DRS and DPM
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In this guide, discover best practices, storage requirements, and features you should know about VMware vSphere High Availability and how it compares to Microsoft Hyper-V.
DRS and DPM Get Started
Bring yourself up to speed with our introductory content
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How to configure a VM override in DRS and HA
VM overrides to prevent unnecessary VM movement and availability issues. Review the configuration options that come with this feature in this tutorial. Continue Reading
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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
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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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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
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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
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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Improve storage performance for VMs with vSphere's Storage DRS feature
Storage DRS in vSphere examines the disk capacity of data stores in a cluster to determine whether changes are needed to increase efficiency. Continue Reading
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Tweaking vSphere's DRS advanced options can yield performance boost
The advanced options in vSphere's DRS settings allow experienced sysadmins to squeeze more performance out of their virtual environments. Continue Reading
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The hidden culprit behind slow vSphere performance -- and how to fix it
If you find vSphere performance deteriorating, unintentional resource limits on VMs could be to blame. The good news? They're easy to remove. Continue Reading