FlexPod, Kubernetes, Microsoft, NetApp, NetApp Cloud,
NetApp E-Series, NetApp HCI, NetApp.io, NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast, NetApp TRs,
Python, Security, Storage Industry News, Ubuntu, Veeam, Miscellaneous
FlexPod
Introducing Memory-Accelerated Data for FlexPod
- Optimized integration of Cisco UCS B200 M5 with
Intel Optane DCPMM into the FlexPod design
- MAX Data on FlexPod is capable of 5 times more I/O
operations with 25 times less latency
Image: AFF A300 v AFF A300 + MAX Data on FlexPod B200
M5
Kubernetes
Kubernetes Cheat Sheet
Image: Kubernetes Cheat Sheet 1/2
Image: Kubernetes Cheat Sheet 2/2
Also, from Linux Academy see:
AWS Developer Tools Overview and CodeCommit Cheat Sheet
Ansible Roles Explained | Cheat Sheet
Your AWS Terminology Cheat Sheet
Microsoft
Azure migration center
About the Azure Site Recovery Deployment Planner for
VMware to Azure
Microsoft’s new Windows Terminal now available to
download for Windows 10
This change is by design and is intended to help
reduce the overall disk footprint size of Windows. To recover a system with a
corrupt registry hive, Microsoft recommends that you use a system restore
point.
The new Windows Terminal
Windows Terminal (Preview)
The system registry is no longer backed up to the RegBack
folder starting in Windows 10 version 1803
Microsoft Teams usage passes Slack in new survey
IT pros expect its presence to double by 2020
NetApp (General)
NetApp NVMe for your database
AFF A320: NVMe Building Block for the Modern SAN
MAX Data
Turbo-charge your applications
Rocket Fuel for Your Enterprise Apps
How to add storage capacity to a NetApp ONTAP Select 9.6
cluster
Protecting Your Data: Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) with
NetApp ONTAP
Updated MetroCluster resources page
NetApp SnapCenter
Plug-in for VMware vSphere 4.2 (NetApp Data Broker 1.0):
NetApp Data Broker 1.0
NetApp Data Broker 1.0: Release Notes
NetApp Data Broker 1.0: Deployment Guide for SnapCenter
Plug-in for VMware vSphere
NetApp Data Broker 1.0: Data Protection Guide for VMs,
Datastores, and VMDKs using the SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
NetApp Data Broker 1.0 Documentation
NetApp SnapCenter 4.2:
Key Value Proposition of SnapCenter 4.2 – Simplicity:
- Simplified Installation
- Simplified Operations
- Continued quality enhancements
New Features in Version 4.2:
- SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere is part of NetApp
Data Broker
- Simplified Storage management (Cluster Management LIF
support)
- Simplified Host Management
- Enhanced Dashboard and Monitoring
- Simplified RBAC
- SnapCenter Custom plugin Integration with Linux File
system
- Configuration Checker Integration
SnapCenter 4.2 Documentation
NetApp Cloud
Deploy SQL Server Over SMB with Azure NetApp Files
Azure Migration: The Keys to a Successful Enterprise
Migration to Azure
Get the Most Out of Your Oracle Databases in Cloud
Volumes Service for AWS
Cloud OnAir: New high-performance storage with NetApp and
Google Cloud
What's New in the Beta Release of Cloud Volumes Service
for GCP?
Cloud Volumes for GCP Technical Architecture and
Automated Access
Global User Accessible API with Cloud Volumes for GCP
Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud – bringing
high-performance file storage as a service to you
Lift and DON’T shift
Free up high-performance AFF storage space by
automatically tiering infrequently used data to the cloud.
Any Cloud. One Experience.
The Route to Data is Now a Multi-Lane Super-Highway with
ONTAP
Manage Your Data on the World's Biggest Clouds (NetApp Cloud
Volumes Service (CVS))
A CEO Speaks: Why Azure NetApp Files Delivers Better
Cloud Transformation
Cloud File Sharing: Backup and Archiving
Monitoring the Costs of Underutilized EBS Volumes
Get a First Look at Cloud Volumes ONTAP for Google Cloud
(Webinar)
A Tour of NetApp Cloud Insights
Microsoft Announces Azure NetApp Files is Available
NetApp E-Series
Introducing Power New
Analytics and Orchestration for E-Series:
Solution Brief: NetApp E-Series + Grafana: Performance
Monitoring
eseries-perf-analyzer
NetApp E-Series Performance Analyzer
Grafana Handout
Solution Brief: Improve IT Automation with NetApp
E-Series & Ansible
Ansible Gateway: nar_santricity_host
TR-4574: Deploying NetApp E-Series with Ansible
NetApp HCI
Disaggregated HCI Becomes a Thing
“IDC has announced a new ‘disaggregated’ subcategory
of the HCI market in its most recent Worldwide Quarterly Converged Systems
Tracker. IDC is expanding the definition
of HCI to include a disaggregated category with products that allow customers
to scale in a non-linear fashion”
NetApp HCI Reference Architecture with Veeam Backup and Replication
9.5 Update 4
Image: NetApp HCI Reference Architecture with Veeam B&R
Element 11.3 and HCI
1.6 available on NSS (11 July):
- For Element 11.3 upgrades, use the mNode 11.1 with
the latest HealthTools from NSS.
- mNode 11.3 and management services require Element
11.3 on the storage cluster (refer to the Management Node User Guide).
