Changes to Hyper-V Setup

In 4.5 we've completely overhauled the Setup_hyperv.py scripts and moved most of them into Prism! Check out the new workflows:

One note - SCVMM setup is still done from the command line, so if you're using SCVMM in your environment simply login to one of your CVMs after running through these steps and run "setup_hyperv.py setup_scvmm"

Advantages of the whitebox appliance model

Recently I saw the following tweet from a well-known VMware blogger

And had flashbacks to some nightmares I had back while working at Cisco.  At Cisco we commonly had to build custom ISOs to handle a variety of custom drivers (Nexus 1000v VEM, VIC drivers for Eth/FC, VM-FEX driver, etc).  If you didn't do this right you were SOL, and if you did choose "ignore compatibility warnings" to upgrade anyway, then you were likely going to have to reinstall.  Looking at the official guide to creating a custom ISO, you've got a lot of steps to get right and won't know if you were successful until you try to install.

Tech TopX: ESXi performance troubleshooting

One of our RTP SREs covers ESXi Performance troubleshooting in this episode of Tech TopX!

Tech TopX: Erasure Coding

In this most recent episode of Tech TopX, I cover our new technology Erasure Coding.  Check it out!

Acropolis - Installing a Windows VM

Check out Sean Watkins in our newest TechTopX - installing Windows as an Acropolis VM!

Tech TopX: Live Migration

As a compliment to my previous posts on the topic, we now have the a Tech Topx to explain it as well!  Check it out for  a detailed overview!

Live Migration Overview Post
Live Migration Configuration Script

Tech TopX: Configuring Remote Sites

In our first 2 part Tech TopX we cover Remote sites, a critical component for our DR configuration.  Check them out!