SQL Server 2012 on VMware vSphere
Microsoft recently released SQL Server 2012 to the wild just a couple of weeks ago. Even though this release is in its infancy, organizations and their database administrators should immediately begin...
View ArticleCreate a portable virtual machine with OVF or OVA
Today a great client asked me how to export a VM to an OVF or OVA so he could transport the VM to another environment. That’s a great question! It had been a while since I have done this so I...
View ArticleVMware vSphere 6.5 breaks your SQL Server vNUMA settings
VMware’s latest release of the vSphere virtualization suite, version 6.5, changes how they handle vNUMA presentation to a virtual machine, and there’s a high likelihood that it will break your...
View ArticleKeep VMware snapshot growth from wrecking your day
VM snapshots are one of the best virtualization features ever. But…have you ever had a VMware vSphere or Hyper-V snapshot grow out of control and fill the datastore the VM resides on? You know what...
View ArticleNew Whitepaper – Capture Production Error States
System administrators of the world, if a VM experiences a problem that takes down business-critical application, your job is to minimize the impact to the business. You are caught in a difficult...
View ArticleVMworld EMEA SQL Server Sessions
This trip to Barcelona for the next VMworld EMEA conference next week will be my second trip to this conference in two years. I’m ecstatic to get there and start talking SQL Server content with folks!...
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