Justin's IT Blog

Accelerating Storage Traffic with AutoCache from Proximal Data

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Justin Paul | 10 Comments

Now that it is getting cooler here in the buckeye state my lab gear has been hard at work keeping my office nice and toasty warm. While spewing out BTU’s it has also managed to help me test some new…

Unable to delete VNXe Volume or inactive checkpoints/snapshots

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Justin Paul | 10 Comments

NOTE: I recommend getting EMC support on the phone before trying any of the commands below, I take no responsibility if you lose data because you use them without fully knowing what they do. As always… if your job is…

Win some lab gear from Unitrends!

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Justin Paul | 2 Comments

This contest has perfect timing, I am working on my review of several backup products and Unitrends was already on the list to review. If however you are a geek like me and also need some lab gear head over…

Appassure 5 Backup: Installation and Configuration Review

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Justin Paul | 24 Comments

As promised this is the first of a couple articles on the backup products I have been watching. I plan to go through them in alphabetical order, starting with Appassure and ending with Veeam. In the middle I plan to…

Adding Shelves to a VNXe SAN

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Justin Paul | 11 Comments

The other day I was asked to help install a new DAE on a VNXe3100 for a customer. While it is a very simple process I thought I would share what I look for to make sure that things…

A New Look

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Justin Paul | 1 Comment

After 2 years with the Green Park 2 by Cordobo theme, I decided that it was time for something new. I hate picking things like this though, it probably took me half the day just to find something I was…

Veeam 6.5 Released!

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Personally I have been waiting for this one since VMworld… Mainly because Veeam 6.5 now supports vSphere 5.1, aside from that Veeam 6.5 also has some other new features. Probably the second biggest new feature in 6.5 is the Exchange…

Another one bites the dust; EMC E22-275 Exam

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

This morning was test day again for me, this time I was up against the RecoverPoint Replication and Recovery (E22-275) exam. This exam wasn’t too bad though as long as you knew all the acronyms and what they apply to.…

EMCIE VNX Specialist & more!

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

It’s been a while since I made a post on here, so I thought I would share what I’ve been up to lately. Since VMworld my schedule has been swamped to say the least, between travel and studying I haven’t…

HOL: What I need help with

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

If you missed my post about my Hands on Lab project check it out first… Then read on to see if you can help me make it better! Right now the lab is a manually provisioned, and to grow I…

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