Tuesday, February 3, 2015

#pex - Feb 3

My first full day at #pex looking forward to the general session and chatting with everyone who stops by the HP booth in the solution exchange.

Mike
Michael.Yallits@hp.com

Saturday, January 31, 2015

3ParDude article on the new 3par SSMC

@3ParDude has a great overview of the new 3par SSMC.

Check out the overview here: http://t.co/LJEVF0DITh

Mike
Michael.Yallits@hp.com

Monday, January 26, 2015

Connect with HP Converged Systems at VMware PEX

Next week VMware<http://h22168.www2.hp.com/us/en/partners/vmware/> and its partners will join forces to show how we are helping you meet customer demands and new market opportunities. HP Converged Systems<http://www8.hp.com/us/en/business-solutions/converged-systems/index.html> will be at the event to discuss the latest products integrated with VMware software and to show how these solutions allow you to deploy virtualization faster while reducing overall costs.



HP and VMware have a long history of collaboration and one of the most exciting ways this partnership is being leveraged is through HP OneView<http://www8.hp.com/us/en/business-solutions/converged-systems/oneview.html?jumpid=hpr_r1002_usen_link1> integration with VMware vCenter and Operations Management suite. HP OneView allows businesses to drive out costs and reduce risks through the use of software-defined templates<http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/enterprise/servers/products/infrastructure-management/index.aspx#.UxpM4fldV8E> that automate the task of making changes and replicating them across their datacenter infrastructure. And HP OneView management interface allows you use the VMware tools you already know, simplifying operations and reducing risk and errors.



Visit HP Converged Systems at VMware Partner Exchange booth #501

HP Converged Systems will have a few different ways you can connect with us while at VMware Partner Exchange 2015. Come visit us to see and hear about our latest innovations and solutions.

* HP will host an all-day boot camp where attendees will get an up-close look at HP and VMware management solutions via live demonstrations, get to hear the latest from HP and VMware regarding HP ConvergedSystem 200-HC EVO:RAIL<http://www8.hp.com/h20195/V2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=4AA5-5881ENW&cc=us&lc=en> and much more.
* Join the HP breakout session with Jeff Carlat, Director, Product Management – HP Converged Systems, and Rob Strechay – HP Storage, who will show how easy it can be to transition to a software-define data center with the HP Hyper-Converged Systems<http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/cs-solutions/product-detail.html?oid=7563527#!tab=features> portfolio.
* Visit the HP booth (#501) to chat with product experts and see live demonstrations of our latest innovations and solutions like HP OneView with VMware integrations.
* HP will be in the VMware EVO:RAIL Zone showcasing HP ConvergedSystem 200-HC EVO:RAIL and Paul Gavin, Product Manager, will be on hand to answer questions.

The Specifics

What: VMware Partner Exchange 2015<https://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/partner-exchange/> – VMware's annual global partner conference

Where: Moscone Center West in San Francisco, California

When: February 3-5th, with pre-event boot camps beginning January 31st



Plan to attend the HP Sessions:

Monday, February 2, 9:00am – 5:00pm

Session Title: HP Bootcamp for Sales & Technical Professionals (featuring SDDC, Hyper-Converged & EVO: RAIL Solutions)

Session ID: CPV4746-SPO-BC



Wednesday, February 4, 12:45pm - 1:45pm

Jeff Carlat, Director, Product Management – HP Converged Systems, and Rob Strechay

Session Title: Zero to Software-Defined Data Center in under 15 minutes: the fast and easy track with hyper-convergence

Session ID: STO4550-SPO



More information about the show can be found here<https://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/partner-exchange/>and more about HP's sessions here<https://vmwarepex2015.lanyonevents.com/connect/search.ww#loadSearch-searchPhrase=HP&searchType=session&tc=0&sortBy=abbreviationSort&p=&i(10003)=&i(11023)=&i(11021)=&i(11024)=&i(11402)=>. I look forward to seeing you there!


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http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/Converged-Infrastructure/Connect-with-HP-Converged-Systems-at-VMware-Partner-Exchange/ba-p/179390#.VMZ19XOibqA

Mike
Michael.Yallits@hp.com

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

HP TOS: FREE HP OneView 1.20 Technical Overview Seminar

Join us for this 1.5-hour free seminar, to learn about and view live demonstrations of HP OneView – Your new infrastructure management tool.
 
This session will provide a technical overview into HP OneView 1.20. For businesses looking for the advantages of converged infrastructure - simplified and consistent management across servers, storage and networking, HP OneView will transform how you manage your infrastructure.
 
Across both physical and virtual environments and in conjunction with 3rd party solutions, this software-defined approach shifts the focus from 'how devices run' to 'how people work', to eliminate complexity with HP's unique automation simplicity to streamline your IT services. The session will not only cover the benefits of the product, but will also include live demonstrations of the points being made.
 
This seminar is Free and available to all HP Customers.

Friday, October 31, 2014

Keep it vReal son....

VMware had a document to help decipher its new vRealize naming convention and some information of why they changed it… I’m going to miss saying “vCOPS” which might have been the best acronym ever for a product, VMware vRealize Operations just doesn’t have the same ring to it…

 

The VMware Guide to New Product and Services Names can be found at:

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/products/vmware-guide-to-new-product-and-service-names.pdf

 

 

Monday, August 25, 2014

VMware vSAN Sizing Tool

The purpose of this tool is to help determine the hardware specifications for hosts in a Virtual SAN cluster required to run a set of virtual machines defined by a set of input characteristics. These important assumptions should be understood before using this tool:

·         All hosts in the cluster are assumed to have an identical hardware profile, i.e. numbers of hard drives and flash devices, amount of physical RAM, and number of CPU cores

·         All virtual machines are assumed to be identical in storage characteristics, i.e. number of VMDKs, size of VMDKs (assumed identical for all disks), number of snapshots, and virtual memory size

·         All virtual machines are assumed to have the same Virtual SAN policy, i.e. number of failures to tolerate and number of disk stripes per object

The tool is designed so that you can easily vary inputs to see the impact on the sizing output, thus allowing you to iterate manually for more sophisticated analyses.

 

Check it out at:

http://virtualsansizing.vmware.com/