Again… nothing new here. If you’re a seasoned pro then you’re already aware of the excellent work the boys and girls do down at VMware Labs with regards to the Flings. But if you’re not, due to workloads being crazy or because you’re studying like a man possessed, then this might be of interest. Continue reading
vSphere 6.0
Measuring and preventing vSphere resource over-commitment
Recently I was asked to perform a VMware environment review for a financial services customer of ours. This involved reviewing a number of settings across the estate, one of which being resource utilisation. The biggest challenge was to ensure that none of the customer’s clusters were Continue reading
Using vSphere Auto Deploy to reduce configuration drift in the enterprise – Part 2
In part 1 of this short series we discussed configuration drift with regards to ESXi hosts. In this part, we complete the series by configuring answer files, host profiles, and various other settings needed to successfully Auto Deploy ESXi hosts. Continue reading
Using vSphere Auto Deploy to reduce configuration drift in the enterprise – Part 1
A common challenge facing enterprise deployments of vSphere is configuration drift. When the hardware or software configuration changes, manageability becomes increasingly difficult. This in turn results in higher support costs. Continue reading
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