vSAN Failure Management vSAN Failure Management This video explains failure management with vSAN and how Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM) can be leveraged to minimize or eliminate VM operational impact. VMware Social Media Advocacy
vSAN Objects
#vSAN Objects vSAN Objects This video describes how vSAN leverages a new storage architecture of objects and components to efficiently distribute storage load in a vSAN cluster. VMware Social Media Advocacy
vSAN 2-Node Cluster
#vSAN 2-Node Cluster vSAN 2-Node Cluster This video explains the 2-node cluster vSAN configuration suited for small vSphere environments. VMware Social Media Advocacy
vSAN Striping
#vSAN Striping vSAN Striping This video explains how disk striping occurs with vSAN. VMware Social Media Advocacy
vSAN Stretched Clusters
vSAN Stretched Clusters vSAN Stretched Clusters This video explains stretched-cluster deployments with vSAN. VMware Social Media Advocacy
Captain vSAN and the Case of the Cluster…
Captain vSAN and the Case of the Cluster License Mystery Captain vSAN and the Case of the Cluster... Excitement was in the air for the technology team of Beast Mode, Inc. After months of planning, some shiny new vSAN ReadyNodes finally arrived at the datacenter. The implementation team gathered ...Read More VMware Social Media Advocacy
Update VCSA 6.5
If you want to update your vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 (VCSA) there are many ways, here is one I use the most. Note: Before you start updating check all dependencies and interoperapilities! ESXi, vSAN, NSX, Horizon,vRealize and a lot of other VMware products as well as all 3rd party products using APIs and Interfaces of... Continue Reading →
ESXTOP for vSAN
With vSphere 6.0 vSAN became a part of ESXTOP. By pressing "x" when in ESXTOP you can see what´s happening with your vSAN. ROLE NAME OF THE VSAN DOM ROLE READS/S READ... Continue Reading →
vSAN sparse swap files
With vSAN 6.2 you can save a lot of capacity if you use the new feature called "sparse VM swap object". It will deploy the swap file of every VM stored in vSAN as sparse. So you are able to safe nearly all of your VMs RAM inside the vSAN datastore. Setup: Use SSH/Putty to... Continue Reading →