HA and DRS behavior in a 2 node Cluster.

HA and DRS behavior in a 2 node Cluster.

An interesting new DRS behavior was introduced with the latest Update 2 patch that I recently became aware of at a client.Ā  If you have ... Read More

Backing up Virtual Machines using Vizioncoreā€™s vRanger to a Data Domain

Backing up Virtual Machines using Vizioncoreā€™s vRanger to a Data Domain

Here is a quick little comparison of the options available to implement Vizioncoreā€™s vRanger product for backing up Virtual Machines to a Data Domain device.Ā Ā  ... Read More

ESX Console Tab in VirtualCenter

ESX Console Tab in VirtualCenter

Have you seen the Console Tab in VirtualCenter? This is a great little plug in by the folks who brought you Storage vMotion GUI.Ā  You ... Read More

Uploading and installing patches with the VI Client

Uploading and installing patches with the VI Client

Although most ESX patches are now done through VMware's Update Manager but occasionally we will need up manually patch an ESX host.Ā  Here is a ... Read More

BIG BUG in Update 2

BIG BUG in Update 2

Great News flash post @ Virtualization.infohttps://www.virtualization.info/2008/08/vmware-mistake-shuts-down-thousands-of.htmlBasically, any ESX implementation that is running ESX Update 2 (Build 103908) will not be able to power on or ... Read More