“If you can create it with physical devices, you can build it in your own vCloud”. That’s something I always tell my customers when advising on VMware vCloud. Same goes for VMware vCloud Network and Security, which in my opinion hasn’t shown its full potential to customer yet. Thankfully Shubha Bheemarao and Ranga[...]
Unfortunately @FrankDenneman will be leaving VMware to join PernixData. But before leaving us he has written een excellent whitepaper on Storage DRS. If you want to know in depth what Storage DRS is all about : Read this whitepaper!
You may choose to protect VMware vCenter Server using third-party clustering solutions including, but not limited to, MSCS (Microsoft Cluster Services) and VCS (Veritas Cluster Services). VMware does not certify these third-party solutions. VMware will offer best effort support for any issues encountered with an environment that uses third-party solutions for protecting against VMware vCenter downtime.
VMware KB 1024051
VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) is the highest level of VMware certification, achieved by dedicated professionals who have demonstrated exceptional skill in VMware enterprise deployments. To earn a VCDX, professionals must create a complete enterprise VMware design and undergo an arduous defense at the hands of some of the world’s[...]
Backup is hot topic when discussing your vCloud Director architecture setup. Until recently there was no real integration with vCloud Director and most backup vendors. Most of them could backup vCloud vApps, but did so without the metadata that is required to restore the vApp in the vCloud (i.e. which[...]
Apache Hadoop provides a platform for building distributed systems for massive data storage and analysis using a large cluster of standard x86-based servers. It uses data replication across hosts and racks of hosts to protect against individual disk, host, and even rack failures. A job scheduler can be used to[...]
Automation will become key in the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC). VMware recently invested in Puppet Labs. Now a new plugin is released for managing vSphere and vCloud Network and Security (vCNS) within the virtual infrastructure. This again is a great step in the direction enabling customer to create the[...]