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Open-E JovianDSS and DSS V7 have achieved the VMware Ready™ status. This designation indicates that after a detailed validation process they have met specific VMware integration and interoperability standards and work effectively with VMware cloud infrastructure.
Open-E JovianDSS and DSS V7 achieved VMware’s highest level of endorsement and are listed in the VMware Solution Exchange where we share our storage knowledge and solutions with the global expert community.
List of Open-E products compatible with VMware.
Resources
Open-E JovianDSS vCenter Plugin Download
The Open-E vCenter Plugin for VMware® vSphere™ web client is enhancing the VMware ecosystem integration. Natively integrated with the VMware infrastructure, Open-E vSphere Web Client Plugin allows administrators to leverage Open-E VMware capabilities, such as per-datastore snapshots from vCenter interface to further simplify day-to-day management of large virtual environments and leverage Open-E per VM-level data management capabilities.
Open-E JovianDSS fully certified by VMware for iSCSI, FC, and NFS (for NAS) protocols
Leading data storage software provider is fully certified by VMware for communication protocols used in virtualization-oriented data storage setups.
White Paper for VI and DSS
VMware Virtual Infrastructure (VI) and Open-E Data Storage Server (DSS) - overview and Introduction.
Running Virtual Machines with Open-E JovianDSS
Open-E JovianDSS is a ZFS- and Linux-based Data Storage Software designed especially for enterprise-sized Software Defined Storage environments. Combined with VMware vSphere ESXi, it is a cost-effective, flexible and scalable solution for virtualization that offers the highest performance and data efficiency.
Solutions
Asynchronous Volume Replication of VMware Virtual Machines with DSS V6 and Acronis Backup & Recovery software
This article shows practical solution that can be used as a replacement for Asynchronous Volume Replication in customers environment. The solution describes how effectively prevent a decrease in performance when saving files to storage in organizations which has several regional branches located worldwide. Read more »
VMware, VMotion and Open-E DSS V6 - how-to in 21 steps
A short step-by-step manual: How to install and use VMware with VMotion in cooperation with Open-E DSS V6. Read more »
Open-E DSS V6 MPIO with VMware ESX 4.0
See example configuration of Multipath I/O on Open-E Data Storage Software. To run the Multipath I/O on DSS V6 with VMware ESX 4.0 and Windows 2008 server running as virtual machine, perform the fallowing steps: 1) Hardware configuration 2) Configure the DSS V6 3) Using ESX4 CLI 4) Configure MPIO on ESX 4.0 5) Multipath I/O on DSS V6 with ESX4. Read more »
Webinars
in Other by Janusz Bak
- Zero-Single-Point-of-Failure (ZSPOF) Setup mit MPIO und Bonding
- Zero-Single-Point-of-Failure Setup nur mit MPIO (mit Step-by-Step Demo)
- Ping Nodes - Best Practices
- Heartbeat Paths - Best Practices
- Performance - Best Practices
- SSD Cache
- Kostengünstiges 10Gbit-basiertes Setup
- Active-Active Load Balanced Cluster mit Open-E DSS V7 - Step-by-Step Setup
- VMware ESXi 5.5 HA Cluster - Step-by-Step Setup
- Virtual Machines starten und den Cluster testen
in Other by Janusz Bak - Chief Technical Officer
- Zero-Single-Point-of-Failure (ZSPOF) setup with MPIO and bonding
- Zero-Single-Point-of-Failure setup with MPIO only (with step-by-step demo)
- Ping nodes - best practices
- Heartbeat paths - best practices
- Performance - best practices
- SSD Cache
- Low cost 10Gbit-based setup
- Active-Active Load Balanced Cluster with Open-E DSS V7 - step-by-step setup
- VMware ESXi 5.5 HA cluster -step-by-step setup
- Running virtual machines and testing the cluster
in Other by Todd Maxwell
- Creating the iSCSI Volume and Target.
- Accessing hardware configuration from console screen.
- Modifying default values for the iSCSI Target.
