Upgrading to ESXi 5.1 – Best Practices
If you are upgrading to ESXi 5.1, there are some important facts that you should consider first. Upgrading involves many stages and processes that must be performed in...
VMware vSphere Essentials
This is a glimpse into some of the essential things to consider for implementing vSphere. This will focus on some of the basics that vSphere administrators run into when...
Performance and Troubleshooting with esxtop
The utility that many senior VMware administrators rely on to address performance and troubleshooting issues is the built-in utility called ESXTOP. The tool has been built...
vTerminolgy: A Guide to Key Virtualization Terminology
One of the most important steps in mastering a new technology is learning the associated terminology or vocabulary. In the IT field, this can be a very challenging step,...
Simplifying VMware vCloud
This white paper has three main goals. The first is to generate a better understanding of the cloud in both the business and IT communities. The second is to describe the...
vCenter Operations Manager (vCOPS): What It Is and Why You Should Use It
For years, vSphere has had alarms to let you know when things are above or below thresholds you specify. The problem is that these thresholds are static; you set a value...