Troubleshooting With Virtual Machines

Troubleshooting performance problems with virtual machines requires more than just looking at PerfMon data available within the VM guest, which can be misleading when the root of the problem exists at the hypervisor host level. In this course excerpt Jonathan Kehayias demonstrates a common problem for VM guest performance under VMware host oversubscription, that can only be seen by looking at host-level performance information using ESXTOP or the Virtual Center client, when connected to a Virtual Center Server or the ESX host directly, known as CPU Ready time. In the full course, Jonathan shows you how to properly configure, control, and monitor virtual machines, and troubleshoot problems when running SQL Server in a virtualized environment using VMware or Hyper-V, applicable for DBAs, VM admins, and any other IT admins responsible for SQL Server and/or virtualization.

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