Block Level Transfer: Presentation of storage can be formatted and managed as local drive. Ex: A windows host that has been given a storage from SAN identifies the storage as a local disk and host is allowed to format the disk. In this block level storage, raw volumes of storage are created and each block…
One of the most critical, and challenging, architecture decisions an IT professional has to make is choosing a virtual server storage setup. Even with such a wide variety of choices, there isn’t a singular solution that is the absolute best for virtual servers. And because every work environment varies greatly, a data storage system that complements one solution…
Note: The below process works only for esx version till 4.X. Not for 5 and 5.X Changing your host’s network name and SSL certificate When you first install ESXi your host will be given a hostname of “localhost” and domain of “localdomain”. You can change this at the console or with the VI client. Using…
Blade PC/Server: Series of servers added to a chasis and inserted it in a rack in datacenter. Here in the front view, the green rectangles are single servers. In a single case we can add multiple servers. Small green rectangles are half blade servers(where processor and ram are less) and full rectangles(processor and ram are bit…
When installing RHEL 7 in xenserver, most of us might use the RHEL 6(64 bit) template. When creating vm with RHEL6 template, you need to add a word “vnc” at selecting the iso file step. Once the vm is up, you need to use vnc client to access that vm and configure the RHEL 7…
DVSC is logical centralized switch that allows you to manage the network logical switches that are on different XenServer hosts within ur enviornment from centralized location. Distributed Virtual Switching Features: True Network Portability Network fault tolerance Improved network security Transparent network compliance Industry standard network monitoring Comprised of 2 components: OpenvSwitch Distributed Virtual Switch Controller…
Hubs, switches, routers, and access points are all used to connect computers together on a network, but each of them has different capabilities. Hubs Hubs enable computers on a network to communicate. Each computer plugs into the hub with an Ethernet cable, and information sent from one computer to another passes through the hub. A…
XenServer DMC (sometimes known as “dynamic memory optimization”, “memory overcommit” or “memory ballooning”) works by automatically adjusting the memory of running VMs, keeping the amount of memory allocated to each VM between specified minimum and maximum memory values, guaranteeing performance and permitting greater density of VMs per server. Without DMC, when a server is full,…
To create a new storage repository, you use the New Storage Repository wizard: to open the wizard, click New Storage on the Toolbar. Alternatively, do one of the following: On the Storage tab for the selected pool or server, click New SR. On the Storage menu, click New SR. You select the physical storage type on the first page of the New…
The New VM wizard takes you through the process of creating a new virtual machine (VM), step-by-step. To start the New VM wizard, on the toolbar, click New VM. Alternatively, do one of the following: Press Ctrl+N . On the VM menu, click New VM. Select a server in the Resources pane, right-click and then…