Category: VMware vSphere

Mission Critical Virtual Machines on VMware vSphere

Building Mission Critical VMs on VMware vSphere is pretty simple. There are just a few commonly acknowledged Best Practices with which to adhere, regardless of whether you are installing Windows or Linux: Use Paravirtualized drivers wherever possible Remove unnecessary hardware from the VM (settings) Disable unnecessary or unused devices in BIOS Assign no more resources
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Cloud permissions for VMware vSphere (Roles, Privileges and Permissions)

VMware vSphere offers powerful native tools to manage users’ access to resources in a vSphere environment. Administrators may create custom Roles that are composed of one or more granular Privileges. Each Privilege is the most granular right that can be ascribed within vSphere, such as the ability to power-on a virtual machine (NOTE: power-off is
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