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Sep
11

Expanding VSphere VMFS Datastore LUNs

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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Mar
19

Choices in VM Workstation Software

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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Mar
2

How to Expand a VMFS partition on a SAN

Mike Kramer on March 2nd, 2010

VMWare’s VMFS 3 allows adding extents on the fly, and from either a separate LUN on a SAN or from extra space within a LUN that was expanded or migrated to a larger LUN.  However, because it is possible doesn’t mean it should be done.  There are 2 accepted ways to increase the size of [...]

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Mar
2

Business Benefits of Virtual Assets

admin on March 2nd, 2010

Business does not care about virtualization.  Executives do not care about VMWare, IBM, Sun, and Microsoft.  The business cares about their business:  maximizing profits for the short and long term. This is accomplished by focusing on and improving various aspects of the business and how it operates.  Each one of these can be improved upon [...]

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