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Again issues with Storage vMotion and backup programs

11 July 2013
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Recenltly I’ve got some issue with Storage vMotion due to the “lock” function used by some backup programs. I’ve write about it related with Symantec Backup Exec, but this time was with VMware Data Protector (VDP).

Usually, backup programs disable Storage vMotion during the backup process to avoid datastore changes (and issue during the copy, considering that starting from vSphere 5.0 it’s possible use Storage vMotion also on VM with snapshots). But if the backup process fail, some backup programs does not clear this information correctly.

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The “IT divide” problem

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This was a guest post on vDestination.

Usually (especially in Country like mine) we common talk about the Digital divide that bring not equity, or at least not same opportunity, between different group. But this is mainly focused on the connectivity aspects and how accessing to broadband networks could be different and limited for somebody. But this it’s only one aspect and there are also others that must be considered! continue reading…

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Symantec Backup Exec 2012 with vSphere 5.1

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The current version of Symantec Backup Exec is still not supported with VMware vSphere 5.1, according with the Software Compatibility List (SCL). The full support will be available with the 2012 R2 release and/or with the 2012 SP2 (seems confirmed according with this post, but no official date has been announced yet).

The missing support does not mean that does not work, but it’s quite boring because you have a lot of minor issues, some not easy to understand.

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ESXi Installable vs. ESXi Embedded

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ESXi is the unified version of the VMware hypervisor, but it could be installed on a host in different way:

  • Embedded: is a OEM version usually shipped with the host
  • Installable: is the one available from the VMware download site
  • PXE: is used in the AutoDeploy environment

If could be obvios know if you have a PXE type, how is possible find if you have an Installable or Embedded version? The destination media is not enough because you can install ESXi also over the vendor’s SD card used for the embedded versions.

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Issue during the installation of VUM plugin client

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Actually VMware Update Manager works only with the “old” vSphere Client (the web edition is not yet available), and you need to install also the plugin client part on the vSphere Client.

But today I’ve got a strange issue during the installation, and was not possible complete the installation, remove it or simple fix it. The error message was:

Error applying transforms. verify that the specified transform paths are valid

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VMware Log Insight

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Last week, VMware has announced its latest analytics product: VMware vCenter Log Insight. Part of VMware vCenter, delivers automated log management through log analytics, aggregation, and search, extending VMware’s leadership in analytics to log data.

The product enables you to easily perform advanced analytics on log data aggregated across your physical, virtualized and cloud infrastructure, leading to across the board improvements in IT metrics. Log Insight is fully integrated with vCenter Operations, and the technology behind it is from our Pattern Insight acquisition last year.

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Virtualization products comparison

26 June 2013
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Virtualization products comparisons are almost common, but usually are too much (single) vendor oriented and each try to bring better conclusion on its products. So it’s difficult find something that it’s really independent. Also customer experiences could be polarized by their knowledge and the experience itself, or (and this could be worst) by a better design or architecture choice.

I’ve write something one year ago (see this post), but of course products change so things also change. So part is still valid and part must be updated.

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