SimpliVity – vHersey – VCDX Two to the Seventh Power (#128)

March 26, 2018 Hersey

SimpliVity VM Data to SimpliVity Host Mapping

A quick powershell script using the SimpliVity REST API I put together to identify the location of VM primary data and secondary data.

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February 19, 2018 Hersey

HPE SimpliVity Federation Design

This post provides an overview of HPE SimpliVity Federation design focusing on the HPE SimpliVity Arbiter’s function, the Arbiter’s requirements, and the placement of the Arbiter along with some guidance on the design of the vCenter environment supporting an HPE SimpliVity Federation. This post also includes two HPE SimpliVity Federations design examples.

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February 14, 2018 Hersey

SimpliVity Virtual Networking

Configuring virtual networking in a SimpliVity environment is simple and flexible. There are a few requirements for connectivity to support the SimpliVity Data Virtualization Platform (DVP) but beyond that the virtual/physical networking is configured as it would be in any vSphere environment. This post provides an overview of the requirements of the virtual network to support the SimpliVity DVP along with details on different physical connectivity options to support management and virtual machine traffic.

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November 13, 2017 Hersey

Quick SimpliVity Daily Backup Report Powershell Script

Just a quick powershell script I put together for a customer which uses the SimpliVity REST API to generate a report of the SimpliVity Backups taken in the last 24 hours.

SimpliVity Storage

November 3, 2017 Hersey

SimpliVity VM Backup Policy Matches Default Datastore Backup Policy

Using Powershell and the SimpliVity REST API to compare the configured Virtual Machine SimpliVity Backup Policy with the Datastore Default SimpliVity Backup Policy.

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October 31, 2017 Hersey

HPE SimpliVity vBrownBag Build Day

Last week the vBrownBag guys did a HPE SimpliVity 380 live build day.

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April 3, 2017 Hersey

Copy SimpliVity Backups to another SimpliVity Cluster

I put together a powershell script which uses the SimpliVity REST API to automate copying backups across OmniStack Clusters.

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March 23, 2017 Hersey

Checking VMs for SimpliVity Storage HA

When performing maintenance, upgrades, etc, on a SimpliVity host it is important to verify SimpliVity VMs are in a safe Storage HA state. A safe Storage HA state, or Storage HA equal to Yes, means the virtual machine’s data is fully synchronized and protected in the SimpliVity cluster.

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March 17, 2017 Hersey

Quick SimpliVity OmniStack Capacity Script

This is a quick script, SVT-Fed-Capactiy.ps1, I put together using Powershell and the SimpliVity REST API to report available, free, and used capacity information for OmniStack Clusters in a SimpliVity Federation, and the OmniStack hosts in each Cluster.

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March 8, 2017 Hersey

Microsoft Failover Cluster in a Box on SimpliVity

This is a White Paper I worked with SimpliVity Product Management on to provide details on how to implement and operate a Windows Failover Cluster on SimpliVity OmniStack systems. It also details how availability is provided across different failure scenarios

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February 28, 2017 Hersey

SimpliVity Getting Started Guide

This “getting started” guide introduces you to the SimpliVity hyperconverged infrastructure. It also steps you through performing common management tasks