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DIY Stratum 1 NTP Server: Secure Time Sync with Raspberry Pi Under $200

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

In today’s digital world, precise timekeeping is more important than ever. From securing financial transactions to managing networks, accurate time synchronization ensures that all devices are on the same page. This is where the Network Time Protocol (NTP) comes into play. NTP is a protocol designed to synchronize the clocks of computers over a network,…

Harnessing Zerto 10 API Enhancements for Superior Disaster Recovery

Posted on August 12, 2024 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Zerto 10 marks the third iteration of a Linux based ZVM, and v10 is already in its 5th major update. While 9.5 and 9.7 were aimed at greenfield environments, Zerto 10 is the path forward for all customers and with the introduction of update 5, has introduced many new APIs. Summary of Core APIs When…

Converting REST API Scripts for ZVM Appliance v2

A little over a year ago I posted about converting your scripts from Zerto’s ZVM 9.x API to the new ZVM 10.x API. The process I described here still works, but there is an easier way if you are willing to use a username and password, instead of a key and secret. For most purposes,…

How to Install Docker on a Raspberry Pi 5

In this How to install and use Docker on Raspberry Pi 5 guide I will walk you through the process I use to get a fresh Raspberry Pi OS image ready for docker workloads. These are my notes and should be considered a living document that may get updated as needed throughout the lifecycle of…

How To Install and Use Docker on Ubuntu 24.04

In this How to install and use docker on Ubuntu 24.04 guide I will walk you through the process I use to get a fresh Ubuntu machine ready for docker workloads. These are my notes, and should be considered a living document that may get updated as needed throughout the lifecycle of Ubuntu 24.04. Prerequisites…

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. NOTICE I have created an updated article with a much simplier process. You…

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…

My Virtual Christmas List

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

So its almost that time of year again where mom’s and dad’s start asking what we want for Christmas. Normally I reply with, “I don’t know”, because the only stuff I’m interested in these days is servers and storage and…

Updated: Things That Are Missing/My Wish List

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Over the last couple of weeks I have noticed some things that I think are missing in several of my favorite products. Lets start with VMware vSphere. The feature I’m going to talk about first isnt really “needed” as there…

Virtualizing USB Devices

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

One of the biggest things that I have seen people worry about when planning a virtualization project are USB license keys. We work with manufacturing facilities a lot and many software vendors for their line of business still seem to…

Power Outage and Upgrades

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Justin Paul | 4 Comments

If you tried to access my site Saturday you probably got a “page could not be displayed” message. Apparently the power at the datacenter in Dayton went out for a bit and took out one of the service providers switches.…

Recipe for SMB Clusters

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Justin Paul | 13 Comments

Ingredients: 1 – VMware Software Package 1 or 2 – Gigabit Network Switch 2 or 3 – 64-bit Capable Server 1 – SAN Directions: Load servers with VMware ESXi, configure vswitches Configure SAN, add SAN to ESXi servers and format…

HP P2000 (MSA2000i) Review

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Justin Paul | 24 Comments

Related Articles include: Running vSphere 4 on HP P2000 and HP P2000/MSA G3: A First look for SMB’s Recently I was given the chance to install an HP P2000 / MSA2000i iSCSI SAN for a customer. This blog post details…

LRITA Presentation Slides

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

I was asked to post my presentation from tonight’s Lima Regional IT Alliance meeting. It was a basic (not completely organized) presentation on virtualization project planning and some tips for keeping your VMware implementation running smoothly. SMSproTech – Virtualization Presentation…