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Windows vCenter Server versus vCenter Server Appliance

Posted By: viktoriouson: January 18, 2013In: Virtualization15 Comments

Note: The limitations for the VCSA 5.5 are lifted: The integrated vPostgress database will support 100 vSphere hosts and 3.000 virtual machines. For the Oracle database 1000 hosts and 10.000 virtual machines are supported. The VMware vCenter Ser... Read more

Putty: Simple trick to log all session output by default

Posted By: viktoriouson: January 14, 2013In: Virtualization26 Comments

I am using putty for telnet and SSH connections to ESXi hosts, switches and/or filers. Putty is a simple but great tool for this purpose! Putty has the option to log telnet and SSH traffic session output to disk. I think it’s a good idea t... Read more

About vCops 5.6 licensing

Posted By: viktoriouson: January 10, 2013In: VirtualizationNo Comments

When working with vCenter Operations Manager 5.6 you have various licensing options. You can choose to use the free Foundation license, use a dedicated Standard/Advanced or Enteprise per VM license, or license vCenter Operations Manager as part... Read more

Is high vSphere storage latency always a bad thing?

Posted By: viktoriouson: January 08, 2013In: Storage, Virtualization1 Comment

Recently I had a discussion about storage latency, the question was: “Is high storage latency always a bad thing?”. When we look at latency in a vSphere environment the esxtop counters CMDS/s, DAVG/cmd, KAVG/cmd and GAVG/cmd paramete... Read more

Create a custom heat map using vCenter Operations 5.x

Posted By: viktoriouson: January 03, 2013In: Cloud Management, VirtualizationNo Comments

About the vCenter Operations Heat Map VMware vCenter Operations Manager offers a very powerful feature called a heat map. A heat map is a set of colored rectangles; the size and color of these rectangles are determined by the linked performance... Read more

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