I’ve not managed to do one of these ‘Tech Roundups’
since June 2020, and I wasn’t going to sift through 7 months of saved links and stuff,
so this is a fresh start using the last 2 months data. Also, I’ve tried to be a bit more discerning with what
I link, which is why I’ve put a section at the bottom of the post entitled “Go
to Places for Regular Tech Updates”. My intention is to do these posts
bimonthly going forward.
Azure Stack HCI
Azure Stack HCI solution overview
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-stack/hci/overview
“This is a dedicated hyperconverged operating system
based on Windows Server Core and managed by Windows Admin Center, which is
designed to make it easier to deploy Hyper-V with Storage Spaces Direct (S2D). This
is for on-premises Hyper-V! What makes the offering different from
regular Hyper-V though, is that it is delivered as an Azure hybrid service: it
comes with a monthly subscription cost and it is connected to Azure.”
Video for the link above:
Discover Azure Stack HCI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw8RVqo9dcs
[3 mins]
CentOS
CentOS is gone—but RHEL is now free for up to 16
production servers
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/01/centos-is-gone-but-rhel-is-now-free-for-up-to-16-production-servers/
Also see:
https://developers.redhat.com/articles/faqs-no-cost-red-hat-enterprise-linux#
https://blog.centos.org/2020/12/future-is-centos-stream/
https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/why-red-hat-dumped-centos-for-centos-stream/
And:
Rocky Linux promises to become the new "good
old CentOS"!
https://github.com/rocky-linux/rocky
GitHub
Github's Fork & Pull Workflow for Git Beginners
https://reflectoring.io/github-fork-and-pull/
GitHub & NetApp
& Ansible
Where NetApp Ansible playbooks will be posted and
shared from (and more):
https://github.com/NetApp-Automation
Also see:
https://netapp.io/2018/10/08/getting-started-with-netapp-and-ansible-install-ansible/
Kubernetes
The Kubernetes Aquarium
https://medium.com/@AnneLoVerso/the-kubernetes-aquarium-6a3d1d7a2afd
Don't Panic: Kubernetes and Docker
https://kubernetes.io/blog/2020/12/02/dont-panic-kubernetes-and-docker/
NetApp
Backup got better - File level restore on NetApp Cloud
Backup Service (CBS) DEMO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROAY6gPL9N0
[3 mins]
NetApp IT Systems Engineer demos how he uses Trident,
OpenShift and Ansible
https://netappit.com/news/netapp-it-systems-engineer-demos-how-he-uses-trident-openshift-and-ansible/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgpg7m1JbCU
[12 mins]
How to use Ansible to provide S3 as a Service with
StorageGRID
https://netappit.com/news/s3-as-a-service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOv0lQonLts
[12 mins]
More than 25 DevOps and Automation sessions on
demand from NetApp INSIGHT 2020
https://blog.netapp.com/devops-automation-sessions-on-demand-insight-2020
Useful:
[NVMe-oF]
How to Setup NVMe-oF with VMware and NetApp
[ONTAP
9.6 & 9.7] Checking Storage Efficiencies on NetApp AFF
ONTAP:
Easily Identify Remaining Headroom
NetApp Data Science
Toolkit
https://github.com/NetApp/netapp-data-science-toolkit
The NetApp Data Science Toolkit is a Python library
that makes it simple for data scientists and data engineers to perform various
data management tasks, such as provisioning a new data volume,
near-instantaneously cloning a data volume, and near-instantaneously
snapshotting a data volume for traceability/baselining.
"Provision a New Data Volume with the NetApp Data
Science Toolkit"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt1b3yYZFOQ
https://tv.netapp.com/detail/video/6221336271001
"Near-Instantaneously Clone a Data Volume with
the NetApp Data Science Toolkit"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NitnWodvhM
https://tv.netapp.com/detail/video/6221334320001
NetApp ONTAP 9.8
REST API: Mapping ONTAPI to REST API & More!
ONTAP REST API Resources:
NetApp Developer Network
Documentation:
Release Notes
ONTAP 9.8 API Reference
ONTAP 9.8 Python Client Library
ONTAP 9.x REST API documentation
Transition to REST from ONTAPI:
Mapping ONTAPI to ONTAP 9.8 REST API
Blogs:
Getting Started with ONTAP REST API Python Client Library
– Part 1 , Part 2 & Part 3
Using the private CLI passthrough with ONTAP REST API
ONTAP REST API – Automate notifications of high-severity events
Sample scripts:
ONTAP REST API python scripts GitHub
NetApp Plugin for Symantec
NetBackup
Upcoming removal of support for ‘NetApp Plugin for
Symantec NetBackup’:
It is being revised into separate 7-mode and C-Mode
versions:
Product: NetApp Plug-in 1.x for Symantec NetBackup
ONTAP: ONTAP Operating in 7-Mode
EOES: 31-Dec-2020
End of Limited Support: 30-Apr-2021
End of Self-Service Support: 30-Apr-2024
Product: NetApp Plug-in 2.x for Symantec NetBackup
ONTAP: Clustered Data ONTAP/ONTAP 9
EOES: 31-Dec-2020
End of Limited Support: 31-Dec-2022
End of Self-Service Support: 31-Dec-2025
OpenShift
I’m So Sorry OpenShift, I’ve Taken You for Granted
https://medium.com/swlh/im-so-sorry-openshift-i-ve-taken-you-for-granted-f36fb47ea4d9
A 5-minute read that explains user experience between
Openshift & (Vanilla) Kubernetes (OCP comes with a whole framework on top
of Kubernetes, with valuable features like RBAC.) The post describes how to
create an app from scratch, and the process to deploy and access it with both
platforms.
Storage Industry
News
8 Emerging Data Storage Trends To Watch In 2021
https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/storage/8-emerging-data-storage-trends-to-watch-in-2021
Storage In 2021 And Beyond: Less Focus on Tech, More
Focus on Data Value:
1) The Line Between On-Prem And Cloud Will Be Erased
2) Software-Defined to Take the Wind from Storage
Hardware Sales
3) No More Vendor “A” vs. Vendor “B”
4) ‘Speeds and Feeds’ Morphs To ‘Needs’
5) Storage Will Be Increasingly Container-Native
6) Storage March to The Edge Accelerates
7) “Security-First” Mantra to Define Storage
8) Storage Will Get Smarter
Go to Places for
Regular Tech Updates
https://tv.netapp.com
https://netappit.com/news/
https://soundcloud.com/techontap_podcast
https://netapp.io/
https://cloud.netapp.com/blog
https://blog.netapp.com/
https://spot.io/blog/
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