VMware News, Views, and How-To's from vExpert Josh Townsend
I upgraded my in-house VMware vSphere environment to 4.0 Update 2 last week. After upgrading my vSphere Client to the Update 2 version I was greeted with a series of 7 ugly error messages stating: Method not found: 'VMware.CustomControls.LabelEx … [Continue reading] about EMC Virtual Storage Integrator Update
At the risk of beating a dead horse, it's time to resurrect my Storage Basics series. I've recently had some great feedback on the series and figured I should round out a few of the concepts before I wrap it up. I want to cover a topic often … [Continue reading] about Storage Basics – Part VII: Storage Alignment
One of my most popular posts to date had been IBM DS3300 Write Performance Problem Solved. I am pleased to have upgrade my internal environment to an EMC Clariion CX4 array, but still have customers using the DS3300 and the MD3000i from Dell. For … [Continue reading] about Free SAN Monitor for DS3300, MD3000i and others
It was great seeing so many VMware User Group (VMUG) members at this week's Virtualization Forum in Washington, DC. There are several more Virtualization Forum's scheduled for North America, Europe, and Asia - these events are a great chance to see … [Continue reading] about Washington DC VMware User Group – April 29th
Most of what I covered in Storage Basics Parts 1 through 5 was at a very elementary level. The math I used to do IOPS calculations, for example, is only true under very certain conditions. RAID controllers implement caching and other techniques … [Continue reading] about Storage Basics – Part VI: Storage Workload Characterization
