With welcome improvements to key features, as well as the bundling of backup and recovery, the leading virtualization platform doesn't disappoint In the not so distant past, VMware held a long and ...

With all the talk of DevOps, containers, and digital transformation, the virtual machine (VM) remains at the core of the modern data center. The VM has proved to be a resilient part of the abstracted ...

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The vSphere Web Client has gone through some changes that may seem confusing, so here's a quick rundown of where to find the good stuff. With the release of vSphere 5.1, VMware has made a significant ...

VMware storage entails more than simply mapping a logical unit number (LUN) to a physical server. VMware’s vSphere enables system administrators to create multiple virtual servers on a single physical ...

Is VMware slowly becoming the new Oracle? That was the question being asked after the backlash to its initial vRAM licensing model at the launch of vSphere 5. VMware's somewhat quick retraction helped ...

Monitoring virtual servers for availability, performance, health, and workload capacity has never been easy, but Operations Manager goes a long way toward that goal One of the downsides to ...

Now that you have an idea how vCenter Operations work (yeah, that easy), here are a few tips on what I use it for. Last time, I provided a feature overview of vCenter Operations and showed how to ...