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....
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Tag: 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...
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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. ...
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Friday Shorts – VMFS6, Backups, and GUIs…
A collection of interesting things I found on the internets…. A change to...
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Understanding Veeam and ReFS block cloning
With the introduction of Windows Server 2016 we saw a third iteration of the Resilient File System...
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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...
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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...
Read MoreQuick 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 post around an issue I’ve seen a few times in a certain environment. Although this is solved...
Read MoreLearning 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 into a bit more detail about one of them – the Chunklet! A Chunklet is a key player in how the 3PAR aims to utilize all...
Read MoreLearning 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 to write a few posts centering around some of the concepts built around the 3PAR architecture. For the most part I can relate...
Read MoreResizing the root partition of the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA)
There are many side effects of a root file system filling up – server halts, unexpected application crashes, slowness, midnight wake up calls, etc. And the root file system on the VCSA is no exception – in fact, I found it...
Read More#VFD5 Preview – NexGen
Alright here’s another company presenting at VFD5 in Boston that I recognize, but know very little about! Thankfully the Stanley Cup playoffs are done and I now have a little extra room in my brain to take in all the info that...
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