- The basics – How to get an IT job!
For those of you out there wondering how to break into the Information Technology world: There is ton’s of stuff to learn in IT and to be successful you have to be willing to be a lifelong learner....
View Article-TIP- Finding an Unused IP Address
Here’s a quick tip to help you identify an open IP address on your network! *** Disclaimer *** You should always check with your network team first to see if they already have a list of IP’s to use....
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- vExpert 2013 -
Let me start this off by saying that I made it as a vExpert for 2013! I’m truly honored and I don’t think that it has actually sunk in yet. This whole “community” thing is, I’m ashamed to say, very...
View Article- vCloud Hybrid Services -
So the hype is on! VMware has announced a brand new offering for the vSphere family of products in an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) vCloud Hybrid Service. Some things to know: vCloud Hybrid...
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- VMware vCenter Log Insight –
Recently I had the opportunity to attend my first vExpert briefing to discuss a new product from VMware called ‘Log Insight’. I’m sure that the brief was really great, but given some technical...
View Article- Virtualize Everything -
So I’ve been messing around on this website called www.cloudcredibility.com and I have to tell you it’s pretty cool! The website is part game and part learning tool. The website promotes knowledge of...
View Article- VMware Datastores on NetApp Storage -
I’ve been asking myself the question – what is the best way to provision Datastores using NetApp storage for my environment? And the answer is … it depends. It depends on a number of things both...
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- Updating QLogic CNA Firmware for ESXi 5 Hosts -
I was banging my head the other day trying to figure out how to update the firmware of my QLogic CNAs on my ESXi 5 hosts. The documentation is not strait forward and I spent a few hours looking for...
View Article- Confirm VAAI is turned on your ESXi 5.x hosts -
To ensure that VAAI is turned on and ESXi 5 host: 1) Login to vCenter 2) Browse to an ESXi host under ‘Hosts & Clusters’ 3) Select the ‘Configuration’ tab 4) In the ‘Software’ section click...
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- Scanning and Remediating VMs with Misaligned Disks -
Disks can be aligned using two methods – Functional Alignment and Actual Alignment. Functional Alignment can, in most cases, be used while the misaligned VMs are still online by creating an...
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