How to visualize Zerto metrics using Grafana
Monitoring Zerto with Open source tools like Grafana and Prometheus
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Configuring ZVM Appliance Multi-Factor Authentication
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Converting REST API Scripts for ZVM Appliance
This post will help you when converting REST API scripts for Windows ZVM for use with ZVM appliances. Spoiler alert – every script that uses the Windows ZVM REST API will need (some) modifications before it will work with the ZVM Appliance. What has changed? The ZVM Appliance, which is replacing the Windows-based ZVM, is… -
Introducing the Linux Zerto Virtual Manager
With the release of Zerto 9.5u1 comes something pretty exciting for Zerto customers. It’s been something that customers have been asking for – for a long time. Zerto Virtual Manager Linux Appliance or Linux ZVM for short. It’s been a huge project which started before I rejoined Zerto, but the first version is finally here!… -
I’m back at Zerto (now HPE) in a new role!
It’s hard to believe that it has taken me over 6 months to sit down and write this post. Late last year I decided that Nasuni wasn’t for me, it wasn’t the people (Jeff, Paul, and Will, you guys are the best), it just wasn’t the perfect role for me; at the same time, I… -
MayaData launches Kubera Propel and Kubera Chaos
Palo Alto, CA – November 16th MayaData, a leading developer of open-source software for using Kubernetes as a data layer, announces the commercial availability of Kubera Propel and Kubera Chaos. Kubera Propel is based on the most popular open-source Container Attached Storage project, OpenEBS, which MayaData started and continues to lead. Kubera Chaos is based… -
Harbor: How to Deploy a Private Container Registry
What a container registry does Even a single docker host machine has to get its images from somewhere. That somewhere is a container registry. A container registry is typically a public server that allows multiple people to share these images. Container images are sort of like a zip file with everything a particular application (or… -
How to use a Cloudflare API Token for LetsEncrypt Validation on Ubuntu 20.04
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How to: Azure Custom DNS, Private Endpoints, and Zerto
Disclaimer PRIVATE ENDPOINTS REQUIRE GPV2 STORAGE ACCOUNTS. ZERTO IS A HIGH IO REPLICATION ENGINE AND GPV2 STORAGE ACCOUNTS HAVE AN EXPONENTIALLY HIGHER IO COST. (GPV1 = $.0004 per 10,000 READ OR WRITE IO, GPV2 = $.004 per 10,000 READ IO and $.05 per 10,000 WRITE IO). REPLICATING TO A GPV2 STORAGE ACCOUNT WITH ZERTO WILL… -
The Ultimate Nerd Raspberry Pi Cluster case version 2.0!
How do you make the Ultimate Nerd Raspberry Pi cluster case better!?! I wrote this article sometime in late 2019 or early 2020… apparently I forgot to click publish. Woops! So basically this post is about how I made my Pi cluster even better! One way is to make it twice as big! If you…
Wyse P20 Review with VMware View 4.6
I must say that I am very bias about this terminal, I love this thing. The first time I worked with this terminal was at VMWorld 2010, they were the terminal that VMware was using for their lab environment. Then…
Veeam University Partner Certs
The Veeam Team visited SMSproTech on Wednesday, and also hung out with some of us at the Lima Regional IT Alliance Tech conference on Thursday. While they were here they mentioned that Veeam had started up a Partner University and…
A big week for the Blog!
This week is going to be a busy one in terms of blog posts. I found some free time and was able to finish up several articles and also write some new ones. First, if you haven’t been here for…
HP t5745 ThinPro Terminal Review
While at the office today I saw a new HP box sitting on the bench beside of mine and after taking a look at the label I found that it was a t5745 terminal with the HP ThinPro OS. I…
HP P4000 / Lefthand Node Migration
First a quick background for those unfamiliar with the P4000 line. HP bought a small company called Lefthand, which made a software product called SANiQ, this product could be installed on a server with lots of storage and then the…
Introducing Tim Smith
Well the “new guy” at the office has decided to start blogging after some harassing. His name is Tim, and he works with the team at SMSproTech, he has a strong skill set which includes virtualization, Microsoft, and a “can…
Installing ESXi from USB stick
Lately, more and more servers are shipping without CD or DVD drives, and if you are like me, you don’t want to carry a USB CD/DVD drive with you. Luckily there is a way to create a USB stick (thumb…
Veeam vPower Instant Recovery
I was talking with some colleagues the other day and we were going through the different ways that one of our customers could avoid the purchase of a SAN, but still have very good RPO and RTO. We have recommended…
Don’t buy new PC’s, Virtualize them!
Lately, I have been focusing on VMware View and virtual desktops, mostly on the setup of View and getting desktop templates tweaked and such, but then the sales side of me took over. While I openly admit that I personally…
Veeam Direct Attached Backups with HP P2000 SAS
I’ve talked about the benefits of “Direct Attached” backups in Veeam before, but normally always in conjunction with an iSCSI type SAN’s. Lately, though, we have had a lot of interest in the HP P2000 G3 SAS attached SAN, mostly…