Datacenter Dude

#18 BYOD & NetApp Connect

that1guynick — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:31:26 +0000

On this episode of the NetApp Communities Podcast, we bring in Nick Triantos from the NetApp Connect team to talk about this week’s announcement and break down the product. Guests Nick Triantos – Senior Director of Mobile Solutions, NetApp (former CEO/founder/creator of Stratos and IonGrid) Useful Links Blog post announcing NetApp Connect 4.0 NetApp Connect Product Page SiliconAngle article on NetApp Connect Social Media Twitter @NetAppPodcast Facebook fb.com/NetAppPodcast iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/netapp-communities-podcast/id594413950 How to subscribe info: datacenterdude.com/podcasts/ Nick Howell @that1guynick | facebook.com/datacenterdude Gabriel Lowe @GabeONTAP

#17 Backup & Recover vs DR

that1guynick — Thu, 02 May 2013 22:36:56 +0000

On this episode of the NetApp Communities Podcast, Nick and Gabe dive into Backup & Recovery, ways of backing up today’s modern datacenter, how old methods don’t work anymore, and how it is completely different than Disaster Recovery. Useful Links Data Immortality and the Death of Backup (09/2011) ONTAP User Creator Tool (free!) Social Media Twitter @NetAppPodcast Facebook fb.com/NetAppPodcast iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/netapp-communities-podcast/id594413950 How to subscribe info: datacenterdude.com/podcasts/ Nick Howell @that1guynick | facebook.com/datacenterdude Gabriel Lowe @GabeONTAP

#16 VMworld 2013 and Why VSC?

that1guynick — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 02:18:45 +0000

On this episode of the NetApp Communities Podcast, we talk about “Why VSC?” and voting for VMworld, as well as some commentary about the ever-evolving roles in IT. Useful Links VSC: Do you still need 32-bit? (Poll) VMworld 2013 voting! OnCommand System Manager 2.2RC1 (login req) Data ONTAP 8.2RC1 (login req) Social Media Twitter @NetAppPodcast Facebook fb.com/NetAppPodcast iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/netapp-communities-podcast/id594413950 How to subscribe info: datacenterdude.com/podcasts/ Nick Howell @that1guynick | facebook.com/datacenterdude Gabriel Lowe @GabeONTAP

VMworld 2013 Session Voting Open!

that1guynick — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:24:29 +0000

It is upon us, folks! VMworld 2013 has unofficially begun, especially for all of us that work nearly year round to put this show on. From booth planning, deciding which sessions are the best of the best (out of over 100) to submit to you for voting, to building powerpoints, planning our “big bang,” working on the Hands On Labs, etc etc etc…. the time is here. AND I COULDN’T BE MORE EXCITED! More on that in a bit. First and foremost, I wanted to highlight the sessions that are up for voting from the NetApp vTME team, and our known associates/cohorts/partners-in-crime, so that you’re aware of the diverse selection of content we want to present to you this year. From infrastructure and storage networking, to virtual desktops, to storage automation with vCAC and vCO, we’re bringin’ it this year, and hopefully you’ll see that we’ve been hard at work for all of you. Remember, these are merely the breakout sessions, and are usually a pretty good indicator of what we’re also going to be highlighting within our Global Diamond sponsor booth in the Solutions Exchange (my favorite part of the show). Please excuse the long/large image here, but I wanted to give you a nice list with everything “NetApp” you needed to know. Lots more info below the image! CLICK HERE TO VOTE! “But Nick, I don’t see you listed up there?! Why aren’t you speaking?!” Great question! The reason is, between this blog and our NetApp Communities

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#14 Microsoft, NetApp, & MMS

that1guynick — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 03:45:17 +0000

On this episode of the NetApp Communities Podcast, we bring in the Microsoft experts at NetApp to give you an update on the Microsoft ecosystem, and a sneak peek list of things you need to check out at MMS next week! Guests Glenn Sizemore (@glnsize) – Microsoft Reference Architect, Private Cloud Robert Briggs – Microsoft Reference Architect, VDI solutions Chris Lionetti – Microsoft Reference Architect, Hardware Industry Expert, SNIA co-chair You will not meet a group of more passionate guys doing what they do. Microsoft Windows is the defacto OS, and these guys know more about how it interacts with everything, above and beyond NetApp, than anyone I’ve ever met. If you’re at MMS next week, you will be doing yourself a big favor by spending some time with these guys. Useful Links NetApp Communities for Microsoft NetApp + Microsoft Private Cloud Solution Social Media Twitter @NetAppPodcast Facebook fb.com/NetAppPodcast iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/netapp-communities-podcast/id594413950 How to subscribe info: datacenterdude.com/podcasts/ Nick Howell @that1guynick | facebook.com/datacenterdude Gabriel Lowe @GabeONTAP

NetApp VSC Adoption On The Rise!

that1guynick — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:52:22 +0000

We Want You! We’ve been on a massive campaign of late to increase the adoption rate of VSC utilization/installation in our VMware-on-NetApp customer base. Just a few months ago, we were in the low 30’s %’age range, and we’ve seen some massive growth in this area, likely due to several factors. Customers are realizing the benefits of using VSC in their environment to leverage the “make-the-admin-life-easier” functionality it provides, and the sales team are being more empowered with content to share with potential [and existing, but not using VSC] customers, in an effort to show them what they’re missing. To those of you out there pushing VSC to your customers, peers, and partners, THANK YOU! Your efforts are showing! Please continue to drive adoption, as it greatly helps you and customers be successful, and helps support keep it’s call volume low! Doing a live demo of VSC to new prospects in EBC’s I have done has proven to be one of the most effective tools in truly showing the tight integration NetApp has with VMware. Tech ONTAP Today, a new Tech ONTAP article I wrote was published, specifically around all of the areas of VSC, and what new enhancements are coming in VSC 4.2. With enhanced RBAC, clustered ONTAP adoption exploding, and new version(s) of Data ONTAP around the corner, we’re doing all we can to insure every customer’s environment is set up in the best way possible going forward. VSC is only one of the necessary means, but

