Duncan and I released the vSphere 5.1 Clustering deepdive book this week. The book contains the new features of the vSphere 5.1 suite. We rewrote the Storage DRS chapter and have added a complete new chapter focusing on Stretched Clusters.
Font changes
The challenge for us was to include all the new content in the book without allowing the book to grow beyond its trademark dimensions. To achieve this we used a different font and decreased the font size, this resulted in a growth of 80 pages, making it 415 pages instead of the 505 pages if we used the previous font. Please note that although we decreased the font size, this did not decrease the legibility of the book.
Special cover
The cover is designed in such a way that you can actually have multiple copies with all different shades of orange, dare I say 50 shades of Orange. 😉
We hope you enjoy the new version of the vSphere clustering deepdive series. It’s available in Paperback and Kindle format.
Paper copy – $ 24.95
Kindle version – $ 7.49
My public VMworld schedule
This year will be an action-packed VMWorld for me, presenting sessions, participating in two panel sessions, hosting a group discussion and available in two “Meet the expert” sessions.
Presenting the following sessions:
INF-STO1545 – Architecting Storage DRS Datastore Clusters
INF-VSP1683 – VMware vSphere Cluster Resource Pools Best Practices
Panel sessions:
(TAM Day) – ASK THE EXPERTS
INF-VSP1504 – Ask the Expert vBloggers
Hosting the GD22 – Resource management (DRS/SDRS) group discussion. I invited Anne Holler (Lead engineer DRS) to host this session together with me.
During Meet the Experts session 13 and session 17 I’m available for short meetings to answer your resource management (DRS\SDRS) questions.
Here is the week schedule of the sessions/events/activities that I will be taking part of, be sure to sign up if you have not already:
Sunday (TAM Day):
14:35 – 15:35 : ASK THE EXPERTS
Monday:
14:30 – 15:30 : INF-VSP1504 – Ask the Expert vBloggers
16:00 – 17:00 : GD22 – Resource Management
Tuesday:
12:30 – 13:30 : INF-STO1545 – Architecting Storage DRS Datastore Clusters (Repeat session)
15:00 – 16:00 : INF-VSP1683 – vSphere Cluster Resource Pools Best Practices
Wednesday:
08:30 – 09:30 : INF-STO1545 – Architecting Storage DRS Datastore Clusters
12:30 – 13:30 : Expert 13
Thursday:
12:00 – 12:00 : Expert 17
Fab-four: VMWorld 2012 sessions approved
This morning I found out that my four sessions are accepted. I’m really pleased and I am looking forward to presenting at each one of them. Two sessions, Architecting Storage DRS Datastore Clusters and vSphere Cluster Resource Pool Best Practices are also scheduled for VMWorld Barcelona.
Session ID: STO1545
Session Title: Architecting Storage DRS Datastore Clusters
Track: Infrastructure
Presenting at: US and Barcelona
Presenting with: Valentin Hamburger
Session ID: VSP1504
Session Title: Ask the Expert vBloggers
Track: Infrastructure
Presenting at: US
Presenting with: Duncan Epping, Scott Lowe, Rick Scherer and Chad Sakac
Session ID: VSP1683
Session Title: vSphere Cluster Resource Pools Best Practices
Track: Infrastructure
Presenting at: US and Barcelona
Presenting with Rawlinson Rivera
Session ID: CSM1167
Session Title: Architecting for vCloud Allocation Models
Track: Operations
Presenting at: US
Presenting with Chris Colotti
Can’t wait to attend VMworld 2012! See you there.
Blog post on blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/
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SDRS maintenance mode impossible because “The virtual machine is pinned to a host.”
VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster Case Study Technical Paper available
As of today the VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster Case Study Technical Paper is available at http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10284
VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster (VMware vMSC) is a new configuration within the VMware Hardware Compatibility List. This type of configuration is commonly referred to as a stretched storage cluster or metro storage cluster. It is implemented in environments where disaster/downtime avoidance is a key requirement. This case study was developed to provide additional insight and information regarding operation of a VMware vMSC infrastructure in conjunction with VMware vSphere. This paper will explain how vSphere handles specific failure scenarios and will discuss various design considerations and operational procedures.
For me this is a new milestone as this is my first published white paper. I had the honor and pleasure of collaborating with Duncan Epping (DuncanYB), Ken Werneburg (@vmken), Stuart Hardman (@shard_man) and Lee Dilworth (@LeeDilworth) on this paper. Working with industry-leading experts, testing all sorts of scenario’s and listing to them analyzing and brainstorming was inspiring and very educational. Not only is this content great for customers who are interested in vSphere Metro Storage Cluster solutions, but is very educational for people who are interested in HA in general. A must read!