Wow.... ok..... so this was an interested announcement to receive. Whilst I kind of understand that VDP wasn't really deployed by the masses, it was still nice to be able to have a free backup solution if you were deploying a small VMware environment. The EoA of vSphere Data Protection pretty much means anyone wanting … Continue reading End of Availability of vSphere Data Protection
Tag: Backup
Upgrading vCenter Server from 5.5 to 6.0u1
Now that VMworld Europe is over I've had more time to sit down and look at MTI's Solution Centre and decided that I’d take the opportunity to upgrade my company’s primary demo environment to vSphere 6.0. Previously I had held off doing an upgrade because we run a PernixData demo environment on our main ESXi … Continue reading Upgrading vCenter Server from 5.5 to 6.0u1
ESXi bug – backing up 128GB vdisks and CBT
So I read about this issue a week or so ago when this bug started doing the rounds in the VMware communities and The Register picked up on the issue.... I was planning to blog about it but it slipped my mind due to a busy end of month! >_<" Anyways, VMware have sheepishly recognised the bug … Continue reading ESXi bug – backing up 128GB vdisks and CBT
VMworld 2013: Next-Gen Backup
VMworld 2013: Next-Gen Backup So during my searches online for all things VMworld related, I stumbled across this interesting blog entry by VirtualGeek regarding backups..... always a bane of any VMware admin! It seems that EMC and VMware have shacked up once again and the new features on Avamar 7 shows a tighter integration with … Continue reading VMworld 2013: Next-Gen Backup
The Virtual Unknown 