Tag Archives: vCenter

Hyper-Vacating Your Datacenter with vSphere 4.1

A new feature in vSphere 4.1 allows administrators to easily perform a cold conversion (V2V) of a Hyper-V virtual machine. Continue reading

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The Truth About VM SAN Transfers

While Microsoft marketing material claims Hyper-V and SCVMM can transfer large virtual machine files and templates over a SAN, the truth is that all VM transfers are done over the network. Only VMware ESX leverages high-speed storage area networking for VM migration. Continue reading

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PowerShell Prevents Datastore Emergencies

When a datastore in your VMware vSphere environment is about to fill up, you can have vCenter automatically spring into action to prevent downtime by using Storage VMotion. Continue reading

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New: vSphere Resource Distribution Chart

vSphere makes it easy for administrators to see which virtual machines in a cluster are using CPU and memory. Continue reading

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Wanna see a million ESX licenses?

If you have used VMware VI3 and vSphere 4, one thing you probably noticed right away is the difference in licensing.  To much applause, vSphere no longer uses a FLEXlm license server. While you transition from VI3 to vSphere you … Continue reading

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