Changing policies on-the-fly with VVols
Last week, I was presenting at the VMware User Group (VMUG) event in Poland. My topic was SPBM, Storage Policy Based Management. This is the framework for consuming data services, whether these are...
View ArticleDoes Storage vMotion rename Virtual Volumes also?
I had another question recently about whether or not the Storage vMotion behaviour of renaming VM files on a VMFS or NFS datastore also worked with Virtual Volumes or VVols? After a quick test, I can...
View ArticleBig news from Pure Storage
There was lots of big news yesterday from our friends over at Pure Storage. First of all, we had an announcement about their Virtual Volume (VVol) implementation going GA. This is very exciting for me,...
View ArticleRegistering the Pure Storage VASA Provider
Hot on the heels on Pure Storage’s recent announcement on Virtual Volume (VVol) support, I wanted to take a closer look at their VVol implementation for myself. Thanks to the support team over at Pure,...
View ArticleWhat’s in the vSphere and vSAN 6.7 release?
Today VMware unveils vSphere version 6.7, which also includes a new version of vSAN. In this post, I am going to highlight some of the big-ticket items that are in vSphere 6.7 from a core storage...
View ArticleA closer look at VVol snapshot policies on Pure Storage with vSphere 6.7
I am in the very fortunate position of having access to a Pure Storage array, and this has been recently updated to support Virtual Volumes. With my new 6.7 vSphere cluster, I finally found some time...
View ArticleVendors I plan to check out at #VMworld 2018
It’s here. VMworld 2018 is underway. I’ve just spent a great week in Nashville, a place I have wanted to visit for the longest time. Now it’s almost time to head to the airport and catch my flight to...
View ArticleSite Recovery Manager support for vVols – Tech Preview from VMworld 2019
Regular readers will be aware that I have been spending a lot of my time on Cloud Native Storage topics these days, whether it is bubbling up how Kubernetes clusters are consuming vSphere storage...
View ArticleVideo of HCI Spotlight Session from #VMworld now available #HCI3551KE
This week at VMworld in Barcelona, I was honored to be able to co-present the HCIBU Spotlight Session with our GM and SVP, John Gilmartin. I noticed that the full video is now available online on the...
View ArticlevSphere 7.0, Cloud Native Storage, CSI and vVols support
With the release of vSphere 7.0, we also announced enhancements to our Cloud Native Storage (CNS) offering. One of the new features that we now offer in vSphere 7.0 is the ability to provision Virtual...
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