vSphere In n Out

SRM Limitations to Protect and Recover Virtual Machines There are few limitations which I will like to highlight today while protecting and recovering VM with VMware Site Recovery Manager. 1). Protection and Recovery of Virtual Machines in Suspended State . When we suspend a virtual machine, vSphere creates and saves its memory state. When the virtual machine resumes, vSphere restores the saved memory state so that the virtual machine can continue to operate without any disruption to the applications and guest operating systems that it is running. 2). Protection and Recovery of Virtual Machines with Snapshots Array-based replication supports the protection and recovery of virtual machines with snapshots, but with limitations. We can specify a custom location for storing snapshot delta files by setting the workingDir parameter in VMX files. Site Recovery Manager does not support the use of the workingDir parameter. But if you still want to protect the virtual machines with sna...

VMware App Volumes   VMware App Volumes is a portfolio of application and user management solutions for VMware Horizon, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, and RDSH virtual environments. These solutions take desktop and application environments to the next level by providing radically faster application delivery and simplifying and unifying application and user management, while reducing IT costs by up to 70 percent.   App Volumes is available in two editions:    1).  App Volumes Advanced  – An advanced application and user management solution for enterprise customers with virtual environments powered by Horizon, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, and RDSH. 2).  App Volumes Standard  – An application and user management solution for virtual environments powered by Horizon, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, and RDSH.   App Volumes app delivery architecture and user environment manager helps IT reduce costs and incr...