Comments on: What is VMware vStorage API? http://www.vnotion.com/?p=181 Virtualization and Cloud Computing Blog Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:33:25 +0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: What Is VAAI And What Does It Mean For Virtualization? | VM /ETC http://www.vnotion.com/?p=181&cpage=1#comment-2087 What Is VAAI And What Does It Mean For Virtualization? | VM /ETC Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:11:14 +0000 http://www.vnotion.com/?p=181#comment-2087 [...] is only one part of the vStorage API. VADP (vStorage API for Data Protection) is another, but the these two seem to have been easily confused lately. VADP [...] [...] is only one part of the vStorage API. VADP (vStorage API for Data Protection) is another, but the these two seem to have been easily confused lately. VADP [...]

]]> By: openvmfs http://www.vnotion.com/?p=181&cpage=1#comment-2078 openvmfs Thu, 13 May 2010 04:43:45 +0000 http://www.vnotion.com/?p=181#comment-2078 have you looked at the open option @ http://code.google.com/p/vmfs/ ? have you looked at the open option @ http://code.google.com/p/vmfs/ ?

]]> By: VCB ade, der Abschied tut nicht weh http://www.vnotion.com/?p=181&cpage=1#comment-1967 VCB ade, der Abschied tut nicht weh Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:05:26 +0000 http://www.vnotion.com/?p=181#comment-1967 [...] Ein Mitglied der “vStorage API”-Familie (for Data Protection, for Multipathing, for Array Integration, for Site Recovery Manager) [...] [...] Ein Mitglied der “vStorage API”-Familie (for Data Protection, for Multipathing, for Array Integration, for Site Recovery Manager) [...]

]]> By: Welcome to vSphere-land! » Backup & Data Recovery Links http://www.vnotion.com/?p=181&cpage=1#comment-1923 Welcome to vSphere-land! » Backup & Data Recovery Links Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:53:03 +0000 http://www.vnotion.com/?p=181#comment-1923 [...] Avamar and vSphere (The Backup Blog) vStorage APIs for Data Protection and Avamar 5 (Virtual Geek) What is VMware vStorage API? (vNotion) The Great VSS Debate (Veeam Me Up) Changed Block Tracking? (Yellow Bricks) Author: [...] [...] Avamar and vSphere (The Backup Blog) vStorage APIs for Data Protection and Avamar 5 (Virtual Geek) What is VMware vStorage API? (vNotion) The Great VSS Debate (Veeam Me Up) Changed Block Tracking? (Yellow Bricks) Author: [...]

]]> By: Veeam Backup & Replication 4 » VeeamMeUp http://www.vnotion.com/?p=181&cpage=1#comment-1922 Veeam Backup & Replication 4 » VeeamMeUp Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:55:56 +0000 http://www.vnotion.com/?p=181#comment-1922 [...] A few weeks ago Veeam released Veeam Backup & Replication 4.0. I should have written a post the week it was released but I’ve been pretty busy and I also wanted to wait and get some of our customer’s reactions before writing about it. Our 4.0 release is a major milestone for us since it provides full support for the vStorage APIs for Data Protection. There appears to be a bit of confusion with some on what the vStorage APIs for Data Protection really do, especially when compared with VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB). As VMware states on the vStorage page, the vStorage APIs for Data Protection are the next generation of VCB. For a good explanation on the differences, check out my friend @Gostev’s blog over at vNotion “What is VMware vStorage API?” [...] [...] A few weeks ago Veeam released Veeam Backup & Replication 4.0. I should have written a post the week it was released but I’ve been pretty busy and I also wanted to wait and get some of our customer’s reactions before writing about it. Our 4.0 release is a major milestone for us since it provides full support for the vStorage APIs for Data Protection. There appears to be a bit of confusion with some on what the vStorage APIs for Data Protection really do, especially when compared with VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB). As VMware states on the vStorage page, the vStorage APIs for Data Protection are the next generation of VCB. For a good explanation on the differences, check out my friend @Gostev’s blog over at vNotion “What is VMware vStorage API?” [...]

]]> By: VMTN Podcast number 71, vStorage API » Yellow Bricks http://www.vnotion.com/?p=181&cpage=1#comment-1906 VMTN Podcast number 71, vStorage API » Yellow Bricks Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:48:01 +0000 http://www.vnotion.com/?p=181#comment-1906 [...] Anton Gostev – What is VMware vStorage API? [...] [...] Anton Gostev – What is VMware vStorage API? [...]

]]> By: Anton Gostev http://www.vnotion.com/?p=181&cpage=1#comment-1844 Anton Gostev Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:59:12 +0000 http://www.vnotion.com/?p=181#comment-1844 Cheers Chad, I did not put the full name in the title to make it short, but I did explicitly state the full name of the API I am talking about later. Your comment is very useful addition to the post though! Cheers Chad, I did not put the full name in the title to make it short, but I did explicitly state the full name of the API I am talking about later. Your comment is very useful addition to the post though!

]]> By: Chad Sakac http://www.vnotion.com/?p=181&cpage=1#comment-1843 Chad Sakac Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:26:51 +0000 http://www.vnotion.com/?p=181#comment-1843 A quick correction - you need to be explicit - the vStorage API has several sections: 1) vStorage API for Data Protection (this is what you're talking about) - a set of APIs focused on local backup/recovery use cases. You cover this well. 2) vStorage APIs for Site Recovery Manager - a set of APIs focused on array vendor remote replication such that they can be orchestrated by Site Recovery Manager. 3) vStorage APIs for Multipathing (otherwise known as the Pluggable Storage Architecture). A set of APIs for 3rd parties to extend vSphere's core multipathing architectures. 4) vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI). Technically not in vSphere 4, but have been discussed in VMworld events in the past. Will be available in future vSphere-generation releases. This allow array vendors to "offload" various tasks from the ESX host's vmkernel stack - things like writing blocks that make up VMs, copying/snapshotting blocks, doing thin-provisioning out of space handling, and also a much more advanced global locking mechanism than VMFS uses today. These each will make common actions 5x-10x faster (clone, deploy from template, create a FT VM), and improve VMFS scaling by an order of magnitude. More on that here, for folks that are interested (note that when I wrote this, vStorage API for Data Protection was called the VCB Backup Framework) http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2008/09/so-what-does-vs.html A quick correction – you need to be explicit – the vStorage API has several sections:

1) vStorage API for Data Protection (this is what you’re talking about) – a set of APIs focused on local backup/recovery use cases. You cover this well.

2) vStorage APIs for Site Recovery Manager – a set of APIs focused on array vendor remote replication such that they can be orchestrated by Site Recovery Manager.

3) vStorage APIs for Multipathing (otherwise known as the Pluggable Storage Architecture). A set of APIs for 3rd parties to extend vSphere’s core multipathing architectures.

4) vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI). Technically not in vSphere 4, but have been discussed in VMworld events in the past. Will be available in future vSphere-generation releases. This allow array vendors to “offload” various tasks from the ESX host’s vmkernel stack – things like writing blocks that make up VMs, copying/snapshotting blocks, doing thin-provisioning out of space handling, and also a much more advanced global locking mechanism than VMFS uses today. These each will make common actions 5x-10x faster (clone, deploy from template, create a FT VM), and improve VMFS scaling by an order of magnitude. More on that here, for folks that are interested (note that when I wrote this, vStorage API for Data Protection was called the VCB Backup Framework)

http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2008/09/so-what-does-vs.html

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