Introduction vSphere Virtual Volumes (vVols) simplify storage management by enabling joint control between the storage array and vCenter for deploying and managing volumes. This integration, however, introduces new operational workflows. This blog outlines the manual process for configuring vVol replication and recovering Virtual Machines (VMs) on a secondary site without utilizing Site Recovery Manager/Live Site […]
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Cloning vVols VMs from Snapshots on Pure Storage in vCenter
One of the exciting parts of joining Pure was getting back to a full-featured storage product with snapshots. I know to some that sounds about as thrilling as hold music on a customer service line. But as someone with a history in storage, I went through a period where I covered products that were seriously […]
To vSphere 7.0 U1 and Beyond!
If you have logged in to twitter at all this week, you may have realized it was launch week for VMware. Props to all the folks in technical and product marketing that I use to work with, I know that this is always a crazy time and all the content I’ve seen out there looks […]
Cloning Operations in vSphere
Speed and automation is a high priority for many IT organizations. This is especially true when you think of your customers (employees or customers that consume your IT services.) Expectations have changed from months to years, to days and weeks and sometimes even seconds. If I can download an app on my phone and get […]