Pete Koehler

Pete Koehler is a Sr. Technical Marketing Manager at VMware in the Storage and Availability Business Unit. Much of Pete's experience in infrastructure design and optimization came from hands-on experience as a Virtualization Architect for a software company, and later as a field engineer for a VMware reseller, as well as a VMware partner. Pete has also spent many years engaged with the user community as a leader of the Seattle VMUG. You can find Pete's insights to challenges in the data center at http://vmpete.com, and can find him on twitter at @vmpete.

Recent Posts

MySQL on VMware vSAN 6.7 All-Flash

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One measurement of success for an infrastructure design is if the platform used can meet the demands of various applications and workloads that help drive a business. Performance, scalability, resilience, and operational agility are all top of mind considerations for infrastructure architects. Application owners, and consumers of those applications share some of the same considerations, Read more...
vSAN 6.7, and vRealize Operations within vCenter

vSAN 6.7, and vRealize Operations within vCenter

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With the introduction of the new HTLM5 user interface for vCenter and vSAN in vSphere 6.7, VMware has taken a major step forward in improving the operations of an infrastructure to be a more intuitive and productive experience. The HTML 5 interface, built off the Clarity framework, allows VMware to not only take a fresh Read more...

Powering a Management Cluster with vSAN

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It is fair to say that VMware vSphere’s clustering technology introduced the concept, and the common practice of the management cluster. Now a staple of data centers large and small, most administrators have experience with running some form of a management cluster. While management clusters come in all shapes and sizes, the intention is largely Read more...

Reliable Network Connectivity in Hyper-Converged Environments

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VMware vSAN has had a profound impact on the design, operation, and optimization of the modern data center. The shift to hyper-converged infrastructures (HCI) not only changes how data centers are designed, it naturally shifts importance from the discrete elements that make up the architecture. By eliminating a shared storage device found in traditional three-tier Read more...

Operations guidance for vSAN administrators using vRealize Operations and Log Insight

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In the data center, “integration” is more than just an advertised feature of a solution. Integration between solutions can help solve real problems, and streamline day-to-day operations for the teams responsible for the environment. VMware vSAN users have benefited from the capabilities of integration, with ongoing improvements to its collection of APIs that allow other Read more...

Replacing a vCenter server for existing vSAN hosts

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Since VMware vCenter is used as a common control and management plane for a vSphere cluster, questions may arise when determining how a vSAN cluster reacts when a vCenter server must be rebuilt from a new installation, or restored from a backup. Accounting for unplanned events is always a top-of-mind concern for data center administrators. Read more...

vSAN Operations: Storage Policy Naming Considerations

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The use of naming conventions in the data center can play an important part in operational efficiency. Naming conventions are most often used for devices such as hosts and switches, along with other entities such as VMs, virtual switches, and Microsoft Group Policy Objects. Choosing a consistent approach to naming can reduce time for change Read more...

vSAN Operations: Use Out-of-Band Management to view vSphere DCUI During Host Restarts

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Visibility to vSphere hosts through out-of-band management has always been a convenient way to access the vSphere Direct Console User Interface (DCUI).  Traditionally, remote management using Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) or some other method, provided the pre-boot visibility and control necessary to update firmware on the host, and see the host state if it Read more...

A closer look at performance improvements in vSAN 6.6

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VMware maintains the industry’s strongest ecosystem, and as a result, has positioned vSphere and vSAN to take advantage of new hardware technologies as they come to market. This is a big win for our users, especially those with environments powered by vSphere and vSAN. New advancements with RDMA over Converged Ethernet, persistent memory technologies, and Read more...