This was a fun reminder that time synchronization, like reverse DNS lookup, is critical to infrastructure. tl;dr, verify ESXi host time synchronization before deploying PSC and VCSA. While deploying the new vCenter Server 6.5 for our “production” demo lab,...
Backup from Storage Snapshots using Veeam Veeam Backup & Replication offers integration with certain storage arrays, including Nimble Storage, for VM snapshot offloading. Backup from Storage Snapshots offers optimizations to the backup process. The primary benefit for implementing Backup from...
At first I was hesitant towards VMware’s Virtual Volumes (VVols) due to growing pains with Virtual SAN’s initial release and the benefits of Nimble Storage’s VMVision providing VM-level analytics; however, after getting my hands dirty to validate deployment steps,...
On October 13th I was awarded with the VCAP6-DCV Deployment certification that completes the requirements for the VMware Certified Implementation Expert 6 – Data Center Virtualization (VCIX-DCV). @Mordi_s’ vPentathlon study guide was an invaluable resource when practicing before the exam....
InfoSight’s VMVision is agentless per-VM monitoring, providing clear visibility into latency and performance across host, network, and storage layers.
In part 1 of the Nimble Storage InfoSight Introduction, we covered array overviews, historical performance monitoring, and cache utilization (churn). Part 2 will look at the Wellness, Reports, and Dashboard sections.
InfoSight is Nimble Storage’s “predictive analytics engine”. InfoSight is a SaaS support and monitoring portal provided by Nimble Storage for all customers. InfoSight collects and analyzes sensor data points from every single array. In fact, every four hours InfoSight collects and...
HPE 3PAR Volume Management The 3PAR Operating System has a logical volume manager that provides virtual volume abstraction. Part 1 is a quick overview to explain the architecture at a high level and provide a basic introduction to the concepts. [Link...
After attempting, for the first time, the VCAP5-DCD exam on February 04, 2015, I was quite disappointed with the result. I felt confident about many of the topics discussed, but I knew I was definitely weak on a few...
After “upgrading” to Windows 10 with a fresh installation, I was immediately greeted with a lovely error message when attempting to open PowerCLI: Connect-VIServer : The term 'Connect-VIServer' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script...