June 25, 2009 3:35 PM
Posted by: Eric Siebert
Eric Siebert,
Fault Tolerance,
VMware,
vSphereThis week's VMTN Community Roundtable podcast was about Fault Tolerance (FT). Henry Robinson and Karen Ritter of VMware joined to provide information about the development and future of FT.
Here's a...
June 23, 2009 3:34 PM
Posted by: Eric Siebert
Eric Siebert,
stuck,
virtual machine,
vSphereOccasionally virtual machines (VMs) get stuck in a zombie state and will not respond to a power-off command using the traditional vSphere client power controls. Rebooting a host will fix this condition -- but rebooting is usually not an option. Fortunately, there are a few methods for forcing the...
June 22, 2009 6:13 PM
Posted by: Eric Siebert
Eric Siebert,
ESX,
Lotus Domino,
VMwareAlthough there are several tech notes that suggest otherwise, most Lotus Domino workloads can be successfully virtualized. I thought I'd review some of the tech notes as they seem to be discouraging people from virtualizing Domino servers. Both of the notes I'll review blame the virtualization...
June 17, 2009 4:55 PM
Posted by: Eric Siebert
compatibility,
Eric Siebert,
hardware,
VMwareVMware publishes a guide called the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). The HCL lists all of the hardware components that are supported by each version of ESX and ESXi. This very important guide is divided into different sub-guides, which...
June 11, 2009 3:38 PM
Posted by: Bridget Botelho
ESXi,
Microsoft Hyper-V,
Veeam,
Virtualization,
VMware,
vSphereVMware architect and virtualization expert Gabe van Zanten wrote an interesting post on his blog, "Gabe's Virtual World" pointing out that VMware appears to be following in...
June 9, 2009 1:55 PM
Posted by: Eric Siebert
Eric Siebert,
Upgrade,
VMware,
vSphere
June 8, 2009 4:45 PM
Posted by: Texiwill
Edward L. Haletky,
ESX,
Install,
Texiwill,
Upgrade,
VMware,
VMware vSphereSince I am an independent consultant and VMware Communities Guru, I have recently been asked many questions about whether or not to upgrade to VMware vSphere 4. My answers depends on the following items:
- The hardware involved. VMware vSphere has certain...
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June 4, 2009 5:27 PM
Posted by: Eric Siebert
Eric Siebert,
licensing,
VMware,
vSphereVMware vSphere is a free upgrade for licensed customers with active Support and Subscription (SnS), but many users have reported problems obtaining their new vSphere licenses from VMware. Because VMware decided to go with a simpler license key instead of a more complex license file, new license...
June 1, 2009 9:30 PM
Posted by: Eric Siebert
Eric Siebert,
VMware,
vSphereVMware publishes a great document called Configuration Maximums that details all the configuration maximums for the various components of virtual machines, hosts and vCenter servers. With the vSphere release, VMware has created a new document that has both new and modified configuration maximums...
