Author Archives: Mariusz

About Mariusz

Architect (~ 15 years experience based on passion...) with strong background as a System Administrator and Engineer. Focused on Data Center Solutions: Virtualization/Cloud Computing and Storage/Backup Systems. Currently living in Poland.

SRM placeholder datastore design

Recently I was doing a VMware project with 14 HA Clusters (DC) and 8 HA Clusters (DRC) . During the design considerations I wondered how many datastores should be created for Site Recovery Manager (SRM) placeholders. The placeholder is a file which holds configuration information corresponding to the Protected virtual machines. Following VMware documentation placeholder… Read More »

VCDX Mentor Program

What is this? “This process helps a candidate determine if the candidate, documentation and presentation are ready for presentation by the candidate to a customer.” – John Y. Arrasjid, VCDX#1 This is a program (volunteer) to help VCDX candidates for achieving the highest VMware certificate. The main goals are to: provide 3-4 months of mentoring assistance… Read More »