It seems like these lists are getting longer and longer every week and also more challenging to create. I hope people use them and appreciate them, leave a comment (or retweet it / like it on FB) if you do so I get a sense about it.
White paper:
- VMware vCloud Director 1.5 resource allocation models white paper – Frank Denneman
Resource design for vCloud Director 1.5 involves examining requirements to determine how best to partition and organize resources. With the commoditization of infrastructure resources, the ability to scale them becomes increasingly important. When designing for vCloud Director, keep in mind that the ultimate consumers of the product are the end users of the system. Taking a top-down approach to vCloud Director design necessitates an understanding of the new abstractions introduced in the vCloud API and how they map to traditional VMware vSphere® objects. This paper was developed to provide additional insight and information as to how vCloud Director allocation models relate to vSphere resource management. The paper reviews and discusses various design considerations and operational procedures.
Blog posts:
- @VMwareStorage at VMworld 2012 Barcelona (Cormac Hogan) http://t.co/hzepPkJP
- @DuncanYB at VMworld 2012 Barcelona (Duncan Epping) http://t.co/CFSs9MlK
- Automating ESXi 5.1 Kickstart Tips & Tricks (William Lam) http://bit.ly/Rp2cPP
- Back to Basics: Install, configure and use vSphere Replication (Duncan Epping) http://vmwa.re/143
- vSphere 5.1 Storage Enhancements – Part 8: Storage I/O Control (Cormac Hogan) http://t.co/YJVykAfu
- Performance Best Practices for VMware vSphere 5.1 Guide Published (Mark A) http://t.co/oOlFYcgc
- My VMworld Europe Sessions (Frank Denneman) http://t.co/PJo6Pugt
- VMworld Barcelona (Alan Renouf) http://t.co/ZDQCb68x
- Heads Up! vSphere 5.1 & EMC Storage (Cormac Hogan) http://t.co/7asfXB7G
- Back to Basics: Install, configure and use vSphere Data Protection (Duncan Epping) http://vmwa.re/144
- VM Storage profiles and Storage DRS – Part 1 (Frank Denneman) http://t.co/GV7AL5d9
- vSphere 5.1 Storage Enhancements – Part 9: Storage DRS (Cormac Hogan) http://t.co/tPT7M80u
- Quick Host Profile Reports (Alan Renouf) http://t.co/QXpL4NHs
- A Pretty Cool Method of Upgrading to ESXi 5.1 (William Lam) http://t.co/rWq5ULM0
- My vCenter Server 5.1 appliance crashed and I was using VDP… now what? (Duncan Epping) http://t.co/tZLDnIEy
- Storage DRS and Storage Profiles – Part 2 – Distributed VMs (Frank Denneman) http://t.co/sXeUtrLo
- Protecting vCenter Server – HA or Heartbeat? (Duncan Epping) http://vmwa.re/146
- vSphere 5.1 Storage Enhancements – Part 10: 5 Node MSCS Support (Cormac Hogan) http://t.co/1fRe8dL8
- What’s New in vCenter Server Heartbeat v6.5 (Justin King) https://t.co/qv0jiEcF
- Need some help getting your vCenter Single Sign On Configured? (Justin King) https://t.co/aEOEUOQf
- Technical paper: “VMware vCloud Director 1.5 Resource Allocation Models” available for download (Frank Denneman) http://t.co/4GjBahpo
- Pure Storage adds vCenter Web Client Plugin, VAAI, iSCSI & more to new release (Cormac Hogan) http://t.co/8XQrTl4U
- Enabling PDL enhancements in a non-stretched environment? (Duncan Epping) http://t.co/fpFWVH5H
- Want to learn more about vCenter Single Sign On ? Check out this link with resources (Alan Renouf) http://t.co/KWtvnKYs
- A host has failed, which VMs were impacted and restarted by HA? (Duncan Epping) http://vmwa.re/148
- Configuring Additional Windows vSphere Web Client 5.1 Servers (William Lam) http://t.co/U0F3L8ja
- What’s New in VMware vCloud Networking and Security 5.1 (Venky Deshpande) http://t.co/BxMcedQ1
- Say goodbye to the “Transfer LUN” aka “Swing LUN” aka “Stepping Stone” (Duncan Epping) http://vmwa.re/149
- How to create VM to Host affinity rules using the web client (Frank Denneman) http://t.co/GclD8mNb
- Can I protect my vCenter Server with vSphere Replication? (Duncan Epping) http://vmwa.re/14a
- Tintri adds new VM-aware features and VAAI Support (Cormac Hogan) http://t.co/SrTEWypJ
- Default Password for vCenter SSO Admin Account on VCSA (William Lam) http://t.co/PVQ5xbNT
Enjoy, Duncan.