vCenter statistics settings

 Performance  Comments Off
Jan 072009
 

I’m a firm believer that better decisions are made with better information.  When you open up the Virtual Infrastructure Client and select Administration/VirtualCenter Management server configuration.  From there select statistics in the left pane.  You will see a right pane that looks something like this:

By default, Virtual Center has set the statistics level to 1.  The levels can range from 1 to 4.  Level 4 maintains the most stats on your environment and is typically used for debugging.  Continue reading »

Site Recovery Manager by example

 Disaster Recovery  Comments Off
Nov 092008
 

One of my favorite things in talking to people is when they tell me how well the software I teach them about works.  Even better is when someone will take the time to blog about their experiences.  I have had a few customers become early adopters of Site Recovery Manager.  One of the most memorable was a customer (let’s call him Virtual_JTW) whom I worked with in September.  On a Friday afternoon we ran thru configuring and setting up SRM in his environment.  We worked thru the configuration and integration with his Celerra storage.  In the end, we passed with flying colors and his Disaster Recovery test was 100% successful.  It was fun and exciting for me to watch Virtual_JTW’s reaction to the success of the test.  He felt so impressed by the results and his subsequent demonstration for his Disaster Recovery team, he felt the need to blog on the whole experience.  You can read his account of what happened as well as the test results here .