VM Storage Policy APIs aka Storage Profile APIs will be available in vSphere 5.5
A frequently requested feature from customers and partners have been around the Storage Profile APIs and with the upcoming vSphere 5.5 release, it will now be possible to automate the management and...
View ArticleRestoring VSAN VM Storage Policies without vCenter Part 1: Using cmmds-tool
A scenario that I have been been looking into recently while testing VSAN in my lab is what happens when vCenter Server is no longer available and the impact that might have on your environment. We...
View ArticleRestoring VSAN VM Storage Policy without vCenter Part 2: Using vSphere API
Last week I demonstrated a manual method of recovering a VSAN VM Storage Policy when vCenter Server is no longer available by using a VSAN command-line utility found in the ESXi Shell called...
View ArticleSPBM (Storage Policy Based Management) MOB in vSphere 5.5
A handy little tool that was useful for me which might come in handy for others too while working on my VSAN VM Storage Policy recovery article is the SPBM (Storage Policy Based Management) MOB which...
View ArticleHow to upgrade to the latest VSAN Beta Refresh of RVC on Windows?
A variety of new updates can be found in the latest VSAN Beta Refresh including a new RVC (Ruby vSphere Console) namespace called SPBM (Storage Policy Based Management) that allows users manage and...
View ArticleExtending RVC to support renaming VM Storage Policies
I was recently using RVC (Ruby vSphere Console) to setup one of my VSAN lab environments and I had noticed that in the SPBM namespace, that you could create and delete a VM Storage Policy, but you...
View ArticleExploring VSAN APIs Part 6 – Modifying Virtual Machine VM Storage Policy
One of the biggest benefit of VSAN is the ability to specify granular storage policies on a per Virtual Machine basis. These storage policies is managed through VMware's Storage Policy Based Management...
View ArticleUnable to apply VSAN VM Storage Policy on NSX Controller/Edge VMs?
This post was inspired by a recent Twitter conversation with Joep Piscaer who ran into an interesting challenge with VSAN and NSX. I want to apply a VSAN VM Storage Policy to a NSX Controller, but I’m...
View ArticleNew "raw" VM Storage Policy support in OVFTool 4.2 simplifies bootstrapping...
Several weeks back I came across a handy little tidbit on an enhancement that was added to the latest version of OVFTool (4.2) that greatly simplifies the bootstrapping of a vCenter Server or any other...
View ArticleSPBM APIs are now included in pyvmomi (vSphere SDK for Python)
I have been spending quite a bit of time lately with PowerCLI Core, especially with one of my pet projects. One of the limitations that PowerCLI Core has today is that the Storage cmdlets which...
View ArticleMinimum permissions to view VM Storage Policies
Any way to allow vCenter users to see #SPBM policies without using global permissions?No pol visible w/cluster level permissions #vmware — Aaron Patten (@Jedimt) January 18, 2017 I saw this question...
View ArticleFeedback on default behavior for VM Storage Policy
Today, the vCenter REST (vSphere Automation) APIs currently does not support the use of VM Storage Policies when relocating (vMotion, Cross Datacenter vMotion & Storage vMotion) or cloning an...
View ArticleImproved VM Storage Policy (Profile-driven storage) privileges in vSphere 8.x
A couple of weeks ago I had noticed a few internal folks were asking about missing Profile-driven storage privileges in vSphere 8.x when referring to 2nd party VMware documentation asking for two...
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