As we are spinning up the proof of concept for running an enterprise level monitoring tool in our environment. I’m going to post about some of the findings & information here. This post will cover the Proof of Concept (PoC) design phase. As this is a PoC, we aren’t going to create a new VLAN… Read More »
The most recent cert that I passed was the VCAP-DCD550, also known as “The Widowmaker” as my wife can attest to 🙂 In order to prepare for it did the following things: Read Forbe’s & Lowe’s book VMware vSphere Design (2nd ed.) – this book is an excellent source and needs to be read at… Read More »
Turning on Memory Hot Add and CPU Hot Plug can be a great way to add more resources to a constrained VM without needing to reboot your guest (if the guest OS allows it): However you can run into efficiency problems if you do it willy-nilly (yes, I said willy-nilly). I’m working with a large… Read More »