Sometime might happen you have to share VMFS across two different clusters for any reason. As it is not recommended to have it shared permanently sooner...
Offline disk alignment using NetApp toll called mbralignment tool In most cases offline alignment would be performed on old Linux or Solaris versions. make sure VM...
After installation and configuration of NetApp Virtual Storage Console one has to identify virtual machines which are misaligned. VSC during VMFS scanning identifies misaligned virtual machines...
VMware labs released new tool, graphical ESXTOP – awesome tool for people which don’t like to use command line tools. Tools runs on both Windows and...
vOpenData is a very cool project that grew from the question “What is the average VMDK size for deployed virtual machines?” Project collects data from virtual...
Upgrade firmware on HP c7000 enclosure When it comes to upgrade firmware on HP c7000 enclosure components with VMware ESX or ESXi blade servers inside –...
Few days ago I wrote blog post about OpenFiler virtual appliance deployment and configuration for vSphere homelab. Today, quick how to for in place upgrade from OpenFiler 2.3...
I had to rebuild my homelab storage “infrastructure” and this is a good opportunity to create quick how deploy and configure OpenFiler virtual appliance. OpenFiler is...
Fifth part of the vSphere networking series is for 4 x 10Gbps network adapters – 2 x dual port NICs. Network traffic types: mgmt – VLANID ...
