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VMware vSAN Upgrade Scenarios For Small Clusters

VMware vSAN Upgrade Scenarios For Small Clusters

VMware vSAN, a hyper-converged product from VMware was demoed at VeeamON in New Orleans. I was able to ask few questions Dave Morera from VMware concerning small cluster upgrade options and also about the new protection options for stretched cluster functionality where now it’s possible to specify RAID 5/6 (primary level of FTT) or do not […] Read the full post VMware vSAN Upgrade Scenarios For Small Clusters at ESX Virtualization .

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vSAN 6.6 Stretched Cluster Demo

vSAN 6.6 Stretched Cluster Demo

Advertise here with BSA I had one more demo to finish and share and that is the vSAN 6.6 stretched cluster demo. I already did a stretched clustering demo when we initially released it, but with the enhanced functionality around local protection I figured I would re-record it. In this demo (~12 minutes) I will show you how to […] ” vSAN 6.6 Stretched Cluster Demo ” originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter – @DuncanYB.

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Automating the new native VCSA bootstrap “Easy Install” in vSAN 6.6

Automating the new native VCSA bootstrap “Easy…

In case you missed the previous article, have a read here which goes into greater detail behind the new VCSA bootstrap installer (also known as vSAN Easy Install) which is part of the new vSAN 6.6 release. As I hinted at the end of the previous post, customers not only have a simplified way of bootstrapping the […]

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VMware vSAN 6.6 Licensing Guide

VMware vSAN 6.6 Licensing Guide

VMware vSAN powers market-leading Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) solutions through native integration with the industry-standard VMware vSphere hypervisor and the VMware vCenter Server unified management solution. vSAN is quite capable of running nearly any virtual server and desktop workload. These workloads run in an ever-increasing number of environments: primary data centers, disaster recovery sites, remote offices, call centers, retail stores, commercial ships, and more. A one-size-fits-all licensing model does not cover such a wide variety of use cases so VMware offers vSAN in a few different licensing options.

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vSAN 6.6 Demo: Configuration Assist

vSAN 6.6 Demo: Configuration Assist

Advertise here with BSA I just noticed I still had a demo recoding on my desktop from a couple of weeks ago. The topic is vSAN 6.6 configuration assist. Hadn’t done anything with it, so I just added the narratives and shared it on youtube. Only a 3 minute video and quickly shows you where Configuration Assist can be […] ” vSAN 6.6 Demo: Configuration Assist ” originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter – @DuncanYB.

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vSAN Deep Dive

vSAN Deep Dive

This session covers basic to advance vSAN topic. Watch this video if you to learn basics and few of the advance areas of vSAN.

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vSAN 6.6 Config Assist incorrectly reports Physical NIC warning with LACP/LAG

vSAN 6.6 Config Assist incorrectly reports…

A very short post simply to bring an issue to your attention which a number of folks have pinged me about this week. With vSAN 6.6, there is a new feature called Configuration Assistant. As the name implies, it tries to highlight possible configuration issues with your vSAN infrastructure. A number of these checks are […] The post vSAN 6.6 Config Assist incorrectly reports Physical NIC warning with LACP/LAG appeared first on CormacHogan.com .

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Dell EMC positions new VxRail appliances more towards the enterprise – ChannelBuzz.ca

Dell EMC positions new VxRail appliances more…

While VxRail was originally aimed more at the mid-market, unexpected orders for large numbers of nodes from enterprise customers has led Dell EMC to add more enterprise features to the new 4.5 release of the appliances.

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Cloning and Snapshots on vSAN when policy requirements cannot be met

Cloning and Snapshots on vSAN when policy…

I was looking into some behavior recently to assist one of our partners. He described a situation that they observed during proof-of-concept testing and thought it would be of benefit to highlight this behavior in case you also observe the same, and you are curious as to why. Let’s begin with a description of the […] The post Cloning and Snapshots on vSAN when policy requirements cannot be met appeared first on CormacHogan.com .

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VMware vSAN Pass-Through vs RAID0 Storage Controller

VMware vSAN Pass-Through vs RAID0 Storage…

This post is a reflection post on possibilities on different scenarios whether you’re using a VMware vSAN certified storage controller supporting pass-through (or also IT Mode or JBOD mode… all this is the same name) or you’re using a storage controller which uses RAID0 only. I said only as it means that it is limited in functionalities and possibilities, but also some constraints. In this post we will details the differences in VMware vSAN Pass-Through vs RAID0 Storage Controller.

