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March 08, 2018 08 Mar'18
VMware cloud services tidy up AWS migration path

VMware Cloud on AWS has improved migrations, cost controls and availability, as VMware pitches customers on the value of hosting vSphere-based workloads on the public cloud.
February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
Dawning of VMware vSphere 6 builds anticipation

VMware's February announcements focused on the features of the upcoming vSphere 6 release, but some cloud news also caught interest of the VMware faithful.

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Use these PowerCLI vMotion cmdlets to automate VM migration

VMware vMotion moves VMs between hypervisors and storage devices to keep those VMs running. You can use PowerCLI to easily automate complex vMotion tasks. Continue Reading
VMware long-distance vMotion

Long-distance vMotion is a feature that allows virtual machines to be migrated over long distances with a maximum round-trip latency time of 150 milliseconds. Continue Reading
VMware Cross vCenter vMotion

VMware Cross vCenter vMotion is a feature introduced in vSphere 6.0 that allows virtual machines (VMs) to switch from one vCenter Server instance to another to change the compute, network, storage and management of the VM concurrently. Continue Reading

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The recent key vSphere vMotion innovations

VMware vMotion is a function of vSphere that enables live migrations of VMs to ease load balancing and maintenance. Explore the innovations in the most recent update of vMotion. Continue Reading
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
What makes long-distance vMotion different?

Long-distance vMotion eliminates practical geographical limitations by raising the round-trip latency limit. Continue Reading

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VMware HCX improves VM mobility between vSphere clusters

VMware developed HCX to help customers move to VMware Cloud on AWS. HCX has since evolved as an offering and now enables VM and app migration between any two vSphere clusters. Continue Reading
Manage a multitude of VMware datastores using PowerCLI

Discover how you can use PowerCLI to boost your storage by monitoring and managing VMware datastores across multiple hosts. This tool has many advantages over the typical GUI. Continue Reading
Navigate VMware EVC disadvantages during live migration

Traditional VMware vMotion migration relies on hardware similarities. VMware EVC mode enables live migration despite differences, but it can have an effect on performance. Continue Reading

We’ve gathered up expert advice and tips from professionals like you so that the answers you need are always available.

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
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