Reusing vSAN claimed disks for other stuff (Like vSAN again)
Whilst in the lab recently I came into a bit of scuffle with vSAN and it’s claimed disks. Basically, I […]
Storage
Veeam Backup Maintenance – Part 2 – Full Backup File Maintenance
In Part 1 of our Veeam Backup Maintenance series, we took a look at how we can leverage Storage-level corruption
Veeam Backup Maintenance- Part 1 – Storage-level Corruption Guard
One of the tabs you may come across when setting up a Veeam backup job is the maintenance tab. Now
Friday Shorts – VMFS6, Backups, and GUIs…
A collection of interesting things I found on the internets…. A change to sub-blocks on VMFS-6 For the
Understanding Veeam and ReFS block cloning
With the introduction of Windows Server 2016 we saw a third iteration of the Resilient File System (ReFS) included. Veeam
Is there still a need for specialized administrators?
We have been hearing the cliché’s for quite some time now within the technology industry. Sayings like “Breaking down silos”
Setting up VVOLs on HP 3PAR
As I’ve recently brought a HPE 3PAR 7200 into production with an ESXi 6.0 U2 cluster I thought what a
Quick Fix – Making your inactive NFS datastore active again!
Sticking to my rule of “If it happens more than once I’m blogging about it” I’m bringing you this quick
Learning 3PAR – Part 2 – Moar Chunklets
In Part 1 we went through some of the common terminology within the HP 3PAR array and now we will go
Learning 3PAR – Part 1 – Chunklets, Logical Disk, CPGs, and Virtual Volumes
As I’m currently in the beginning phases of a HP 3PAR deployment I thought it might be a good idea