Tag: Red Hat
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OpenShift Observability, Backup and Disaster Recovery (TKGI to OpenShift Series, Part 25)
A runbook for giving a freshly migrated OpenShift cluster real metric retention, restorable etcd snapshots and scheduled OADP application backups. Three recovery domains, three tools, and measured restore times for each.
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Day-2 on OpenShift, Operators, Upgrades and Scaling vs BOSH (TKGI to OpenShift Series, Part 24)
Production traffic is on OpenShift, so now you own a platform that updates itself. Here is the runbook we use for a minor update, Operator channels, MachineSet scaling and health checks, with the timings and the two failures that cost us a window.
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OpenShift OAuth, LDAP Group Sync and Registry Setup (TKGI to OpenShift Series, Part 15)
Login proves identity, and group membership does not arrive with it. Here is how to wire OpenShift OAuth to the directory behind TKGI, sync groups on a schedule, bind roles, and decide whether the internal image registry or Harbor serves your migration waves.
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Business Case, Subscription Costs and a Phased Timeline (TKGI to OpenShift Series, Part 4)
Sizing OpenShift core pair subscriptions for a three cluster TKGI estate, the ten month double run window that dominates the budget, and a twelve month phased plan against the October 2027 clock.
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Dr Pranay Jha
Dr. Pranay Jha is a Cloud and AI Consultant with 18+ years of experience in hybrid cloud, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure transformation. He specializes in VMware technologies, multi-cloud strategy, and Generative AI solutions. He holds a PhD in Computer Applications with research focused on Cloud and AI, has published multiple research papers, and has been a VMware vExpert since 2016 and a VMUG Community Leader.
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