EMC Storage Analytics (ESA) 4.4

ESA 4.4 is now available for download from support.EMC.com. This release of ESA is focused on RecoverPoint for VMs (RP4VM) and VPLEX with the following new features: Updated metric thresholds for EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines to align with version 5.1 Support for additional metrics for EMC VPLEX Virtual Volumes and Storage View Support for the following...

3-site SRDF with VMware SRM

As there is a 500 page TechBook on SRDF with SRM, it might seem a bit redundant to be covering a topic like this again, and perhaps it is; but as I have worked with customers and support over many months (and years), a few issues seem to recur. It's usually at that point I figure...

Stranded space on VMAX All Flash datastores – can I get it back?

In a word, yes. Let me start with a basic explanation of VMware storage versus array storage. A VMAX All Flash (AFA) array is a completely thin-provisioned box. A hallmark of using a thin array with VMware invariably means what VMware reports as used storage in a datastore may not reflect what an array reports...