The DRS Dilemma. vSphere’s Distributed resource scheduler has long been a part of our data centers, keeping an ever vigilant watch over our hosts and their workloads. Distributed resource scheduler, or DRS for short, is responsible for choosing the best… Continue Reading
VMware introduced version 9 of the VMware Remote Console (VMRC) last month and what’s exciting about this release is that the VMRC finally supports Linux!! And it’s pretty damn good too! VMRC was re-introduced back in 2014 in response to… Continue Reading
The first glimpse of vCenter’s shiny new client is here! Released as a Fling, the new vSphere HTML5 Web Client is currently just a technical preview but you can expect regular development as we saw with the ESXi Embedded… Continue Reading
My home lab hasn’t seen much action since I signed up for Ravello Systems a few months back. While I take comfort in knowing that my hardware is at the ready, Ravello has become my first choice for tinkering. Many of us are preaching… Continue Reading
How difficult is it for you to get downtime? If you are in the grip of your SLA’s, I’d say it’s damn near impossible. 99.999% is just 5.3 minutes of downtime a year, so how do you plan to spend those minutes?… Continue Reading
Do you fit this description? You feel like you waste your lunch breaks reading mindless Facebook posts. You’re a virtualization junkie. You want to get involved in the VMware community but don’t know how. Ok, so you don’t have to… Continue Reading
Many of you might be adverse to letting an automated process reboot your guests if it thinks there’s something wrong. And that’s reasonable. However I wanted to share a neat feature that might cause you to take a second look. Last week… Continue Reading