With VMware vSphere you can migrate a vmdk virtual disk to a different VM retaining Windows NTFS permissions in a very easy way. This allows you to quickly migrate the data from in an event of File Server redesign or emergency failover (i.e. during a cyber attack etc.)
Few days ago, I was doing regular upgrades within one of the vSphere environments I’m responsible for. During these upgrades, I’ve noticed there are some Windows 2008 R2 servers still on vHardware version 10. Obviously, I decided to go ahead and upgrade them too. Little did I know how’s that’s going to end up…
Virtual Network Interface Cards (vNIC) are sometimes getting overlooked by virtualization administrators as for some it seems like they don’t matter much. Let’s see what happens after we switch good ol’ E1000 for VMXNET3 and what is the difference between the two.
Let’s talk about virtual disks a bit – today we’re going to convert a VMDK from thin to thick provisioning. This operation is quite simple and doesn’t really require much preparation, however I thought I’ll post a quickie about it as after googling a bit, I couldn’t find an easy step-by-step guide anywhere.