…. From Part I As enterprise IT teams, leadership and business owners continuously drive towards service improvements, they invariably look at the public cloud infrastructure as a possible target for their mission critical applications. Whereas virtualization is now generally accepted as the default platform for enterprise-grade applications, businesses looking to leverage the public cloud for Read more...
UPDATE II: We have released VMware Tools Version 10.2.0, with more fixes and improvements for VMXNet3 vNICs. Please download and update your VMware Tools, even if only for the additional improvements in VMXNet3 vNIC drivers. Recommended drivers versions for Windows and Microsoft Business Critical applications is: 1.7.3.7 UPDATE: We have just released a new version Read more...
Microsoft SQL Server is the most virtualized enterprise mission critical application today. In recent years it has become a mainstream effort among VMware customers to virtualize critical databases to allow better agility and scale while increasing availability and operational efficiency. The official best practices guide for virtualizing SQL Server is now updated with information regarding vSphere 6.5 Read more...
LATEST UPDATE: VMware has received confirmation that Microsoft has determined that the issue reported in this post is a Windows-specific issue and unrelated to VMware or vSphere. Microsoft is encouraging customers to follow the directions provided in Microsoft KB3125574 for the recommended resolution. All further updates will be provided directly by Microsoft through the referenced KB. Read more...
Choosing the right availability configuration for your SQL Server on vSphere can be a bit confusing as there are more than a few options to choose from, questions such as: Should I use vSphere HA if i’m using AlwaysOn? What are the implications of running different availability configurations on vSphere, and what are the best Read more...
