Upgrading unified VNX freezes; leaves Unisphere broken
Last week I was upgrading a VNX5300 unified to FLARE 32, since FLARE 31 will be end of support soon, and ran into some issues. This is the first time…
Year: 2014
Justifying the Cost of Virtual Desktops: Take 2
Two years ago I did a post on how was I trying to justify VDI for a customer who was refreshing 40 desktops. In the end I don’t know what…
Join me, Zerto, and Lumenate for show and tell (and food)!
Later this month I will be presenting at two events, the first is March 18th from 3-6pm in Cincinnati Ohio. We will all meet at the Firehouse Grill for a…
Some good Disaster Recovery Planning Templates
Over the weekend I was doing some research and found some pretty cool documents / templates on the subject of disaster recovery planning. One thing I have found is that…
How to Seed VMDK’s for Zerto Replication
Update: I have posted a newer article describing how to do preseeding in Zerto Virtual Replication 4.5. Check it out here http://www.jpaul.me/2016/05/zerto-preseeding-howto-4-5u1/ In January I talked about how to use SilverPeak…
VCAP5-DCA Experience
VMware Partner Exchange (as well as VMworld) typically brings deep discounts to those willing to sit for a certification while on site for the event. With that said I decided…
VMware PEX 2014
Next week I will be hanging out with the @Lumenate Team at VMware Partner Exchange 2014. I’ve been to the last four VMworld events, but never to PEX, so hopefully…
Boosting DR Replication with SilverPeak
It’s always an anxious day for me when I have to take a customer’s DR hardware to their DR site… not because I’m carrying anywhere from $100-400k dollars worth of…