Openstack is a word on many people’s lips. The Project is just over three years old, but you can feel how it has already gained mindshare and convinced important companies and people to get behind it. It’s evident from the commitment Corporations like Red Hat, VMware and HP have shown to this Open Source Software […]
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Yesterday I received an invitation from @gestaltit to Virtualization Field Day 3, Hashtag #VFD3. The homepage to the event is here: http://techfieldday.com/event/vfd3/ I’m absolutely delighted as it’s a great opportunity not only to meet some great people in the industry, hear about some of the most exciting technology directly from the vendors involved, but also […]
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In this post I want to discuss what makes an Orphan or a Zombie in a VMware environment. I also want to introduce some of my favourite tools for detecting these malodorous fiendish creatures which can wreak havoc within your virtual world. From time to time you might come across Orphaned or Zombie virtual machine […]
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Recap In my last article, I discussed a typical dual-site scenario where storage replication is used to synchronously mirror a volume or LUN object between data centers. The goal is to mitigate the risk of Data Center failure. While it does that in some ways by creating multiple copies of data, the failover process is […]
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First and foremost, vMSC stands for vSphere Metro Storage Cluster, that is, a vSphere HA/DRS cluster stretched over distance. After attending Duncan Epping & Lee Dilworths presentation at VMworld 2013 on vSphere Metro Storage Clusters (Session BCO4872), it got me thinking about writing this article. The use case for vMSC is pretty clear….to provide VM […]
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This article is in response to a recent Microsoft Technet post, published here which is a rebuttal of the content in my last post, entitled “Calling out the Phony War: vSphere and Hyper-V”. You can find that post here. In my last post I called out what I believe is vendor FUD at play. There […]
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In this post I’d like to share my recent experience of VMworld at Fira Convention Center in Barcelona. I plan to write three further posts over the coming week with some notes and commentary on what I experienced. First and foremost the logistics and facilities at Fira Convention Centre were excellent – getting around was […]
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I’m studying for VCAP-DCD (VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Datacenter Design) en route to hopefully achieving VCDX (VMware Certified Design Expert). The DCD exam is the final pre-requisite step for application and submission into the VCDX process. That is a personal goal of mine I plan to achieve next year. I did the DCD exam […]
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