Introduction: VMware Admission Control is crucial as it directly influences a cluster’s virtual machine provisioning and resource allocation. The decision to enable or disable Admission Control necessitates a thoughtful approach, considering your enterprise’s specific requirements, workloads, and resilience targets. This…
Scenario: Suppose a company called XYZ Corporation heavily relies on virtualization technology for its IT infrastructure. They have many virtual machines running critical applications, and a vCenter Server manages these virtual machines. XYZ Corporation has decided to implement vCenter HA…
In VMware vSphere, the “All Paths Down” (APD) condition refers to a situation where the storage device becomes temporarily inaccessible to the ESXi hosts. This can occur due to various reasons, such as storage system failure, connectivity issues, or misconfigurations.…
In this blog post, we’ll explore what vCLS is, how it works, and the benefits it provides for virtualized environments. What is vSphere Cluster Services? vSphere Cluster Services (vCLS) is a new feature introduced in vSphere 7.0 that provides a…
So we designed, or at least we thought about designing, a VMware Stretched Cluster in the last post. Now we will look into which failure scenarios we have designed a solution to protect us against. Assumptions: For this blog post…
In previous articles, I have looked at the difference between Disaster Avoidance and Disaster Recovery and Design considerations for Disaster avoidant infrastructure. This article will look at a solution that can be the best choice if a high level of…
