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RDMs with SRM 5.0

December 21, 2012munishpalmakhija

Procedure Create the LUN for RDM disks Add the RDM Disk to the VM Initialize and Format the disk from Operating System Copy some data on the RDM LUNs Ensure newly added RDM disk shows replicated in Protection Group Perform Test/Actual Recovery

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Add Host to vCenter Server 5.1

December 10, 2012munishpalmakhija

Access the web client using following link https://<IPAddress: 9443/vsphere-client> àEnter the credentials. Default credentials are root and vmware You would see following screen Click vCenter. It will display following screen Click vCenter Servers and It will display the vCenter Server Right on the Server Name and Click New Datacenter Specify…Continue readingAdd Host to vCenter Server 5.1

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Create Cluster in vCenter Server 5.1

December 10, 2012munishpalmakhija

Create on Hosts and Clusters view and expand the Datacenter and Right Click select New Cluster It will display New Cluster Wizard We will enable HA/DRS simultaneously It will create new Cluster with the name specified Once the Cluster is created we can move the Host to the Cluster Right…Continue readingCreate Cluster in vCenter Server 5.1

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Datastore Monitoring

December 10, 2012munishpalmakhija

Purpose To obtain the average writes (Kbps) to Data store’s Pre-requisites • VMware Power CLI • Statistics Level has to be set to Level 2 in vCenter Function • It calculates Average Writes (Kbps) to Datastore per Hosts • It averages data for every 5 minutes • Maximum duration it…Continue readingDatastore Monitoring

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Lctree

December 10, 2012munishpalmakhija

Lctree is a tool designed for the visualization of linked clone VM trees created by VMware vCloud Director. Linked clone is a feature available in vSphere that creates a clone of a VM from a snapshot point. The new VM’s disks are not full copies of the source disks, but…Continue readingLctree

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I/O Analyzer

November 9, 2012munishpalmakhija

VMware I/O Analyzer is a virtual appliance solution, which provides a simple and standardized way of measuring storage performance in VMware vSphere virtualized environments. I/O Analyzer supports two types of workload generator: IOmeter for synthetic workload and trace replay for real-world application workload. It collects both guest level statistics as…Continue readingI/O Analyzer

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VMware Virtual Disk Monitoring Script

November 9, 2012munishpalmakhija

Purpose To obtain the average writes (Kbps) on each of the virtual disks of Virtual Machines Pre-requisites ·VMware Power CLI ·Statistics Level has to be set to Level 2 in vCenter Function · · It calculates Average Writes (Kbps) of each virtual disks of the virtual machine o It…Continue readingVMware Virtual Disk Monitoring Script

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VMware SRM Actual Failover and Failback

November 9, 2012munishpalmakhija

It is a five steps process for Failover and Failback 1.Protect the VMs on the Primary SiteThis is the initial step where you configure Protection Group, it protects the VMs 2. Failover the VMs to Recovery SiteWhen disaster happens we need to initiate failover from Primary Site to Recovery Site 3. Re-Protect…Continue readingVMware SRM Actual Failover and Failback

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VMware SRM Test Recovery and Cleanup

November 7, 2012munishpalmakhija

We can test the Recovery Plan we created which will mean it will start the VMs in a bubble network (isolated network) and ensure it will coming up or not. Select the Recovery Plan and Click Test Following are the tasks performed Following are the Recovery Steps SRM Adds temporary…Continue readingVMware SRM Test Recovery and Cleanup

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VMware SRM Configuration

November 7, 2012munishpalmakhija

Following steps demonstrates the Configuration of SRM 5.0 Server. Connect the Sites You will be presented with Certificate Warnings. You need to install the certificate so that it doesn’t prompt you next time Setup Inventory Mappings Resource Mappings Highlight the ISLAB Cluster à Click on Configure Mapping Folder Mappings Highlight…Continue readingVMware SRM Configuration