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From Professional VMware – Virtual Machine Disk Sizing Tool

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Jon Owings

Cool Sizing spreadsheet I found at Professional VMware “This is a tool that I created a while back to assist in sizing needed disk space in a deployment. Straight forward to use, the totals are calculated as follows: VMDK Size … Continue reading →

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Don’t Delete anything. Ever!

Posted on November 20, 2008 by Jon Owings

Ok, so after a stressful morning I am writing mainly to tell myself never delete anything, ever again. Anyone else, if you don’t know vmware very well, don’t try to manipulate your vmdk files. Probably should not perform this combo … Continue reading →

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SRM in a box – part 0

Posted on November 20, 2008 by Jon Owings

Several people have posted about SRM in Workstation. I decided to try it out. I do not have access to any NetApp storage device so I am trying to use the EMC Celerra Simulator. Wow, pretty intensive. I am moving … Continue reading →

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