Our VMware datastore naming convention is a bit of a mess (it grew organically). Some datastores are named based on department, while others have more generic descriptions that describe the purpose of ...

Is it possible under ISCSI to share a datastore volume between mutiple ESXi Hosts? I have many ISO files on an ISCSI SAN volume that I would like to access from mutiple ESXi Hosts rather than copying ...

VMware ESX uses datastores, or virtual machine file system volumes, to hold disk images and snapshots associated with a virtual machine in your business. These datastores are contained on logical unit ...

After previously writing about installing ESXi on Arm on a Raspberry Pi, Tom Fenton walks through the process of using a USB flash drive as a local datastore on the Pi. In my previous articles on ESXi ...

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 ...

With the release of vSphere 6.0 last month, VMware has brought to market one of the most talked-about – and arguably, hyped – storage features in its portfolio, Virtual Volumes (VVOLs). VVOLs allow ...

Storage DRS (distributed resource scheduler) allows for aggregate storage management within a datastore cluster. When enabled, Storage DRS can give you recommendations for VM disk placement in an ...