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VMware infrastructure management services


VMware's infrastructure management services are what makes VMware ESX the enterprise virtualization hypervisor of choice. In this section, you'll find expert tips on popular VMware components such as VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB), VMware High Availability (HA), VMotion, Storage VMotion, Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) and Data Protection Manager (DPM), organized by product.

For example, in the VMware Consolidated Backup subsection, you'll find an in-depth troubleshooting article as well as useful script additions that enhance the product's functionality.

And in the VMware High Availability section, we offer an introductory HA tip that goes over the various settings so you can optimize HA for your environment. As the author points out, most of the HA configurations are not driven by the usual check boxes and options screens.

DRS and DPM
VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler, or DRS, enables you to leverage your data center hardware by monitoring system usage and distributing workloads appropriately.

But if you're using both DRS and VMotion, the two can clash and negatively effect virtual machine performance. That in ...

VMotion and Storage VMotion
VMotion is a VMware product that enables you to move a live or running virtual machine to a different host server without shutting it down. If you've never used it before, you can get step-by-step instructions on how to obtain, configure and use VMotion here.

But VMotion does have ...

VMware Consolidated Backup
VMware Consolidated Backup, or VCB, is VMware's product for backing up virtual machines. Here you'll find technical tips on using VCB, including a tip on troubleshooting; script additions that can make the VCM stock scripts more flexible and useful for your infrastructure's backup needs; ...
VMware High Availability and Fault Tolerance
VMware High Availability, or VMware HA, is VMware's first enterprise availability product. It moves your virtual machines to another host server if the first host goes down, giving you greater uptime. VMware Fault Tolerance, or VMware FT, is VMware's second availability product and is ...

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