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In the Lab: VMware HCIbench Hands On (by…

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#VMware HCIbench Hands On In The Lab

In the Lab: VMware HCIbench Hands On (by…

VMware’s VSAN group recently announced a free storage performance testing tool for Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI), the HCI benchmark or HCIbench . While stressing traditional arrays with I/O or bandwidth tests is fairly well understood, applying synthetic tests to HCI gear requires a careful approach and a steep learning curve. With traditional storage infrastructure you setup your I/O generator of choice with a given workload profile, point it to some LUNs and let it rip. Hyperconverged testing requires a large-scale approach where many VMs (often 10-64) simultaneously apply that workload across multiple vDisks, at the same time… not to mention collecting all of that data when the task finishes. This type of approach is…Read More

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vShield Manager disk 100% full

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vShield Manager disk 100% full

vShield Manager disk 100% full

A few days ago my vShield Manager, VSM, virtual machine (VM) disk system was filled up to 100%. Yes i know this is due to poor monitoring but it’s in my lab and i’m using it for a specific reason from time to time. At least i had some reporting of the issue so i … Continue reading »

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vSphere 6 Web Client UI Deepdive – vMotion

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vSphere 6 Web Client UI Deepdive – vMotion

vSphere 6 Web Client UI Deepdive – vMotion

New series of vSphere Web Client UI Deepdives With vSphere 6 adoption going up, the new features are helping our customers manage their environments better than ever before. vSphere Web Client is the most common way that these new features and enhancements are used, but sometimes the UI changes get lost in the discussion. The […]

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Putting the Technical into Technical Account…

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Putting the Technical into Technical Account Management

Putting the Technical into Technical Account…

By Adam Eckerle Technical Account Managers (TAMs) add value for their customers in many ways. Across our industry TAMs spend their days as sleuths determining the best ways to service their customers through activities such as product briefs, support escalations, and being that single point of contact representing their particular company. The VMware Technical Account […]]> By Adam Eckerle Technical Account Managers (TAMs) add value for their customers in many ways. Across our industry TAMs…Read More

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Introducing the vSphere Host Client fling

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Introducing the vSphere Host Client fling

Introducing the vSphere Host Client fling

Have you ever wanted to connect directly to your ESXi host via a web browser and take a quick look at the available resources on the host? How about checking on the status of the vCenter VM? Conduct host administrative tasks through the browser? Today I’m happy to introduce the vSphere Host Client fling, an […]

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Troubleshooting vSphere PSOD

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Troubleshooting vSphere PSOD

Troubleshooting vSphere PSOD

The Screen of Death, as most of us know it as, is the result of a system crash. Windows has his famous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), and VMware has a purple screen of death (PSOD). Of course there is also a Black Screen of Death, which is usually when Windows systems are missing a […]

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Understanding PernixData FVP’s clustered read…

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Understanding PernixData FVP’s clustered read caching functionality #PernixPro

Understanding PernixData FVP’s clustered read…

When PernixData debuted FVP back in August 2013, for me there was one innovation in particular that stood out above the rest. The ability to accelerate writes (known as “Write Back” caching) on the server side, and do so in a fault tolerant way. Leverage fast media on the server side to drive microsecond write […]

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Manually preparing ESXi hosts for VMware NSX

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Manually preparing ESXi hosts for VMware NSX

Manually preparing ESXi hosts for VMware NSX

I put this post primarily on VMGuru.com, taking you there now. Hold on to your butts. Usually when installing VMware NSX, the Update Manager takes care of ESXi host preparation. It takes a few VIB packages from the NSX Manager and pushes those to the ESXi hosts to prepare them for VXLAN, the distributed firewall and the distributed router. It can happen that this process fail, for one reason or another. For instance, if your Update Manager is on the fritz or if you don’t have an Update…Read More

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RHEL 7, open-vm-tools, and guest customization

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RHEL 7, open-vm-tools, and guest customization

RHEL 7, open-vm-tools, and guest customization

I spent some time this weekend working with vCloud Director 5.5.4 build 2831206 (on vSphere 6) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux vApp/guest customization. I’m not a *nix guru but I’m comfortable enough with legacy versions of RHEL 5 and 6 as I’ve worked with them quite a bit, particularly for vSphere applications and solutions such […] Post from: boche.net – VMware Virtualization Evangelist Copyright (c) 2010 Jason Boche. The contents of this post may not be reproduced or republished on another…Read More

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Stay Ahead of Your Storage Needs with VMware…

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Stay Ahead of Your Storage Needs with VMware vRealize Operations

Stay Ahead of Your Storage Needs with VMware…

By: Bekah Suttner, Blue Medora A common error in today’s data landscape is the over-utilization of resources. Storage systems are pushed to the limits of performance, and end users have become frustrated by a lack of productivity caused by slow storage. Using the analytics processes in VMware vRealize Operations (vROps), administrators can gain detailed insight […]]> http://blogs.vmware.com/management/2015/08/stay-ahead-of-your-storage-needs-with-vmware-vrops.html/feed 0 Achieve Intelligent…Read More

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NSX-v Operations Guide, v6.1

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NSX-v Operations Guide, v6.1

NSX-v Operations Guide, v6.1

NSX-v Operations Guide, v6.1 Created by nikhilvmw on Aug 5, 2015 10:24 AM. Last modified by nikhilvmw on Aug 6, 2015 8:58 AM. This guide shows how to perform day-to-day monitoring and management of an NSX for vSphere (“NSX-v”) deployment. It explains how to retrieve statistics, flow information, packet information, and event logs.

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Microsoft Visio connector point and VMware…

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Microsoft Visio connector point and VMware Fusion fix

Microsoft Visio connector point and VMware…

In episode 2 of the vhorizon podcast I talk to Jason Mattox CTO of Liquidware Labs about Stratosphere FIT and the new updates to ProfileUnity and FlexApp. To find out more about Liquidware Labs head over to liquidwarelabs.com

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HP wasn’t ready to split

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HP wasn’t ready to split

HP wasn’t ready to split

Yesterday I was trying to download HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) from HP.COM website. It didn’t work at all – still some HTTP errors. Finally I found out that HP moved all its stuff to new domain hpe.com (HP Enterprise). That’s fine, but they forgot to rewrite all urls on websites to new hpe.com. […]]> http://www.cievo.sk/2015/08/04/hp-wasnt-ready-to-split/feed/ 0 Upgrade na Windows 10 http://www.cievo.sk/2015/07/31/upgrade-na-windows-10/…Read More

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