Pribeh o konci servisnej konzoly

Verzia ESX 4.1 je posledna verzia so servisnou konzolou.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tktk6iIjmI&feature=player_embedded

VAAI - vStorage APIs for Array Integration alias potvrdenie kvality NetApp rieseni

VAAI Plug-in pre VMware vSphere 4.1 spristupnuje SCSI primitivy, ktore pre zvysenie vykonu, umoznuju diskovemu polu vyuzit niektore VMware operacie a to na urovni meta data. V podstate su pridane tri nove SCSI prikazy, ktore musi vediet pouzit dane pole.
Su to tieto:
Full Copy – Xcopy like function to offload work to the array
Write Same -Speeds up zeroing out of blocks or writing repeated content
Atomic Test and Set – Alternate means to locking the entire LUN

The ATS primitive reduces the number of commands required to successfully acquire an on-disk lock.
VAAI calls for an ATS primitive to atomically modify a sector on disk without the use of SCSI reservations and the need to lock out other hosts from concurrent LUN access.

http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/2010/11/how-vstorage-apis-for-array-integration-change-the-way-storage-is-handled.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+VmwareKnowledgebaseBlog+%28Support+Insider%29


Existuje storage riesenie, ktore zintegrovalo spominane funkcionality v roku 2007!
Je to NetApp:
http://blogs.netapp.com/virtualstorageguy/2010/07/vmware-vsphere-vaai-demo-with-netapp.html

Dalsie info:
vStorage APIs for Array Integration FAQ
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021976
Hladaj retazec VAAI v dokumente Full Storage Compatibility Guide a najdes polia, ktore dokazu pouzit VAAI primitivy.
http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide/pdf/vi_san_guide.pdf

Zoznam diskovych poli podporujucich VAAI:
http://v-reality.info/2010/10/list-of-vaai-capable-storage-arrays/

Nova moznost kontroly kompatibility VMware produktov

VMware pridal novu moznost ako okontrolovat vzajomnu kompatibilitu VMware produktov.

Zdroj:
VMware Product Interoperability Matrix
http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/sim/interop_matrix.php