SVMotion Saves the Day on SAN Move

The last major modification to my datacenter occured on friday. I physically relocated my SAN and its UPS. I have been reducing the size of my datacenter, as I documented in VMotion – Redundant Power Supplies Aid in Migration, and started to document in Upgrading My SAN.  I was waiting on this move until the new, …

CPU Checks Required for Running Virtualization Hosts within VMware Workstation

So you want to run VMware ESX or ESXi within VMware Workstation but you do not know if your laptop or desktop will support the functionality? It will work but if you do not have the proper hardware, it will run extremely slow, ie. take several hours to boot a VM.  So you will need …

VMotion – Redundant Power Supplies Aid in Migration

Virtualization is all about redundancy. Redundant network switches, frabric switches, power supplies, and of course redundant hosts.  Recently, I had to reorganize my entire data center. I was removing equipment and moving equipment. I was trying to reduce everything to either a single rack or a pair of half height racks to save on space, …