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vSAN vs Traditional Storage Array

GrahamJuly 22, 2017July 27, 2018

I've been putting notes together for a while with regards to vSAN and how it differs from Traditional Storage Arrays. Naturally, the choice between the two depends on your requirements but it's becoming obvious that the use cases for vSAN are growing on every release. Here are my quick overview...

VMware Cloud VMware vRealize (Aria)

vROps – Installation

GrahamFebruary 12, 2017October 22, 2017

There are three install options for VROps 6.4. Windows, Linux and the OVA. In this post we'll look at the preferred OVA installation. The OVA can be considered as more secure (Effectively a black box that admins will be less tempted to modify) and performs better since it's isolated from other...

vSphere

How do you kill a VM that will not power off?

GrahamFebruary 12, 2017February 12, 2017

Sometimes a virtual machine will not power off via the web client. To resolve this, the process is very simple: Enable SSH on the host that the VM is running on: 2. Login to the host via SSH 3. Run the following command: esxcli vm process list 4. Find the...

VMware SRM vSphere

The problem with point in time snapshots and vSphere Replication

GrahamFebruary 4, 2017October 22, 2017

vSphere Replication is a nice, simple solution to replicate Virtual Machines from one site to another. It helps protect your business against most common threats to the data center and furthermore it's included in vSphere standard and above at no extra cost. Some vSphere Replication users will notice an option...

VMware vRealize (Aria)

vRealize Operations Manager – Monitor any IP & port for Availability and Response time!

GrahamJanuary 18, 2017October 22, 2017

A while back I was looking for a vROps management pack that would ping IP addresses to check availability and response time for a given list of endpoints. A search of the VMware Solution Exchange returned nothing however recently I discovered the Port Adapter management pack. Initially from reading the...

VMware vSAN

[VIDEO] VMware vSAN 6.5 – Install, configure, test in 4 minutes

GrahamJanuary 14, 2017January 17, 2017

This short video covers: Enabling vSAN 6.5 Configuring vSAN options Running a VM on vSAN Verifying duplication and compression ratios (See it in action!) Running built-in proactive vSAN tests https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diYw-YT6o-I...

VMware SRM

VMware Site Recovery Manager – Connection Error 503

GrahamJanuary 7, 2017January 16, 2017

A few days ago I was presented with a Site Recovery Manager 5.5.1 install that was not functioning. The problem was first noticed when trying to login to SRM via the vSphere C# Client Connection Error: Lost connection to SRM Server The Server could not interpret the client's request. (The...

vSphere

VMware License Tracker Tool

GrahamJanuary 3, 2017January 3, 2017

Have a VMware license key? Want to check any of these details? License status Quantity Contract status Support level Upgrade history Login to the MyVmware portal and go to http://www.vmware.com/support/secure/tracksn.do?vmware=trackSN Enter your licenses View results Select a license or contract for more detail ...

vSphere

VMware Fast Lane Support – Speak with support in seconds !

GrahamJanuary 2, 2017

The MyVMware app by VMware gets you connected to support via phone in seconds for P1 support cases. You need the app installed and you must have a Business/Mission Critical support agreement. If you don't have that level of support agreement, the app is still useful to review licenses and...

VMware SRM VMware vRealize (Aria)VMware vSAN vSphere

VMware Products End of General Support 2017

GrahamJanuary 1, 2017October 22, 2017

The following notable VMware products will reach end of general support in 2017. This generally means that you will no longer be able to log service requests, receive updates, upgrades, bug or security fixes. Access to the general VMware knowledgebase and VMTN forums will still be available. Product End of General...

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