Justin's IT Blog

Hands on IoT at #MSBuild with the Azure MXChip DevKit

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Last week was a week of firsts for me. It was the trip I had TSA PreCheck; it was the first time I have been to Seattle and it didn’t rain!; and it was the first time I have played…

Runecast Analyzer – take my money already!

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Have you ever upgraded firmware, or installed a driver, only later to find out that it’s not compatible with vSphere or ESXi? Maybe I’m just the only one who doesn’t check the HCL or release notes before doing stuff like…

Azure Automation – How to quickly work with many subscriptions

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Lately, I have been writing various scripts to automate Azure tasks for our Zerto Training team. One of the unique things about deploying training labs at scale is that we use MANY Azure subscriptions in order to properly isolate and…

ZertoCon 2019 Hackathon Update

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

We are just over one month away from ZertoCon 2019. Which means we are also just over one month from the hackathon, so it’s time for an update! I just started some threads on the Hackathon forum (on myZerto). The…

Why the HPE C3000 BladeSystem is the best lab setup ever

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

I can’t remember if I bought my C3000 chassis in 2016 or 2015, but it’s still running great (knock on wood) and has been the best “home lab” investment I’ve made. Define Home Lab Saying that this is my home…

How to build a Raspberry Pi Serial Console Server with ser2net

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

If you’ve ever built a Cisco CCNA lab or some other hardware lab that has serial console ports, there is a good chance you sat within a few feet of the gear with a serial cable to your computer while…

Calling all Hackers, ZertoCon 2019 Wants You!

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

You’ve probably heard that ZertoCon 2019 is going to be in Nashville Tennessee, Monday May 20 – Wednesday May 22. If you havent already registered you can do that here. In years past we have always done a session related…

10 In-demand skills to learn in 2019

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Justin Paul | 3 Comments

You probably spent the last month or two reading 2019 prediction posts. Or posts about how those posts were absolutely wrong… LOL So, instead of telling you what technologies and products will make waves in 2019, I thought it would…

Why Innovation, Risk, and Curves make for the best careers

Posted on December 30, 2018 by Justin Paul | 1 Comment

In the technology sector it’s safe to say that no one has done the same job for the duration of their entire career. Things just change too fast for that to ever happen. In my experience what separates those who…