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vSphere 6.0 Storage Features Part 5: Virtual Volumes
I pushed this post out a bit as I know that there is a huge amount of information out there around virtual volumes already. This must be one of the most anticipated storage features of all time, with...
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Virtual Volumes – A closer look at Storage Containers
There are a couple of key concepts to understanding Virtual Volumes (or VVols for short). VVols is one of the key new storage features in vSphere 6.0. You can get an overview of VVols from this post....
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Virtual Volumes – A new way of doing snapshots
I learnt something interesting about Virtual Volumes (VVols) last week. It relates to the way in which snapshots have been implemented in VVols. Historically, VM snapshots have left a lot to be...
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More Virtual Volumes (VVols) and Snapshots goodness
Well, I got so many questions about my previous articles on a new way of doing snapshots with VVols that I decided to take the time and get even deeper into their behaviour. In this setup, I take a...
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VM Snapshots with VSS – Traditional versus VVols
In some previous posts, I highlighted how VVols introduces the concept of “undo” format snapshots where the VM is always running on the base disk. I also mentioned that this has a direct impact on the...
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