Tag Archives: NetApp

Deploy NetApp CVO – PART2 (AzureVPN)

By | December 7, 2022

Deploy NetApp Cloud Volume ONTAP (CVO) In My previous blog post Deploy NetApp CVO – PART1 (AzureVPN) I demonstrate creating a Site-to-Site VPN using Azure VPN. I will continue to use the Azure resources to deploy NetApp CVO. What is NetApp Cloud Manager (BlueXP) Cloud Manager enables IT experts and cloud architects to centrally manage… Read More »

Deploy NetApp CVO – PART1 (AzureVPN)

By | November 16, 2022

Background: As more and more companies move workloads towards the cloud, having a solid foundation is crucial (security / network connectivity). While there are several ways to connect your on-premises environment or, in my case, a lab to Azure. This blog post will show you how to use the Azure portal to create an Azure… Read More »

Deploy NetApp StorageGRID VMware

By | April 14, 2021

In a previous post on StorageGRID I discuss what Object Storage is and its use cases. In todays post, I will demonstrate how to deploy the virtual NetApp StorageGrid appliance in my VMware HomeLab using my Intel NUCs. If you have been following my blog posts, I have been demonstrating how I make use of… Read More »

Configure Site Recovery Manager 8.3 Appliance

By | December 29, 2020

In my previous blog post, I demonstrated how to deploy VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM). Today I am continuing with the configuration of the SRM Virtual Appliance. After powering on the VM, using the remote console, validate the appliance has booted and has the appropriate IP address. Next, you will need to open a NEW… Read More »

Deploy VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.3

By | December 28, 2020

In a previous post, I demonstrated how to deploy VMware vSphere Replication. Click here ‘How to Deploy vSphere Replication 8.3‘ While VMware vSphere Replication is a great product and can replicate your VMs to another location, the recovery / restoring of your VMs is a manual process. You can imagine how tedious this could be… Read More »

NetApp StorageGrid

By | December 9, 2020

A topic that keeps coming up in conversations is NetApp StorageGrid and how it fits in the data fabric. During the next few blog posts, I will be going over what is NetApp StorageGrid, how to Deploy StorageGrid, how to connect a NetApp FabricPool to a StorageGrid, how to upgrade the firmware on StorageGrid, how… Read More »

How to Deploy vSphere Replication 8.3

By | November 15, 2020

If you have been following along with me on my “Home Lab Build”, I have deployed two NetApp ONTAP Select (OTS) instances on a pair of Intel NUCs as this is my storage foundation for the remaining buildout. With Production Storage (OTS400) and Disaster (OTS100). I have deployed two instances of VMware vCenter using different… Read More »

NetAPP Active Directory Authentication

By | October 28, 2020

Security has always been a concern, regardless of whether your NetApp storage array is locked in a data center or not. A good practice is to enable Active Directory Authentication and disable the local admin account. As I continue to build out my lab, that now consists of several Intel NUCs with NetApp ONTAP Select (OTS), vCenter… Read More »

Deploy NetApp ONTAP Select (OTS) on an Intel NUC

By | July 23, 2020

As I mentioned in a previous post, I am re-deploying my entire home lab and wanted to document the entire process. I have been using these Intel NUCs for the past several years to help build out my home lab and highly recommend you do the same. Not only are they useful for building out… Read More »