Having worked with Zerto for a while now, I have come to love VPGs (Virtual Protection Groups). However, sometimes the need arises to move a VM out of a VPG, and into it's own, or into another VPG. Right…
With vSphere 5.5 now out, it was time to refresh my lab. I have ESXi 5.5 installed on a DL160 G6, with 1 SSD and 3 SATA drives, so I decided to make a single node VSAN instance. (3…
Now that I've got some shared storage setup for the lab environment, it's time to get some ESXi 5.1 hosts. Since this is a lab environment, I want to run some nested ESXi 5.1 hosts. Running nested means installing a hypervisor…
**UPDATED for ESXi 5.1 HERE** Since vSphere 5 was released earlier this year, it is now time to get ready to pass the VCP exam. I am a VCP for both 3.5 and 4, and decided I would post some…
With the release of vSphere 5, comes VMware's VSA (Virtual Storage Appliance). What exactly is it? Well, it's VMware's answer of providing shared storage to SMBs that don't purchase a physical SAN or NAS. It will use the local storage…
Thanks to the numerous traffic about vSphere 5's vRAM "tax" - VMware has changed the entitlements. (Take a look at Justin's post here explaining vRAM "tax" and how it works.) Basically, VMware has made 3 changes: Increased vRAM entitlements…
I've noticed on several occasions that the right shift key doesn't seem to work in RDP sessions when I am using a VMware View desktop with PCoIP. The first couple times, I thought I was just mistyping the password, but…