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DRS and DPM News

September 27, 2013 27 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.
August 20, 2013 20 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.
October 25, 2010 25 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.
August 10, 2009 10 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

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VMware DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler)

VMware DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler) is a utility that balances computing workloads with available resources in a virtualized environment. The utility is part of a virtualization suite called VMware Infrastructure 3. Continue Reading
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
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

Evaluate DRS and DPM Vendors & Products

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Use DRS for VMware load balancing and streamlined environments

VMware DRS uses vMotion to automatically migrate VMs and workloads to available hosts and avoid resource contention. Discover the basics of this essential VMware utility. Continue Reading
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
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

Manage DRS and DPM

Learn to apply best practices and optimize your operations.

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
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
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.

Trust but verify Distributed Power Management capabilities

Administrators should review server power management mechanisms and ensure key functions are configured properly. Continue Reading
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
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