Our team is very interested in the questions posted on SMVI functionality, configuration, and automation … thanks for taking the time to share. And please keep the questions and feedback on your experiences working with SMVI, good or bad, coming. Good feedback makes for a good day, bad feedback makes for a better product J.
I also wanted to let you know that NetApp is hosting an SMVI/SRM Webcast on February 19 focusing on data protection in a VMware environment: NetApp SMVI for backup/restore and VMware SRM for disaster recovery. SDDPC Sys Admin Rick Scherer - who designed and maintains a 25 host VMware ESX 3.5 farm with well over 300 Virtual Machines, plus writes a great blog (http://vmwaretips.com/wp/) - will be joining us to describe how his team uses SMVI. There will also be a panel of folks, including best practices authors and reference architects, to address questions submitted via chat.
Webcast: http://communications.netapp.com/p/Network_Appliance/20090219140000WL?REF_SOURCE=communities
Lisa Haut-Mikkelsen
SMVI Product Manager