This (4 hours; self paced) free e-learning course covers the main features and components in the View solution and how to install and configure View. The course consists of five modules:
* Introduction to View discusses the View architecture and key benefits and features of the View solution
* Installing and Configuring View Components describes the main steps for deploying View, how to install View Composer and how to install and configure View Manager, how to install and configure a View Security Server and a View Transfer Server, and provides an overview of configuring View Persona Management.
* View Desktops explains the steps for configuring virtual machines as desktops, the tasks for preparing virtual desktops before installing View Agent, how to install View Agent, the steps to prepare virtual machines for a linked-clone deployment, and how to deploy a linked-clone automated desktop pool using the Add Pool wizard in View Administrator.
* Horizon Client Options describes how to install and configure Horizon Client, how to configure View for use on Thin Clients, and how to set up and configure virtual printing.
* Working with View Administrator covers how to how to log in and navigate the View Administrator interface, how to manage users and groups, how to use the Add Pool wizard to create automated pools, how to use role-based administration, the steps to set up RDS hosts, and how to create application pools.
Register Now<http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrreg/courses.cfm?ui=www_edu&a=one&id_subject=58171>
Original post:
http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2669-Free-e-learning-course-Horizon-With-View-Fundamentals-V6.0.html
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Sunday, July 27, 2014
What’s so great about StoreOnce federated deduplic... - The HP Blog Hub
It has been more than two years since we announced federated deduplication.This technology addresses many of the shortcomings of other deduplication solutions—such as incompatible deduplication algorithms implemented in software and hardware, comparatively slower restore performance versus backup performance, and inefficient methods of scaling deduplication to meet ever expanding capacity requirements. All of these challenges result in increasing risk, additional costs, and significant management overheads for the user. So, let's take a closer look at HP StoreOnce deduplication and the benefits it brings.
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Check out our HP StoreOnce portfolio<http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/data-storage/storeonce.html>
Federated deduplication
StoreOnce federated deduplication is a technology developed in HP Labs, which can be deployed across the entire storage infrastructure. It provides deployment independence enabling movement of data across various HP systems without rehydrating the data. Federated deduplication allows data reduction to occur in HP Data Protector Software, in HP StoreOnce Backup appliances, in a virtual machine, or as a standalone deduplication API on a server.
Optimized data deduplication
HP StoreOnce deduplication technology includes several innovations from HP Labs:
* It adopts an approach to eliminate maximum amount of data redundancy along with maintaining a small index to deliver the fastest performance.
* It converts the backup data stream into a series of chunks and implements them in a variable chunking deduplication algorithm. Along with this algorithm, StoreOnce employs a chunk size of 4K – the smallest in the industry. This provides the ability to match data better, since smaller data chunk sizes lead to a higher percentage of "data matches" resulting in higher deduplication ratios. The 4k-chunk size allows for better alignment with mixed workloads. Most of the vendors in the industry use chunk sizes of 8k, 16k or 32k.
* It deploys locality sampling and sparse indexing to significantly lower IO and RAM requirements without compromising on performance.
* It deploys intelligent data matching techniques that enables optimal performance for multiple data types and backup software deployments with no added complexity.
For restoring data, HP's approach involves having large-container technology with superior disk layouts. A high degree of fragmentation is avoided by not replacing small amount of deduplicate data with pointers to faraway places with no related data. Data is defragmented after deduplication. This results in faster restoration of data as reconstituting data does not require many slow random seeks.
StoreOnce Catalyst
StoreOnce Catalyst is a key component in our federated deduplication architecture that enables deduplication anywhere, rather than specific points in the network allowed by the vendor's technology. It leverages a common algorithm across the enterprise and allows deduplication at the:
* Production source or "client"
* Backup or media server
* Target appliance
Catalyst provides a single technology that can be used in multiple locations on the network without requiring rehydration when data is transferred between source server backup device and target appliance.
Data replication
HP StoreOnce deduplication enables network efficient offsite data replication. All HP StoreOnce Backup systems use StoreOnce federated deduplication to significantly reduce the amount of data that needs to be replicated, enabling the use of lower bandwidth, lower cost links to transmit data offsite. StoreOnce enabled replication allows cost-effective centralized backup from remote sites or branch offices, and delivers a consolidated disaster recovery solution for the data center.
