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Easy check to see if a VM needs snapshot consolidation
Virtual machine snapshot consolidation can improve performance and correctly manage disk space. Rickatron shows a quick and easy way to see if consolidation is needed.
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vSphere tips and tricks for host maintenance mode
Maintenance mode is one of the best features of an ESX(i) host administrative process. Rickatron shares some tips and tricks in this post for this aspect of virtualization.
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How to re-direct Hyper-V snapshots with Windows Server 2012
The virtual machine snapshot is one of the most versatile administrative tasks out there today. In this post, Rickatron shows how to select specific storage for virtual machine sna...
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Interpreting the host and guest memory usage in the vSphere Client
VMware vSphere has many memory management techniques to efficiently consolidate virtual machines. Rickatron explains two important measures in this blog post.
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Virtualize everything (except in these four scenarios)
Virtualization should be the de facto standard in deploying workloads today. However, there are valid exceptions. Rick Vanover lists four of them in this blog post.
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Using vSphere datastore view to see VMs inventoried on disk
vSphere VMs can move around at a moment's notice. In this blog post, Rick Vanover shows how to use a handy vSphere view to see where VMs live on datastores.
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Upgrading local VMware VMFS-3 datastores to VMFS-5
vSphere 5 brings a major update to VMFS. In this post, Rickatron goes through this upgrade process for DAS VMFS volumes.
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Installing ESXi 5 on VMware Workstation 8
The easy has gotten easier with VMware Workstation 8. vExpert Rick Vanover goes through this on Workstation 8.
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vMotion considerations for promiscuous virtual switch configuration
vMotion requirements not being met will prohibit automated migration of virtual machines. Rick Vanover explains a few configuration notes for virtual switches using promiscuous mod...
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Guest fibre channel available with Hyper-V on Windows Server 8
IT pro Rick Vanover explains the new guest fibre channel provisioning with Windows Server 8 and Hyper-V.