What’s New with VMware Virtual SAN 6.5 -Virtual Blocks
VMware Virtual SAN 6.5 is the latest release of the market-leading, enterprise-class storage solution for hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI). Virtual SAN 6.5 builds on the existing features introduced in 6.2 by enhancing automation, further reducing total cost of ownership (TCO), and setting the stage for next-generation cloud native applications.
Virtual SAN + vRealize Operations = Effective Storage Management (Part 1) -vInsideOut
It’s no more a secret that Software Defined Storage is the way forward to craft a true Software Defined Datacenter. With the power of SPBM…Read More
Rubrik and VSAN webinar recording now available -CormacHogan.com
If you missed our joint Rubrik and Virtual SAN webinar earlier this week, you can now view it online. In this webinar, the indefatigable Chris Wahl, Chief Technology Evangelist from Rubrik, and myself discuss the merits of policy driven architecture, Continue reading → The post Rubrik and VSAN webinar recording now available appeared first on CormacHogan.com .
Troubleshooting VSAN Providers, which display the status as disconnected in vSphere Web Client
https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2126810 This video demonstrates how to troubleshoot Virtual SAN Providers, which display the status as disconnected in vSphere Web Client This issue occurs if the SMS certificate for vCenter server is expired. For additional information, see VMware Knowledge Base article 2126810 at the following URL https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2126810
Troubleshooting Virtual SAN on-disk format upgrade to 3.0 failures in stretched clusters
https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2144944 This video demonstrates how to troubleshoot Virtual SAN on-disk format upgrade to 3.0, which may fail in small Virtual SAN clusters or ROBO\stretched clusters For additional information, see VMware Knowledge Base article 2144944 at the following URL https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2144944
VMworld 2016: STO8743 – VMware VSAN Performance Troubleshooting
VMworld 2016: STO8743 – Extreme Performance Series – VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) Performance Troubleshooting
VSAN Assessment: What’s New -Virtual Blocks
The VSAN Assessment is a free SaaS based tool which gives you a comprehensive analysis of your vSphere environment and highlights the value of VSAN if implemented. With the VSAN Assessment you can:
Upcoming Rubrik and VSAN webinar – October 11th -CormacHogan.com
A number of months back, myself and Chris Wahl of Rubrik put together a comprehensive white paper discussing the role of storage policies in both Virtual SAN and Rubrik. Next week we are going to hold a joint webinar where Continue reading → The post Upcoming Rubrik and VSAN webinar – October 11th appeared first on CormacHogan.com .
Top 4 Benefits of VMware Virtual SAN (As Told By Customers)
VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) is radically simple, hyper-converged storage for virtualized environments. Hyper-converged Infrastructure (HCI) leverages the hypervisor to deliver compute, networking and shared storage from a single x86 platform. In addition to being incredibly simple to deploy and provision, Virtual SAN allows you to scale storage and compute resources, eliminating costly forklift upgrades. Every VSAN cluster can scale out one node at a time or scale up by adding capacity to existing hosts, and achieve over 8 PB of raw storage capacity.
“Why VSAN All-Flash is the right choice” via tsmith.co
Why VMware’s VSAN All-Flash Array is the smart choice instead of the Hybrid Array option. Features like erasure coding and deduplication make sense!
VSAN 6.2 – Capacity Planning for Overheads -vInsideOut
While creating VSAN Disk group all the disks are formatted with an On-Disk File System. Like any other File system “VSAN-FS (format type)…Read More
[Webcast] Virtual SAN: Enterprise-Grade Storage for Hyper-Converged Infrastructures
Do you want detailed insights into the technical facts and value proposition of VMware Virtual SAN? Join VMware Principal Architect Rawlinson Rivera for a free webcast TOMORROW. Sign up now!
How to tell if an ESXi host is a VSAN Witness Virtual Appliance programmatically? -virtuallyGhetto
I had received this question awhile back but I was only able to get to it recently. If you are not familiar with the VSAN Witness Virtual Appliance and its purpose, Cormac Hogan did an excellent write-up on the topic which you can find it here. The reason this question came up was that if you were to […]
“VxRail: Hyper-Converged Infrastructure for Affordable, Scalable Cloud Agility” via Virtual Blocks
When VMware and Dell EMC set out to engineer a software-defined data center (SDDC) building block capable of delivering a full private cloud solution, we knew that it would have to be powerful, compact and able to keep up with the speed of our customers. When we launched VxRail, our new hyper-converged infrastructure offering, we knew we had accelerated customers’ paths to the cloud. And when Dimension Data chose VxRail as the building block for its portable, trackside data center to support its performance cycling team, we knew we had accomplished our mission!
“Virtual SAN – Fault Domain Design Considerations” via vInsideOut
Fault Domains (FD) in Virtual SAN environment is a concept introduced to provide a Rack/Chassis level redundancy. In case your Virtual S…Read More
“Virtual SAN 6.2 – Impact of Read Cache” via vInsideOut
I happen to get my hands on one of the VSAN pod in our lab and wanted to check how much does Read Cache ratio configuration impacts the w…Read More
“Bootstrapping VSAN without vCenter” via Virtualising Middle Earth
I have completed 3 greenfield VSAN deployments now where we did not have any other storage to present to the hosts. This is a chicken and egg situation where you want to build vCenter to configure VSAN, but you don’t have storage yet…hmmm, VMware have a great document on this but I have tried to simply…Read More
“Running your VSAN witness for a 2 node cluster on a 2 node cluster” via Yellow Bricks
A week ago we had a discussion on twitter about a scenario which was talked about at VMworld. The scenario is one where you have two 2-node clusters and for each 2-node cluster the required Witness VM is running on the other. Let me show you what I mean to make it clear: The Witness […] ” Running your VSAN witness for a 2 node cluster on a 2 node cluster ” originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter – @DuncanYB.
“VSAN stripes (How, When and Why?)” via Virtual Blocks
NumberOfDiskStripesPerObject, commonly referred to as stripe width, is the setting that defines the minimum number of capacity devices across which each replica of a storage object is distributed. Virtual SAN may actually create more stripes than the number specified in the policy for reasons will will discuss later. In the UI Striping will appear as “RAID 0” with the number of components being driven primarily by what the stripe width was set to.
[Watch] Troubleshooting Virtual SAN 6.2 on disk upgrades which fail after 10%
https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2144881 – This video demonstrates how to troubleshoot Virtual San 6.2 upgrades which fail after 10% of the upgrade procedure. When upgrading VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) to version 6.2, the Virtual SAN Disk Format Conversion task fails at 10%. In the vSphere Web Client, you see an error similar to: – A general system error occurred: Failed to realign following Virtual SAN objects, due to being locked or lack of vmdk descriptor file which requires manual fix The Convert disk format for Virtual SAN task fails with a General Virtual SAN error status. When upgrading the on-disk format, during the 10% – 15% phase, Virtual SAN realigns objects to prepare them for new features. The process is performed in two steps: – In…Read More
