VM optimization

VM configuration is one of the most crucial decisions you can make in your environment. There are several recommendations and best practices that you should follow to optimize your VM hardware and improve the performance of the infrastructure.

These recommendations are generic, and at your environment, you might not apply all of them. There is nothing like a golden rule here, but the first recommendation is to know your workloads.

Using the default VM templates

Based on the guest OS you want to run inside the VM, make sure you have selected the best possible virtual hardware. VMware optimizes the default VM templates, so you should stick with them.

Based on the OS family and the guest OS version, the wizard...