vRealize Automation

Building an advanced lab using VMware vRealize Automation – Part 2: Physical infrastructure – storage

/ Mark Brookfield / 2 Comments

20150630 - vRAIn part 1 I outlined the aims of the project, which is to build an advanced lab using VMware vRealize Automation.  In this article, we will configure the storage that will house our provisioned virtual machines.

The first constraint that has been identified is cost, which effectively rules out fibre channel storage of any kind.  However, with the right hardware, we can utilise other technologies such as iSCSI and still provision high-performance storage: Continue reading →

Building an advanced lab using VMware vRealize Automation – Part 1: Intro

/ Mark Brookfield / 2 Comments

20150630 - vRAA few months back my boss came to me and asked if I could build a test lab for the company.  Being a managed services company with a number of technical staff, it was important to give them a training ground where skills can be learned but mistakes also made without consequence.

We have a lot of kit we currently use for testing changes on prior to putting them live, but not a segregated area dedicated for this purpose. Continue reading →