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vSphere 5.5 Home lab

For a while I’ve been using three Dell R610 servers in my home lab. The machines specs are quite decent, each...
frankdenneman
2 min read

Installing Exchange Jetstress without full installation media.

I believe in testing environments with applications that will be used in the infrastructure itself. Pure synthetic workloads, such as IOmeter,...
frankdenneman
1 min read

vSphere 5.5 vCenter server inventory 0

After logging into my brand spanking new vCenter 5.5 server I was treated with a vCenter server inventory count of 0....
frankdenneman
2 min read

VCDX defend clinic: Choosing between Multi-NIC vMotion and LBT

A new round of VCDX defenses will kickoff soon and I want to wish everyone that participates in the panel session...
frankdenneman
4 min read

Send F11 key to nested ESXi on Mac

I only use Mac at home, most of the time it’s great sometimes it’s not. For example when installing or configuring...
frankdenneman
29 sec read

vCPU configuration. Performance impact between virtual sockets and virtual cores?

A question that I frequently receive is if there is a difference in virtual machine performance if the virtual machine is...
frankdenneman
3 min read

New Book Project: Tweet sized vSphere Design Considerations – Selection process

Just a quick update – this week we passed the deadline for Call of entries and have closed the form. Well...
frankdenneman
10 sec read

Download the vSphere 4.1 and 5.0 clustering deepdive for free

Do you want a free Kindle copy of the vSphere 4.1 HA and DRS Deepdive or the vSphere 5.0 Clustering Deepdive?...
frankdenneman
13 sec read

vSphere 5.1 update 1 release fixes Storage vMotion rename "bug"

vSphere 5.1 update 1 is released today which contains several updates and bug fixes for both ESXi and vCenter Server 5.1....
frankdenneman
29 sec read

Awesome read: Storage Performance And Testing Best Practices

The last couple of days I’ve been reading up on EMC VPLEX technology as I’m testing VPLEX metro with SIOC and...
frankdenneman
1 min read