Demo – Dynamically Enforcing Security on a Hot Cloned SQL Server with VMware NSX
VMware NSX is a software defined solution that brings the power of virtualization to network and security….
Top Ten things to consider when moving Business Critical Applications (BCA) to the Cloud (Part 2 of 3)
In the first part we looked at public, private and Hybrid Cloud and their characteristics. In this…
Top Ten things to consider when moving Business Critical Applications (BCA) to the Cloud (Part 1 of 3)
The cloud transformation is now for real. Customers have a stated long-term goal of running a…
Updated: Microsoft SQL Server on vSphere Best Practices Guide
Microsoft SQL server is the most virtualized enterprise mission critical application today. In recent years it…
Updated for vSphere 6 – SAP on VMware Best Practices guide
SAP production support for vSphere 6 was available from the latter half of last year – see…
New paper on Virtualizing SAP on vSphere on All Flash Storage
SAP HANA is the preferred database for all future SAP applications. Columnar databases and the in…
Now Updated: Microsoft Exchange Server on VMware vSphere Best Practices Guide
Microsoft Exchange Server is one of the mission critical applications most commonly virtualized on the vSphere…
Completely Disable Time Synchronization for your VM
Some administrative practices, like a bad habit, have more lives than the proverbial cat – they…
Storage I/O control for critical apps is a great idea
Recently, I have been asked this question: should we enable Storage I/O control on datastores used…
Virtual Volumes and Storage Policy-Based Management for Databases
Virtual Volumes and Storage Policy-Based Management for Databases In the first part of this series we…
Oracle Real Application Clusters on VMware Virtual SAN
Oracle Real Application Clusters on VMware Virtual SAN VMware Virtual SAN VMware Virtual SAN is VMware’s…
Crash consistent backups and database cloning with Virtual Volumes
In the first part of this series we provided a high level view of the benefits…
Hyper-threading doesn’t count for virtual SQL licensing
There’s a fair bit of confusion around licensing SQL that is virtualized and I have been getting questions…
Virtual Volumes for Database Backup and Recovery
In the first part of this series we provided a high level view of the benefits…
Protect your applications with vCloud Air Disaster recovery service
Earlier this year VMware released a new vCloud Air service for Disaster Recovery that brings business…
Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS): Reference Architecture with VMware and Tintri
Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) is a real-world example of cloud computing that delivers databases and database applications through…
Oracle, VMware and Extended Distance Oracle Real Application Clusters on vSphere Metro Storage Cluster
Oracle, VMware and Extended Distance Oracle Real Application Clusters on vSphere Metro Storage Cluster Nowadays a…
Harnessing the Power of Storage Virtualization and Site Recovery Manager to Provide HA and DR Capabilities to Business Critical Databases – VAPP4634
Harnessing the Power of Storage Virtualization and Site Recovery Manager to Provide HA and DR Capabilities…
Virtual Volumes: A game changer for operations of virtualized business critical databases
This is first of a series of posts on deploying vSphere Virtual Volumes for Tier 1…
The debate about disabling Hyperthreading in virtualized Exchange server is over
Anyone that virtualized Exchange server in recent years had stumbled into this conundrum: should I disable…
SAP on VMWare Availability and Recovery Guide
SAP provides a range of enterprise software applications and business solutions to manage and run the…