For those starting out with SRM 4.0 the following documents/links might be very useful: Site Recovery Manager 4.0 Evaluator’s Guide The Site Recovery Manager 4.0 Evaluator’s Guide is intended to provide Site Recovery Manager customers and evaluators a guide that walks them through the Site Recovery Manager workflow that has to be completed to allow for the successful and automated [...]
I’ve been receiving a lot of questions around slot sizes lately. Although I point everyone to my HA Deepdive post not everyone seems to understand what I am trying to explain. The foremost reason is that most people need to be able to visualize it; which is tough with slot sizes. Just to freshen up an outtake from the article: [...]
For those looking into implementing SRM 4.0 four KB articles have been released related to SRM 4.0: Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 4.0 Upgrade FAQ http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1013166 Using vCenter Heartbeat With SRM 4.0 http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1014266 Enabling 128-bit encryption for SRAs that use SSL: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1014232 Context-sensitive help not accessible in Internet Explorer 7: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/42104394 Requirements When Using Trusted Certificates with SRM: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1008390
VMware just released version 4.0 of SRM. Just to be clear this is not the 4th version of SRM, the version number is aligned with vCenter and ESX. I’ve highlighted the new features which I think are really really useful or exciting. Site Recovery Manager 4.0 | 05-October-2009 | Build 192921 Release Note New Features: Full compatibility with vCenter 4. [...]
I want to stress something that not everyone seems to be aware of. Below is the “roadmap” to becoming a VCDX. Please take notice of the section on when the defense take place all the way at the bottom of the roadmap. “Interview for design defense are usually hosted at VMware events.” This means: VMworld(US / Europe), Partner Exchange etc. [...]
Just noticed that a new version of the VMware View Open Client has been released: Latest Release: 4.0.0 Beta 1 (October 2, 2009) VMware View Open Client version 4.0.0 Beta 1 is now available on the Downloads page. Please see the release announcement for a summary of what’s included in this release. Features Some of the features included are: Ability [...]
John Arrasjid created a Twitter account and has been tweeting VCDX Tips over last week or so. These tips are valuable for everyone doing the VCDX Track and going for the defense. That’s the reason for archiving them on a blog post as tweets are bound to get lost in space while a blog post gets indexed by google. This [...]
