Tag Archives: VMware

Do RDMs need MPIO?

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Anthony Vandewerdt

I got a great question the other day regarding VMware Raw Device Mappings: If an RDM is a direct pass though of a volume from Storage Device to VM, does the VM need MPIO software like a physical machine does? … Continue reading →

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VMworld 2013 – a view from the expo floor

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Anthony Vandewerdt

So I just spent four days manning the Actifio stand in the expo hall at VMworld 2013.   I wish I could tell you about all the amazing sessions I attended, but that wasn’t why I was there (although I … Continue reading →

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Is auto VM-protection a good idea?

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Anthony Vandewerdt

VMware snapshot backups rock. They are fast, easy and frankly quite popular.  The ability of a data protection product to leverage changed block tracking is proof positive of the power of the hypervisor. One topic we frequently debate at Actifio … Continue reading →

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If you dedup empty space, is it unbelievable?

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Anthony Vandewerdt

My colleague Micah Waldman,  recently pointed out this blog post from Veeam: How to Get Unbelievable Deduplication Results with Windows Server 2012 and Veeam Backup & Replication! | Veeam Software … This post leads you to a YouTube video that you … Continue reading →

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VMware VAAI corruption issue with DS3500

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Anthony Vandewerdt

IBM recently released a flash for DS3500 and DCS3700 entitled: RETAIN tip H206954: Data corruption issue using XCOPY in VAAI   The contents of the flash are shown at the bottom of this post, so if you are a DS3500 user, … Continue reading →

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Going to VMware vForum?

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Anthony Vandewerdt

Going to VMware vForum  in Sydney? We sure are and we would love to see you there. We are looking forward to vForum in Sydney, November 14-15 and we just wanted to reach out and ask you to drop by … Continue reading →

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VMUGs, VMware, Clouds and Giveaways – it’s a perfect mix!

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Anthony Vandewerdt

I love VMUGs, I love conventions, I love VMware and I love giveaways, which means I love working for Actifio even more!    At Actifio we are going to have a few busy weeks as we hit the region as … Continue reading →

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Why ALUA is a very cool acronym

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Anthony Vandewerdt

For way more years than I want to accept, most operating systems were clueless about Fibre Channel networks.   Totally clueless. Of course I am kinda talking ancient history… plus my expectations of now distant operating systems like Windows NT … Continue reading →

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VMware SRA for SRM 5.0 with SVC and Storwize V7000 V6.3

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Anthony Vandewerdt

One common question that I hear on a regular basis regards the availability of an SRA for VMware SRM 5.0 when using Storwize V7000 or IBM SVC running V6.3 firmware.   This combination is currently unsupported as per the alert … Continue reading →

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Performance and bench-marking tools

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Anthony Vandewerdt

So you need to do some disk performance testing?   Maybe some benchmarking?  What tools are out there to help you out?   Well I am glad you asked… here are some that I use on my daily travels: IOmeter … Continue reading →

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