I’ve been conducting VCDX Defense Interviews for a while now. Last week in Las Vegas during PEX something struck me and I guess this post by Frank Denneman is a good example…
On a regular basis I come across NFS based environments where the decision is made to store the virtual machine swap files on local [...]
Archive for the ‘BC-DR’ Category
Where should you get SRA’s from?
December 18th, 2009
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I received Michael White’s(VMware BCDR Specialist SE) weekly newsletter over the weekend and the following is a question I also receive on a regular basis so why not blog it?!
I had a disagreement with a friend about where to get SRA’s from. He was under the impression that we didn’t have the arrays in our [...]
VMTN Podcast number 71, vStorage API
November 4th, 2009
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This weeks topic of the VMware Communities Roundtable was the vStorage API. It was most likely one of the most technical roundtables in months. Especially the part about the Virtual Disk Development Kit (aka VDDK) was educational! If you missed the episode you can download it here or subscribe to the podcast with iTunes here!
Here [...]
SRM 4.0 Evaluator Guide
October 8th, 2009
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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 [...]
SRM 4.0 KB Articles
October 6th, 2009
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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
vSphere 4.0 Quick Start Guide