vSphere 5 Release–Initial Thoughts
Well… it may not be much of a surprise that the Raising The Bar event on July 12th was regarding the release of the latest version of the vSphere product line. So, what is this release all about?...
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High availability has become one of those functions that many companies take for granted. The ability for a mission critical virtual machine to re-spawn elsewhere in the event of a host failure is...
View ArticleSSH Tunneling–My Sys Admin Favorite Tool
Happy SysAdmin day everyone! While my title may not say “System Administrator” any longer (although, my business cards do… probably need to change them), I still wield those skill all the time and have...
View ArticleVMware vSphere 5 Licensure–Take 2!
The release of the vSphere 5 products on July 12th was amazing. Some very cool new functions and updated existing functions! However, all of the new features were tossed by the wayside in favor of...
View ArticleVMware vSphere 5–Using Image Builder For Custom Installation
Hard to believe the vSphere 5 release is coming down the pipe. In anticipation of the official availability of the bits for use and VMworld 2011, I thought it would be a great idea for everyone to get...
View ArticlevSphere 5–PXE Installation Using vCenter Virtual Appliance
The release of vSphere 5 has a lot of little gems. One of which is the availability of a SLES-based vCenter virtual appliance. So, while that is really cool, there is another little nugget of joy...
View ArticleVMware Virtual Datacenter
Sunday evening, many of the vExpert award recipients converged in the Casanova 503 room at the Venetian for the VMworld 2011 vExpert meeting. Mingling, meeting, and networking was fantastic. However,...
View ArticleESXi 5.0–1.5 Hour Boot Time During Upgrade
I have to say, I am quite shocked that I am on the tail end of waiting 1.5 hours for an ESXi 5.0 upgrade to complete booting. Seriously… 1.5 hours. I have been waiting for some time to get some ESXi...
View ArticleBYO(a)D Reaction
The other day (Nov 16, 2011 to be exact), my fellow nerd and Tech Field Day delegate, Tom Hollingsworth crafted a great blog post on the new movement in IT, and business in general… Bring Your Own...
View ArticleSAN and Compute All-In-One
Let’s be honest, x86-based compute in virtualization environments is pretty darn boring. A server has become the necessary evil required for enabling the coolness that is virtualization. But, don’t...
View ArticlevSphere 5 Release–Initial Thoughts
Well… it may not be much of a surprise that the Raising The Bar event on July 12th was regarding the release of the latest version of the vSphere product line. So, what is this release all about?...
View ArticlevSphere 5 Release–HA Improvements
High availability has become one of those functions that many companies take for granted. The ability for a mission critical virtual machine to re-spawn elsewhere in the event of a host failure is...
View ArticleSSH Tunneling–My Sys Admin Favorite Tool
Happy SysAdmin day everyone! While my title may not say “System Administrator” any longer (although, my business cards do… probably need to change them), I still wield those skill all the time and have...
View ArticleVMware vSphere 5 Licensure–Take 2!
The release of the vSphere 5 products on July 12th was amazing. Some very cool new functions and updated existing functions! However, all of the new features were tossed by the wayside in favor of...
View ArticleVMware vSphere 5–Using Image Builder For Custom Installation
Hard to believe the vSphere 5 release is coming down the pipe. In anticipation of the official availability of the bits for use and VMworld 2011, I thought it would be a great idea for everyone to get...
View ArticlevSphere 5–PXE Installation Using vCenter Virtual Appliance
The release of vSphere 5 has a lot of little gems. One of which is the availability of a SLES-based vCenter virtual appliance. So, while that is really cool, there is another little nugget of joy...
View ArticleVMware Virtual Datacenter
Sunday evening, many of the vExpert award recipients converged in the Casanova 503 room at the Venetian for the VMworld 2011 vExpert meeting. Mingling, meeting, and networking was fantastic. However,...
View ArticleESXi 5.0–1.5 Hour Boot Time During Upgrade
I have to say, I am quite shocked that I am on the tail end of waiting 1.5 hours for an ESXi 5.0 upgrade to complete booting. Seriously… 1.5 hours. I have been waiting for some time to get some ESXi...
View ArticleBYO(a)D Reaction
The other day (Nov 16, 2011 to be exact), my fellow nerd and Tech Field Day delegate, Tom Hollingsworth crafted a great blog post on the new movement in IT, and business in general… Bring Your Own...
View ArticleSAN and Compute All-In-One
Let’s be honest, x86-based compute in virtualization environments is pretty darn boring. A server has become the necessary evil required for enabling the coolness that is virtualization. But, don’t...
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