Today we'll learn What is VMware VMFS Locking Mechanism. It is another post within our Tips category, so if you know your way, just skip. New people coming to learn VMware technology usually need this ...

VMware vSphere 6.5 has also new updated file system VMFS-6. We haven't talked about it just yet, as there is so much to cover. We have covered so far the vCenter upgrades, ESXi upgrades (via ...

VMware storage entails more than simply mapping a logical unit number (LUN) to a physical server. VMware’s vSphere enables system administrators to create multiple virtual servers on a single physical ...

The VMWare Cluster Locking File System, version 3 (VMFS-3) Is one of the core technologies used in VMWare ESX/vSphere 4 virtual infrastructure environments. Unfortunately, it's also a completely ...

Rick Vanover covers three of the major changes coming in vSphere 5, including VMFS 5, the new sub-block algorithm allocation, and support for sizes up to 64 TB. VMware has announced vSphere 5. A ...

Currently, I can't see an option to increase the datastore capacity by adding multiples vmfs iscsi lun disks to the same DATASTORE. "vmfs_device_name: Name of the device to be used as VMFS datastore." ...

Today we had a discussion with a storage admin who is advocating for NFS. This is for an environment of about 3000 VMs running on UCS with primarily VMFS storage. Neither is better. If you have a ...