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VMworld 2012: SPO3292 – Veeam Backup & Replication: Tips and Tricks

VMworld 2012: SPO3292 – Veeam Backup & Replication: Tips and Tricks

Session abstract While Veeam works great right out of the box, it also provides a lot of options for configuring and tuning your backup infrastructure. Anton Gostev (@Gostev) and Doug Hazelman (@VMdoug) share expert insights and practical advice for VM backup. What’s the best and safest way to configure direct SAN backups? When is network processing mode a better choice than hot add? How to efficiently write Veeam backups to deduplicating storage, to another site, or to the cloud? What…

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VMworld 2012: INF-BCO2655: VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance for Multiprocessor Virtual Machines

VMworld 2012: INF-BCO2655: VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance for Multiprocessor Virtual Machines

Session abstract This session will describe exciting new developments in implementing VMware vSphere® Fault Tolerance (VMware FT) for multiprocessor virtual machines. This new technology allows continuous availability of multiprocessor virtual machines with literally zero downtime and zero data loss, even surviving server failures, while staying completely transparent to the guest software stack, requiring absolutely no configuration of in-guest software. In this technical preview, we will outline the virtues of VMware FT, provide a detailed look at the new technology enabling…

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VMworld 2012: INF-VSP1196: What’s New with vCloud Director Networking

VMworld 2012: INF-VSP1196: What’s New with vCloud Director Networking

Session abstract One of the most complex components of a vCloud Director implementation arises from the complexity that comes from flexible networking. Networking in vCloud Director is not a solution by itself. It needs to be looked at as a platform on top of which complex networking solutions can be built. The networking framework consists of many layers and components that need to be put together properly in order to provide a functional and secure networking solution. This session will…

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My VMworld 2012 Schedule

My VMworld 2012 Schedule

VMworld Barcelona is starting tomorrow (today if you are a partner/instructor) so I decided to post my schedule :-). Feel free to come and say hi if you see me! Tuesday Oct 9 GS01: IT Transformation as the Enabler of Business Transformation and Delivering the Promise of the Software-defined Datacenter INF-VSP1196: What’s New with vCloud Director Networking INF-VSP1168: Architecting a Cloud Infrastructure INF-BCO2655: VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance for Multiprocessor Virtual Machines—Technical Preview and Best Practices INF-NET2313: Software-Defined Networking and Security…

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New Fling: VIB Author by VMware Labs

New Fling: VIB Author by VMware Labs

VMware Labs released a new Fling called VIB Author. The download is available as RPM package and the total size is about 1GB. The RPM package can be installed on SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2. Quote taken from the Fling page: The VIB Author tool allows ESXi administrator to create custom VIBs at the Community Supported level. VIB stands for vSphere Installation Bundle and is a way of packaging programs that run on ESXi hosts. The custom VIBs can then…

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