By Duncan Epping, Principal Architect.
Technical Marketing Update 2012 – Week 21
White papers:
As mentioned last week, here it is the first white paper that was in the pipeline. This white paper was written by Lee Dilworth, Ken Werneburg, Frank Denneman, Stuart Hardman and I. It is a white paper on vSphere Metro Storage Cluster solutions and specifically looks at things from a VMware perspective. Enjoy!
- VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster (VMware vMSC) is a new configuration within the VMware Hardware Compatibility List. This type of configuration is commonly referred to as a stretched storage cluster or metro storage cluster. It is implemented in environments where disaster/downtime avoidance is a key requirement. This case study was developed to provide additional insight and information regarding operation of a VMware vMSC infrastructure in conjunction with VMware vSphere. This paper will explain how vSphere handles specific failure scenarios and will discuss various design considerations and operational procedures. http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10284
Blog posts:
- HA split brain, which VM prevails? (Duncan Epping) http://bit.ly/LbKrOa
- A closer look at the View Composer API for Array Integration (Cormac Hogan) http://bit.ly/KCBOd4
- How to Deploy an OVF/OVA in the ESXi Shell (William Lam) http://bit.ly/JyHr08
- DRS clusters and allocating reserved memory (Frank Denneman) http://bit.ly/J8B3Y9
- Tighter Integration between EMC VNX Storage and VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite Announced Today (Joseph Dieckhans) http://bit.ly/Lnplck
- An introduction to Storage DRS (Duncan Epping) http://bit.ly/KHPW98
- NFS Block Sizes, Transfer Sizes & Locking (Cormac Hogan) http://bit.ly/KI8MZJ
- VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster Case Study Technical Paper available (Frank Denneman) http://bit.ly/JOAbOm
- SDRS maintenance mode impossible because “The virtual machine is pinned to a host.” (Frank Denneman) http://bit.ly/Knh0sD
- Cool contest: Tell your VC Ops story and win a FREE VMworld ticket (Duncan Epping) http://bit.ly/Kd65Ra
- vCLI + ESXCLI Authentication Options (William Lam) http://bit.ly/JL9M3v
- Mem.MinFreePct sliding scale function (Frank Denneman) http://bit.ly/MJBONj
- Automating SSL Checks for vCenter and Host Certificates with #PowerCLI (Alan Renouf) http://bit.ly/MvYluu
- Introduction to the vSphere API Part 3 – Inventory Hierarchy (William Lam) http://bit.ly/MzxZru
- Oldies, but goodies – Site Recovery Manager Setup Videos (Cormac Hogan) http://bit.ly/JISRsJ
- How do I use das.isolationaddress[x]? (Duncan Epping) http://bit.ly/KfUq5A
- How to Deploy ESXi 5 Using Razor & Puppet (William Lam) http://bit.ly/MNDHbC
