu&a=det&id_course=215748

If you want to update your Home Lab/Standalone ESXi to ESXi 5.5 U1, below are the URLs for seeking Help

http://www.tinkertry.com/download-vsphere-5-5-u-1-lab/

http://www.v-front.de/2014/03/issue-after-upgrading-your-vcenter-55.html

One Good Article for Easing your Day-To-Day Tasks

http://www.50mu.net/2014/03/12/how-to-translate-windows-disk-ids-to-storage-arrays-luns/

Another Article on IPv6 Architecture for VMware

http://www.edge-cloud.net/2014/03/architecture-design-vsphere-ipv6/