Was the question posed by "the short one" as part of his preparation to come visit and buy me nice wine and phood for a few days.
Imagine, when I felt unable to overcome the urge to Google to see what random website Jimmy was going to punch my address into, and what this ESTA thing was all about.
So, you have to give your details to Uncle Sam before you even leave your home country. What a great idea. That makes sure you don't have a problem getting into the USA and don't have to fill in the green/white card things wth all your details.
Only not so much.
Not only do you still have to complete a green I94, you are STILL not guaranteed to be accepted into the USA.
WTF?
Either an approved ESTA gets you in or it doesn't, surely?
Good Grief.
July 14, 2009
July 10, 2009
Exchange and NetApp SnapMirror
Here we go.
There was a thread today on one of our myriad internal DLs asking for some advice and background information after one of the esteemed members of Microsoft Consulting Services in a country (to remain anonymous) told a customer that Microsoft does not support SnapMirror.
The MCS guy was, not to put too fine a point on it, talking shite.
Here's why.
Microsoft does not, indeed, support replication of live data twixt arrays.
NetApp does not replicate live Exchange data.
NetApp replicates VSS captured information - i.e. out of use blocks of data.
To say that Microsoft do not support SnapMirror is EXACTLY the same as saying that Microsoft does not support Microsoft Data Protection Manager backups because the underlying technology of how the data was captured (VSS) is the same damn thing!
Clearly, the MCS individual has given the customer a bum-steer. Wasn't the first time, won't be the last time. Sadly.
Information @ M
icrosoft about SnapMirror.
1. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/HHHlaunch/docs/netapp.doc
2. http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000000127
3. https://solutionfinder.microsoft.com/Solutions/SolutionDetailsView.aspx?solutionid=fd0f4e474c294eb78a548eac2130e279&Partnerid=eaebc712-b043-445f-a925-33249e9c4edf
All of which will attest to the fact that SnapMirror is a supported solution for Exchange and indeed other Microsoft applications. There's even a white paper (blogged here some time ago) on DPM and NetApp which specifically calls out the SnapMirroring of data as cool-and-shiny (my words)
Additional information.
http://blogs.technet.com/evand/archive/2005/06/03/405864.aspx (point 4 is where you want to be)
There was a thread today on one of our myriad internal DLs asking for some advice and background information after one of the esteemed members of Microsoft Consulting Services in a country (to remain anonymous) told a customer that Microsoft does not support SnapMirror.
The MCS guy was, not to put too fine a point on it, talking shite.
Here's why.
Microsoft does not, indeed, support replication of live data twixt arrays.
NetApp does not replicate live Exchange data.
NetApp replicates VSS captured information - i.e. out of use blocks of data.
To say that Microsoft do not support SnapMirror is EXACTLY the same as saying that Microsoft does not support Microsoft Data Protection Manager backups because the underlying technology of how the data was captured (VSS) is the same damn thing!
Clearly, the MCS individual has given the customer a bum-steer. Wasn't the first time, won't be the last time. Sadly.
Information @ M
icrosoft about SnapMirror.1. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/HHHlaunch/docs/netapp.doc
2. http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000000127
3. https://solutionfinder.microsoft.com/Solutions/SolutionDetailsView.aspx?solutionid=fd0f4e474c294eb78a548eac2130e279&Partnerid=eaebc712-b043-445f-a925-33249e9c4edf
All of which will attest to the fact that SnapMirror is a supported solution for Exchange and indeed other Microsoft applications. There's even a white paper (blogged here some time ago) on DPM and NetApp which specifically calls out the SnapMirroring of data as cool-and-shiny (my words)
Additional information.
http://blogs.technet.com/evand/archive/2005/06/03/405864.aspx (point 4 is where you want to be)
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