Storage Fixes in VMware ESX Server 3.5 Update 2
VMware just released Update 2 for VMware ESX Server 3.5 (Virtual Infrastructure), and it includes some storage fixes of note: Support for Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) for filesystems Windows Server...
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Storage Changes in the VMware vSphere 4 Family
VMware officially launched their next-generation (version 4) enterprise family of products today under the “vSphere 4″ name. As I’ve been doing for the last few major ESX releases, I’m focusing this...
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Storage Changes in VMware vSphere 5
VMware officially launched their next-generation (version 5) enterprise server virtualization product line this week under the “vSphere 5″ name. As I’ve been doing for the last few major VMware...
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What is VMware VASA? Not Much (Yet)
VASA allows a "provider" application to tag vSphere storage with a "capabilities" string The list of VMware storage integration features in vSphere is growing at a rapid pace. From backup to enterprise...
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Virtual Machine Mobility: Of What, and to Where and in What State?
Stepping out of a subway car is an entirely different matter when it's moving! Mobility of virtual machines is a sticky wicket. As open systems infrastructure becomes increasingly virtualized,...
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Storage Changes in VMware vSphere 5.1
As I have done since version 3.5, I’m charting the storage changes in VMware’s latest release of vSphere, 5.1. Detailed at VMworld but not released as of this writing, vSphere 5.1 is lauded for...
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