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(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

VMware feature request

During presentations I always stress to submit a feature request if you have an idea how to enhance the product or...
frankdenneman
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vMotion bug fixed in vCenter server 5.1.0a

Looking for the “Designing your vMotion network“? Please follow the link. Last week VMware vCenter Server™ 5.1.0a was released which contains...
frankdenneman
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HA admission control is not a capacity management tool.

I receive a lot of questions on why HA doesn’t work when virtual machines are not configured with VM-level reservations. If...
frankdenneman
3 min read

Changing your vCenter logging level using the webclient

In order to monitor some load behavior I needed to increase the logging level of the vCenter server. The logging level...
frankdenneman
25 sec read

Technical paper: “VMware vCloud Director Resource Allocation Models” available for download

Today the technical paper “VMware vCloud Director Resource Allocation Models” has been made available for download on VMware.com. This whitepaper covers...
frankdenneman
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VMworld Europe Sessions

At VMworld Europe I will participate in Meet the Expert sessions, Group discussions and three breakout sessions. Here’s an overview of...
frankdenneman
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Where is my new vMotion functionality?

Just a reminder as I received a lot of questions and comments about this: The new vMotion functionality – migrating virtual...
frankdenneman
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vSphere 5.1 storage vMotion parallel disk migrations

Where previous versions of vSphere copied disks serially, vSphere 5.1 allows up to 4 parallel disk copies per Storage vMotion operation...
frankdenneman
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