Category Archives: VMware

vROps – Virtual Machine CPU Stress

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Calvin Scoltock

Now that I have vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) working again I have discovered that out of the 572 active alerts 359 of them are for “Virtual machine has continuous high CPU usage causing stress”. I have taken a closer look … Continue reading →

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VMware Cloud on AWS Now Available in EU West (London) Region

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Calvin Scoltock

On the 7th March 2018 VMware released SDDC Version 1.3 of their VMware Cloud on AWS service which added the AWS EU West (London) Region. This expands on the original US West (Oregon) and US East (North Virginia). US West … Continue reading →

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VMware Tools Upgrade

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Calvin Scoltock

Recently I had to upgrade VMware Tools on a number of VMs due to ESXi being upgraded on the hosts. I remember a few years ago that there was talk of being able to upgrade VMware Tools without having to … Continue reading →

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VMware on AWS Update

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Calvin Scoltock

I had a session with Adam Osterhost, @osterholta, from the VMware Cloud SET Team last week to update vExperts on the soon to be released VMware on AWS Service. This service looks awesome, here are some notes I made from … Continue reading →

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VMware on AWS

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Calvin Scoltock

Coming soon VMware on AWS. Soon you will be able to run VMware’s Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) including vSphere, vSAN and NSX on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud. It is currently in Technology Preview but expect more details … Continue reading →

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VMware Snapshot Performance Impact

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Calvin Scoltock

A number of people have asked me recently about the performance impact of having VMware snaphots on a VM. So here is my understanding of the performance impact of having snapshot(s) on a VM. The issue with having a snapshot … Continue reading →

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VMware vSphere 6.5

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Calvin Scoltock

VMware vSphere 6.5 was released earlier this week, it was announced on 18th Oct 2016 at VMworld Barcelona but was officially available for download from Tuesday this week (15th Nov 2016). Some of the new features I got to look … Continue reading →

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vCenter 5.5 to 6.0 Migration

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Calvin Scoltock

When vSphere 6 was released the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) was brought in line with the traditional Windows based vCenter Server. This meant that the appliance version of vCenter was the recommended version to implement. But how do you get … Continue reading →

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HP DL580 Gen9 BIOS Settings for VMware ESXi

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Calvin Scoltock

These are my suggested BIOS settings for a HP DL580 Gen9 Servers running VMware ESXi. If there are no requirements for serial ports then the following can be disabled as per VMware Performance Best Practices to disabled any hardware not … Continue reading →

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Demise of vSphere C# Client

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Calvin Scoltock

We have been expecting it since vSphere 4.1; VMware announced on Wed 18th May 2016 that the current version of vSphere, 6.0, will be the last version to contain the C# Client, i.e. the full desktop client we have been … Continue reading →

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