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Best Practices

Nov 20

VMware vSphere Cluster Resource Pools Best Practices

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In this session Frank Denneman and Rawlinson Rivera will cover and explain in great detail what to consider when using resource pool inside a VMware vSphereÆ cluster. Introducing the concept of resource pools can affect virtual machine performance and overall resource management in virtual infrastructures. Join Frank and Rawlinson and discover both common pitfalls and best practices of resource pool design. This session is a must for anyone implementing resource pools who wants to maximize their cluster and vSphere resource designs

NOTE: This video is roughly 60 minutes in length so it would be worth blocking out some time to watch it!

Rating: 5/5


Aug 30

Extreme Performance Series: Performance Best Practices

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VMworld 2017 SER2724BU – Extreme Performance Series: Performance Best Practices

NOTE: This video is roughly 60 minutes in length so it would be worth blocking out some time to watch it!

Rating: 5/5


Apr 24

Best Practices for using VMware Converter

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This video provides an overview of the best practices for converting a machine with VMware Converter. This video is based on VMware knowledge base article 1004588. This video also provides tips to consider when converting your machine. The video can help you avoid some of these errors:
Unknown error returned by VMware Converter Agent
Out of disk space
Failed to establish Vim connection
Import host not found
P2VError UFAD_SYSTEM_ERROR(Internal Error)
Pcopy_CloneTree failed with err=80
The file exists (80)
Failed to connect
Giving up trying to connect
Failed to take snapshot of the source volume
stcbasic.sys not installed or snapshot creation failed. err=2
Can’t create undo folder
sysimage.fault.FileCreateError
sysimage.fault.ReconfigFault
sysimage.fault.PlatformError
Number of virtual devices exceeds maximum for a given controller
TooManyDevices
QueryDosDevice: ret=270 size=1024 err=0
Error opening disk device: Incorrect function (1)
Vsnap does not have admin rights
Specified key identifier already exists
vim.fault.NoDiskSpace
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Rating: 5/5