VM-Aware » NetApp http://www.vm-aware.com Server, Storage & Application Virtualisation! Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:28:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= en hourly 1 NetApp SnapManager VI 2.0 Released http://www.vm-aware.com/2009/10/netapp-snapmanager-vi-2-0-released/ http://www.vm-aware.com/2009/10/netapp-snapmanager-vi-2-0-released/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:17:28 +0000 Paul Shannon http://www.vm-aware.com/?p=486 NetApp have finally released the latest and greatest version of their SnapManager for VI product.

An essential addition to any infrastructure running both VMware & NetApp it allows guaranteed crash consistent versions of Virtual Machines to be replicated to secondary sights.

New functionality and enhancements include:

  • Singe file restore (SFR)
  • A single wizard for creating manual and scheduled backup jobs
  • New backup job options:
    • The ability to include independent disks
    • The ability to exclude specified datastores
    • The ability to trigger prebackup or postbackup scripts per backup job (the scripts must be in the server/scripts folder on the SMVI server before you can select them in the SnapManager 2.0 for Virtual Infrastructure user interface)
  • An advanced find option to search for specific backup jobs:
    • Most recent backup (default)
    • Backups within a specified time period
    • Backups that include VMware snapshots
  • New restore granularity option (besides SFR):
    • VMDKs

So a lot going on here and certainly worth the wait.  You can grab a copy now from the NOW site.

]]> http://www.vm-aware.com/2009/10/netapp-snapmanager-vi-2-0-released/feed/ 0 NetApp Release Virtual Storage Console http://www.vm-aware.com/2009/10/netapp-release-virtual-storage-console/ http://www.vm-aware.com/2009/10/netapp-release-virtual-storage-console/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:48:28 +0000 Paul Shannon http://www.vm-aware.com/?p=476

NetApp have released the eagerly anticipated Virtual Storage Console:

It does a lot of useful things for a 1.0 release, but probably the most important are the remediation options for the following:
  • Storage adapter timeouts
  • Multipathing settings
  • NFS settings
  • Guest OS disk timeout values
  • Correct misaligned disk partitions
It is available for vSphere ESX & ESXi right now from the NOW site.  I will be providing more information on this useful utility very soon.

Enjoy!
]]> http://www.vm-aware.com/2009/10/netapp-release-virtual-storage-console/feed/ 0 A-SIS or FlexClone or Both? http://www.vm-aware.com/2008/08/a-sis-or-flexclone-or-both/ http://www.vm-aware.com/2008/08/a-sis-or-flexclone-or-both/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:34:03 +0000 Paul Shannon http://www.vm-aware.com/?p=255 Scott Lowe has written an article that discusses the pros & cons of FlexClone & A-SIS when used in conjunction with a VMware environment.

If you are just getting to grips with these technolgies (like me) it is a very useful starting point to understand how the two technologies may work with VMware.

I was investigating it when used with VMware VDI so there are a few very useful tips indeed.

]]> http://www.vm-aware.com/2008/08/a-sis-or-flexclone-or-both/feed/ 0 NetApp SRM Adapter Discussed http://www.vm-aware.com/2008/07/netapp-srm-adapter-discussed/ http://www.vm-aware.com/2008/07/netapp-srm-adapter-discussed/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:55:03 +0000 Paul Shannon http://www.vm-aware.com/?p=153 Nick Triantos has posted another brilliant post over at his Storage Nuts & Bolts blog about VMware Site Recovery Manager and the adapter that NetApp have created to plug into SRM.

The article talks about what is supported in the SRA (Site Recovery Adapter) including:

  • SnapMirror integration with SRM
  • Support for Sync, Async & Semi Sync
  • Dissimilar H/W configuration support
  • FC & iSCSI Support
  • FlexClone support for DR testing

He also ponders on what VMware might want to consider for future releases including:

  • Multiple live sites to a single DR site
  • Failback as well as Failover
  • NFS Support

If you can it is well worth bookmarking his site, or even better using the RSS feed to get the new posts immediately.

]]> http://www.vm-aware.com/2008/07/netapp-srm-adapter-discussed/feed/ 0 NetApp Open Systems SnapVault for Virtual Infrastructure http://www.vm-aware.com/2008/06/netapp-snapvault/ http://www.vm-aware.com/2008/06/netapp-snapvault/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:31:25 +0000 Paul Shannon http://www.vm-aware.com/?p=113 Following on from an earlier post NetApp have released an updated best practices guide for the Open Systems SnapVault.

A 24 page beauty that will get you heading in the right direction with this new development.

Download the pdf here.

]]> http://www.vm-aware.com/2008/06/netapp-snapvault/feed/ 0 VMware Site Recovery Manager & NetApp Storage http://www.vm-aware.com/2008/06/vmware-site-recovery-manager-netapp-storage/ http://www.vm-aware.com/2008/06/vmware-site-recovery-manager-netapp-storage/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:21:07 +0000 Paul Shannon http://www.vm-aware.com/?p=114 NetApp are trying to make sure that they are riding the top of the wave that is being created by SRM. To this end they have started releaseing some technical documents around SRM in NetApp environments.

You can read the first Technical Report here. Running at 42 pages it is pretty in-depth.

]]> http://www.vm-aware.com/2008/06/vmware-site-recovery-manager-netapp-storage/feed/ 1 NetApp Open Systems SnapVault for VI3 http://www.vm-aware.com/2008/06/netapp-open-systems-snapvault-for-vi3/ http://www.vm-aware.com/2008/06/netapp-open-systems-snapvault-for-vi3/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:49:32 +0000 Paul Shannon http://www.vm-aware.com/?p=110 NetApp have released a powerful new addition to the Open Systems SnapVault range for VMware Virtual Infrastructure.

OSSV installs directly into the VMware ESX service console and acts as a very light-weight interface to backup Virtual Machines on NetApp storage and non-NetApp storage. It works best with NetApp Protection Manager, but works well as a stand-alone product.

]]> http://www.vm-aware.com/2008/06/netapp-open-systems-snapvault-for-vi3/feed/ 4 NetApp Rocks!! http://www.vm-aware.com/2008/02/netapp-rocks/ http://www.vm-aware.com/2008/02/netapp-rocks/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:10:51 +0000 Paul Shannon http://www.vm-aware.com/blog/?p=47 I haven’t posted for a while, because I’ve been on holiday, but this video blew me away so much that I had to post:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Miv0PiJFzM

I found it whilst catching up on RTFM posts and I think you’ll agree it is pretty awesome what NetApp can do in terms of time saving in any space, but especially the VDI area.

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