1. What is VMWARE ESXi 5.x? · VMWARE ESXi 5.x is the thinnest and most advanced hypervisor from VMWARE. · vSphere 5 onwards, VMWARE discontinued the ESX version of the hypervisor and now only ESXi version of the hypervisor will…
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Introduction to vSphere VM Snapshots and Snapshot Files
1. What is a vSphere VM snapshot? Snapshot is used for Point-in-time recovery. Keep it in mind it’s not alternative to traditional backup. It preserves the VM state and data of a virtual machine at a specific point in time.…
Using Local Datastore for VMs – ESXi 5.x
1. What is “local datastore” for ESXi? · “Local storage” is the storage comprises of internal disk of servers or any external storage directly attached to the server. · For vSphere, “Local Datastore” is the VMFS datastore created using “Local…
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Posted in Virtualization, vSphere 5.0, vSphere 5.1
Posted in Virtualization, vSphere 5.0, vSphere 5.1
NetApp – Snap Manager for Virtual Infrastructure (SMVI)
1. What is NetApp SMVI? · SMVI is NETAPP solution to streamline protection of your Virtual environment. · This will help you to streamline and automate your virtual machine backup process. · NETAPP’s Snapshot technology will enable you to create…
Licensing Syamatec Netbackup Client (7.x) for Virtualized Environment
1. Using Symantec Netbackup 7.x for Virtualized environment. With the Symantec Netbackup 7.x release, it provides better virtual machine protection. Utilizing VMware‟s new vStorage API for Data Protection, NetBackup 7.x can perform a clientless backup that truly provides all the…
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Posted in Licensing, Virtualization, Virtualization Environment Backup, vSphere 4.1, vSphere 5.0, vSphere 5.1
Posted in Licensing, Virtualization, Virtualization Environment Backup, vSphere 4.1, vSphere 5.0, vSphere 5.1
Licensing Windows Server 2012 on Virtualization Platform
Windows Licensing Model : Windows Server is licensed under the Processor/Client Access License (CAL) model. 1. What is Operating System Environments (OSE) To understand how licensing works under virtualization, it is critical to understand the definition of an operating system…
Introduction to vSphere Host Profiles – Standardize ESX/ESXi Configurations
1. What is Host Profile? · VMware Host Profiles enables you to establish standard configurations for VMware ESX®/ESXi™ hosts and to automate compliance to these configurations, · simplifying operational management of large-scale environments and reducing errors caused by misconfigurations. ·…
Understanding NUMA and Virtual NUMA (vNUMA) in vSphere VM
1. What is NUMA Systems? · “NUMA systems” are advanced server platforms with more than one system bus. · Over the period of time processor clock speed has increased dramatically. A multi-gigahertz CPU, however, needs to be supplied with a…
vSphere Swap space vs OS Native Swap space
Swap Space in VSphere : vSphere Swap Space is different from OS swap. 1. What is OS Swap file? · OS Swap space in is used when the amount of physical memory (RAM) is full. If the system needs more…
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