Local or Remote vCenter Database The age old question: Whether tis nobler in the mind to have your vCenter database locally, or to suffer the slings and arrows (really, it’s not much more difficult) of setting up your database on a remote server? This is an important question, as both Read more…
So you could say I have become slightly addicted to learning about VMware. In addition to passing my VCP exam a couple weeks ago(read here), I have also purchased 6 VMware books in the last 3ish weeks. Yes, I agree that is not a small amount of VMware books….They do Read more…
So let’s attempt to answer this question: “Should I add more memory to a Virtual Machine?” To which my answer is “It Depends….” The simple answer is this “High guest OS memory usage with no ballooning or virtual machine sway indicates the need to add more memory to the virtual” Read more…
Recently I wanted to get some tools that would load specific resources on a guest so I could play around and run some tests. I almost immediately realized that I didn’t really have any kind of good tools/programs to use. After some searching online I found that I still hadn’t Read more…
If you don’t want to read any further… Just go buy it Mastering VMware vSphere 4. In my opinion, you won’t regret it. I would first like to say that this book has for me become my VMware “bible”. I read it cover to cover(minus appendixes) in about 6.5 days, Read more…
That’s right, I just passed my VCP-410 Exam!!! I am pretty freaking excited about it too. I have been studying for it a TON the past week or so, which is why I haven’t been able to put out too many posts. Sorry about that 🙁 . But now I Read more…
When I went through my Install, Manage, Configure(ICM) course, container objects was a concept that took me a while to wrap my head around. The ideas of what object can contain another, along with the difference in features between containers…I guess there was just a lot of facts to get Read more…
vCenter Keyboard Shortcuts Even though vCenter does a pretty good job of telling us what the keyboard shortcuts are, most of us don’t pay attention until someone tells us directly….I know I didn’t. So here is me telling you directly 🙂 Also I can’t quite get the formatting to look Read more…
VMWare just released(about 15hours ago) their new Performance Troubleshooting guide. This is a great guide that walks us through both causes and solutions, to many issues that us VMWare Admins see on a regular basis. As they put it on page 7 of the guide: This document covers performance troubleshooting Read more…
Not sure if everyone has seen this one yet. VMWare just announced that VDR is now included in Standard, which essentially means that now everyone has access to it. So if you or your company are paying a bunch of money for a backup solution, you now have an alternative Read more…