vmworld 2015 Highlights Day 3 VSAN 6.1
Well it is almost the end of vmworld2015. I have been incredibly busy attending so many sessions it is numbing both for the mind and my feet! The content this year has a different perspective for me....
View ArticleHP C7000 iLo
What happened? Why doesn’t my iLo have an IP Address? The blade inserted has the correct profile but the iLo cannot obtain an IP address. I cannot start a remote session to the iLo…. What? What about...
View ArticleSnapshots are not backups! or VDP and YOU
Ominous words would be echoed in the meeting… “You do have a BACKUP right?” Working in production environments the constant challenge of maintaining uptime aka ‘steady-state’ but at the same slowly or...
View ArticleEMC Elect 2016.. by the numbers
The EMC Elect 2016 members have been announced. Wow what a privileged honor to be a part of this list. This year will be filled with many new challenges as EMC will have a flurry of changes internal to...
View ArticleChange Control Station IP for VNX
The installation of a VNX2 The first day is the toughest and easiest. Like baking a cake you need to make sure all the ingredients are there and ready to go. You verify what was ordered is installed...
View ArticleRight here. Right now.
It has been a while since my last blog post, but there is a reason or in this case for me LOTS of reasons. My intention to blog has always and still is to give back to the community. Take what you can...
View ArticlevSphere Content Libraries (CL)
The introduction of the Content Libraries feature came with vSphere 6. The goal is to reduce the complexity in management of VM templates, vApps, ISO images, and scripts that your virtual environment...
View ArticleKubernetes and you
So if you haven’t been under a rock.. you know the latest hotness is Kubernetes. “Automated container deployment, scaling, and management” It’s origins is from a internal Google’s Borg system and in...
View ArticleCore Knowledge vSAN HBA
The fundamentals cannot be over-emphasized. You need to ensure that the key components of your vSAN host is configured per recommendations. Just a reminder of the HBA controller configuration. Make...
View ArticleTech Field Day 2019 (Part 1)
Special Edition: HPE Storage 2019 Location: Disneyland (well the Grand Californian Hotel) The agenda is pretty AMAZING! Tuesday, Oct 22 8:30-9:30 HPE Storage Vision Presentation at Tech Field Day...
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Storage Field Day 20.. oh yeah!!
In a world.. full of 0’s and 1’s… Tech Field Day is still going strong even with a virtual venue! Check out the lineup for SFD20. I am lucky enough to be a delegate this year. Watch this space for...
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TiB and TERABYTES! Oh my! Synology DS1621+
The BIG upgrade for my LAB!!!!! There are three main Hardware components you need to consider for distributed computing, private and or public clouds. The software is a different topic! This article...
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