VNXe3200 Managing Storage and Cache
The VNXe3200 is almost identical to both the previous VNXe’s as well as the VNX series of SAN’s in that it uses Unisphere for management. However, the version of Unisphere…
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VNXe 3200 Controller Failover Behavior
Two years ago I posted an article describing how the VNXe3100 (and 3300 and 3150) had a major drawback in the way that it handled IO during a controller reboot…
Cisco UCS Mini Bundles
So I was doing some BOM’s for a customer project today and thought I’d share more information on what UCS Mini bundles are out there right now. As well as…
Zerto 3.5 with Offsite Backup Feature goes GA
It’s been pretty well-known that Zerto had plans to implement an Offsite backup feature into their Replication/DR product. And well the day has come to announce that it, along with…
Power 101 for the IT Guy
Power… it is the only thing that you will find more prevalent in a datacenter than racks, yet many times when discussing upgrades and new installations it’s the part that no one ever…
Justifying the Cost of Virtual Desktops: Take 2
Two years ago I did a post on how was I trying to justify VDI for a customer who was refreshing 40 desktops. In the end I don’t know what…
VCAP5-DCA Experience
VMware Partner Exchange (as well as VMworld) typically brings deep discounts to those willing to sit for a certification while on site for the event. With that said I decided…
Fixing Cisco FlexFlash “Connectivity Lost” Errors
Cisco added a really cool feature to their servers a while ago called Flex Flash. Basically it allows you to use an SD card (and even in a RAID1 config)…
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”?…
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…