Virtualization Project Worksheet
In an effort to make a migration to a virtual infrastructure easier, I have put together another document to aid in that process. This one tries to mimic the EMC…
Tags: Virtualization
Microsoft Licensing in a Virtual World
I have thought about touching this topic several times, and each time I start to write the post I find myself stopping. I think it’s mostly because this debate is…
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…
Howto: Windows Storage Server for VMware Storage
Why? There are countless SAN vendors out there that work very well for VMware shared storage, there are also many linux distributions that provide iSCSI and NFS options for shared…
Virtualizing USB Devices
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…
HP P2000 (MSA2000i) Review
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 /…
LRITA Presentation Slides
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…
VMWorld impressions so far
We landed at SFO about 5pm Sunday. Took the BART to downtown, which was $8.10… much cheaper then the $50 dollar cab ride the last time I was here. The…
vSphere Design Workshop Day 3 Takeaway
Quotes of the day: “After I learned PowerShell I knew I could stop being a Console Hugger and transition to ESXi” “Snapshots are a back out process, NOT a backup…
vSphere Design Workshop Day 1 Takeaway
My day started off with a nice walk from the hotel to the Microtek facility… about 1.2 miles, which is probably more than I have walked at any single stretch…