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VMware High Availability and Fault Tolerance

• Avoid resource contention with the help of VMware HA

  Use VMware HA VM-to-VM rules and host groups and avoid resource contention. This can help balance resources between your production and testing and development VMs. Continue Reading

• 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

• 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

• 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