Drivers for OSD deployments
We are using vSphere 4.x. Within vSphere we have built a Windows 2008r2 server that is running SCCM 2007 R2. We also have many Windows XP VM's. We need all required drivers for SCCM OSD to work with...
View Articlewhat happens to the MAC address of the VM when we do the P2V conversion. The...
what happens to the MAC address of the VM when we do the P2V conversion. The destination MAC address will be of the same as of Source MAC or will be that of a new one.?
View ArticleQuestion on how to setup the network when using 2 10Gb connections.
Hello, we are starting to think to deploy a 10 Gb architecture with some single port CNA from QLOGIC (2 per server), connected through some Nexus 5xxx cisco switches and using a Netapp Filer. After...
View ArticleVMware View - Backup Best Practices
This white paper describes a VMware best practices approach businesses can use to build View data backup and recovery solutions for the datacenter including a reference architecture that can be used to...
View ArticleDisaster Recovery for IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.1 Using VMware vCenter...
When a disaster strikes, revival of a collaboration platform such as Lotus Notes and Domino is essential for the recovery of critical business processes. This white paper describes how VMware vCenter™...
View ArticleRunning Epicor® ERP on VMware vSphere - Deployment Guide
This is a must-read document for those interested in running Epicor 9.05.600C (or newer) on VMware® Infrastructure 3 or VMware vSphere™ 4. It provides iinformation on the architecture of Epicor ERP as...
View ArticleVMware Quick Start Guide for Mitel / Prairiefyre
This document describes detailed instructions for deploying Mitel Contact Center Management, Call Accounting and Intelligent Queue solutions on VMware. It can be found at...
View ArticleHP P4000 LeftHand SAN Solutions with VMware vSphere Best Practices
This white paper provides detailed information on how to integrate VMware vSphere® 5.0 with HP P4000 LeftHand SAN Solutions. This resulting solutions can meet storage requirements of virtualized server...
View Article3PAR Utility Storage with VMware vSphere
This paper discusses the benefits of deploying VMware vSphere with HP 3PAR Utility Storage, including greater virtual machine (VM) density, simplifying administration, and realizing significant cost...
View ArticleBest Practices for VMware ESXi ver 4.1
Hi allHow do I check if my virutal environment that is composed of 4 cluster with 40 ESXi 4.1 server and 400 virtual machines meetor is aligned with best practices. Greetings
View Articlevmware scp
Can anyone tells me how to copy vmware virtual server to another linux server. I was trying to do that with scp but it always ask for password. When I am trying to do that with certificate there is...
View ArticleBest practice to migrate and upgrade a vSphere 4 cluster to vSphere 5
Hi guys, We have 2 vSphere environments (v4 and v5) and the end result of my current task is for a cluster on the v4 side to be upgraded and put on the v5 side (without bringing down VMs). The cluster...
View ArticleNew to Storage -- VMware Recommendations?
Hey everyone, I am very new the storage realm and am looking for some input on how to proceed. I am currently looking to move away from our host based storage to some shared storage (NAS or SAN) that...
View ArticleStorage infrastructure for horizon view
Hello, I am learning about designing storage infrastructures and would like some advice. I have a fictional company with about 500 employees (half power users half light users).I would like to design...
View ArticleShutting down VM for backing up
Hi all, I have written a script which backup a copy of our virtual machines to a remote machine making the process of backing up totally autonomous however part of my script need to handle shutting...
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A List of Company Instructors?
Hi all,I was wondering: is there a way to see a list of all the instructors working for a single company?Is that an action i, working for that company, can take? Thank you all
View ArticleQuestions about Memory management, activity burst and overcommitment
Hi everyone, I don't if it's the right place but I can't find any clear answer for these following questions, I would appreciate if you could help me out : 1. Let's imagine that we have a host with 4Gb...
View ArticleMemory/CPU overcommitment and HA
Hi everyone, Can someone please give me an answer regarding these following questions ? : 1. What is the VMware recommanded ratio for memory and CPU overcommitment ?2. Let's assume that we have a...
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best small vCloud architecture with 2 vCenter's (considerations) + network...
Hello,I am building a small infrastructure using vCloud Director. Because It's a recommended practice to have two vCenter servers in a vCloud environment...
View ArticleBest Practice: Partition within VMDK or create separate VMDK?
Total n00b, welcome any white papers on the topic. I am creating a WS2008R2 server with 2TB of space. Typically when I convert physical to virtual and there are multiple partitions, it creates each...
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