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Expert Guide: Most popular articles from SearchVMware.com
Due to popular demand, our editors have put together this complimentary 32-page guide highlighting some of our most visited and most useful – as chosen by your peers – SearchVMware articles so far this year.
DRS and DPM News
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September 27, 2013
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Sep'13
Fling gets wings: Pitch for VMware DRS enhancement brought to life
VMware solicits ideas from its user base and codes up the best fling ideas, including a recent one for VMware DRS, to improve its virtualization technology.
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August 20, 2013
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Aug'13
VMware DRS for networks: A new piece of the SDN puzzle
VMware will preview Network DRS at VMworld, but its core customers are still wrapping their heads around software-defined networking.
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October 25, 2010
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Oct'10
VMware vSphere Essentials Plus licenses surge, but SMBs want more
VMware's efforts to reach out to small and medium-sized businesses have borne fruit, says the company. But SMBs want more than just vMotion from a lower-cost licensing package.
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August 10, 2009
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Aug'09
The VMware-Microsoft hypervisor battle continues
Microsoft says VMware ESX costs too much, especially now that Hyper-V R2 includes free Live Migration. Can VMware beef up ESXi free edition to rival Hyper-V R2's functionality?
DRS and DPM Get Started
Bring yourself up to speed with our introductory content
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How do you apply VM-host and VM-VM affinity rules in DRS?
Affinity and anti-affinity rules improve application performance and resilience. Select the desired clusters in vSphere Web Client, and add rules to apply affinity rules to DRS. Continue Reading
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What are VM-VM and VM-host affinity and anti-affinity rules?
It's important to create specific rules in VMware DRS to outline how different VMs and hosts behave. What kinds of affinity and anti-affinity rules are there, and how do they work? Continue Reading
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How do affinity and anti-affinity rules improve VM failover?
Proper VM placement can go a long way toward maintaining availability in the event of a failure. How can you use affinity and anti-affinity rules with DRS for better VM distribution? Continue Reading
Evaluate DRS and DPM Vendors & Products
Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.
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Manage storage quickly and efficiently with Storage DRS
The vSphere 5.1 Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler and storage clustering take the time and hassle out of storage maintenance in a spread-out environment. Continue Reading
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Laying the groundwork for the VMware SDDC
VMware has been steadily adding policy-based features into its products, making it easier for operations teams to catch up with development. Continue Reading
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VMware storage management in vSphere 5: VSA, VMFS and VASA
VMware vSphere 5 storage enhancements include the vSphere Storage Appliance, expansion of the file system and increased integration with VMware-Aware Storage APIs. Continue Reading
Manage DRS and DPM
Learn to apply best practices and optimize your operations.
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Manage Windows Server 2016 licensing cost with VMware DRS rules
VMware DRS offers a strategy to mitigate and delay the costs of Windows Server 2016. Use DRS rules to manage groups of hosts with different licenses and to limit licensing costs. Continue Reading
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What happens when you violate affinity or anti-affinity rules?
Just because VM placement is flexible doesn't mean you should take it for granted. Affinity rule conflicts can take a serious toll on the functionality of multiple VMware platforms. Continue Reading
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Use a combination of DRS rules and HA tags to manage workloads
Distributed Resource Scheduler rules help with load balancing, and High Availability tags can reduce administrative fatigue in the event of an outage. Continue Reading
Problem Solve DRS and DPM Issues
We’ve gathered up expert advice and tips from professionals like you so that the answers you need are always available.
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Trust but verify Distributed Power Management capabilities
Administrators should review server power management mechanisms and ensure key functions are configured properly. Continue Reading
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How Distributed Power Management squeezes out more savings
Distributed Power Management, or DPM, goes a step beyond allocating resources based on activity level by powering off servers. Continue Reading
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When using HA or DRS, you need an ESXi storage safety net
Running HA or DRS means you'll need shared ESXi storage to retrieve the VMDK file if a host fails. Continue Reading