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#13 Amazon & NetApp

that1guynick — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:00:52 +0000

On this episode of the NetApp Communities Podcast, we get all cloudy and bring in some experts to talk about our recent partnership with Amazon AWS to deliver the Direct Connect solution, enabling customers to do all sorts of things such as cold DR, cloud-bursting, or even running your live production datacenter in the cloud. Guests Mark Beaupre – Solutions Architect, Microsoft Enterprise Applications (Follow Mark on Twitter!) John Fullbright – Solutions Architect, Microsoft Enterprise Applications John and Mark are both lively individuals, especially when John starts talking about gems and being a “rock hound!” These are two of the top guys in the industry when it comes to Microsoft applications, especially when it comes to leveraging complementary NetApp technology. Useful Links [TR-4133] NetApp Private Storage for Amazon Web Services (AWS) NetApp Communities Page for AWS NetApp Field Portal Solution Binder (NetApp empl/partner login required) Social Media Twitter @NetAppPodcast Facebook fb.com/NetAppPodcast iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/netapp-communities-podcast/id594413950 How to subscribe info: datacenterdude.com/podcasts/ Nick Howell @that1guynick | facebook.com/datacenterdude Gabriel Lowe @GabeONTAP

#12 Data ONTAP Edge

that1guynick — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 02:06:38 +0000

On this episode of the NetApp Communities Podcast, Data ONTAP Edge: Who, What, When, Where, How, and Why. We bring in our experts to talk about and answer each of these questions, and more, about our VSA product, known as Data ONTAP Edge. Guests Jeff Whitaker – Product Manager, Data ONTAP Edge Jason Blosil - Product Marketing Manager, core software, SAN and NAS solutions, scale-out storage and Data ONTAP Edge VSA. Chair of SNIA ESF. (@JasonBlosil on Twitter) Don’t let these guys’ titles fool you. They are super-technically savvy, and know their NetApp. If you attended VMworld in 2012, you likely saw Jason presenting one of many sessions on Edge in our booth, and Jeff was at our Insight events giving presentations as well as representing in the partner pavilion. Very honored to have had them both on the show. Useless Podcast Trivia: Jeff was the first intro stinger I used on the first episode back in January. :) Jason also blogs frequently over in the NetApp Communities on the SANbytes blog. Useful Links Data ONTAP Edge Home page Data ONTAP Edge Trial Download Data ONTAP Edge Datasheet Data ONTAP Edge Community Social Media Twitter @NetAppPodcast Facebook fb.com/NetAppPodcast iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/netapp-communities-podcast/id594413950 How to subscribe info: datacenterdude.com/podcasts/ Nick Howell @that1guynick | facebook.com/datacenterdude Gabriel Lowe @GabeONTAP

#11 Clustered ONTAP 101

that1guynick — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:45:51 +0000

On this episode of the NetApp Communities Podcast, we take you to school on NetApp Clustered ONTAP, and give you a 101 introduction to the vocabulary and knowledge you need to know before making the transition. We’re starting a new podcast series, and I think I’m going to dub it cDOT-U. This is the 101 course. Start here, and we’ll add a 201, 301, 401, etc, and more intermediate and advanced courses as we go along, and as new releases are set free to the world. Guests Karl Rautenstrauch – Solutions Architect, Clustered ONTAP Julian Cates – Technical Marketing Engineer, Clustered ONTAP “Klustered Karl” Rautenstrauch authored an extensive guest post here on DatacenterDude.com back in December around Vserver design theory, and is one of THE authorities in the industry on Clustered ONTAP. Julian Cates, a.k.a. @vSkeptic, has been a NetApp employee for almost a decade, spending most of that time in the field as an SE, and joined the “vTME” team in 2011 where he became an industry authority on VMware Site Recovery Manager and other DR solutions on NetApp storage. In January 2013, he took his extensive experience and knowledge of VMware and NetApp, and joined the Clustered ONTAP tech marketing team to bring a true field-focus to cDOT and Vserver design and implementation. You can find all Clustered ONTAP related posts from last year mentioned on the show at http://datacenterdude.com/clustermode/ or start with the first post. Useful Links Clustered ONTAP 8.1 and 8.1.1: An Introduction

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#10 VSC 4.2 Beta

that1guynick — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 03:42:39 +0000

On this episode of the NetApp Communities Podcast, we bring back the lead VSC developers who are here to talk about 4.2, and some deep dive details around what you need to know. We also discuss a couple of really hot topics in the community, such as mounting via anon=0, and export policy management in Clustered ONTAP. Guests David Kelly – Lead Developer, Virtual Storage Console (Monitoring & Host Config, Flash Accel) Brian McGiverin – Lead Developer, Virtual Storage Console (Provisioning & Cloning) Useful Links VSC on the NetApp Communities (download the Beta and discuss here!) Deep Dive Post on What you Need to Know about 4.2! ONTAP RBAC User Creator Tool Social Media Twitter @NetAppPodcast Facebook fb.com/NetAppPodcast How to subscribe info: datacenterdude.com/podcasts/ Nick Howell @that1guynick | facebook.com/datacenterdude Gabriel Lowe @GabeONTAP