Multiple StoreOnce appliances and virtual machines can replicate to a central StoreOnce appliance—with a fan-in of up to 384 remote offices to a single HP StoreOnce 6500 target delivering greater economies of scale for disaster recovery. HP StoreOnce VSA<http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/data-storage/storeonce-vsa.html> can be deployed at:
* Remote offices: Your remote offices can deploy local backup/recovery solutions using your existing IT infrastructure without any dedicated backup appliance. You can set up the backup server and storage appliance to be delivered virtually. The deduplicated data within the VSA can be replicated from the remote offices to a larger physical HP StoreOnce appliance at your data center.
* Cloud providers: Subscribers who do not have a deduplication solution can now utilize HP StoreOnce VSA for high-speed local recovery (with your existing backup software), and then replicate the data via HP federated deduplication to the service provider's HP StoreOnce repository. As a cloud provider, you also have the option of providing individual StoreOnce VSA per subscriber. Each subscriber will have a completely autonomous deduplication appliance within the cloud without the need to replace backup software.
Meeting big data requirements
By combining federated deduplication with our unique scale-out cluster architecture, we deliver the industry's only large-scale deduplication appliance with fully automated high resiliency features such as high availability (dual controllers) and autonomic restart of failed backup jobs. Our solution is designed to simplify and speed up Big Data backup with scalable capacity and performance.
All that—and a deduplication guarantee too
We are so confident about our federated deduplication technology that when companies move from legacy storage backup system to any HP StoreOnce Backup solution, we are willing to offer a 20:1 deduplication guarantee thanks to our HP StoreOnce Get Protected Guarantee Program<http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/data-storage/data-storage-products.html?compURI=1459501>. This reduces the amount of stored backup data by 95% or HP will make up the difference with free disk capacity and support.
Watch this ChalkTalk to learn more about our StoreOnce portfolio
http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/Around-the-Storage-Block-Blog/What-s-so-great-about-StoreOnce-federated-deduplication/ba-p/167350#.U9U4e8v8XqA
[StoreOnceSlideJ.jpg]
Check out our HP StoreOnce portfolio<http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/data-storage/storeonce.html>
Federated deduplication
StoreOnce federated deduplication is a technology developed in HP Labs, which can be deployed across the entire storage infrastructure. It provides deployment independence enabling movement of data across various HP systems without rehydrating the data. Federated deduplication allows data reduction to occur in HP Data Protector Software, in HP StoreOnce Backup appliances, in a virtual machine, or as a standalone deduplication API on a server.
Optimized data deduplication
HP StoreOnce deduplication technology includes several innovations from HP Labs:
* It adopts an approach to eliminate maximum amount of data redundancy along with maintaining a small index to deliver the fastest performance.
* It converts the backup data stream into a series of chunks and implements them in a variable chunking deduplication algorithm. Along with this algorithm, StoreOnce employs a chunk size of 4K – the smallest in the industry. This provides the ability to match data better, since smaller data chunk sizes lead to a higher percentage of "data matches" resulting in higher deduplication ratios. The 4k-chunk size allows for better alignment with mixed workloads. Most of the vendors in the industry use chunk sizes of 8k, 16k or 32k.
* It deploys locality sampling and sparse indexing to significantly lower IO and RAM requirements without compromising on performance.
* It deploys intelligent data matching techniques that enables optimal performance for multiple data types and backup software deployments with no added complexity.
For restoring data, HP's approach involves having large-container technology with superior disk layouts. A high degree of fragmentation is avoided by not replacing small amount of deduplicate data with pointers to faraway places with no related data. Data is defragmented after deduplication. This results in faster restoration of data as reconstituting data does not require many slow random seeks.
StoreOnce Catalyst
StoreOnce Catalyst is a key component in our federated deduplication architecture that enables deduplication anywhere, rather than specific points in the network allowed by the vendor's technology. It leverages a common algorithm across the enterprise and allows deduplication at the:
* Production source or "client"
* Backup or media server
* Target appliance
Catalyst provides a single technology that can be used in multiple locations on the network without requiring rehydration when data is transferred between source server backup device and target appliance.
