vSphere Migration von 5.5 auf 6.7 ohne VM Downtime mit “VM-Shipping”

vSphere Migration von 5.5 auf 6.7 ohne VM Downtime mit “VM-Shipping”

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Die meisten kennen es, der Kunde möchte seine vSphere Umgebung gern auf den aktuellen Stand gebracht haben oder von einer alten Umgebung auf die neue migrieren, aber fast alle VMs sind Business-Critical, oder dürfen aus anderen Gründen nicht ausgeschaltet werden.

Eigentlich kein Problem, wenn man die Umgebung von 5.5 auf 6.5 upgraded, möchte man allerdings direkt von 5.5 auf 6.7 oder von einer 5.5 auf 6.7 migrieren, ist das nicht möglich da die älteste unterstützte Version bei vSphere 6.7 die Version 6.0 ist.

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HCI in a Box – mobile Datacentre

HCI in a Box – mobile Datacentre

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I built a mobile HCI system for my on-site presentations at the customers. You can read the hardware/software construction steps here:

Setup Nutanix CE All-Flash NVMe – Part 1
Setup Nutanix CE All-Flash NVMe – Part 2

So you could call this article Part 3

First of all, let’s look at the requirements for this HCI System in a Box. The most important thing for me was that it is portable and quickly operational.

The customer and me simply don’t have the time to set up a functional showcase in 15-20 minutes. Also I did not want to check every time whether all cables are there. So I thought, that it is a good idea, to built a portable system.

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Setup Nutanix CE All-Flash NVMe – Part 1

Setup Nutanix CE All-Flash NVMe – Part 1

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Today I want to build a Nutanix CE All-Flash 4 Node Cluster together with you. The first part is about the Hardware/Software Requirements, Image Deployment on the USB-Sticks for the operation system and the third part is about configuring the cluster completely and doing some tests.

Attention: I will run the 4 node Nutanix CE cluster with unsupported NVMe SSD drives. In case of doubt you should rely on SATA SSD Drives!

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Nutanix Technology Champions 2019 Announcement

Nutanix Technology Champions 2019 Announcement

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Today Angelo Luciani (Nutanix Community Manager) announced the Nutanix Technology Champions (NTC) 2019.

I’m honored to be one of the chosen ones for the third time in a row.
A list of all Nutanix Technology Champions can be found here

I would like to thank Angelo for his excellent work for the vCommunity. It’s always a pleasure with you! Thanks for the great pre-Christmas present.