Tag Archives: Design
Design Considerations for the VMware VSA
August 30, 2011 
Sean Crookston 
Just a quick write-up on some things to consider when designing a solution involving VMware’s new Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA). I am personally very excited to see an offering of the like as many customers are currently using other VSA
Tags: How do you protect vCenter?
vCenter is more and more becoming a critical piece to remain online at all time. By no means am I saying that it wasn’t always nice or a good idea to protect vCenter, but more and more products outside of
What Is In Your VMware Design Toolbox?
The design discussion group is growing fast, with 43 members already joined in just one day. If you haven’t already joined you can here. I’ve also started the first discussion topic as noted by the title of this blog. You
Enroll in the VMware Design Study and Discussion Group
I’ve received some good feedback and quite a few people have expressed interest in one form or another and I’ve decided to get the group going effective today. While I work to pick out a meeting time/schedule please go ahead
VCAP-DCD Objective 2.1 –Map Business Requirements to the Logical Design
Knowledge List the fundamental components of the vSphere4 environment. List the fundamentals of the VMware virtualization architecture. List the phase of logical design. List the detailed steps that go into the makeup of a logical design. Skills and Abilities Define
VCAP-DCD Objective 1.2 – Gather and analyze application requirements
Knowledge Identify the virtual hardware components and limitations. Identify key performance metrics. Skills and Abilities Determine information needed in order to identify application dependencies. Given a set of applications within a physical environment, determine which applications are candidates for virtualization.
VCAP-DCD Objective 1.1 – Gather and analyze business requirements
Skills and Abilities Determine the relevant data set required to understand the current customer environment. Given a design requirement and data set within a multi-site environment, determine which components would be included in a design. Given results of a requirement
VMware vSphere Design Workshop Review
Last week I attended the VMware vSphere Design Workshop and would highly recommend it to anyone looking to gain more design experience or those who enjoy talking and discussing the implications of design decisions. The course is also listed as
