Improved DRS in vSphere 7
The first release of Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS) dates back to 2006. Since then, data centers and workloads have changed significantly. The new vSphere 7 release is shipped with DRS…
vMotion Enhancements in vSphere 7
The vSphere vMotion feature enables customers to live-migrate workloads from source to destination ESXi hosts. Over time, we have developed vMotion to support new technologies. The vSphere 7 release is…
How is Virtual Memory Translated to Physical Memory?
Overview Memory is one of the most important host resources. For workloads to access global system memory, we need to make sure virtual memory addresses are mapped to the physical…
Hot and Cold Migrations; Which Network is Used?
A common question arises when customers are migrating workloads between ESXi hosts, clusters, vCenter Servers, or data centers. What network is being used when a hot or cold migration is…
vMotion Deep Dive Series
In my latest blog posts, we discussed the vSphere vMotion process in detail. Those blog posts are now accompanied by light board videos (including subtitles/closed captions!). Be sure to check…
How to Tune vMotion for Lower Migration Times?
In an earlier blog post, The vMotion Process Under the Hood, we went over the vMotion process internals. Now that we understand how vMotion works, let's go over some of…