Our VMware datastore naming convention is a bit of a mess (it grew organically). Some datastores are named based on department, while others have more generic descriptions that describe the purpose of ...

After previously writing about installing ESXi on Arm on a Raspberry Pi, Tom Fenton walks through the process of using a USB flash drive as a local datastore on the Pi. In my previous articles on ESXi ...

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VMFS3 VM Name: ServerName ServerName is a running VM, but I have verified the locations of the VMX and VMDK files are on a different datastore (I also vMotioned it to another datastore to be sure) ...

Storage DRS (distributed resource scheduler) allows for aggregate storage management within a datastore cluster. When enabled, Storage DRS can give you recommendations for VM disk placement in an ...

With the release of vSphere 6.0 last month, VMware has brought to market one of the most talked-about – and arguably, hyped – storage features in its portfolio, Virtual Volumes (VVOLs). VVOLs allow ...

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today at VMworld, VMware’s event focused on enabling the digital enterprise, LogicMonitor® announced that it has hundreds of customers monitoring VMware software with its ...