Disabling IPv6 on AutoDeployed Reference Host
Yesterday I was helping a customer troubleshoot some AutoDeploy questions about ESXi 5.1, and one of his questions was… “How do I turn off IPv6 for my auto deployed blades”?…
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Hands on with the new EMC VNX5400
This week I was onsite with a customer setting up their new virtualization environment and got to play with a couple of the new EMC VNX5400’s. I wont go through…
Things to keep in mind if upgrading to vSphere 5.5
If you are a super early adopter there are a few KB articles that you will want to keep an eye on if you are looking to go to vSphere…
MS SQL AlwaysOn Availability Groups, a better way to cluster
I’ve done posts before about how much I hate Microsoft Clusters, mainly because of their shared disk requirements. While VMware does support a virtualized Microsoft cluster with shared disks, the…
Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager Review
As part of my day job I spend a bunch of time getting in and out of customer networks to monitor and fix things. Managing the connection information for a…
Moving to HP Cloud DNS Services
Update 2016-10-20: Since writing this article HP has shutdown their cloud offering. I now host my DNS at Cloudflare and it works great! The other day I got an email…
HP Gen8 MicroServer; Is it time to update your lab ?
This week at HP Discover a new MicroServer was unveiled. It was billed as a server for the really small SMB or for a college dorm or home server even.…
Trying out Ubiquiti Networks UniFi Wireless @ Home
Now let me start by saying, as my Twitter handle @ciscovoicedude implies, that yes I’m a bit of a Cisco fanboy, and disclaimer – I work for a Cisco partner.…
Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2 Book Review
A couple of months ago Packt asked if I would do a technical review of a VMware View book for them written by Jason Ventresco. Jason is a blogger and…
My frustration with Hyper-V, do you really save anything?
The story of a difficult experience with Hyper-V If you follow my Twitter feed you knew this article was coming… After spending about 3 hours on the phone with a…