Compute only HCI Mesh with vSAN 7.0 U2
I guess that title explains it all, starting with vSAN 7.0 U2, we now also support connecting a compute-only cluster with a vSAN cluster. Meaning that if you have a vSphere cluster that does not have vSAN enabled, you can now mount a remote vSAN Datastore to it and leverage all the capabilities […]
The new vSAN 7.0 Update 2 release contains a long list of new enhancements and features that will take the software-defined datacenter to the next level for storage. Learn more here:
VMware vSAN 7.0 Update 2 Top New Features including HCI Mesh, vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM), stretched cluster enhancements, fast restarts
VMware vSAN HCI Mesh in vSAN Update 2
VMware vSAN HCI Mesh in vSAN Update 2 The Scale-out architecture of VMware vSAN enables powerful non-disruptive scale-up or scale-out capabilities. You can non-disruptively expand capacity and performance by adding hosts to a cluster (scale-out) or just grow capacity by adding disks to a host (scale-up). As application workloads organically grow, this enables performance to … Continued The post VMware vSAN HCI Mesh in vSAN Update 2 appeared first on VMware vSAN Virtual Blocks Blog.
VMware Horizon 8 on VMware vSAN and vSAN File Services
Executive Summary | Business Case | Customers wanting to deploy a virtual desktop infrastructure today, require a cost-effective, highly scalable, and an easy-to-manage solution. Applications need to be refreshed and published at will and should not require multiple levels of IT administration […]
What’s New in vSAN 7 Update 2? The Important Bits
Along with the release of vSphere 7 Update 2, also came the vSAN 7 Update 2 as well. You may have read my posts on the vSphere 7 updates but if not, you’ll find it here. Update 2 is by design…
What’s New with vSAN 7 Update 2
With more than 30,000 customers, vSAN continues to innovate. We’re excited to announce vSAN 7 Update 2, which delivers flexible, resilient, and future ready infrastructure that allows our customers to meet dynamic business and workload demands without compromising on efficiency, performance, or [..]
vSpeaking Podcast Ep 179: VMware vSAN 7 Update 2
With more than 30,000 customers, vSAN continues to innovate. We’re excited to announce vSAN 7 Update 2, which delivers flexible, resilient, and future-ready infrastructure that allows our customers to meet dynamic business and workload demands without compromising on efficiency, performance, or [..]
Can I vMotion a VM while IO Insight is tracing it?
Today during the Polish VMUG we had a great question, basically, the question was if you can vMotion a VM while vSAN IO Insight is tracing it. I did not know the answer as I had never tried it, so I had to test and validate it in the lab. While testing it became obvious […]
Running vSAN in Industrial Environments
Learn how vSAN is an ideal solution for industrial environments, and a few design tips to ensure a simple, resilient environment.
Why HCI? It’s All About the App
HCI is a software-defined model that combines the elements of a traditional data center—storage, compute, network and management. HCI boosts agility and optionality without the expensive, purpose-built hardware associated with data center infrastructure. It also combines integrated software and [..]
VxRail Monitoring and Alerting
This post takes a look at some of the monitoring and alerting options available for VxRail administrators, including native, on-premises, and off-premises Software as a Service options. The purpose of this post is not to comprehensively state what is required in order to monitor and manage your [..]
A first look at DPp (Data Persistence platform) and MinIO
Today I want to take a closer look at the new vSAN Data Persistence platform (DPp). I mentioned that this was a key reason for updating my VMware Cloud Foundation environment to version 4.2, which officially released last week. One of the services included in DPp is the MinIO S3 compatible […]
Migrate a Hybrid vSAN Cluster to an All-Flash vSAN Cluster
This article describes step by step how to migrate from a Hybrid vSAN Cluster to an All-Flash vSAN Cluster in case of a host lifecycle.
vSAN cluster gets full – Explained and how to recover
Few months ago, I found that my vSAN cluster is getting full in size. almost 20GB free. This is weird because it happened in my DR site which is identical to my main site. So, I started to search for a solution, and asked for help from VMware support team. And here are the steps I made.
See a Demo of vSphere and vSAN Cloud Native Storage
Don’t miss this technical demo to see how Cloud Native Storage in vSphere and vSAN empowers developers.
vSAN 7.0U1 – Object Format Health Warning after Disk Format v13 Upgrade
This is something I noticed on my own lab after applying the most recent disk format (version 13) to my vSAN 7.0U1 environment. I already described the new Capacity Management features in vSAN 7.0U1 in a previous post. One of these features in the new capacity reserve which dramatically lowers […]
VMware vSAN Direct Configuration Hardware Recommendation Guide
This paper presents an architectural overview and hardware recommendations for vSAN Direct Configuration.
Introduction to vSAN Data Persistence Platform (DPp)
Introduction to vSAN Data Persistent Platform Applications are changing and the consumption of applications is changing, too. We have recognized this shift here at VMware, as evidenced by our Tanzu suite of products. Modern apps, in particular, those built to run on Kubernetes are designed to […]
Stripe Width Storage Policy Improvements vSAN 7 U1
What is stripe width storage policy and how does it solve common data placement challenges? Dive in to this vSAN 7 U1 enhancement.
