A few weeks ago I released a post in regards to my finishing of the Troubleshooting vSphere Storage book. This has been a lot of work and I’ve had a lot of help from the community in getting this book completed.
Writing a book is not a simple task. It involves research, lab time, and focus. And then there is the editing, both grammatically and technically – which can be even more work than the writing itself!
I tried to gear this book towards the vSphere Admin. The “jack of all trades” system administrator. Hopefully readers will find the knowledge and how to within the book to solve common storage issues that tend to spring up within a vSphere environment. The book is broken into three main subjects of focus; troubleshooting connectivity, troubleshooting contention and troubleshooting capacity. If you’d like to purchase the book you can do so by visiting the landing page on Packt’s website and following the various channels.
Tis the season for winning
That said – Tis the season right? The season for giving! That’s why I’m happy to announce that I have three eBook versions of Troubleshooting vSphere Storage to giveaway over the next week or so. A little light reading to enjoy over the xmas holidays!
As you can see by the little widget below, I’ve opted to use PunchTab to gather the entries for this contest. It’s hectic trying to follow Twitter hashtags and what not so I thought “Hey, why not use a CaaS (contest as a service) solution. Sorry for all the PunchTab branding but this is what you get when you use a free service 🙂
So how do you enter? It’s easy, leave a comment, send a tweet and follow me! That will get you three entries! Just make sure you do it through the widget below. I’ll have PunchTab pick three random winners at the end of the contest (end of Sunday, December 15th) and announce the winners shortly thereafter. Good luck and let me know what you think of the book!
Looking forward to chapters 2 and 4 the most, don’t we all suffer from contention!
Chapter 1 – more understanding about PSA and I/O requests
Chapter 2 – esxtop, you can always learn more!
I think that Chapter 4: Troubleshooting Storage Contention may prove extremely valuable in dealing with performance issues amongst a group of VMs with differing workloads.
Chapter 2: Commonly Used Tools for Troubleshooting Storage
Chapter 2: Commonly Used Tools for Troubleshooting Storage. Thanks!
Chapter 4: Troubleshooting Storage Contention looks very interesting. The subject of looking at vSphere features to help with latency, contention, placement, and compliance is my main interest.
Definitely interested in Chapter 4, since storage contention is the bane of performance in virtual environments.
Is anyone else getting an issue with the widget where the official “tweet” is too long for twitter?
Just remove the actual blog post link rather than PunchTab link as it works as a referral for 5 points! 😉
Chapter 2: Commonly Used Tools for Troubleshooting Storage
Chapter 2: Commonly Used Tools for Troubleshooting Storage
I liked the precise content. However, as others has mentioned already, I am looking forward to read Chapter 4! 🙂
“Chapter 5: Troubleshooting Storage Capacity and Overcommitment” will help me alot in my future projects.
Don’t have a lot of experience on the storage side, so I’m looking forward to chapter anything – and the ability to load the contest widget!
Chapters 2 and 5 are going to be my main interest, both for my own use and in teaching others.
Chapter 4: Troubleshooting Storage Contention and Appendix A: Troubleshooting Steps looks like most interesting for me, it is always good to have systematic/steps approach 🙂