- NetApp HCI 1.6 Compute node image will now update
the firmware and Bootstrap OS leaving ESXi and configuration data intact. Use
Factory Reset option from the Compute TUI for reimaging.
Download Links:
NetApp HCI 1.6: https://mysupport.netapp.com/products/p/hci.html
Element Software 11.3: https://mysupport.netapp.com/products/p/element_software.html
Element HealthTools 2019.06.01: https://mysupport.netapp.com/products/p/healthtools.html
Element Plug-in for vCenter Server 4.3: https://mysupport.netapp.com/products/p/epvcenter.html
Documentation Links:
HCI Documentation Center: http://docs.netapp.com/hci/index.jsp
SolidFire Documentation Center: http://docs.netapp.com/sfe-113/index.jsp
Management Node User Guide (also available from the Doc
center links above): https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMLP2858123
Element HealthTools Release Notes: https://kb.netapp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1087266
Element Resolved Issues: https://kb.netapp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1000933
HCI Resolved Issues: https://kb.netapp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1073883
Upgrade matrix for Element: https://kb.netapp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1088254
Firmware and driver versions for NetApp HCI and NetApp
Element software: https://kb.netapp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1088658
Detailed procedure with screenshots to update NetApp HCI
compute node firmware and driver: https://kb.netapp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1088186
In-place upgrade procedure for existing management node
11.0 or 11.1 to management node 11.3 (without requiring a new VM deployment): https://kb.netapp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1088660
NetApp.io
From June to now:
Dealing with the Unexpected
Trident 19.07 is now GA
Running a Playbook Against Multiple ONTAP Clusters
Using On-Demand Snapshots with CSI Trident
All New CSI Trident!
Welcome to Trident 19.07 Alpha!
Extending Kubernetes to Manage Trident’s State
Simple Made Simpler – Ansible Roles for ONTAP Select
NetApp Tech ONTAP
Podcast
From Episode 196 to now:
Episode 203: Intel and NetApp - Edge to Core to Cloud to
VMworld 2019
Episode 202: TCP Performance Enhancements in ONTAP 9.6 -
CUBIC TCP
Episode 201: NVIDIA, NetApp and AI
Episode 200 - Cloud, Mentorship and Comics with Kaslin
Fields
VMworld 2019 Tech ONTAP Podcast Playlist
Episode 198: NetApp A-Team ETL 2019
Episode 197: NetApp Accelerates Genomics
Episode 196: Intel, NetApp and High-Performance Computing
NetApp
TRs + NVAs + Solution
Briefs + White Papers
New NetApp TRs since Tech
Roundup – 23 June 2019:
TR-4793: NetApp ONTAP AI and OmniSci GPU-Accelerated
Analytics Platform: ONTAP in an OmniSci Environment
TR-4790: FlexPod Solution Delivery Guide
TR-4789: VMware Configuration Guide for E-Series
SANtricity iSCSI Integration with ESXi 6.X: Solution Design
TR-4788: Architecting I/O-Intensive MongoDB Databases on
NetApp
TR-4785: AI Deployment with NetApp E-Series and
BeeGFS
TR-4760: NetApp for Oracle Database 18c: Solution
Delivery Guide
TR-4758: Microsoft SQL Server 2017 on NetApp ONTAP:
Solution Delivery Guide
NVAs:
NetApp HCI for Multicloud Data Protection with Cloud
Volumes ONTAP
Solution Briefs:
SB-3997: AI on E-Series and BeeGFS
SB-3996: NetApp E-Series + Grafana: Performance Monitoring
SB-3995: Improve IT Automation with NetApp E-Series &
Ansible
SB-3994: NetApp SANtricity Cloud Connector
SB 3831: NetApp SaaS Backup for Salesforce
White Papers:
NetApp HCI for DevOps with NetApp Kubernetes Service
Python
Recommended Python course:
Pre-requisites: Python 3 and a decent editor.
Security
Using Windows FSRM to build a Killswitch for Ransomware
“I wanted to share a solution that uses resources
already built into Windows”
Florida city gives in to $600,000 bitcoin ransomware
demand
Storage Industry
News
The Digitization of the World: From Edge to Core
Image: Tape is making a comeback!
The LTO Program Announces Fujifilm and Sony Are Now Both
Licensees of Generation 8 Technology
“LTO Seeing Continued Relevance for Archive and
Offline Long-Term storage”
Boeing’s 737 Max Software Outsourced to $9-an-Hour
Engineers
Ubuntu
Statement on 32-bit i386 packages for Ubuntu 19.10 and
20.04 LTS
“Thanks to the huge amount of feedback this weekend
from gamers, Ubuntu Studio, and the WINE community, we will change our plan and
build selected 32-bit i386 packages for Ubuntu 19.10 and 20.04 LTS.”
Veeam
IT Guide to Build Converged and Hyper-Converged
Infrastructures (White Paper)
Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows FREE
Hyper-V Virtual lab Tips and Tricks
A few articles that allow you to fully unleash the
power of Hyper-V:
What’s new in Hyper-V 2016
How to configure Hyper-V virtual switch
Resource Metering in Hyper-V
Setting up Hyper-V Failover Cluster in Windows Server
2012 R2
12 things you should know about Hyper-V snapshots
Miscellaneous
NetApp ActiveIQ PAS:
You can deploy PAS on premises:
There are a few KBs out there on https://kb.netapp.com/. Do a keyword search
for PAS (login first).
There’s also a 3rd party site, and if you have
questions you can post to the AIQ PAS Yammer or e-mail the NG on the download
site.
