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 ...

While working a vSphere 4.1 and 5.1 Infrastructure to vSphere vBlock 5.1 migration project, I needed to reclaim as much legacy storage as possible back to our SAN team. Completing the storage ...

I ask as this is likely a locking issue with VMFS. It likely would be cleared by rebooting all the hosts to clear whatever stale lock is sticking around. But these sorts of issues are a PITA and ...

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 ...

In VMWare VSphere, the Virtual Machine disks Consolidation Needed status is displayed in the Summary section if leftover virtual disk files or snapshots are not merged with the base virtual disk file ...