The vMotion product team is looking for input on how to improve vMotion. vMotion has proven to be a paradigm shift of datacenter management. Workload mobility... Read More...
This question pops up regularly on the VMTN forums and reddit. It’s a viable question but the admins who request this feature usually don’t want Maintenance mod... Read More...
vSphere 5.1 update 1 is released today which contains several updates and bug fixes for both ESXi and vCenter Server 5.1.
This release contains the return of th... Read More...
vCloud director 5.1 supports the use of both storage profiles and Storage DRS. One of the coolest features and unfortunately relatively unknown is the ability t... Read More...
This question regularly pops up on twitter and the community forums. And yes it works but VMware does not support vMotion interfaces in different subnets.
The r... Read More...
On the community forums, I’ve seen some questions about the use of the management network by vMotion operations. The two most common scenarios are explained, pl... Read More...
This article provides you an overview of the steps required to setup a Multi-NIC vMotion configuration on an existing distributed Switch with the vSphere 5.1 we... Read More...
If your environment is licensed with the enterprise plus license you can choose to use a standard vSwitch or use a distributed switch for your vMotion network. ... Read More...
After posting the article “Choose link aggregation over Multi-NIC vMotion” I received a couple of similar questions. Pierre-Louis left a comment that covers mos... Read More...
The “Designing your vMotion network” series have lead me to have some interesting conversations. A recurring question is why not use Link Aggregation technologi... Read More...