In VMware vSAN 8, we are introduced to the option of two different storage architectures. OSA – Original Storage Architecture ESA – Express Storage Architecture What is ESA vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) uses a file system called Log-Structured File…
Working in an environment where we expand our Infrastructure platforms and change priorities there is a constant flow of requests from users and businesses to provide specialized Virtualization Environments. Having a standard for how an environment is designed is a…
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…
Previously, we looked at VMware vSphere performance metrics. NUMA Scheduling and CPU Ready For the article about CPU Ready I got a comment and a reference to a VMware White Paper on CPU Scheduler. Page 10 in that document addresses…
A custom attribute refers to a user-defined metadata field that can be added to objects within the VMware infrastructure. Custom attributes provide a way to extend the built-in attributes and add additional properties or information to objects such as virtual…
Often I come over VMs that do not have VMware tools installed. I can only imagine that this is because the owners of the systems do not understand how integral the tools are for running a virtualized environment. VMware Tools…
E1000E, VMXNET3, and SR-IOV passthrough—are different network interfaces available in VMware virtualization technology. Here’s a brief explanation of each: E1000E Advantages of E1000E: Disadvantages of E1000E: VMXNET3 Advantages of VMXNET3: Disadvantages of VMXNET3: SR-IOV Advantages of SR-IOV: Disadvantages of SR-IOV:…
What is Stateless Stateless ESXi refers to a VMware ESXi configuration, a popular hypervisor used for virtualization. The ESXi host operates without a local disk or persistent storage in a stateless ESXi configuration. Instead, it boots over the network using…
