Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC XC Series Appliances and XC Core Systems Best Practices for Running VMware ESXi 6.5 or Later Clusters on XC Series Appliances and XC Core Systems
- Revision history
- Introduction
- Boot devices
- Configure VMware vSphere vCenter Server
- Apply updates in a VMware vSphere environment
- Deployment best practices
- Appendix
Deployment best practices
Virtual disk provisioning
Dell EMC recommends using thin provisioning disks in an XC Series environment, as thick eager-zero virtual disks offer no
performance benefits over a thin virtual disk.
For further information, see Nutanix KB 1591 (Log in required).
SYSLOG
Except for VMware NSX implementations, the configuration of a remote SYSLOG server is not an absolute requirement;
however, there are benefits and use cases for such an implementation. For example:
● Central monitoring of ESXi hosts.
● Persistent logging in situations where the boot device becomes inaccessible or read-only.
See VMware KB 2003322 for detailed information on SYSLOG configuration.
NOTE:
Dell EMC does not recommend moving the ESXi scratch partition to Nutanix NFS, as this may become inaccessible
in the event of a cluster stop event.
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