Operations

In a previous blog post, I walked through the process of using Synology Active Backup for Business to protect your VMware vSphere virtual machines. This post takes the next step and walks through the process of using the Instant Restore to VMware feature for virtual machines in Synology Active Backup for Business. The Instant Restore to VMware feature does exactly what it sounds like; it allows you to restore a virtual machine in your VMware vSphere environment almost instantly, allowing for reduced downtime.

While many folks with home labs recognize Synology as a manufacturer of excellent user-friendly network-attached storage (NAS) arrays full of features, many might not realize that these same NAS devices include an excellent built-in suite of Backup and Recovery tools. This suite contains Synology Active Backup for Business, Synology Active Backup for Google Workspace, and Synology Active Backup for Microsoft 365. Synology Active Backup for Business supports backing up PCs, Macs, physical servers, file servers, and virtual machines from VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V.

Synology Logo Getting Started with the Synology Storage Console for VMware I have used VMware vSAN and a Synology DS1821+ for several years for my home lab’s storage. However, up to now, I have never deployed the Synology Storage Console for VMware. Realizing that the console might have valuable benefits, I decided it was time to try it. This post will walk through the deployment process for the Synology Storage Console for VMware and review its various features.

This blog post provides a quick walkthrough of configuring NetApp ONTAP System Manager to use VMware Identity Manager/Workspace ONE Access to provide SAML authentication for users. This blog post assumes that your VMware Identity Manager and NetApp ONTAP System Manager environments are online and functional. Create SAML Users in NetApp ONTAP System Manager The first step in this process is to ensure that you have user accounts defined within NetApp ONTAP System Manager to support your SAML users.

In my previous blog post Managing ESXi Local User Accounts from vCenter Server Using PowerCLI, I provided a quick walkthrough of how to manage ESXi local user accounts using VMware PowerCLI and VMware vCenter Server. This post will provide a similar walkthrough, but I will utilize VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator this time. Getting Started This walkthrough assumes that you already have a working VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator deployment and that you’ve already established a connection to your VMware vCenter Server instance from VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator.