𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 (𝐕𝐌) 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 📁 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐌 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 – 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 & 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 1) .𝐯𝐦𝐱 – 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞: Stores all VM settings such as CPU, memory, network, and disk configuration. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝: This file tells the system 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐌 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞. 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬: * Enables VM power ON/OFF * Allows easy configuration changes * Helps in VM recovery and re-registration * Makes VM portable between systems 2) .𝐯𝐦𝐝𝐤 – 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞: Stores OS, applications, and user data. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝: Acts as the 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐤 of the machine. 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬: * Supports easy backup and restore * Allows storage expansion * Makes VM migration simple * Separates data from hardware 3) .𝐯𝐬𝐰𝐩 – 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐩 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞: Use...
𝐕𝐌𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬, & 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VMware vMotion is a VMware feature that allows a running virtual machine (VM) to move from one ESXi host to another with zero downtime. ⚙️ 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐯𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤? vMotion works by copying VM memory and state from the source host to the destination host while the VM is still running. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩-𝐛𝐲-𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰: ⁎ vCenter initiates migration ⁎ VM memory is copied to the destination host ⁎ Changed memory pages are tracked and re-copied ⁎ VM execution switches to the destination host ⁎ Source host releases the VM ✔️ The entire process happens in milliseconds. ✅𝐯𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 Before using vMotion, these must be configured: 🔹 Infrastructure Requirements • Both hosts must be managed by VMware vCenter Server • Hosts must be in the same vCenter ...