Justin's IT Blog

My roadmap for the VNXe series

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Justin Paul | 5 Comments

Disclaimer: I don’t work for EMC and I don’t have any inside information that any other customer or partner wouldn’t have. I also have no more influence over the product direction than any customer or partner would. The thoughts in…

VNXe3200 Managing Storage and Cache

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Justin Paul | 13 Comments

The VNXe3200 is almost identical to both the previous VNXe’s as well as the VNX series of SAN’s in that it uses Unisphere for management. However, the version of Unisphere running on the 3200 is a very different once you…

VNXe 3200 Controller Failover Behavior

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Justin Paul | 24 Comments

Two years ago I posted an article describing how the VNXe3100 (and 3300 and 3150) had a major drawback in the way that it handled IO during a controller reboot or failure. If you didn’t get a chance to experience…

Hello I’m Justin, and I was an iPhone user

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Justin Paul | 8 Comments

Update: After Verizon finally started allowing 4G calling (Which allows the data to stay on too). I switched back to an iPhone. So after 2 years, I am officially back to an Android phone. Why? Well it really all comes…

EMC VNXe 3200; new firmware enables up to 150 drives

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

On Thursday EMC quietly released a firmware update for the VNXe3200 which allows the system to recognize up to 150 drives. The version number is 3.0.1.3513260 and again it was released July 31, 2014. Before this release the VNXe 3200 was…

Cisco UCS Mini Bundles

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Justin Paul | 6 Comments

So I was doing some BOM’s for a customer project today and thought I’d share more information on what UCS Mini bundles are out there right now. As well as what your options are to add to those bundles. Starter…

UCS Mini: SMB Design Architecture

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Justin Paul | 9 Comments

Update: In an attempt to get this post up quickly, I totally missed that I had the UCS chassis connected to the Nexus switches incorrectly, so I updated the design with the proper wiring as well as switched the stencil…

Introducing the Cisco UCS Mini

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Justin Paul | 16 Comments

If you have been considering Cisco UCS blades for your upcoming server refresh, but know that you won’t ever need more than a single chassis of blades… then go grab some coffee or a red bull and read on! The…

50% Off Devolution Remote Desktop Manager

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

So apparently today is Sysadmin day? Well in honor of that Devolutions is offering a 50% off deal on their Remote Desktop Manager Product. So if you remember my review post about their product and you thought about getting a…

Veeam V7 Patch 4 – adds support for VSAN and SQL 2014

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Just a heads up that Patch 4 for Veeam V7 was released the other day. Looks like it includes a bunch of patches and even a few new features too. New features include: VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) support: Added full…

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

Harnessing Zerto 10 API Enhancements for Superior Disaster Recovery

Converting REST API Scripts for ZVM Appliance v2