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VMware High Availability and Fault Tolerance

• What are some best practices for vSphere HA clusters?

  With the right configuration, VMware vSphere HA can reduce application downtime, protect against server failure and restart failed VMs. Continue Reading

• VMware FT features new engine, better latency in vSphere 6.5

  VMware made some major changes to its Fault Tolerance feature in vSphere 6.5, including better latency, a new engine for syncing VMs and a new licensing limit. Continue Reading

• Protect hosts from hardware degradation with vSphere High Availability

  New to vSphere 6.5, Proactive High Availability helps protect hosts from hardware degradation by partnering with hardware vendors to detect problems and evacuate VMs. Continue Reading

• The ultimate VMware ROBO guide

  VMware's latest offering for companies that want to run virtualized workloads in multiple remote offices offers flexibility and resilience at a cheaper price. Continue Reading

• Using VMWare vMSC with legacy applications for a more flexible data center

  The need for higher availability with legacy applications makes for a significant design challenge when using the vSphere Metro Storage Cluster feature. Continue Reading

• Plans and priorities shape ideal VMware SRM DR setup

  VMware's Site Recovery Manager product can protect critical workloads in a disaster, but unless an administrator has fine-tuned SRM for the business, it may not perform as expected when trouble strikes the data center.Continue Reading

• How many nodes fit in a vSphere Fault Tolerance cluster?

  Today's enterprises are using virtualization to wring the highest utility from their servers, but with fewer hosts come greater risks to business continuity.Continue Reading

• Some admins mourn vCenter Server Heartbeat's sudden death

  VMware announced vCenter Server Heartbeat licenses can no longer be purchased, which may mean other high availability options could be approaching.Continue Reading

• Excerpt gives vital vSphere 5.1 tips for vSphere Management Assistant

  The VMware vSphere 5.1 Cookbook shares simple recipes for the busy virtualization administrator who wants to tap into some new features.Continue Reading

• Running VMs without a VMware HA safety net? There are other options

  If you don't have VMware HA to protect your virtual machines, then you'll be pleased to know there are some worthy alternatives.Continue Reading

• Help prevent starving VMs with a proper vSphere HA configuration

  The vSphere HA feature protects reservations on VMs, not the consumption, so a proper configuration is key to maintaining the required performance.Continue Reading

• VMware vCenter Chargeback Manager

  VMware vCenter Chargeback Manager is a tool that calculates the costs of virtual resources and provides chargeback accountability.Continue Reading

• affinity rules

  Affinity rules are settings that establish a relationship between two or more VMware virtual machines (VMs) and hosts.Continue Reading

• VMware load balancing gets tricky with large VMs

  VMware increased the maximum VM size in vSphere 5.1. With large VMs comes a greater responsibility for VMware load balancing and availability.Continue Reading

• Virtualizing vCenter Server: Worth the effort?

  There are strong cases for and against virtualizing vCenter Server. In this face-off, two experts argue over which method better reduces downtime and is easier to manage.Continue Reading