Where can I find documentation for vSphere 5 - mainly for VMWare Data Recovery version 2.0 ? ThanksJD
Vmware Data Recovery 2.0
Network Redesign with ASA5510
With my Virtualization project I am looking into redesigning the network, however I'm having a difficult time visualizing the configuration to get the correct security and everything I want in place. Basically I will be reusing an ASA5510 with (4) FastEthernet (one connected to internet) and (4) GigabitEthernet interfaces. I will also be purchasing two layer 3 PoE switches to handle the routing for the following VLAN networks: DMZGUESTLANP2P VPN (Terminated at the ASA5510)VMs
Server and raid configuration for vmware
Hello,I will make a server with internal storage with VMWare free (esxi) to virtualize for webhosting. My plans for server is: Supermicro X8DTT-IBQFDual Xeon E564548GBs RAM DDR3 Reg4x Seagate SAS 15k 600GBsAdaptec 6405 + Adaptec Flash Module 600 (AFM 600) Any recomendations or advices? Are componets is works in vmware?
SAN Appliance Choices
I've been currently pulling my hair out over SAN vendors, for various reasons. At our current proposal (EMC 5300 + 3100 for DR) we're looking at around $47k.
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Storage vMotion very Slow
Oringally we P2V'd a server to our ESX Cluster that was setup like this:Physical: 1000Mb/Full NIC, 130Gb of DataESX Host: 100Mb/Half Service Console; 1000Mb/Full vMotion; FC SAN 4Gb ConnectivityConverter was installed on the Physical machine, IP of ESX Service Console was given and one of the Datastores on the FC SAN was selected as the target destination. The IP of the Physical machine and the IP of ESX hosts Service Console are on the same subnet/LAN The process ran at roughly 125MB/Min.
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