EMC RecoverPoint for virtual machines 4.2: Architecture Overview

In November, EMC released RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 4.2 (RP4VM) which allows replicating virtual machines with virtual machine level granularity. Recover Point for virtual machines is a new competitor of VMware Site Recovery Manager and Zerto Virtual Replication. Some main features: Recovery Point Objective (RPO) - zero or seconds. (Sync or async replication available) RecoverPoint… Read More »

How to recover missing .vmx and .vmdk (descriptor file)?

This week, I've done an upgrade vSphere from 5.0 to 5.5 U2 with latest patch. After upgrading one of ESXi host and rebooting it, I realized that one VM's .vmx, .vmdk files dissapeared and VM was shown as "inacessible" in the vCenter inventory.  Fortunately after investigating datastore, we could find "VM-flat.vmdk" file. It has not… Read More »

NetApp Virtual Storage Console 5 for VMware vSphere - Overview.

Virtual Storage Console 5 for VMware vSphere software is a single vCenter Server plug-in that enables you to manage complete virtual machine end-to-end lifecycles in VMware environments using NetApp storage systems. VSC integrates  with the VMware vSphere Web Client and enables you to use single sign-on (SSO) services. In addition, the VSC Summary page enables… Read More »