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By: Rajesh Radhakrishnan

vSphere DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler)

Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) is a resource management solution for vSphere clusters to provide optimized performance of application workloads. DRS will help you run the workloads efficiently  on resources in a vSphere Environment . Download the Official DRS White Paper# ...

15/04/2018
Published 3 weeks ago
By: Rajesh Radhakrishnan

vCenter Update Manager

Update Manager enables centralized, automated patch and version management for VMware vSphere and offers support for VMware ESXi hosts, virtual machines, and virtual appliances. With Update Manager, you can perform the following tasks: Upgrade and patch ESXi hosts. Install and update third-party software on hosts. Upgrade virtual...

16/03/2018
Published 3 weeks ago
By: Rajesh Radhakrishnan

What is Raw Device Mapping (RDM)

Raw device mapping (RDM) is an option in the vSphere environment that enables a storage LUN to be directly presented to a virtual machine from the storage array . Mostly RDM will be used for confiuring clusters ( SQL ,...

10/03/2018
Published 3 weeks ago
By: Rajesh Radhakrishnan

VMware Network Adapter Types

Depending on the operating system and its version you can use different network adapter types, those adapter types may vary. In this post we are discussing about different virtual network adapters VMware Network Adapter Types The type of network adapters that...

04/03/2018
Published 3 weeks ago
By: Rajesh Radhakrishnan

Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC)

Enhanced vMotion Compatibility which is a vCenter Server cluster-centric feature allowing virtual machines to vMotion or migrate across ESXi hosts equipped with dissimilar processors in the same cluster. VMware EVC Mode works by masking unsupported processor features thus presenting a homogeneous...

25/02/2018
Published 3 weeks ago
By: Rajesh Radhakrishnan

vMotion Requirements

We already explained about vMotion  Since vMotion is intervening in an active virtual machine without that virtual machine’s knowledge, certain conditions must be fulfilled so that the process can run without problems or failures: CPU compatibility vMotion interface (minimum 1 Gb...

25/02/2018
Published 3 weeks ago
By: Rajesh Radhakrishnan

VMotion

VMware vMotion enables the live migration of running virtual machines from one physical server to another with zero downtime, continuous service availability, and complete transaction integrity. VMotion is a key enabling technology for creating the dynamic, automated, and self optimizing data center . vMotion allow...

25/02/2018
Published 3 weeks ago