Storage vMotion is for moving between SAN's, or between LUN's on a single SAN (say to move from RAID6 to RAID10 if the performance profile dictates). It also allows you to move between thick and thin ...

Storage vMotion is often derided as an unnecessary feature you'll never need -- don't believe that for a second An enormous chunk of the money we spend on IT infrastructure goes to avoiding downtime — ...

VMware's Storage VMotion is a tool that brings the capabilities of virtual server migration to storage. Without interrupting users virtual machine data can be moved from one storage platform to ...

One of the things I like about being in the IT industry is the sense of community. And as both VMware and virtualization in general continue to expand in popularity, the virtualization community ...

The defining feature that elevated VMware from being just about server consolidation to encompassing the realm of business continuity was vMotion. With vMotion, no longer did a datacenter need to ...

I believe you actually can do this. With the new storage vmotion capability in 3.5, I think that this is a use-case that VMware has documented. You can certainly svmotion to a backup site, and I ...

Six is a party and at number six are three features I put at a tie: ESXi Firewall, vSphere Web Client and Storage vMotion. Let's start with Storage vMotion. Up until VMware vSphere 5 you were unable ...

Eric Siebert is an IT industry veteran, speaker, author, blogger and VMware expert with more than 25 years of experience. VMware vSphere ESXi’s vMotion feature has proved to be one of the most ...

Storage VMotion is a great tool, so I figured I would give it a try in an attempt to get a new SAN into action quickly. It works quite well actually, but does have a few issues still. This migration ...

The launch of vSphere 5 and its new storage related features will set the precedent for a complete rethink on how a new datacenter’s storage infrastructure should be designed and deployed. vSphere 5’s ...