VMware has been clear about it, you should switch to the vSphere Web Client and stop using the good old Windows vSphere Client. Being best kid in the class, I of course tell my customers to start using the vSphere Web Client when possible and I work with it myself most of the time. During […]
Did you know, no VMotion when HA network partitioned
During my migration from vSphere 4.1 to vSphere 5.5, I ran into an issue I had never experienced before. When your VMware HA network is partitioned, vCenter will not let you perform VMotions. At first I was surprised but after some searching I learned the reasons behind it and it makes complete sense now.
NLVMUG Conference Donderdag 6 maart 2014
Zet een groot rood kruis in je agenda op donderdag 6 maart 2014 – dan is het tijd voor de NLVMUG Conference.
Changing SATP Claimrules for specific storage configurations
At my current customer I was upgrading their vSphere 4.1 environment to vSphere 5.5. When installing and configuring the first ESXi 5.5 host, I noticed a difference in the Path Selection Policy (PSP) between the ESX 4.1 hosts and the ESXi 5.5 host. Each host is connected to two Hitachi storage arrays, each a different […]
My completely ridiculous VSAN test
You find yourself sitting at your desk on a Saturday morning waiting for the cloning of a VM to finish. It seems to take forever and I just wished I could run VSAN in my homelab to get some more speed out of my kit. I have tried to run VSAN on my home mode […]