So firstly, I’d just like to say that this is not designed to offend anyone… I have a great respect for VMware but I have noticed a few things recently that have gotten me concerned. Now, I come from a time (not too long ago) when I remember logging onto the VMware web site and was only able to download […]
So Veeam Backup & Replication v7 is just around the corner. As always the details of the exact release date are unknown but as this is going to be a significant release, Veeam have decided to tease us all by announcing the larger of the enhancements every couple of weeks. It was originally believed that there were only going to […]
Okay, so the key thing with any Disaster Recovery solution is to test it to make sure that it works… the unfortunate situation is that most companies will not allow you to go ahead and power down the production systems to confirm that Disaster Recovery will work. This therefore means that we have to come up with solutions to try […]
Released on 15th May 2013 The VMware Whitepaper on ‘Graphics Acceleration in Horizon View Virtual Machines: Deployment Guide’ is available to download now from: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vmware-horizon-view-graphics-acceleration-deployment.pdf This document discusses the benefits of the different types of graphics acceleration available for VMware Horizon View virtual machines. In addition, the document provides information on how to implement and troubleshoot each graphics technology.
So this is a bit of a controversial modification to make to the hosts connecting to IBM XIV storage. By default when using the Round Robin multipath policy in VMware (as advised for IBM XIV Storage), the path will only change after receiving 1000 IOPS. The controversy begins around the decision to modify this setting. Some users have experienced significant […]
I came across an interesting situation when performing a Test recovery using VMware SRM, I received the following error: I performed a quick google to try to find a solution to the error message but there wasn’t anything listed, the only suggested solution I could find was to uninstall VMware SRM, reinstall it using a new database… this was not […]
This was a bit of a strange one that I came across when trying to upload the ESXi 5.1 Update 1 iso to an Update Manager in preparation to upgrade an ESXi 4.1 host to the latest version. I was able to select the iso file but then came across the following error message when trying to actually upload it: […]
The final stage of our process is to go ahead and perform a failover and failback of some virtual machines. This should be performed using an unimportant virtual machine… please note that during the recovery and failback process, the source virtual machine will be powered off and therefore there will be a network outage to the virtual machine. Once you […]
The next stage is to test our recovery plan. You should always test the recovery plan prior to performing a recovery (unless you are in a situation where testing isn’t possible). The testing will identify any problems that need to be rectified prior to performing a real failover. Under the ‘Recovery Plans’ section of the SRM portal, click the ‘Protection […]
Now we reach the stage of creating a recovery plan. Click ‘Recovery Plans’ in the Site Recovery Manager portal Click ‘Create Recovery Plan’ You are now asked to select the site where the VMs will be recovered, select the desired site, then click ‘Next’ Now you should tick the ‘Protection Groups’ to be included in this recovery plan to select […]