My VMworld 2019
VMworld 2019 will mark my first edition as a VMware employee. Thus, I will be working more and have less time to attend sessions myself. However, there are always things…
The vMotion Process Under the Hood
The VMware vSphere vMotion feature is one of the most important capabilities in today's virtual infrastructures. Since its inception in 2002 and its release in 2003, it has allowed us…
Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) Explained
vSphere Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) ensures that workloads can be live migrated, using vMotion, between ESXi hosts in a cluster that is running different CPU generations. The general recommendation is…
Exploring the GPU Architecture
A Graphics Processor Unit (GPU) is mostly known for the hardware device used when running applications that weigh heavy on graphics, i.e. 3D modeling software or VDI infrastructures. In the…
ESXi Network Troubleshooting Tools
In the previous post about the ESXi network IOchain we explored the various constructs that belong to the network path. This blog post builds on top of that and focuses…
Understanding the ESXi Network IOChain
In this blog post, we go into the trenches of the (Distributed) vSwitch with a focus on vSphere ESXi network IOChain. It is important to understand the core constructs of the…