OK this is a now brainer but still get asked sometimes.
In the vCenter you right click on Cluster and New Resource Pool option is grey out.
To create resource pool you need to have Distributed Resources Scheduler (DRS) enabled on the Cluster.
Since Windows 8 was released to RTM couple weeks ago, VMware has also updated their Workstation to version 9 for ‘Best in Class Windows 8 support’.
You can try it for free.
So yesterday I wanted to add permissions to a resource pool on ESX 3.5 but I could not do that because the option was not there.
That looked strange because I was able to do that on other ESX server that was running version 3.0.2
Apparently for some reason VMware removed that option starting version 3.5. so the only way to add permissions is to used Virtual Centre which of course you have to buy. Can I ask why VMware did that ?
HP today announced technologies that integrate virtualization capabilities into the HP ProLiant server platform, allowing customers to rapidly and simply virtualize their server environments.
Called HP ProLiant iVirtualization, these technologies allow businesses of all sizes to lower costs, improve productivity and better allocate resources across their server infrastructures.
HP has joined with the industry’s largest virtualization vendors – VMware, Citrix and Microsoft – to develop these technologies, which integrate virtualization with a broad range of HP ProLiant and BladeSystem platforms. Read more…
VMware publishes Comparison of Storage Protocols white paper. There you will find comparison between NFS, Software iSCSI, Hardware iSCSI and Fibre Channel.
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This week I had a chance to evaluate StoreVault S500.
I’ve never used or seen such a device before as I mainly dealt with HP storage devices, so I had no idea what to expect. The reason for evaluation is to see would it suit our VMware ESX environment. The unit came fully populated with 12 500GB disk that is 6TB of storage. (more…)
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