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Behind the Scenes of my HOL project

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Justin Paul | 2 Comments

In order to put together an environment that can be used for the Hands on Labs I needed to layer together many VMware technologies. On the software side these technologies include: vSphere 5, vCloud Director, VMware View, vShield Edge (now…

Hands on Labs: If you built it, they will come

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Justin Paul | 6 Comments

Today was the premier of my home grown “Hands on Labs” at a Lunch and Learn in Kansas City sponsored by DP Sciences, EMC, Cisco, and VMware. We discussed what went on at VMworld including product announcements, licensing changes, and…

My VMworld 2012 Game Plan

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

This is just my to-do list of things I want to see and learn more about this year at VMworld, in no particular order. Zimbra -What can I say, I started out as a linux geek and always will be.…

Upgrading Data Domain Appliances without Sacrificing Capacity

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Data Domain 620 appliances come in two flavors, a 12TB version and a 7TB version, for both versions the chassis is the same only the drive count is different. For the 12TB version you get 12x1TB drives in RAID 6,…

VMware VCAP5-DCA Study Matrix

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

After putting together the new VCP5-IAAS matrix I decided that I should also do the same thing for the other exams that I need to take. So here is the VCAP5-DCA matrix, and as soon as I get some extra…

Reiterating Why I Blog

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Justin Paul | 2 Comments

This morning I got an email from Linked-In telling me about all the new groups I should join, and since I’m on vacation today and trying not to get too bored I decided to bite. One of those groups was…

VMware VCP5-IAAS Study Matrix (vCloud Certification)

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Justin Paul | 4 Comments

VMware recently released the VCP-VCD510 (or VCP-IAAS) Certification and its study blueprint. I always like to know which material is covered more in-depth than others so I put together a matrix of all of the objectives and the documents they…

Veeam and Data Domain: A Case Study

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Justin Paul | 29 Comments

This is the story of a customer who recently implemented Veeam and Data Domain; all names have been changed to protect the innocent, etc etc 🙂 Background “BOB’S BAIT AND TACKLE” was running VMware 4.1 on a mostly HP environment,…

Win a Dream Lab from Veeam

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

If you need some new lab gear you will want to stop by booth 1709 at VMworld this year. Veeam is giving away pretty sweet home lab setup this year, and it looks like all you need to do is…

VNXe Controller failover compared to other SAN devices

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Justin Paul | 19 Comments

Update: With the release of the VNXe3200 all of the issues discussed in this post have been resolved. For a review of the VNXe3200 controller failover process check out my new article: http://www.jpaul.me/2014/08/vnxe-3200-controller-failover-behavior/ Let me start by saying that the purpose…

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