VM on Why did IT failhttps://www.why-did-it.fail/tags/vm/Recent content in VM on Why did IT failHugo -- gohugo.ioenCopyright © 2026 Dominik Textoris (formerly Zorgnotti). All Rights Reserved.Mon, 08 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000vSphere 8 Update 3 - What is the "Retain virtual NUMA topology"-featurehttps://www.why-did-it.fail/blog/2024-03-vsphereu3-vnuma-retain/Mon, 08 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.why-did-it.fail/blog/2024-03-vsphereu3-vnuma-retain/_ Credits: I would like to thank my colleague Vladimir Petrov from the VCF BU for providing me with additional information that allowed me to write this summary _ The vSphere 8 Update 3 release notes contain lots of changes, but one of them caught my attention: Cluster-wide option to retain virtual NUMA topology: vSphere 8.0 Update 3 adds a setting to retain preconfigured vNUMA topology even if the VM moves, allowing for better NUMA topology tuning for VMs across all the hosts in the cluster.Hey dude, why is the EVC mode for my virtual machine going wildhttps://www.why-did-it.fail/blog/2024-02-hey-dude-why-is-evc-mode-going-crazy/Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.why-did-it.fail/blog/2024-02-hey-dude-why-is-evc-mode-going-crazy/_ Disclaimer: This blog has been created to the best of my knowledge and understanding. If I need to correct a statement, I will mark that accordingly in a future update. _ _ Credits: I would like to thank our colleagues from the VCF BU for their support and patience with me, Ellen Mai from the PM team and especially Ross Knippel from the development side. Also, thanks to Thomas Thimm, Pascal Hanke, and Michael Hempel for testing things out.