- Changing the ESX initiator values in [Advanced Settings].
in Other by Janusz Bak - Chief Technical Officer
- Installation und Konfiguration von Open-E DSS V7 als Virtual Machine
- Para-virtuelle SCSI und VMXNET3 Treiber
- Konfiguration eines RAID Controllers als PCI DirectPath Device vs. RAW Device Mapping
- Host Cache Konfiguration
- Starten der VM und einfaches Test-Setup mit iSCSI Target und Public NAS Share
in Virtualization by Janusz Bak - Chief Technical Officer
- Installation and configuration of Open-E DSS V7 as a Virtual Machine
- Para-virtual SCSI and VMXNET3 drivers
- Configuration of a RAID Controller as PCI DirectPath Device vs. RAW Device Mapping
- Host Cache Configuration
- Starting the VM and simple test setup with iSCSI Target and Public NAS share
in Other by Todd Maxwell - Director of Technical Sales
- Overview of the scenario to reduce the cost of additonal Servers
- Demonstrate the 2 Physical Open-E DSS V7 Source Servers
- Setup with the vSphere Hypervisor 5.0
- Configure the 2 Open-E DSS V7 Virtual Machines
- Start the Volume Replication Tasks
in Other by Janusz Bak - Chief Technical Officer
- Demo: Installation und Konfiguration von Open-E DSS V7 als Virtual Machine, Para-virtual SCSI und VMXNET Treiber
- HA Cluster mit zwei anstatt vier physischen Servern, Open-E DSS V7 als Virtual Machines vs. Open-E DSS V7 auf einem physischen Server
- Demo: iSCSI Failover mit Open-E DSS V7 als Virtual Machines, auf zwei Hosts mit VMware ESXi 5.0, konfiguriert als HA Cluster
in Other
- Create new Virtual Machine with optimal setting for DSS V7
- Install the DSS V7 and configure the VM after installation
in Open-E DSS V6 Essentials by Janusz Bak - Chief Technical Officer
- Demo: Installation and configuration of Open-E DSS V7 as Virtual Machine, Para-virtual SCSI and VMXNET drivers
- HA Cluster with two physical servers instead of four, Open-E DSS V7 running as virtual machines vs. DSS V7 on physical server
- Demo: iSCSI Failover with Open-E DSS V7 running as virtual machines, on two hosts with VMware ESXi 5.0 configured as HA Cluster
in Other by Todd Maxwell - Director of Technical Sales
- Setup the Open-E DSS V6 iSCSI Targets on both the Source and Destination
- Configure the Open-E DSS V6 Auto Failover service
- Enter the Virtual IP Addresses on both the Source and Destination
- Connect the ESXi 5.0 via its initiator to the Open-E DSS V6 Virtual IP Addresses
- Configure the MPIO settings on ESXi 5.0
in Other by Greg Rafinski - Technical Systems Engineer
- Configure RAID array and caching with and without BBU
- Create iSCSI target
- Tune the target (SCST) parameters from Open-E DSS V6 Console
- Set the iSCSI initiator IP Adresses in VMware to connect to the Open-E DSS V6 target
- Verify connectivity from the ESXi
in Other
- Demo: Installation und Konfiguration von Open-E DSS V6 als virtueller Server;
- Paravirtuelle SCSI und VMXNET Treiber. HA Cluster mit zwei anstatt vier physischen Servern. DSS V6 als virtueller Server vs. DSS V6 auf einem physischen Server;
- Demo: iSCSI Failover mit Open-E DSS V6 als virtueller Server auf zwei Hosts mit VMware ESXi 5.0 konfiguriert als HA Cluster.
in Other
- What the vmProtect 6.0 can do for Backing up your Virtual Machines
- Verify the datastores are working with the Open-E DSS V6 Targets
- Install and Run the vmProtect so connct to the ESX host
- Create a Backup task to back up the Virtual Machines
- How to Restore from Backup to the Virtual Machines
- Demo: Installation and configuration of Open-E DSS V6 as Virtual Machine.
Paravirtual SCSI and VMXNET drivers - HA Cluster with two physical servers instead of four.
