2510, 2021

VMware licensing change limits CPUs to 32 cores

Tekmart Data Center Team/ October 25, 2021/ Backing up VMware host servers and guest OSes, Best practices for data center operations, Creating and upgrading VMware servers and VMs, Data center architecture for VMware ESX and ESXi, Data center facilities, Datacenter Hardware Trends, Datacenter Hardware Vendors' Release News, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Improving server management with virtualization, Industry News and Expert Advice, Server hardware and virtualization, Server virtualization infrastructure and architecture, Software Licensing, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions, Virtualization, VMware ESX and ESXi administration, VMware products

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesVMware moved its per-CPU licensing plan closer to competitors’ per-core licensing plans by requiring one license for CPUs with 32 cores. By Ed Scannell VMware has changed its licensing model to limit the number of cores per CPU in a move that aligns with the per-core pricing model used by many major software companies, but is expected to increase costs for customers

1705, 2021

6 crucial best practices for backing up and restoring VMs on your ESXi host you MUST know

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ May 17, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Creating and upgrading VMware servers and VMs, Data center facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Server virtualization management tools and practices, Timeless Articles, Timeless Tips, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!, VMware ESX and ESXi administration, VMware products

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesUnderstand these six crucial best practices for backing up and restoring VMs on your ESXi host. These strategies will ensure backups are protected and restoration is successful. By Stephen J. Bigelow Countless caveats, cautions and priorities can guide workload protections, but consider incorporating some VM backup best practices to help improve your processes. Use caution with backup agents Although modern

1705, 2021

How to prevent 5 common mistakes made when backing up VMs.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ May 17, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Creating and upgrading VMware servers and VMs, Data center facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Microsoft Hyper-V and Virtual Server, Timeless Articles, Timeless Tips, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!, VMware ESX and ESXi administration, VMware products

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesCreating backups in virtual environments has its own challenges. Avoid some of the typical errors involving snapshots, quiescing and scheduling, and generate solid VM backups. By Eric Siebert In order to achieve the most efficient virtual machine backups possible, always make sure your backup application takes advantage of the many benefits provided by the virtualization architecture. The process of backing up

1705, 2021

VMware backup and the VMware snapshot

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ May 17, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Creating and upgrading VMware servers and VMs, Data center facilities, Data protection, backup and archiving, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Timeless Articles, Timeless Tips, VMware ESX and ESXi administration, VMware products

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesThe VMware snapshot is a critical component of VMware backup. In this guide to the basics of VMware backup, we walk you through the key processes and suggest some best practices. By Michelle Laverick Server virtualisation introduces a radically different approach to backing up data in the enterprise than simply using backup agents installed in the guest operating system and backing

2503, 2021

Assessing performance bottlenecks in virtualized networking

Staff Writer/ March 25, 2021/ Creating and upgrading VMware servers and VMs, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Network virtualization, VMware ESX and ESXi administration, VMware products

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesVirtual or soft switches can add measurable overhead to network-intensive workloads, but implementing PCI devices offers one option to reduce excess overhead. By Glen Kemp Spectre and Meltdown illuminated networking vulnerabilities that are still being assessed, but it’s obvious the attacks affected network capacity planning. While administrators hunt for ways to mitigate the effect of these attacks, one specification — single-root

2412, 2020

Major types of server hardware and their pros and cons

T-Blog Editor/ December 24, 2020/ Creating and upgrading VMware servers and VMs, Data Center Hardware, Data Centre Servers, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Server hardware and virtualization, Virtualization

Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesServers protect data, centralize resources and enable remote worker productivity, but buyers must understand which server types works best for their data center. By Robert Sheldon Servers host applications, manage files, process emails, stream media and perform analytics. Any organization can benefit from the power and versatility that servers provide, but it can be difficult to know which types of server

2709, 2020

VMware ESXi-a tech definition

T-Blog Editor/ September 27, 2020/ Creating and upgrading VMware servers and VMs, Tech Acronyms and Initialisms, Tech Definitions, VMware ESX and ESXi administration, VMware products

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesVMware ESXi is an operating system-independent hypervisor based on the VMkernel operating system that interfaces with agents that run on top of it. ESXi stands for Elastic Sky X Integrated. ESXi is a type-1 hypervisor, meaning it runs directly on system hardware without the need for an operating system (OS). Type-1 hypervisors are also referred to as bare-metal hypervisors because they run directly on

2709, 2020

How to execute a virtual hardware upgrade — and Ctrl-Z a faulty one

T-Blog Editor/ September 27, 2020/ Creating and upgrading VMware servers and VMs, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, VMware ESX and ESXi administration, VMware products

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesAdministrators who want to get the most out of their virtualization investments will need to perform an upgrade to the virtual hardware, and know how to undo the change if problems arise. By Mike Preston VM compatibility mode plays a key role in how adaptable and mobile VMs can be in the data center. With every new release of vSphere,