DRS

Expandable reservation on resource pools, how does it work?

It seems that the expandable reservation setting of a resource pool appears to be shrouded in mystery. How does it work,...
frankdenneman
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Adjusting the cost of vMotion – a word of caution

Yesterday I posted an article on how to change the cost of vMotion in order to change the default number of...
frankdenneman
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(Alternative) VM swap file locations Q&A – part 2

After writing the article “(Alternative) VM swap file locations Q&A” I received a lot of questions about the destination of the...
frankdenneman
1 min read

(Alternative) VM swap file locations Q&A – part 2

After writing the article “(Alternative) VM swap file locations Q&A” I received a lot of questions about the destination of the...
frankdenneman
1 min read

(Alternative) VM swap file locations Q&A

Lately I have received a couple of questions about Swap file placement. As I mentioned in the article “Storage DRS and...
frankdenneman
3 min read

(Alternative) VM swap file locations Q&A

Lately I have received a couple of questions about Swap file placement. As I mentioned in the article “Storage DRS and...
frankdenneman
3 min read

vSphere 5.1 DRS advanced option LimitVMsPerESXHost

During the Resource Management Group Discussion here in VMworld Barcelona a customer asked me about limiting the number of VMs per...
frankdenneman
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DRS and memory balancing in non-overcomitted clusters

First things first, I normally do not recommend changing advanced settings. Always try to tune system behavior by changing the settings...
frankdenneman
3 min read

Considerations when modifying the individual VM automation level

Recently I received some questions about the behavior of DRS when the automation level of an individual virtual machine is modified....
frankdenneman
3 min read

Disabling MinGoodness and CostBenefit

Over the last couple of months I’ve seen recommendations popping up on changing the MinGoodNess and CostBenefit settings to zero on...
frankdenneman
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