Data replication
HP StoreOnce deduplication enables network efficient offsite data replication. All HP StoreOnce Backup systems use StoreOnce federated deduplication to significantly reduce the amount of data that needs to be replicated, enabling the use of lower bandwidth, lower cost links to transmit data offsite. StoreOnce enabled replication allows cost-effective centralized backup from remote sites or branch offices, and delivers a consolidated disaster recovery solution for the data center.
Multiple StoreOnce appliances and virtual machines can replicate to a central StoreOnce appliance—with a fan-in of up to 384 remote offices to a single HP StoreOnce 6500 target delivering greater economies of scale for disaster recovery. HP StoreOnce VSA<http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/data-storage/storeonce-vsa.html> can be deployed at:
* Remote offices: Your remote offices can deploy local backup/recovery solutions using your existing IT infrastructure without any dedicated backup appliance. You can set up the backup server and storage appliance to be delivered virtually. The deduplicated data within the VSA can be replicated from the remote offices to a larger physical HP StoreOnce appliance at your data center.
* Cloud providers: Subscribers who do not have a deduplication solution can now utilize HP StoreOnce VSA for high-speed local recovery (with your existing backup software), and then replicate the data via HP federated deduplication to the service provider's HP StoreOnce repository. As a cloud provider, you also have the option of providing individual StoreOnce VSA per subscriber. Each subscriber will have a completely autonomous deduplication appliance within the cloud without the need to replace backup software.
Meeting big data requirements
By combining federated deduplication with our unique scale-out cluster architecture, we deliver the industry's only large-scale deduplication appliance with fully automated high resiliency features such as high availability (dual controllers) and autonomic restart of failed backup jobs. Our solution is designed to simplify and speed up Big Data backup with scalable capacity and performance.
All that—and a deduplication guarantee too
We are so confident about our federated deduplication technology that when companies move from legacy storage backup system to any HP StoreOnce Backup solution, we are willing to offer a 20:1 deduplication guarantee thanks to our HP StoreOnce Get Protected Guarantee Program<http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/data-storage/data-storage-products.html?compURI=1459501>. This reduces the amount of stored backup data by 95% or HP will make up the difference with free disk capacity and support.
Watch this ChalkTalk to learn more about our StoreOnce portfolio
http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/Around-the-Storage-Block-Blog/What-s-so-great-about-StoreOnce-federated-deduplication/ba-p/167350#.U9U4e8v8XqA
Saturday, June 28, 2014
SLES for VMware End of Availability Announcement
On June 25, 2014, VMware is announcing the End of Availability (EoA) of all SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) for VMware offerings. As a result, the SLES for VMware offering will be removed from the VMware price list on July 25, 2014. After July 25, 2014, customers that purchase VMware vSphere Standard, vSphere Enterprise, or vSphere Enterprise+ (either standalone or as part of a suite) will no longer be eligible to a free SLES for VMware offering.
All Support and Subscription Services for the EoA product will be unaffected and will continue as per VMware's Support Lifecycle Policy through the published support period until August 25, 2016.
Customers are not required to take any immediate action. This notification in no ways impacts customer's ability to use SLES for VMware past June 25, 2014. However, if customers want to take advantage of their eligibility to receive SLES for VMware, they must do so before July 25, 2014.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
HP OneView v 1.1 demo from HP Discover
Calvin Zito (@HPStorageGuy) was able to record Tom Joyce demo of HP OneView v 1.1
OneView is a great product, once you see it in action you can understand the true value of this type of management software.
Here's the video:
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Five Reasons to Move to Desktops as a Service [feedly]
When it comes to accessing business services, employees want their data and apps now. Gone are the days when workers expected to be tied to a desktop PC. In the age of mobility, they want to access their desktops on any device, at any time, and from anywhere.
This is all a strong argument for moving from stationary PCs to desktops as a service (DaaS). The DaaS model migrates desktops—and the related applications and infrastructure—to the cloud. But it's not the only reason to consider DaaS.