DSS V6 running as virtual machines vs. DSS V6 on physical server - Demo: iSCSI Failover with Open-E DSS V6 running as virtual machines on two hosts with Vmware ESXi 5.0 configured as HA cluster
in Other
- Konfiguration des Open-E DSS V6 iSCSI-Failover
- Verbindung mit iSCSI Storage in ESXi 5.0
- Demo: Toleranz von Open-E DSS V6 iSCSI-Failover bei Stromausfall am primären Server
- Demo: Toleranz von Open-E DSS V6 iSCSI-Failover bei IO-Fehlern
- Verbindung zwischen einem Open-E DSS V6 Node und einem Cluster nach komplettem RAID-Ausfall
in Other
- How to configure Open-E DSS V6 iSCSI-Failover
- How to connect iSCSI storage in ESXi 5.0
- Demo of how Open-E DSS V6 iSCSI-Failover tolerates power outage of the primary storage
- Demo of how Open-E DSS V6 iSCSI-Failover tolerates IO-errors
- How to join Open-E DSS V6 node to a cluster after a total RAID disaster
in Other
- Konfiguration von Open-E DSS V6 NAS (NFS) Failover mit Bonding
- Gegenüberstellung von Bonding und MPIO
- Konfiguration von ESXi 4.1 für NFS
- Benchmark Test mit IOmeter auf einer virtuellen Maschine untar Windows 2008
in Other
- Configure the Fiber Channel HBA for Target Mode with the Qlogic
- Create the Fiber Channel
- Setup the Alias and WWN for the Fiber Channel HBA
- Assign the Alias to the Fiber Channel Group
- Verify the Fiber Channel connection with VMware
- Setup the Multipath in VMware
in Other
- Konfiguration von iSCSI-Failover für MPIO
- Unterschied zwischen statischer gegenüber dynamischer iSCSI Erkennung ESXi 4.1
- Konfiguration von MPIO mit ESXi 4.1
- Tuning von MPIO in ESXi 4.1
- MPIO Benchmark mit IO-Meter mit der virtuellen Maschine Windows 2008R2
in Other
- How to configure DSS V6 iSCSI-Failover for MPIO
- Static vs. Dynamic iSCSI Targets discovery in ESXI 4.1
- How to configure MPIO with ESXI 4.1
- MPIO tuning in ESXI 4.1
- MPIO benchmark with IOmeter using Windows 2008 Virtual Machine
in Other
Learn how to configure Open-E DSS V6 iSCSI Failover for MPIO and how to configure MPIO with ESXi 4.1. This webcast also covers MPIO tuning in ESXi 4.1 and MPIO benchmark with IOmeter using Windows 2008 Virtual Machine.
in Other
Learn how to configure Open-E DSS V6 iSCSI-Failover for MPIO and how to configure MPIO with ESXi 4.1. This webcast also covers MPIO tuning in ESXi 4.1 and MPIO benchmark with IOmeter using Windows 2008 Virtual Machine.
in Other
Here's a German webcast which explains how to configure the DSS V6 for MPIO, MPIO with ESX 4.x, MPIO with Windows 2008 and MPIO benchmark with IOmeter.
in Other
Here's a webcast which explains how to configure the DSS V6 for MPIO, MPIO with ESX 4.x, MPIO with Windows 2008 and MPIO benchmark with IOmeter.
Press Releases
Jul 26, 2021
Open-E JovianDSS fully certified by VMware for iSCSI, FC, and NFS (for NAS) protocols
Open-E JovianDSS fully certified by VMware for iSCSI, FC, and NFS (for NAS) protocols
Read more »May 20, 2015
Open-E DSS V7 und JovianDSS erhalten VMware Ready™ Status
Open-E, ein führender Entwickler innovativer Data Storage Software für Aufbau und Verwaltung zentralisierter Storage Server gab heute bekannt, dass die Produkte DSS V7 and JovianDSS den VMware Ready™ Status erhalten haben.
Read more »May 20, 2015
Open-E’s DSS V7 and JovianDSS Products Achieve VMware Ready™ Status
Open-E announced that its DSS V7 and JovianDSS products have achieved VMware Ready™ status.
Read more »Feb 12, 2013
Open-E DSS V7 erreicht VMware Ready Status
Die Open-E GmbH, ein führender Entwickler innovativer Data Storage Software für Aufbau und Management zentralisierter Storage-Server, teilte heute mit, dass Open-E DSS V7 den VMware Ready™ Status erreicht hat. Diese Bezeichnung weist darauf hin, dass die Open-E Data Storage Software ...
Read more »Feb 12, 2013
Open-E DSS V7 Achieves VMware Ready Status
Open-E - a leading developer of innovative data storage software used for building and managing centralized storage servers, today announced that its Open-E DSS V7 has achieved VMware Ready™ status. This designation indicates that after a detailed validation process Open-E Data Storage Software Version 7 has ...
Read more »May 17, 2010
Open-E Data Storage Software V6 (DSS V6) Achieves VMware Ready™ Status
Data Storage Software V6.
Read more »May 17, 2010
Open-E Data Storage Software V6 (DSS V6) erreicht VMware Ready™-Status
: Open-E, einer der führenden Entwickler innovativer Storage Management Software, erhielt für die Open-E DSS V6 (Data Storage Software V6) den VMware Ready™-Status. Mit diesem Zertifikat wird bestätigt, dass DSS V6 (Data Storage Software V6) die ausführlichen Bewertungs- und Testprozesse ...
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