Virtualization

Mike Kramer on September 11th, 2010

A new way to expand a VMFS Datastore: Expand a LUN on the SAN to the desired size (up to 2 TB), then expanding the VMFS datastore from your VSphere Client.

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Mike Kramer on March 19th, 2010

Those familiar with Microsoft’s Virtual PC may want to check out some other virtual workstation software.  I will focus on the three that I’ve used:  Microsoft Virtual Workstation, VMWare Workstation, and Sun xVM VirtualBox.  Each has their share of pros and cons. 

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Mike Kramer on March 16th, 2010

Virtualization is a big buzzword right now, and for good reason.  The more we virtualize, the more flexibility we build into our infrastructure.  What we are really talking about is providing a layer of abstraction between our resources.  The entire IT industry is moving in this direction and it’s fantastic. Swapping server hardware has never been [...]

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