Choosing a password for vSphere SSO

These special characters are not supported in SSO passwords:Non-ASCII charactersAmpersand (&)Semicolon ( ; )Double quotation mark ( " )Single quotation mark ( ' )Circumflex ( ^ )Backslash ( \ )Percentage (%)The following character is supported but causes problems later and...

Comparing memory reclamation techniques in existing hypervisors

Different hypervisors do things differntly. In this post, we take a look at some of the memory reclamation techniques employed by the most popular hypervisors today.The below table sums things up nicely:METHODESX(i)HYPER-VKVMXENTransparent page sharingYYMemory BallooningYYYYCompressYSwappingYYYMemory hot-addYTranscendent memoryYTransparent page sharingWhen there...

How long does the replication take between SSO sites in a multi-site deployment?

For vSphere 5.5 - replication happens every 30 seconds automatically.For vSphere 5.1 - replication is manual via the export/import tool (repl_tool.cmd)For more information on how to do the replication in vsphere 5.1, VMware has an excellent KB article:http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2038677