vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) is a feature of VMware's vSphere virtualization platform that automatically balances computing workloads across multiple servers in a data center to optimize resource utilization and minimize downtime. It monitors the resource usage of virtual machines and dynamically adjusts the distribution of workloads to meet the resource demands of each virtual … Continue reading VMware vSphere 7 DRS and its best practices.
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vSphere 7 lifecycle manager
vSphere 7 Lifecycle Manager is a new feature introduced in vSphere 7 that provides a centralized, automated and simplified way to manage and upgrade the lifecycle of vSphere infrastructure components such as vCenter Server, ESXi hosts, and NSX-T. With vSphere 7 Lifecycle Manager, you can upgrade your vSphere environment to the latest version in a … Continue reading vSphere 7 lifecycle manager
Uncovering virtual networking Part-9: IOChain Framework
The IOChain is a group of functions that provides connectivity between virtual ports and the virtual switch. It also provides the capability to insert functions into the network data-path regardless of the switch type used i.e. Standard Switch (vSS) or Distributed Switch (vDS). A virtual port has two IOChains based on the direction i.e. to … Continue reading Uncovering virtual networking Part-9: IOChain Framework
vSphere 7 Update 1 Major changes.
With the release of vSphere update 1, there is major shift in the supported compute maximums as summarised in table below. vSphere 7vSphere 7 Update 1Virtual CPUs per VM256768Memory per VM6 TB24 TBCPUs per host768768Memory per host16 TB24 TBHosts per cluster6496 With vCenter Server 7.0 Update 1, scalability for vSphere Lifecycle Manager operations with ESXi hosts and … Continue reading vSphere 7 Update 1 Major changes.
AppInfo plugin in VMware Tools 11.x
https://youtu.be/ZzjpyuK7aB4 AppInfo plugin in VMware Tools 11 enables the collection of the running application processes within a Guest OS and publishes that information to VM guestInfo Property called as guestinfo.appinfo. For each application running inside the guest, the name and version information is captured and published by the plugin. The appInfo plugin collects the information in every 30 minutes … Continue reading AppInfo plugin in VMware Tools 11.x
vSphere 6.7 U2 & later CPU Scheduler modes: Default, SCA v1 and SCA v2
https://youtu.be/ZxUVk0haIKA This post will be focussing specifically on working of CPU scheduler in Default, SCA v1 and SCA v2 modes in 6.7 U2 and later. VMware vSphere 6.7 U2 added new scheduler options (SCA v2) which provides security for L1TF vulnerability, while retaining as much performance as possible. Note: SCA is the abbreviation for Side … Continue reading vSphere 6.7 U2 & later CPU Scheduler modes: Default, SCA v1 and SCA v2
How to optimize Virtual machine vNIC transmit (Tx) performance?
In this post, we will discuss about using single or multiple vNICS on a VM and vmkernel networking CPU threads to optimize transmission rate of VM traffic. We can create a VM with single vNIC or multiple vNICs depending upon operational requirements. Using multiple vNICS on a VM could be for different types of traffic … Continue reading How to optimize Virtual machine vNIC transmit (Tx) performance?