VMWare & Web Hosting
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More Disaster Releases from VMWare April 23, 2008 
Summary:Are you using VMWare ESX for Web Hosting or for providing servers for your business? In my article about VMWare 3.5 here I already pointed out several problems, but also hoped for improvements. Well, on April 10 VMWare released the Update 1 package for 3.5 and it seems like VMWare is absolutely not learning it. Read more |
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VMWare ESX Storage VMotion (svmotion) April 9, 2008
Summary:In a different write-up about VMWare ESX 3.5 I complained about how badly Storage VMotion was implemented. I wanted to come back to that topic though since even though VMWare failed badly providing an easy way to do it, the functionality itself is pretty cool. What is Storage VMotion? |
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How to Fix Storage VMotion "ThinProvisioned" Problems April 2, 2008 Not Rated 
Summary:If you are using VMware ESX 3.5 Storage VMotion you might have heard about the infamous "ThinProvisioned" bug or maybe even ran into it. This article describes a quick fix for the problem. |
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VMWare 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5 - A Disaster Release? March 18, 2008 Not Rated 
Summary:I have been a fan of VMWare since when I was working with ESX 2.5.X back in the day. The move from ESX 2.5.X to 3.0.0 (which I skipped) was pretty smooth and ESX 3.0.1 and 3.0.2 have been working well - with some minor glitches. But overall the organization I am working for has been very pleased with the outcome and has helped me to push virtualization deep into production. |
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VMWare IPO September 12, 2007 Not Rated 
Summary:This summer VMWare pulled off one of the hottest IPO's (initial public offering) of the year. The momentum this company now has can be quite of interest for the web hosting industry. |
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How to Upgrade the Vi Agent Software on an VMWare ESX Host May 15, 2007 Not Rated 
Summary:This article is written for VMWare Infrastructure Version 3.0.1 and higher. With every update to the Virtualcenter Software (Vi Client) an administrator should also upgrade the Agent software on each ESX host to make sure all functionality in an HA cluster is still available and to avoid problems with different versions between the management server (VirtualCenter) and the cluster node. This article explains the procedure in detail. |
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Web Hosting Strategies for Virtualization May 12, 2007 
Summary:In our series of articles about using VMWare in a web hosting business we are going to discuss strategic related issues today. Why should web hosting businesses look at virtualization instead of building larger data centers? It almost seems like that the web hosting industry is running behind the trend of consolidation in the IT industry. It is kinda a thing of the past to build more and more data centers. |
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How to upgrade from VMWare Infrastructure 3.0 to 3.0.1 May 11, 2007
Summary:Sure, there are white papers and official guides available on how to upgrade from ESX 3.0.0 to 3.0.1, but nothing beats real world experience of admins that have already done it. Here is our best practices guide to migrate to the (at the time of this writing) to the latest version of VMWare Infrastructure 3 (3.0.1). |
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VMWare “Vmotion” Server Live Migration Explained May 11, 2007
Summary:One of the best features in VMWare’s “VMware Infrastructure 3” product is the widely known “Vmotion Technology”. Vmotion technology has been around in earlier versions of VMWare’s ESX product. What exactly is Vmotion? With Vmotion an administrator can live migrate a virtual server (VM) from one physical host server to another physical host server. |
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Introduction: VMWare Virtualization and Web Hosting May 11, 2007
Summary:A first introduction of how to use VMWare Virtualization products in a web hosting business. This article will kick off an entire series of articles and support information. |
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