How to visualize Zerto metrics using Grafana
Monitoring Zerto with Open source tools like Grafana and Prometheus
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Configuring ZVM Appliance Multi-Factor Authentication
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Converting REST API Scripts for ZVM Appliance
This post will help you when converting REST API scripts for Windows ZVM for use with ZVM appliances. Spoiler alert – every script that uses the Windows ZVM REST API will need (some) modifications before it will work with the ZVM Appliance. What has changed? The ZVM Appliance, which is replacing the Windows-based ZVM, is… -
Introducing the Linux Zerto Virtual Manager
With the release of Zerto 9.5u1 comes something pretty exciting for Zerto customers. It’s been something that customers have been asking for – for a long time. Zerto Virtual Manager Linux Appliance or Linux ZVM for short. It’s been a huge project which started before I rejoined Zerto, but the first version is finally here!… -
I’m back at Zerto (now HPE) in a new role!
It’s hard to believe that it has taken me over 6 months to sit down and write this post. Late last year I decided that Nasuni wasn’t for me, it wasn’t the people (Jeff, Paul, and Will, you guys are the best), it just wasn’t the perfect role for me; at the same time, I… -
MayaData launches Kubera Propel and Kubera Chaos
Palo Alto, CA – November 16th MayaData, a leading developer of open-source software for using Kubernetes as a data layer, announces the commercial availability of Kubera Propel and Kubera Chaos. Kubera Propel is based on the most popular open-source Container Attached Storage project, OpenEBS, which MayaData started and continues to lead. Kubera Chaos is based… -
Harbor: How to Deploy a Private Container Registry
What a container registry does Even a single docker host machine has to get its images from somewhere. That somewhere is a container registry. A container registry is typically a public server that allows multiple people to share these images. Container images are sort of like a zip file with everything a particular application (or… -
How to use a Cloudflare API Token for LetsEncrypt Validation on Ubuntu 20.04
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How to: Azure Custom DNS, Private Endpoints, and Zerto
Disclaimer PRIVATE ENDPOINTS REQUIRE GPV2 STORAGE ACCOUNTS. ZERTO IS A HIGH IO REPLICATION ENGINE AND GPV2 STORAGE ACCOUNTS HAVE AN EXPONENTIALLY HIGHER IO COST. (GPV1 = $.0004 per 10,000 READ OR WRITE IO, GPV2 = $.004 per 10,000 READ IO and $.05 per 10,000 WRITE IO). REPLICATING TO A GPV2 STORAGE ACCOUNT WITH ZERTO WILL… -
The Ultimate Nerd Raspberry Pi Cluster case version 2.0!
How do you make the Ultimate Nerd Raspberry Pi cluster case better!?! I wrote this article sometime in late 2019 or early 2020… apparently I forgot to click publish. Woops! So basically this post is about how I made my Pi cluster even better! One way is to make it twice as big! If you…
Building a vCloud Lab Part 3: vSphere 5 and vShield
This is part 3 of the multipart series on how I am building a public vCloud lab, this post will explain vSphere 5.0 setup on each of the host machines as well as how to setup vShield Manager for the…
HyperV Posts Coming Soon
Seriously I’m sure you’re probably like “WTF is he thinking”. Let me explain. Obviously, if you’re reading my blog you know I’m a VMware guy… but I am determined to keep an open mind and not blackball HyperV too badly.…
Building a vCloud Lab Part 2: Oracle DB Server
(Note: Now that vCD 1.5 has been released this step can be avoided and instead you can use MS SQL 2008 R2 Express if you prefer MS SQL, the only catch is making sure that you allow remote TCP/IP connections…
Building a vCloud Lab Part 1: The Concept
This is going to be the first post in a series on how I am building and testing my vCloud. I will be using vSphere 5 and will opt for the Linux vCenter appliance as well as ESXi 5.0 and…
VMware vCloud: What and Why
Lately, I have been spending a lot of time with VMware vCloud Director and testing a beta version for use in a public cloud scenario. While I cant yet to share details of the beta version, I did want to…
Non VSS-Aware Application Backups with Veeam
Most applications that run on Windows these days are VSS aware, sometimes however you run across an older server type application that is not. Combine that with snapshot-based backups and you could wind up with some issues if you ever…
vRAM, What About The Future?
Today VMware announced some big chanced to their vRAM Entitlements on vSphere 5, basically doubling the amount you can assign on the two enterprise levels and increasing all others by 33%. For more information check out Tim’s post. This will…
HP DL380 G5 and SC08e SAS Card
I’ve been asked several times if this combination will work, I guess the HP site says they are not compatible… or at least doesn’t list them as being tested and working. We do have a customer that runs an SC08e…
What I’m looking forward to at VMworld 2011
With exactly 29 days until I’m on a plane destined for Vegas, I thought I would share what I’m looking forward to the most at VMworld 2011. 2011 is my second year attending VMworld, last year was a great time…
Migrating External SAS storage to VMware
The Mission: Virtualize a very SMB customers file and document imaging server off of their aging hardware while leaving intact an MSA50 drive shelf. The idea is that because the MSA50 and its drives were added much later, the client…