Best Fit Virtualization Criteria Checklist
Finding servers which are the Best Fit virtualization candidates can be tricky. I have put together the following criteria checklist to help determine whether a new server provision or a P2V …
Creating Windows Templates for Deployment in Virtual Center
Creating Windows Templates This will cover Windows virtual machine templates but the same steps are used with Linux virtual machines, except the Sysprep. After you get your VM configured …
My Microsoft Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager Event Key Notes
Today I spent 4 hours listening to Microsoft technicians talk about Hyper-V, Virtual Machine Manager (VMM), and System Center. Here are some of the keynotes I took about Hyper-V: …
Squeezing Virtual Machines Out of CPU Cores
Are you trying to squeeze every CPU cycle out of your dual, quad, or hex core processors for making more VMs per core? Unfortunately for those who like to …
Capacity Planning and Monitoring for VMware Virtual Infrastructure
If you have a growing Virtual Infrastructure, like most – it has outgrown the monitoring tools integrated into VirtualCenter. VC has very limited capability to help resource managers and …
Zombie VMs Soon to be Hunted by vZombie
*** Note: Sorry this project has been discontinued.*** Yesterday I was working on a PowerShell script for identifying VMs that are using resources but their role is no longer …