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…
Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business
This post is a little different than my normal posts… it’s about software that really has no bearing on virtualization at all…Today I installed Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition for one of our clients. So I thought I would…
My top posts of 2010 and looking into 2011
Since its the last day of 2010 I thought I should write a little something about how the first year (well technically 7 months) has treated my site. I have managed to turn out several posts that have been very…
Meet Elizabeth Marie
Kimberly and I would like to introduce the newest member to the Paul family. Elizabeth Marie Paul She was born on Tuesday December 28th 2010, at 5:02pm. Her birth weight is 7.14lbs, and she is 21 inches long.
Running vSphere 4 on HP P2000
Because there is no document published on how to setup and run VMware off of a P2000 I have put one together after reviewing the P2000 FC/iSCSI combo unit that I lent by HP. I have also created a PDF…
OpenVPN-ALS (Adito) SSL VPN Gateway
At the co-lo where my servers are hosted I have an older PIX firewall, it does a great job in terms of keeping things out. Without it I’m sure that I would need to put much more time in to…
ISCSI Performance
This blog post is to measure difference performance via different ISCSI paths to the same Microsoft Datastore. Storage: Directly from the Microsoft Storage Server 2008. This is not an ISCSI connection, but running directly from the server providing all of…
HP P2000/MSA G3: A First look for SMB’s
Related Articles include: HP P2000 (MSA2000i) Review and Running vSphere 4 on HP P2000 A while back I wrote a review of the HP P2000 G2 (aka MSA2000 G2) and it has generated a decent amount of page views, and…
Snapshots Explained in Layman’s Terms
One of the most misunderstood and misused things that I run into are snapshots. Regardless of whether they are at the SAN level or at the VMware level... most people just don't understand what they are really doing when they…
CIFS vs ISCSI: Centralized File Storage
I have a photography studio client that had two requirements: Centralized Storage & Speed. They had a CIF share to their server but were complaining about the lack of performance. They only have one computer accessing this information. This is what…
SANiQ 9.0 Server ‘Clusters’
I installed the HP P4000 VSA software the other day just see if there were any major interface changes and did find one so far that I think will be really helpful. Normally you would add in all of your…