vSAN Performance
We all know that there is a newer version of HCIBench 2.0 which was announced last month I was able to deploy and run this on one of the All-Flash Clusters , all new changes significantly seemed to have improved user experiences from the previous version . I request you
SRM-VsphereReplicaiton
This guide will walk you thru all the new features about SRM 8.2 and vSphere Replication and steps to install , configure , manage and migrate to SRM 8.2 . Also covers all the new functionalities around vSphere Replication Aplliance 8.2 * How to Install , Configure and Manage SRM 8.2
vSAN Performance
Here is a detailed guide on how we may approach ways to optimize a vSAN cluster to deliver best performance on a cluster and find your answers to your questions. How do we assess vSAN performance ? What can I expect from a specific hardware? How best can we tweak vSAN
vSAN Troubleshooting
Here is a quick and easy guide to convert a normal vSAN cluster to a stretched cluster & converting a stretched cluster to a regular vSAN cluster . Converting a Standard vSAN cluster to Stretched Cluster I can categorize the tasks we will need to perform when we convert a normal
SRM-VsphereReplicaiton
I have been asked about re-configuring replication for a VM without deleting the destination folder for a VM which is already replicated . In a traditional storage , we were simply renaming the folders on the destination datastore (Can be a local or a remote site) , we used to re-name
vSAN-general
vSAN Support Insight was introduced last year with the release of vSAN 6.6.1 ( VC/ESXi 6.5 U1 Patch 02 and above) . It is a phone home system leveraging the existing vCenter Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP). Health, performance, and configuration information for VMware Support and engineering. Once
vSAN-general
I have been asked about vSAN encryption a lot these days as the security requirement and standards are exponentially increasing in the IT industry . Data encryption is a key factor to make sure mission critical data are not stolen . Here is a quick and simple guide to configure vSAN-encryption
vSAN Troubleshooting
There are many questions revolving around different layers of vSAN back-end architecture and how we can isolate problems with vSAN or in general approach towards troubleshooting a problem with vSAN . Here is an article which can help you isolate and potentially resolve a problem which involves a vSAN environment
SRM-VsphereReplicaiton
New Blog Post for “How to install , configure and Migrate to SRM 8.2” ,if you are interested to deploy SRM 8.2 instead of SRM 8.1 . SRM 8.2 comes with the appliance edition and is far more easier and faster to deploy and configure . This was just
vSAN Troubleshooting
I highly encourage you to check out my previous blog to understand how vSAN encryption works before you jump into troubleshooting problems with vSAN and a KMS server . This blog should give you a general approach towards troubleshooting problems with vSAN-encryption and also be able to look at a
vSAN Troubleshooting
At many times we may see issues with webclient reporting a 120 second time out and we are unable to manage vSAN from the configure (Cluster ⇒ Configure ⇒ vSAN ) and monitor (Cluster ⇒ Monitor⇒ vSAN ) for vSAN . However from the SSH the cluster is health with no issues . This is generally indication
vSAN Troubleshooting
At many times we wonder why we are not able to re-apply policy on a vSAN object or a virtual machine , it may be grayed out and many VMs on the vSAN datastore shows up as non-compliant . Here is a complete guide which helps you understanding the role