Increasing the amount of concurrent Vmotions

Here’s a nice little tip which has helped my ESX production deployment no end. By default ESX 3.5 will only vmotion 2 guests at a time which if you have a few on the host can add up a bit of time. It can also cause update manager to fail if the vmotion of the guests takes too long. Simply change the vpdx.cfg file (normally in c:docs & settingsall usersapp datavmwarevmware virtualcenter ) fileRead More…

Deploying ESX4 VSphere guide

Those lovely people over at Xtravirt have had this guide kicking around for a while now and its a brilliant read to get you up to speed with deploying VSphere whether you are a old hand at previous versions or a total newbie! Check it out, its always worth saving this doc in your tech docs as you never know when it may come in handy! LINKYRead More…