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Post-VMworld 2012 Recap
Another good year for VMware and VMworld. This year the themed seemed to be 'integration'. VMware announced vCloud Suite 1.5 which includes what is just the beginning of integration between various...
View ArticleVMworld 2012 Best of Show Winners
Here are the VMworld 2012 Best of Show winners straight up from TechTarget. I can't say I understand all of the choices and you have to take them for what they are - press picks, but most of these...
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Gear Review: Yakima Lynx
OverviewI had a request to post more information about this guitar that I mentioned in a previous post. First, let me re-state what I know about Yakima. They were a brand that Kramer used to sell...
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What is Wrong With This (Outlook) Picture?
I installed Office 2013 the other day and fired-up Outlook The first thing I immediately noticed were the colors (or lack there-of). It looks terrible (IMO)! There are very few colors in a...
View ArticleExtending A vSphere Replicated Virtual Disk
I recently had a VM that needed one of its virtual disks extended. vSphere Replication needed to be disabled for this disk before vCenter would allow this operation.When reconfiguring replication for...
View ArticlevSphere 5.1 Upgrade: Home Lab
Being a vExpert has its benefits, one of which is getting a year-long evaluation license for VMware vCloud Suite 5 Enterprise. Since this includes vSphere 5.1 (vCenter and ESXi), I was inspired to get...
View ArticleUsing the vSphere 5 CLI for Storage Configuration
When Adding a new host, SAN or LUN to your vSphere environment there are some CLI commands and configuration settings you should consider. Since Windows 7 is my primary desktop OS, I use the VMware...
View ArticleERROR: Call fails for “HostDatastoreSystem.QueryVmfsDatastore- CreateOptions”
I've run into this several times now when re-deploying servers as iSCSI SAN storage systems for vSphere. What happens is there's an old filesystem partition (or two) on the device\disk so ESXi refuses...
View ArticleVMworld 2013: Are you ready?
VMworld 2013 - 10 years of VMworlds! Registration is open - time to sign-up. There were 45 of us that have attended every VMworld. I predict 35 this year - time to start an office pool.I'm on the...
View ArticleCool Tool: Seagate Wireless Plus
Okay, the Seagate Wireless Plus is probably closer to a cool "toy", but it is cool nonetheless. I was skeptical at first - why do I need yet another storage device for media when I have Spotify for...
View ArticleRe-Purposing an Old EMC Celerra
One of the reasons I was hired by my current employer was to implement an EMC Celerra NS352 NAS/SAN that was purchased the year before. That was six years ago. Since then I have moved all workloads...
View Article2013 VMware vExpert!
Looks like 2013 is going to be another stellar vYear! I found out last week that I was awarded the vExpert designation again this year. The official announcement and list can be found...
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NGD: 1997 Fender American Standard Strat
I scored this one from GC Used for roughly half the going used rate. The reason is because it was refinished - and it was either a terrible job or the previous owner tried to relic it. Either way,...
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Post-VMworld 2013 Recap
Okay, yes, it's been too long coming, but it's finally here - my VMworld recap. Now, I have a good excuse, but you'll have to read the next post for that! Note that most of this was written shortly...
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They Don't Make 'em Like They Used To
Such a cliche, but so true when it comes to printers. I purchased an HP OfficeJet Pro L7590 for $160 about 3 years ago and it recently failed. The print heads need to be replaced. The cheapest price...
View ArticleBack in Black!
I hit the sack. It's been too long I'm glad to be back...Yes, it has been one year since I've blogged on VMware and virtualization. Well, in my defense, a lot has happened keeping me from spending...
View ArticleMoving a DFS-Replicated Share to a New Drive
Here is the process I've followed successfully several times:Add drives/VMDKs to file server VMIn the Windows OS: I used 500GB VMDKs and created a Spanned Volume Use GPT partition style to allow...
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VMworld 2014 Recap
Well, VMworld 2015 is next week so I guess I'd better get this one published! I actually found this sitting in my drafts, I was waiting for a picture to come through which took so long I forgot to go...
View ArticleHorizon View Restart/Reboot Sequence
View admins - please make sure you restart View infrastructure servers in the proper order for fastest uptime! I recently had a customer that rebooted vCenter and View servers in an effort to fix an...
View ArticlevROps Alert: One or more ports on the Distributed Port Group are experiencing...
Here is a vROps problem experienced by one of my customers:Alert: One or more ports are experiencing network connection(One or more ports on the Distributed Port Group are experiencing network...
View ArticleEnabling the Digital Enterprise: VMware Announcements
VMware made several major product announcements this week and I'm super-excite about some of the improvements and new features coming our way.Our EUC team is really firing on all cylinders and...
View ArticleVMworld 2016: The End of an Era
I sadly report that I will not be attending VMworld 2016 this year. This will be the first conference I've missed - "13" really is an unlucky number! I was not selected per the criteria my...
View ArticleTime for a (NAS) Change
I have been running the DVR feature of Plex for several months now. During the same time the message "this server is not powerful enough to convert video" kept popping up intermittently preventing...
View ArticleNew NAS Build Update 1
After working with Rockstor and weighing my options with HDDs, I've decided to go a slightly different direction...NAS OSI'm a big CentOS fan. I also have been wanting to learn more about Docker and...
View ArticleA New Day, A New Blog
Just a quick note to let everyone know that I have decided to post articles related to VMware, virtualization and cloud computing to a new blog: http://vmclouds.e-wilkin.comI will leave current posts...
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