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vMotion and Storage vMotion

• Avoid CPU affinity if a VM needs a performance bump

  Setting CPU affinity on a VM will probably cause performance to degrade and make the VM much harder to manage. Continue Reading

• The right way to rename VMs with vSphere Storage vMotion

  A quirk in older ESX/ESXi versions will not result in a prompt rename of a VM until it has moved to another data store. Continue Reading

• What to do when VMware Storage vMotion falters

  When a VM is being moved with VMware Storage vMotion and the migration doesn't execute properly, there are several ways to pinpoint the problem. Continue Reading

• How to stop worrying and learn to love the new vSphere Web Client

  Resistance is futile: If you want access to some of the new vSphere 5.5 features, then you need to get familiar with the vSphere Web Client. Continue Reading

• Correcting misconfigured ESXi shared storage settings

  IT shops that started small may find they need to update their ESXi shared storage settings to prevent significant issues when a host fails. Continue Reading

• Analyzing VMware vSphere cost and benefits for a small business

  The free VMware vSphere Hypervisor might seem like the perfect virtualization tool for SMB IT. But spending the money for vSphere Essentials pays off.Continue Reading

• Tough Metro vMotion requirements make for a dream infrastructure

  VMware's Metro vMotion requirements for networking, storage and vCenter keep live VM migration between data centers just a dream for most IT shops.Continue Reading

• How many VMs can vSphere vMotion move at once? And other questions

  VMware vMotion live migrates VMs between hosts. Evolving with vSphere, vMotion has gained a lot of capabilities, but it still has limitations.Continue Reading

• Navigate VM availability acronyms: VMware HA vs. FT and SRM vs. VADP

  VMware's options for virtual machine availability and backup can look like an alphabet soup. Get a handle on VMware VADP, SRM, HA and FT features.Continue Reading

• Avoiding an Enhanced VMotion Compatibility gotcha

  You can only VMotion between hosts with similar CPUs, which used to be a huge painpoint if you had different servers in a cluster. VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2's Enhanced VMotion Compatibility (EVC) feature improved VMotion by 'dumbing down' the more ...Continue Reading

• Downloading, configuring and using VMotion in vSphere 4

  VMotion moves virtual machines to new hosts without creating downtime -- a win for admins and end users alike. Here's how to download, configure and use VMotion in vSphere.Continue Reading

• Keynotes, new tech and Tweetups at VMworld 2009

  VMworld 2009 offered the releases of VMware Go and vCloud Express; news on Virtual Profiles for VMware VIew; Teradici's PC-over-IP; long-distance VMotion; I/O Distributed Resource Scheduler; and vCenter ConfigControl. It also provided opportunities ...Continue Reading

• VMotion network and storage connectivity issues solved

  Using VMotion without attention to storage and network connectivity can create infrastructural management issues. One solution to simplify matters is infrastructure virtualization.Continue Reading

• Add a GUI to Storage VMotion; watch for disk defragmentation

  Storage VMotion (SVMotion) is a new feature in ESX 3.5 that allows VMware administrators to migrate VMDKs between guest OSes. This tip explains how to add a GUI and offers one caveat.Continue Reading

• VMware DRS and VMotion: Improve workload balance, prevent problems

  Learn how both VMware DRS and VMotion work individually, how they work together, and get configuration tips for optimal virtual machine performance in an environment that takes advantage of both technologies.Continue Reading

• How to obtain, configure and use VMotion and how VMotion works

  VMotion is about migrating a virtual machine from one ESX host to another without incurring downtime. This how-to explains how to obtain and configure VMotion, what its appropriate usage scenarios are and how VMotion technology actually works.Continue Reading