For the next four days, I will be living and breathing four letters – VADP.
Starting in vStorage 4 … and now on the cusp of vStorage 5.1 … the VMware-parts of my brain revolve around the VMware API’s for Data Protection (VADP). VADP is a big part of what enables Vmware configurations to be backed up and (hopefully) recovered.
While not new this year, protection of virtualized environments continues to be a challenge. In fact, in ESG’s IT Spending Intentions 2012 research, “Improve Data Backup” and “Increase Server Virtualization” tied as the #1 priority for 2012. Over the course of the week, I will be looking at anything new that happens to mention “VADP”.
But that isn’t all. I am admittedly passionate about Private Cloud – in part because all of the protection and resilience technology in the world can’t assure the reliability of a virtualized infrastructure, if the physical building blocks are unreliable (and in part, because I am a somewhat-reformed old-school server and storage guy). My friend and colleague, Mark Bowker, is ESG’s primary voice on Virtualization and he’s done some great stuff on Virtualization Converged Infrastructures (VCI) or what I just call “vBuilding Blocks” – which affects reliability, which makes it interesting to a data protection guy like me.
So, I’ll be living and breathing VADP and VCI topics … and fill in the gaps with ‘cloud’ and hanging out with friends that are at VMworld this week (and I hope to share my perspectives via blog over the week). To get that started:
- As part of VMworld 2012 week, ESG just launched a new micro-site that, after a free registration, provides access to quite a bit of cool content across ESG: ESG micro-site
- I also just recorded a 4-minute video on “What should IT Pro’s look for in Virtualization Protection“: Virtualization Protection (video)
- And I wrote an IT Pro brief discussing the difference between “Guest/Agent-Based Backups” and “Host-Based Backups that are Agent-Assisted”, which you can download here: Host-based Backup Considerations (brief)
So, lots going on this week, and I hope to share much of it with you.
If you are at VMworld and want to talk backup … ping @JBuff on twitter
As always, thanks for reading.
Originally posted on my personal self-managed blog while at ESG (TechnicalOptimist.com), reposted on DPM for archival reference. Broken links are likely due to ESG content being dropped between its acquisition by TechTarget and their acquisition by Omdia.