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Why vSAN Max aka disaggregated storage?
https://www.yellow-bricks.com/2024/09/06/why-vsan-max-aka-disaggregated-storage/
Published: September 6, 2024 11:20
At VMware Explore 2024 in Las Vegas I had many customer meetings. Last year my calendar was also swamped and one of the things we spend a lot of time on was explaining to customers where vSAN Max would fit into the picture. vSAN Max was originally…
vSAN Data Protection, what can you do with it today?
https://www.yellow-bricks.com/2024/07/02/vsan-data-protection-what-can-you-do-with-it-today/
Published: July 2, 2024 14:47
Last week I posted a blog about how to get vSAN Data Protection up and running, but I never explained why you may want to do this in the first place? Before we dive into it, it probably is smart to also mention that vSAN Data Protection leverages the new…
Where’s my vSAN Data Protection screen in 8.0 U3?
https://www.yellow-bricks.com/2024/06/28/wheres-my-vsan-data-protection-screen-in-8-0-u3/
Published: June 28, 2024 07:36
The first time I deployed vSphere/vSAN 8.0 U3 I immediately looked for the vSAN Data Protection UI. I always get excited about new features, and simply want to test it. I mean who doesn’t like scalable snapshots and a great way of managing snapshot…
vSAN Stretched: Why is the witness not part of the cluster when the link between a data site and the witness fails?
Published: June 25, 2024 12:24
Last week I received a question about vSAN Stretched which had me wondering for a while what on earth was going on. The person who asked this question was running through several failure scenarios, some of which I have also documented in the past here. The…
VMware Explore 2024 Las Vegas, my top sessions!
https://www.yellow-bricks.com/2024/06/19/vmware-explore-2024-las-vegas-my-top-sessions/
Published: June 19, 2024 08:37
I’ve been doing this for as long as I can remember, creating a list of my personal favorite sessions for our yearly event, VMware Explore. Of course, I created one for 2024 in Las Vegas as well. Typically these are the sessions I am going to try to attend…
Memory Tiering… Say what?!
https://www.yellow-bricks.com/2024/06/14/memory-tiering-say-what/
Published: June 14, 2024 11:38
Recently I presented a keynote at the Belgium VMUG, the topic was Innovation at VMware by Broadcom, but I guess I should say Innovation at Broadcom to be more accurate. During the keynote I briefly went over the process and the various types of innovation…
Thanks for your support!
https://www.yellow-bricks.com/2024/05/23/thanks-for-ropa-run-support/
Published: May 23, 2024 11:17
About 7-8 months ago I shared with you that I would be participating in the ROPA RUN for charity. As explained, the ROPA RUN is a charity relay running event where you start near Paris and run back to Rotterdam. Each team that participates has 8 runners…
Using vSAN Datastore Sharing aka HCI Mesh to connect OSA with ESA is that supported?
Published: April 10, 2024 12:13
I’ve seen a few questions around this, is it possible, or supported, to use vSAN Datastore Sharing aka HCI Mesh to connect OSA with ESA? Or of course the other way around. I can be brief about this, no it is not supported and it isn’t possible either. vSAN…
How to stop vCLS VMs from running on a vSphere HA Failover Host?
Published: March 18, 2024 12:12
I’ve had this question twice in about a week, which means that it is time to write a quick post. How do you stop vCLS VMs from running on a vSphere HA Failover Host? For those who don’t know, a vSphere HA Failover Host is a host which is used when a…
Unexplored Territory Podcast Episode 067 – Introducing Rubrik!
Published: February 6, 2024 11:00
You may have noticed it already, but the Unexplored Territory Podcast kind of pivoted. Instead of having two co-hosts we recently decided to only have 1 host and a guest. We noticed that during our conversations with our guests things became a bit more…