My colleague, Russell Pope, and I have been creating a blog series about Pure Storage FlashArray’s NFS capabilities for VMware, part 1 is here and part 2 is here. It’s been a great experience, especially for me, as most of my background is in block storage. As we delve into our VMware integration, I wanted […]
Category: vSphere
How to Convert a pRDM to a VMDK: The Simple Step-by-Step Guide
Intro I’d like to address the rumor—which I apparently started myself—that I am the official RDM evangelist. That couldn’t be further from the truth. In that same spirit, I thought this was a great opportunity to show how I’ve helped customers migrate off of RDMs. This particular customer wanted to move away from RDMs as […]
How-to: Convert a vVol Data Disk to an RDM After a Storage vMotion
From vVols to RDMs: A Strategic Migration Guide The announcement of vVol deprecation in VCF 9.0 had sysadmins everywhere checking their calendars to make sure it wasn’t April 1st. Nope, it’s just another Tuesday in IT, where ‘stable’ is a four-letter word and your five-year plan now has a shelf life of about five minutes. […]
A Guide to Manual vVol Replication and Recovery on Pure Storage (Without SRM)
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 […]
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 […]