{"id":16972,"date":"2016-06-16T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/?p=16972"},"modified":"2016-06-16T14:24:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T12:24:16","slug":"vmturbo-operations-manager-5-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/vmturbo-operations-manager-5-6\/","title":{"rendered":"VMTurbo Operations Manager 5.6 released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17076 size-full\" title=\"vmturbo56released01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/vmturbo56released01.jpg\" alt=\"vmturbo56released01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>VMTurbo released Operations Manager 5.6 that includes a turnkey integration with private cloud platform ServiceNow and ships significant performance improvements.<\/p>\n<p>Version\u00a05.6 improves the user interface for a better understanding of the environment and the VA can be updated in online or <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/vmturbo-operations-manager-5-5-offline-update\/\">offline mode<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What's new<\/h2>\n<p>New features have been added to the new release.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>New Integration<\/h4>\n<p>VMTurbo added a turnkey\u00a0integration with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.servicenow.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ServiceNow <\/a>adding a real-time placement decisions with\u00a0a <strong>plugin that interact with VMTurbo<\/strong> instance.<\/p>\n<p>This way VMTurbo capability can determine best host and datastore to place VMs\u00a0by understanding the current as well we future resource demand. VMTurbo can tells you if <strong>sufficient resources are available<\/strong> while reserving capacity\u00a0for future projects workloads.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17077 size-large\" title=\"vmturbo56released02\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/vmturbo56released02-600x376.jpg\" alt=\"vmturbo56released02\" width=\"600\" height=\"376\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Extended Control for any generic Java Virtual Machine<\/h4>\n<p>VMTurbo extends its control beyond JVM platforms\u00a0to <strong>any generic Java Virtual Machine<\/strong> (JVM) providing visibility into metrics like <strong>heap utilization<\/strong> and<strong> garbage collection<\/strong> within your Java applications.<\/p>\n<p>This metrics allow\u00a0scaling decisions to assure performance while increasing your environment\u2019s utilization. This feature can be used by any JVM with remote JMX enabled.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17078 size-large\" title=\"vmturbo56released03\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/vmturbo56released03-600x441.jpg\" alt=\"vmturbo56released03\" width=\"600\" height=\"441\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>UCS Improved Performance<\/h4>\n<p>Enhanced fabric market abstraction leads to improved system performance and reduced fabric utilization. The Fabric infrastructure increases VMTurbo\u2019s ability to take informed workload placement decisions, which drive your environment to an even healthier state.<\/p>\n<p>Based on port channel utilization, VMTurbo will tell you whether you should <strong>add a new port or remove one<\/strong> in order to achieve the best performance of your applications.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17079 size-large\" title=\"vmturbo56released04\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/vmturbo56released04-600x213.jpg\" alt=\"vmturbo56released04\" width=\"600\" height=\"213\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Deeper visibility into CloudStack<\/h4>\n<p>By providing increased visibility into your Apache CloudStack environment, VMTurbo can now dive deeper into your data center\u2019s configuration and constraints.<\/p>\n<p>Version 5.6 discovers and adheres to <strong>CloudStack anti-affinity policies<\/strong>. Actions are now\u00a0executed directly via CloudStack rather than through the hypervisor.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17080 size-large\" title=\"vmturbo56released05\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/vmturbo56released05-600x257.jpg\" alt=\"vmturbo56released05\" width=\"600\" height=\"257\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Adhering to anti-affinity policies.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17081 size-large\" title=\"vmturbo56released06\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/vmturbo56released06-600x91.jpg\" alt=\"vmturbo56released06\" width=\"600\" height=\"91\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Customized Storage &amp; Host Profiles<\/h4>\n<p>More accurate plan\u00a0results with your individual storage and host profiles. It is possible to <strong>create, modify and share<\/strong> custom profiles in the <a href=\"https:\/\/greencircle.vmturbo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Circle<\/a> community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Storage profile<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>VC Storage profiles provide an ability to group Storages to match a profile<\/li>\n<li>This feature is driven through the use of VC Tags<\/li>\n<li>Pre-requisites and dependencies: VC version above 5.5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17082 size-large\" title=\"vmturbo56released07\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/vmturbo56released07-600x422.jpg\" alt=\"vmturbo56released07\" width=\"600\" height=\"422\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>UI and UX Enhancements<\/h4>\n<p>Improved <strong>Plan Summary<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Background processing<\/li>\n<li>Better feedback to the user<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Summary of actions in the plan report.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17085 size-large\" title=\"vmturbo56released08\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/vmturbo56released08-600x515.jpg\" alt=\"vmturbo56released08\" width=\"600\" height=\"515\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Instance visibility when using <strong>Aggregation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Easily find which VMTurbo instance the entity is being managed by<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17086 size-large\" title=\"vmturbo56released09\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/vmturbo56released09-600x243.jpg\" alt=\"vmturbo56released09\" width=\"600\" height=\"243\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cluster Capacity Dashboard<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Populate the Cluster Capacity Dashboard as the different instances compute the values<\/li>\n<li>Added an API to retrieve the data directly from the aggregator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17087 size-large\" title=\"vmturbo56released10\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/vmturbo56released10-600x334.jpg\" alt=\"vmturbo56released10\" width=\"600\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reporting<\/strong> enhancements<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Specify email address in \u201cGenerate Now\" screen\u00a0to test email<\/li>\n<li>Scoped VM Right-sizing Report<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17088 size-full\" title=\"vmturbo56released11\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/vmturbo56released11.jpg\" alt=\"vmturbo56released11\" width=\"401\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Offline Update<\/h2>\n<p>Before upgrade, you need to identify if <strong>openSuSE (default) or Red Hat<\/strong> is the architecture of your VMTurbo Server to download the correct upgrade file.<\/p>\n<p>To identify the distribution and version in use, login in VMTurbo and select <strong>Settings icon &gt; About<\/strong> menu.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17091 size-full\" title=\"vmturbo56released12\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/vmturbo56released12.jpg\" alt=\"vmturbo56released12\" width=\"219\" height=\"369\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the <strong>About Operations Manager<\/strong> window identify the installed release.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17094 size-full\" title=\"vmturbo56released13\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/vmturbo56released13.jpg\" alt=\"vmturbo56released13\" width=\"401\" height=\"301\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To upgrade to the <strong>newest release 5.6<\/strong>, download the offline update zip file from the following links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greencircle.vmturbo.com\/external-link.jspa?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownload.vmturbo.com%2Fappliance%2Fdownload%2Fupdates%2F5.6.0%2Fupdate64-44755-5.6.0.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">openSuSE 64-bit<\/a> offline update<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greencircle.vmturbo.com\/external-link.jspa?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownload.vmturbo.com%2Fappliance%2Fdownload%2Fupdates%2F5.6.0%2Fupdate64_redhat-44755-5.6.0.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red Hat 64-bit<\/a> offline update<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/vmturbo-operations-manager-5-5-offline-update\/\">this guide<\/a>\u00a0to perform an\u00a0offline upgrade.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17095 size-full\" title=\"vmturbo56released14\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/vmturbo56released14.jpg\" alt=\"vmturbo56released14\" width=\"401\" height=\"301\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Additional information about VMTurbo Operations Manager 5.6 can be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/greencircle.vmturbo.com\/docs\/DOC-2772\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Release Notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"signature\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/firma.jpg\" alt=\"signature\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VMTurbo released Operations Manager 5.6 that includes a turnkey integration with private cloud platform ServiceNow and ships significant performance improvements. 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