When setting up a new VMware Horizon environment, I needed someplace to store my virtual desktops and decided to use Windows Server 2022 as an iSCSI target for my ESXi servers. Although this is a ...

I've got an OpenSolaris box sharing out volumes via iSCSI to an ESXi box. I pass the iSCSI volumes to the VMs as raw devices, the vmx/vmxf/etc files are stored on an NFS directory on the same ...

Those of you with Windows file servers running on vSphere, how do you provision the data volumes assuming you don't want to use VMFS? I'm struggling to find a significant reason either way to go with ...

As simple as iSCSI is to get running, configuring it to perform optimally requires a solid knowledge of how it actually works Over the past two weeks, I’ve written about some of the commonly ...

VMware has announced upgrades to its Virtual SAN (VSAN) functionality in the vSphere 6.5 virtualisation environment, with enhancements that include support for containers, physical servers via ...

Mocking up configurations in a lab environment is an important step in successful implementations. Here’s how to make use of a Synology NAS as an iSCSI target in your lab. It’s not uncommon for ...

Scott Lowe answers a TR member’s question about the wisdom of connecting multiple hosts to a single iSCSI array. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article explaining different kinds of storage and I ...

VMware storage entails more than simply mapping a logical unit number (LUN) to a physical server. VMware’s vSphere enables system administrators to create multiple virtual servers on a single physical ...

Tom shows how to set up an iSCSI target using both the GUI (Server Manager) and PowerShell, and then adding it to his ESXi server. When setting up a new VMware Horizon environment, I needed someplace ...