SRM 8.3 and vSphere Replication 8.3 bring in long awaited features,UI changes, security and performance improvements. In this blog we shall be going over some of the features and enhancements which you may consider to upgrade from the previous releases to this version as soon as possible as these features helps to …

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In this guide we will be looking at how we can use different storage policy on vSAN datastore to fine tune performance for the virtual machines running on a vSAN Datastore . We will look at different tools which can be run from the guest level and also few tests run with HCIBench . Before you start reading thru this …

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We all know that there is a newer version of HCIBench 2.0 which was announced last month I was able to deploy and run this on one of the All-Flash Clusters , all new changes significantly seemed to have improved user experiences from the previous version . I request you to go thru “Detailed Guide for HCIBench-1.6x ” if …

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This guide will walk you thru all the new features about SRM 8.2 and vSphere Replication and steps to install , configure , manage and migrate to SRM 8.2 . Also covers all the new functionalities around vSphere Replication Aplliance 8.2 How to Install , Configure and Manage SRM 8.2 and VR 8.2 ? How to migrate from …

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Here is a detailed guide on how we may approach ways to optimize a vSAN cluster to deliver best performance on a cluster and find your answers to your questions. How do we assess vSAN performance ? What can I expect from a specific hardware? How best can we tweak vSAN clusters to achieve best performance ? What are the …

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Here is a quick and easy guide to convert a normal vSAN cluster to a stretched cluster & converting a stretched cluster to a regular vSAN cluster . Converting a Standard vSAN cluster to Stretched Cluster I can categorize the tasks we will need to perform when we convert a normal cluster to a stretched cluster into …

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I have been asked about re-configuring replication for a VM without deleting the destination folder for a VM which is already replicated . In a traditional storage , we were simply renaming the folders on the destination datastore (Can be a local or a remote site) , we used to re-name the folder at the target site , …

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vSAN Support Insight was introduced last year with the release of vSAN 6.6.1 ( VC/ESXi 6.5 U1 Patch 02 and above) . It is a phone home system leveraging the existing vCenter Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP). Health, performance, and configuration information for VMware Support and engineering. Once …

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I have been asked about vSAN encryption a lot these days as the security requirement and standards are exponentially increasing in the IT industry . Data encryption is a key factor to make sure mission critical data are not stolen . Here is a quick and simple guide to configure vSAN-encryption with a Hy-Trust appliance …

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