DRS

The impact of QoS network traffic on VM performance

A lot of interesting material is written about configuring Quality of Service (QoS) on 10GB (converged) networks in Virtual Infrastructures. With...
frankdenneman
2 min read

VM settings: Prefer Partially Automated over Disabled

Due to requirements or constraints it might be necessary to exclude a virtual machine from automatic migration and stop it from...
frankdenneman
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Resource pools and simultaneous vMotions

Many organizations have the bad habit to use resource pools to create a folder structure in the host and cluster view...
frankdenneman
1 min read

DRS 4.1 Adaptive MaxMovesPerHost

Another reason to upgrade to vSphere 4.1 is the DRS adaptive MaxMovesPerHost parameter. The MaxMovesPerHost setting determines the maximum amount of...
frankdenneman
1 min read

vSphere 4.1 – HA and DRS deepdive book

This is a complete repost of the article written by Duncan, as all publications about this book must be checked by...
frankdenneman
1 min read

DRS-FT integration

Another new feature of vSphere 4.1 is the DRS-Fault Tolerance integration. vSphere 4.1 allows DRS not only to perform initial placement...
frankdenneman
1 min read

Disable DRS and VM-Host rules

vSphere 4.1 introduces DRS VM-Host Affinity rules and offer two types of rules, mandatory (must run on /must not run on)...
frankdenneman
43 sec read

DPM scheduled tasks

vSphere 4.1 introduces a lot of new features and enhancements of the existing features, one of the hidden gems I believe...
frankdenneman
1 min read

VM to Hosts affinity rule

VMware vSphere 4.1 introduces a new affinity rule, called “Virtual Machines to Hosts” (VM-Host). This new rule is available in vSphere...
frankdenneman
4 min read

VMware Fault Tolerance and DPM

Some requirements of the design I am working on is to be as “green” as possible and to offer the highest...
frankdenneman
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