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 happened with that sale as I changed jobs about a…
Category: Virtualization
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 to take the VCAP5 Datacenter Administration (VCAP5-DCA) exam on Monday,…
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 the show lives up to the hype and there is…
Disabling IPv6 on AutoDeployed Reference Host
Yesterday I was helping a customer troubleshoot some AutoDeploy questions about ESXi 5.1, and one of his questions was… “How do I turn off IPv6 for my auto deployed blades”? So naturally I was said that you just needed to…
Things to keep in mind if upgrading to vSphere 5.5
If you are a super early adopter there are a few KB articles that you will want to keep an eye on if you are looking to go to vSphere 5.5 already. Thanks to Marcel @ Lumenate for pointing these…
Using the VMware OS Optimization Tool for VDI locally
In July VMware released a new fling on the VMware Labs site that is designed to help you apply all VMware best practices for virtual desktops in one easy swoop. There are two ways to run the tool, locally and…
Moving to HP Cloud DNS Services
Update 2016-10-20: Since writing this article HP has shutdown their cloud offering. I now host my DNS at Cloudflare and it works great! The other day I got an email that said something to the effect of “HP Cloud DNS…
HP StoreOnce Virtual Appliance Announced
This week I have been attending HP’s Discover event in Las Vegas and one of the big announcements was the release of a virtual StoreOnce Appliance. If you are not familiar with StoreOnce it is similar to EMC Data Domain,…
VMware Support Workflow Document
Recently I was promoted to Principal Architect at DPSciences, basically this means that while I may still do some installs, my main task is to make sure that projects go as smoothly as possible while also making support and any…
Storage Field Day 3 Recap
So this week I spent Tuesday-Friday in Denver Colorado with Steve Foskett and the Tech Field Day crew for their Storage Field Day 3 event. There were 14 bloggers from all around the world who came to hear from 9…