Comments on: Storage Fixes in VMware ESX Server 3.5 Update 2

By: Storage Changes in VMware ESX 3.5 Update 3 - Stephen Foskett, Pack Rat

Storage Changes in VMware ESX 3.5 Update 3 - Stephen Foskett, Pack Rat — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:26:41 +0000

[...] Storage Changes in VMware ESX 3.5 Update 3 Just over three months after releasing Update 2 for ESX 3.5, VMware has released Update 3. That last Update brought major storage changes like VSS support, hot VMFS extension, Storage VMotion across Fibre Channel and iSCSI, and support for 10 Gb Ethernet and 8 Gb FC support. For more information on Update 2, see my article, Storage Fixes in VMware ESX Server 3.5 Update 2. [...]

By: Granularity: The Hidden Challenge of Storage Management - Stephen Foskett, Pack Rat

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:02:55 +0000

[...] can be enabled by sharing more information through APIs. VMware recently announced that Update 2 of Virtual Infrastructure will enable Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) integratio…. So a VMFS snapshot can call the operating system and even applications (Windows Server 2003 only, [...]

By: Storage Short Take #2 - blog.scottlowe.org - The weblog of an IT pro specializing in virtualization, storage, and servers

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:30:10 +0000

[...] Foskett has a good overview of just the storage-related fixes and enhancements found in Update 2 of VMware Infrastructure 3 [...]

By: QLogic and Emulex Deliver 8 Gb Fibre Channel For VMware ESX | Stephen Foskett, Pack Rat

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:03:06 +0000

[...] I mentioned on Monday, VMware’s Update 2 for ESX 3.5 includes support for 8 Gb Fibre Channel HBAs. This is an important development, so I went looking through the official ESX I/O Compatibility [...]