There are five compelling reasons to move to DaaS, which are outlined in a new white paper from VMware. Here is a quick summary of the Top 5 reasons to consider DaaS:
- Gain financial advantages—Many organizations are moving to DaaS to avoid large capital expenditures on client hardware upgrades as they migrate from Windows XP to Windows 7 and 8. In addition, DaaS reduces the need for IT deployment resources and in-house technical support.
- Enable faster, easier deployment for various use cases—From onboarding new employees to setting up test beds for software development teams, DaaS gives your IT organization the ability to provide desktops to users in a matter of hours.
- Support pervasive mobility—DaaS is perfectly in step with the bring-your-own-desktop movement, which is sweeping across the corporate landscape. DaaS helps you ensure a consistent user experience, regardless of device format or brand, while standardizing deployment, security, and support.
- Enhance security—DaaS puts data and applications in the cloud, rather than end-user devices that are more prone to security risks. It enables a consistent set of security protocols across users' own mobile devices, regardless of mobile operating system or hardware brand.
- Avoid a drain on internal IT skills—DaaS puts minimal burdens on your IT staff. It requires less time and expertise than a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) deployment, and once the environment is up and running, virtual desktops can be set up with a few clicks.
For a closer look at how DaaS could help you address key IT challenges, check out the new white paper on the subject: Top 5 Reasons to Deploy Desktops as a Service.
Goodbye #Earbits - You will be missed
I am saddened to say that the best music streaming service on the net has shut down on June 16th after 4 and a half years of fantastic service.
I’d like to thank Joey and the Earbits team for their great services and also would like to wish each member of their team the best of luck in their future endeavors.
Read more at: www.earbits.com
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
HP Discover Announcements - Day 2
A number of major announcements have been made by HP at Discover in the past 24 hours, here is a highlight of just a few of them:
New HP 12Gb SAS Enterprise Value SSDs for HP ProLiant Servers Offers Breakthrough Performance
The HP 12Gb SAS Enterprise Value SSDs deliver the correct balance between performance, cost-of-ownership, and reliability. Optimized for real performance driven workloads such as read caching and web servers, these HP Enterprise Value SSDs have industry-leading performance up to 96,000 read IOPS (random 4KiB, Q16) and deliver the enterprise reliability customers count on. HP Firmware on these SSDs ensures consistency, compatibility, and performance inside the HP ProLiant Servers.
Mind Blowing Performance: The ConvergedSystem 900 beats the Competition by 2x
We all like a winner, but if it's our team playing for the championship or trying to get to the next round of the playoffs many prefer a blow-out versus a close game. Yet blow-outs are rare when facing the best teams. The competition is tough and gaining any advantage is difficult to do.
However, with HP's recent SPECjbb2013-MultiJVM benchmark results on the new HP ConvergedSystem 900 for SAP HANA running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for SAP Applications HP did just that - blow-out the competition.
New HP 5400R Switch Series Delivers Resiliency & SDN
he HP 5400R zl2 Switch Series is our next-generation modular switch specifically designed for enterprise edge as well as SMB and branch office core deployments. Based on our 5th generation HP Networking Provision ASIC, the 5400R:
· Simplifies network management with unified, single policy across wired & wireless with IMC
· Enables business continuity with redundant management, hitless failover & nonstop switching
· Delivers future-proof SDN capability with OpenFlow 1.3 support & programmable ProVision ASIC
· Consolidates services with integrated module: unified wireless, UC&C and virtualization
· Removes hidden costs with license-free, fully featured software and HP Lifetime Warranty 2.0
HP announces new data encryption innovations
Announced today at HP Discover 2014 in Las Vegas, the new HP Atalla solutions support data whether it’s at rest, in motion or in use—across cloud, on-premises and mobile environments—to ensure continuous protection of an organization’s most sensitive information. Designed for organizations that need to protect sensitive information, including financial institutions, retailers, energy companies, healthcare providers and governments, HP Atalla solutions provide added protection against the exposure of sensitive data while supporting optimal performance and flexibility.
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