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As you know, VMware ESX Server and the Virtual Infrastructure Client does have some basic performance monitoring tools. While these built-in tools may look “fancy”, once you start using them in a production environment, you will quickly find that you need more. I caution you that you want to make sure that you find a…

Recently, I downloaded an evaluation version of the Vizioncore vEssentials bundle for VMware ESX Server. Included in that bundle are vRanger Pro, vCharter, and vReplicator. In this article, I offer my review of vReplicator. What is vReplicator? What can it do for you? Does it really work? Let’s find out… What is the vEssentials Suite?…

One of the most important features of VMware ESX Server / Virtual Infrastructure is the ability to configure Cluster Pools and Resource Pools. How can these pools help you and what is the difference between them? Let’s find out. What are VMware ESX Server Cluster Pools? A cluster is defined as “a group of tightly…

As a system administrator with growing demand on your servers you will eventually run into a capacity bottleneck in your CPU, RAM, Disk, or network. These performance issues can be difficult to identify and troubleshoot without a quality tool. For typical Windows servers, performance management tools can often be difficult to install, configure, and obtain…

In our article called VMware Disk Files Explained, we talked about the different VMware files on disk. In particular, we talked about the important VMware VMX configuration file. In this article, we’ll go into more details on this critical file. What are VMX Files? In our previous article, VMware Disk Files Explained, we covered how…

In the past, VMware was just a single product. Now, you will find that there are a wide variety of VMware products to choose from. Because of this, it can be confusing which one to choose. This article aims at helping you sort it all out by providing a quick review of all VMware products….

Perhaps you need to test the result of configuration changes on a server or maybe you want to see what happens if you install a new service pack. No matter what you are doing on a computer, many times, you actions may have unintended consequences. Have you ever installed a new program you downloaded and…

Pointing and clicking is great but you can save a lot of time by knowing the keyboard shortcuts used by VMware. In fact, in some cases, you must know the right keys to push to do what you need to do. Let’s learn more… What can you do with Keyboard Shortcuts? So what can you…

Just like with any network operating system, to securely setup VMware ESX, you need to understand how to configure users, groups, and roles. In this article, you will find out how. Introduction to VMware ESX users, groups, and roles Keep in mind that VMware ESX is a modified version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Thus,…