The net-dvs command can be used to display information about the vSphere Distributed Switch (dvSwitch) configuration, which can be useful in troubleshooting situations. A typical example of where it can…

If it has been determined that a virtual machine requires additional CPU or Memory resources in order to perform effectively, then Hot Add can be used to increase the VM’s…

Excessive memory consumption can cause performance issues for hosts and virtual machines. When a host is under pressure in terms of available physical memory, it may have to begin swapping…

I have previously written about analyzing host and virtual machine performance using esxtop. This post will continue to look at how this information can help with troubleshooting performance, and what…

There are many different solutions around for running virtual machines on your desktop computer. Software such as VMware Workstation or VirtualBox is great at the job. If you are using…

ESXTOP is a great tool for troubleshooting performance issues, but there are a lot of different metrics that you need to be aware of in order to use it effectively.…

As part of my ongoing series of posts on VCAP-DCA objectives, this post is going to look at some of the troubleshooting tasks that may be required when working with…

Before you dive in an apply patches to your production environment you will most likely want to test those patches in a test or development environment. Once you have configured…

Firstly, what is a vApp? A vApp is a container, like a resource pool and can contain one or more virtual machines. Like a virtual machine, a vApp can be powered…

VMPlayer or, more accurately VMware Player, allows users to create and run virtual machines for free (though a license for the virtual machine’s OS will still be required where applicable).…