VAAI support in vSphere Standard and up as of 6.0!

After some internal discussions over the last months it was decided to move VAAI (vSphere APIs for Array Integration) and Multi-Pathing down to vSphere Standard as of 6.0. Main reason for this was that Virtual Volumes, by many considered as the natural evolution of VAAI, is also part of vSphere Standard. So if you have vSphere Standard and a VAAI capable array and looking to move to 6.0, make sure to check the configuration of your hosts and use this great functionality! Note that VAAI did indeed already work in lower editions, but from a licensing point of view you weren’t entitled to it… I guess many folks never really looked at enabling / disabling it explicitly, but for those who did… now you can use it. More details on what is included with which license can be found here: http://www.vmware.com/au/products/vsphere/compare.html