Tag: Documentation
VMware – vSphere 5 documentation in PDF and ebook format
http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/ic_pdf.html
VMware – vSphere Licensing Advisor
The VMware vSphere Licensing Advisor allows users with vSphere 4.1, vSphere 4.0 and Virtual Infrastructure 3.5 environments to calculate and understand their vRAM usage and vRAM capacity as if they upgraded to vSphere 5.0. Starting with vSphere 5.0, the vSphere licensing model will evolve from per processor with physical restrictions …
VMware – vSphere 5.0 – What’s new
The below slidedeck contains the new vSphere 5.0 features for the following topics: Licensing, Packaging & Pricing Platform ESXCLI Interface Image Builder & Auto Deploy vCenter Server vMotion, DRS/DPM High Availability Networking Storage VMware Data Recovery 2.0 Site Recovery Manager 5.0
VMware – ESXi scratch partition and logging
Scratch partition When you install ESXi, a scratch partition is automatically created when local disks are used and at least 5GB of free diskspace is available for ESXi to install on. This “scratch partition” is used for storing vm-support dumps log files userworld swapfiles (if enabled). When using Boot-from-SAN or …
VMware – CPU key indicators
Important CPU metrics to look at when troubleshooting CPU performance in VMware environments. %Ready (%RDY) •% time a vCPU was ready to be scheduled on a physical processor but couldn’t due to processor contention •Investigation Threshold: 10% per vCPU %Co-Stop (%CSTP) •% time a vCPU in an SMP virtual …