Using thin-provisioned volumes is a great way to optimize resources in a virtual environment. This can be applied at both the hypervisor level as well as the storage area network level. When utilizing both a VMware and EqualLogic (EQL) volume, in cases where both volumes...
For virtual machines to be able to check in to the Symantec Security Virtual Appliance, they must have Endpoint Security (EPSEC) 2.0 drivers. If Symantec Endpoint Protection is deployed on to a virtual machine with the correct policy, but without the EPSEC drivers, the Security...
With a VMware infrastructure, one application that can add a large amount of footprint on an environment is the antivirus solution. Since many of the operating system files in a VMware environment, particularly VMware Horizon View, are redundant, one of the best ways to reduce...
As virtualization continues to grow in popularity, many vendors are now creating easy-to-deploy virtual appliances for their products. Virtual appliances can be deployed by deploying an open virtualization format template (OVF Template), which is typically distributed as an OVA package. This article explains how to deploy...
For many businesses, using thin provisioned volumes is the best way to optimize a virtual machine environment. This can be applied at both the hypervisor level and the storage area network level. In the case of VMware and EqualLogic (EQL), although both can be used...
Recently, Dell released the PowerEdge VRTX - a complete solution platform for small to medium businesses. You can read more at http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/poweredge-vrtx/pd. Currently, the PowerEdge VRTX does not support ESXi version 5.5. If you are planning on upgrading to this in the future using the VSphere Update Manager,...
One of the great things about virtualization and VMware is the ability to take snapshots of a virtual machine. The snapshot feature allows an IT administrator to make a restore point for a virtual machine that is crash consistent. This feature is particularly useful when...
Encountered a weird issue in Veeam 6. We had migrated from one server to another, and the replica jobs suddenly all started hanging. The job as a whole showed "Waiting for processing resources availability", and the individual machines showd "Resource not ready: VI proxy". We had...
We have been using and recommending Veeam for quite some time. The local backup product has been very solid, and always improving. The replication piece of the software on version 5 was quite non-functional. If you're considering setting up replica jobs, make sure your support...
Summary/Purpose This article is meant to give an overview of Veeam 6.0 on VMware, give other users an idea of our experiences, provide some general recommendations, and to provide a recommendation to adjust the Backup Proxy Transport setting to fix a processing speed issue that is...
We utilize Veeam's Backup & Replication product for local backups as well as offsite DR replication. The software is overall very good, but can have some quirks if things don't go as planned. One issue we hit is longer-running replica jobs might conflict with local...
During a recent install of a three-host ESXi cluster with an EqualLogic PS6000XV and redundant, dedicated iSCSI switches I noticed a peculiar issue with the number of paths to SAN volumes each server reported. The hosts had four ports allocated to iSCSI traffic, and all...
I recently posted an article describing how to install Dell OpenManage on your ESXi host using the CLI command. I have since found an update that works using an SSH connection to the server without making changes to the file. Here are the steps I...
If you have had problems installing Dell OpenManage from a Windows workstation this article should help with the process. Download the CLI tools from http://www.vmware.com and install them. If you already have them make sure you have the current release or errors will still occur. Download the...
One of the most common questions I hear when talking about implementing a VMware environment is related to backups. How do you back up a virtual machine? It is possible to use existing methods involving remote agents for backup software, but they are often complicated...
This topic has been around for awhile but, since we provide EqualLogic iSCSI SANs as part of our product offering, I thought I would write about it. Jumbo frames are units that contain 9,000 bytes of data instead of the usual 1500, or an MTU of...
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