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Insufficient resources to satisfy HA failover level on cluster
I had this question yesterday where the error “Insufficient resources to satisfy HA failover level on cluster” comes from. And although it is hopefully clear to all of my regular readers this is...
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Should I use many small LUNs or a couple large LUNs for Storage DRS?
At several VMUGs I presented a question that always came up was the following: “Should I use many small LUNs or a couple of large LUNs for Storage DRS? What are the benefits of either?” I posted about...
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Death to false myths: Admission Control lowers consolidation ratio
Death to false myths probably sounds a bit euuhm well Dutch probably, or “direct” as others would label it. Lately I have seen some statements floating around which are either false or misused. One of...
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Charting The Digital Universe: IDC's 6th Annual Study
Climate change has been hotly debated for well over a decade now. The evidence is largely in, what remains is a discussion around root causes, and what -- if anything -- can be done. Personally, the...
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EMC Joins OpenStack
Today, our EMC logo went up on the OpenStack Foundation's web site as a corporate level sponsor. You'll see many other logos up there as well -- all good. I'm sure each participant sees OpenStack...
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EMC’s Microsoft Specialist Annual Summit
Two weeks ago today EMC held our annual EMC Microsoft Specialist (or "MSpecialist") Technical Summit in Santa Clara, CA. This year's event was held over the course of three long days and brought...
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Want to do some VMware Hands-on Labs but don’t have the kit?
Those who have visited VMworld and done a couple of labs know how awesome these are. Recently VMware announced that the VMware Hands-On Labs (HoL) would be made available online. You had the option to...
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What is that poweron file in my .vSphere-HA folder?
When answering some questions in the vSphere HA section of the VMTN forum the “poweron” file was mentioned. I have gotten some other questions as well about this file so a public blog post makes most...
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VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials by Peter Björk!
About a year ago one of my colleagues reached out with some questions around book publishing. Many people ask me questions around what it takes, hours involved etc etc, and unfortunately many decide...
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vCenter Extension error when deploying vSphere Replication?
I’ve seen this popping up fairly often now and was under the impression I wrote about it a while back, but can’t find it. So here you go. If during the deployment of an OVF, in this case vSphere...
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Changes: I am joining VMware R&D!
I just wanted to let all of you know that I have decided to take on a new challenge within VMware. Per December 1st I will be joining the R&D organization as part of Integration Engineering. In...
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Win A free copy of the ‘VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials’, just by leaving a...
*** CONTEST CLOSED, winners will receive an email *** For the contest we have two copies of VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials to be given away to two lucky winners. How you can win: To win your copy of...
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Survey Time: vSphere FT
If you have a couple of spare minutes… please fill out this survey about vSphere FT, it would be very helpful for our Product Management team. It takes about 10 minutes to get through. "Survey Time:...
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Insufficient resources to satisfy HA failover level on cluster
I had this question yesterday where the error “Insufficient resources to satisfy HA failover level on cluster” comes from. And although it is hopefully clear to all of my regular readers this is...
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Should I use many small LUNs or a couple large LUNs for Storage DRS?
At several VMUGs I presented a question that always came up was the following: “Should I use many small LUNs or a couple of large LUNs for Storage DRS? What are the benefits of either?” I posted about...
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Death to false myths: Admission Control lowers consolidation ratio
Death to false myths probably sounds a bit euuhm well Dutch probably, or “direct” as others would label it. Lately I have seen some statements floating around which are either false or misused. One of...
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Why There Shouldn't Be A Single Version Of The Truth
Legacy thinking can get you in trouble in so many ways. The challenge is that -- well -- there's so much of it around. Maxims that seemed to make logical sense in one era quickly become the...
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Building A Executive Digital Literacy Program
Being perceived as a visionary is a relatively easy task. All you have to do is identify a handful of clearly visible trends, extrapolate a bit, and then loop back with practical advice on what to do...
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Death to false myths: Storage IO Control = Storage DRS IO load balancing
I often hear people making comments around Storage IO Control and Storage DRS IO Load Balancing being one and the same thing. It has been one of those myths that has been floating around for a long...
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