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vSAN 6.6 RVC Guide Part 2 – Cluster-Administration

vSAN 6.6 RVC Guide Part 2 – Cluster-Administration

The “vSAN 6.6 RVC Guide” series explains how to manage your VMware Virtual SAN environment with the Ruby vSphere Console. RVC is an interactive command line tool to control and automate your platform. If you are new to RVC, make sure to read the Getting Started with Ruby vSphere Console Guide. All commands are from the latest vSAN 6.6 version.

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What is VMware vSAN Caching Tier?

What is VMware vSAN Caching Tier?

VMware vSAN as an Hyperconverged infrastructure solution (HCI) has some basic building blocks. One of them is a vSAN Disk group which was detailed in one of our previous posts. As this technology is still very young and many folks seek an information, I thought that it is a good idea to explain this. So today, we’ll further develop vSAN disk group capability and we’ll focus and answer some question on What is VMware vSAN Caching Tier?

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Oracle Database on VMware vSAN Day 2 Operations and Management – Operation Guide

Oracle Database on VMware vSAN Day 2 Operations…

Customers deploying production Oracle workloads have stringent requirements to support and maintain critical database operational tasks such as Backup and Recovery, Cloning, Data Refresh for Development/Test environment and Patching. These operational tasks are also known as Database Day 2 Management Operations.

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HPE Synergy – the first composable infrastructure – now certified for vSAN

HPE Synergy – the first composable…

vSAN continues its journey of growth with more than 7,000 customers have chosen to entrust their most important workloads to vSAN. To support this journey, we are committed to work with our partners and enable the next generation hardware platform for our mutual customers.

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Announcing the All New vSAN Networking Guide – Corman Hogan

Announcing the All New vSAN Networking Guide -…

I’m delighted to announce a brand new vSAN Networking Guide. This is now published on our storagehub site. This new updated guide covers everything from support statements, the basics of NIC teaming on the vSAN network, including what options are available and the pros and cons of each approach, as well as supported topologies for standard deployments, 2-node deployments and stretched clusters. We also discuss the benefits of Network I/O Control. Remember vSAN entitled you to a distributed switch, which in turn means you can benefit from the features of Network I/O Control.

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What’s New with VMware vSAN 6.6 [blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks]

What’s New with VMware vSAN 6.6

VMware vSAN has been innovating at a rapid pace. With each new release, we’ve delivered greater value to our customers through new features that have propelled adoption by mainstream customers for any workload, any application. More than 7,000 customers have chosen to entrust their most important workloads to vSAN! This momentum has not waned as vSAN recently won 3 industry awards for being the Product of the Year in this space!

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RT @vmwarevsan: Catch the recording of our #vSAN TechTalk with @jasemccarty, as he walks you through the basics of #vSAN: https://t.co/GCKJxgiGVn

Catch the recording of our #vSAN TechTalk with…

Catch the recording of our #vSAN TechTalk with @jasemccarty, as he walks you through the basics of #vSAN: https://t.co/GCKJxgiGVn

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HyTrust KeyControl (KMS) for vSphere and vSAN

HyTrust KeyControl (KMS) for vSphere and vSAN

While working on a new Cohesity project idea which required the test of encryption capabilities from a primary storage solution, I was faced with the challenge of needing to have access to a key management service (KMS) solution. KMS solutions aren’t always found just laying around the data center, and I needed something fast and straightforward. Immediately reached out to a couple of friends over at HyTrust for some assistance since I had worked with them in the past while I was VMware. In typical HyTrust fashion, the were helpful and immediately responded with what I needed, giving me access to one of their encryption and key management service solution called HyTrust KeyControl.

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Correlating vSAN perf metrics from vSphere Web Client to both PowerCLI & vSAN Mgmt API

Correlating vSAN perf metrics from vSphere Web…

While going through the PowerCLI 6.5.1 release notes last week, in addition to the new Get-VsanView cmdlet which exposes the complete vSAN Management API through PowerCLI, I had learned that we had also released a new Get-VsanStat cmdlet. This new cmdlet allows customers to easily retrieve the various vSAN Performance Metrics provided by the vSAN Performance Service. The really nice thing about vSAN […]

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Oracle Database 12c on VMware vSAN — Day 2 Operations and Management

Oracle Database 12c on VMware vSAN — Day 2…

Customers deploying production Oracle workloads have stringent requirements to support and maintain critical database operational tasks such as Backup and Recovery, Cloning, Data Refresh for Development/Test environment and Patching. These operational tasks are also known as Database Day 2 Management Operations.

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