Justin's IT Blog

How to install Hyper-V Integration Services for Easy Cross-Hypervisor Migrations

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Justin Paul | 2 Comments

Overview I.T. organizations are constantly looking for efficiencies and cost savings in their organization. Migrating VMware VMs to Microsoft Hyper-V is one way that some organizations are looking to save money (by reducing VMware license fees). Other organizations may be…

Azure Quotas – How to request more Cloud

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Everyone loves cloud! Right? But what if you run out? If you aren’t sure where you are on the “About to run out scale”, check out my article on how to check usage and limits here. But if you need…

Nakivo – A Flexible, Cost-Effective Backup Solution

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Backup for more than just VMware! There has been a lot of transition in my geek lab in the last six months. I have been exploring public cloud, I no longer have a home lab, plus my colo was completely…

Moving my Blog to Azure and back with Zerto!

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

To Azure and Back, while also replacing hardware! First, Let’s Recap! In case you haven’t been following along, my latest personal project has been to completely eliminate my home lab and opt to have everything at one location – the…

Checking Azure Resource Quota Limits with PowerShell

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Justin Paul | 2 Comments

The Cloud has Limits?!?! When migrating workloads into Azure one of the first things that people run into is the limit on the number of resources they can initially consume. We are all told that “the cloud” is limitless, but…

FuelRod – My R&D recommendations

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

The Backstory One of the interesting travel accessories that I have acquired is a FuelRod. If you don’t know what a FuelRod is let me explain. Basically, it is a USB battery pack much like the free ones we get…

Configuring Zerto with a Domain Signed SSL Certificate

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Justin Paul | 1 Comment

How annoying it is… How many servers, or hardware management interfaces, or other devices on your network make you do those extra clicks to get to them? You know, the ones where you agree that you have intelligence and you…

Zerto Cloud Appliance Template for AWS Now Available

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Justin Paul | 2 Comments

Deploy Zerto Faster on AWS! This week Zerto published AWS Community AMIs (Amazon Machine Image) for all regions of AWS. This means that you can now deploy a Zerto Virtual Replication Cloud Appliance from a template with Zerto 5.5 Update…

The date is set, and replication has started

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Justin Paul | 1 Comment

It’s almost time to shut down the Home Lab! I posted the other week that I would no longer have a home lab and this week I officially set the date for the hardware swap. It will be Tuesday, September…

Ubiquiti Unifi Virtual Appliance 2.0

Posted on September 3, 2017 by Justin Paul | 17 Comments

[stextbox id=’alert’]This version is old, use my new 3.0 appliance click here to go to that article.[/stextbox] My Ubiquiti Unifi Virtual Appliance template The Ubiquiti Unifi Virtual Appliance that I posted a while back in this post was starting to…

Zerto Docs MCP — Part 2: Hybrid Search and a Curated Knowledge Layer

AI-Powered Grain Market Tracking for Farmers

My Zerto Docs MCP Server: Ask Claude (or Copilot, or Cursor) Real Questions

Introducing Webhook Server: Windows-Native Webhooks for Zerto (and Anything Else)

Troubleshooting Keycloak Authentication

DIY Precision Agriculture: Fertilizer Monitor with Raspberry Pi Pico Part 2

DIY Precision Agriculture: Fertilizer Monitor with Raspberry Pi Pico Part 1

Automated Rotation of Keycloak LDAP Federation Password for Zerto

A Water Heater Breakdown Was the Best Thing for My Utility Bills!

DIY Stratum 1 NTP Server: Secure Time Sync with Raspberry Pi Under $200