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Virtual SAN 6.2 Space Efficiency Technologies…

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Virtual SAN 6.2 Space Efficiency Technologies White Paper

Virtual SAN 6.2 Space Efficiency Technologies…

We’re happy to announce the Virtual SAN 6.2 Space Efficiency Technologies White Paper. I was fortunate to work on this along with Jeff Hunter and John Nicholson on this document. We cover some of the new additions to Virtual SAN in version 6.2 specifically around space efficiency. A couple of the new features that we The post Virtual SAN 6.2 Space Efficiency Technologies White Paper appeared first on Virtual Blocks.

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Experts Weigh In on Virtual SAN 6.2 Features &…

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Experts Weigh In on Virtual SAN 6.2 Features & Performance

Experts Weigh In on Virtual SAN 6.2 Features &…

VMware Virtual SAN is an enterprise-class, policy-driven storage solution for hyper-converged infrastructure optimized for vSphere virtual machines, delivering an efficient and cost-effective operational model. But don’t take our word for it – hear it from the experts themselves.

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Log Insight 3.3 is Available Now

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Log Insight 3.3 is Available Now

Log Insight 3.3 is Available Now

After a two month hiatus, I am back just in time for the GA release of Log Insight 3.3! I recently covered most of the new features here and while I plan on deep diving into all of them, I would like to start by talking about the upgrade procedure and what you need to […] The post Log Insight 3.3 is Available Now appeared first on SFlanders.net by Steve Flanders.

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Evolution of HCI: Future of All Flash Virtual SAN

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Evolution of HCI: Future of All Flash Virtual SAN

Evolution of HCI: Future of All Flash Virtual SAN

In his last blog post , Vijay Ramachandran described Virtual SAN’s biggest and most awaited edition till date – Virtual SAN 6.2. He also discussed the rationale behind why we invested in developing space efficiency features on All Flash only. Coincidentally, there was also a very good blog post from Howard Marks where he discussed the economics of All Flash and why he believes that All Flash is the future of storage.

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Thoughts & Experience around Expanding vROps…

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Thoughts & Experience around Expanding vROps Clusters

Thoughts & Experience around Expanding vROps…

Expanding your existing vRealize Operations Manager Clusters is an activity which you would definitely come across if you have started to operationalize your vRealize Operations Manager investments… Click on the title to continue reading the post..

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VSAN 6.2 : Sparse Swap, what is it good for?

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VSAN 6.2 : Sparse Swap, what is it good for?

VSAN 6.2 : Sparse Swap, what is it good for?

Advertise here with BSA I already briefly touched on Sparse Swap in my VSAN 6.2 launch article. When talking about space efficiency and VSAN 6.2 most people will immidiately bring up RAID-5/6 and/or deduplication and compression. Those of course are definitely the big ticket items for VSAN 6.2, there is no doubt. Sparse Swap however is one of those tiny […] ” VSAN 6.2 : Sparse Swap, what is it good for? ” originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter – @DuncanYB.

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VCP6-DTM Objective 2.5 – Create ThinApp…

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VCP6-DTM Objective 2.5 – Create ThinApp applications and a ThinApp repository

VCP6-DTM Objective 2.5 – Create ThinApp…

Today’s objective will dive into Thinapps.VCP6-DTM Objective 2.5 – Create ThinApp applications and a ThinApp repository. ThinApp has been historically one of the software pieces present in Horizon View as it allows the software distribution across your domain architecture with central management through View admin console. ThinApp creates virtualized applications. InHorizon implementation, these virtual packages […] Read the full post VCP6-DTM Objective 2.5 – Create ThinApp applications and a…Read More

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VMware NSX: Appliance Deployment

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VMware NSX: Appliance Deployment

VMware NSX: Appliance Deployment

Hello, and welcome to what will probably be a series of posts about a topic that is way over my head. Hopefully this exercise will make me a bit better in what seems to be a weak point for me. Networking and Security. VMware NSX is the network virtualization platform for the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC). […]

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vSphere 5.0 and 5.1 End of General Support this…

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vSphere 5.0 and 5.1 End of General Support this Year

vSphere 5.0 and 5.1 End of General Support this…

2016/8/24 VMware will end there general Support for vSphere 5.0 and 5.1, so if you are still using this versions you should begin to plan the next upgrade to 6.0 or 5.5. For more information on VMware product lifecycle see: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/support/Product-Lifecycle-Matrix.pdf

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VSAN 6.2 Part 8 – Upgrading VSAN Stretched…

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VSAN 6.2 Part 8 – Upgrading VSAN Stretched Cluster from 6.1 to 6.2

VSAN 6.2 Part 8 – Upgrading VSAN Stretched…

This is an exercise that we ran through in our lab environment, and we thought that the steps would be useful to share here. By way of introduction, our 4 node cluster is split into a 2+2+1 configuration, where there Continue reading → The post VSAN 6.2 Part 8 – Upgrading VSAN Stretched Cluster from 6.1 to 6.2 appeared first on CormacHogan.com.

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Understanding the Three Types of VM Tools

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Understanding the Three Types of VM Tools

Understanding the Three Types of VM Tools

Three different types of VM Tools are available, intended to accommodate the range of workflows required in heterogeneous datacenters. This article provides an overview of these types and a follow-on article will detail the available options for keeping VM Tools up to date.

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VCP6-DTM Objective 2.4 – Configure and Manage…

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VCP6-DTM Objective 2.4 – Configure and Manage Security in Horizon (with View)

VCP6-DTM Objective 2.4 – Configure and Manage…

Today’s post will focus on security –VCP6-DTM Objective 2.4 – Configure and Manage Security in Horizon (with View). We will have a look at certificates and certificate-based authentication as well as other security options like smart cards, RADIUS and configuration of SAML authenticator. We’re cleared more than half the objectives from the official VMware blueprint. […] Read the full post VCP6-DTM Objective 2.4 – Configure and Manage Security in Horizon (with View) at ESX Virtualization.

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Straight-Up Flying with the vRealize Operations…

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Straight-Up Flying with the vRealize Operations REST API

Straight-Up Flying with the vRealize Operations…

By: Mike Langdon, Blue Medora Coming from a background in software development, I get excited when I see the words REST API documentation attached to a platform where the normal interface is graphical. For many users, the highly-configurable web platform that is the face of vRealize Operations Manager is enough. But the REST API opens […] The post Straight-Up Flying with the vRealize Operations REST API appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .

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Why and how to find out if your I/O Adapter…

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Why and how to find out if your I/O Adapter will support Virtual Volumes (VVols)

Why and how to find out if your I/O Adapter…

VMware’s new Virtual Volumes storage architecture required some changes to the SCSI specifications for block arrays to support the new sub-LUN model that VVols uses. Because of this it required I/O vendors to update their software to be able to support the new Protocol Endpoint component in VVols that is used as the data path … Continue reading » The post Why and how to find out if your I/O Adapter will support Virtual Volumes (VVols) appeared first on Welcome to… [[ This is a content…Read More

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