The days of VMware RDM(s) are over. That’s what the interweb tells me anyway, and I’m cool with that. I’m really cool with it after I discovered that RDM mappings on a VMware host slows its boot time by about three minutes… Read More ›
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iSCSI Setup on Dell Compellent Array
In my efforts to get the hell away from RDM disks in VMware, using the Dell Compellent for iSCSI connections became a necessity.There’s good blog post here that runs through most of this. I’ve added some things from my own… Read More ›
Pure Storage Transforms SQL Into a Lean Mean Machine
We added a Pure Storage flash array over a year ago to house our VMware VDI infrastructure and it worked well but it was never really tested. The number of desktops didn’t reach the number I had hoped by a… Read More ›
VMware-UCS Networking: Removing the Nexus Hairpin
I had some problems introducing M4 blades and a C Series (C240) server into an existing UCS infrastructure. All the new servers had VMware ESXi 5.5 installed on them and were vCenter cluster members. There was one networking issue having… Read More ›
VDI Vertical Monitor Setup with WYSE Zero Clients
Recently I pulled myself out of the datacenter for a while to help install VDI hardware and speed up the roll out. There are two problems that come up frequently when it comes to a VMware Horizon View 6.1 infrastructure… Read More ›
Upgrading VMware Horizon View to Version 6.x – Lists and Fixes
Upgrading a VMware Horizon View environment from 5.3 to 6.01 is straight forward. I created the checklist (at the end of this entry) that is just a subset of the one VMware provides, it’s just shorter and more concise. The… Read More ›
Creating an Isolated VDI Pool With vCloud Networking and Security Suite – Real World Example
Instructions on logically isolating a group of VMs in a VDI pool using VCNS 5.5, vShield Edge
Microsoft Office 365 Migration Considerations
A few weeks ago I visited a Gartner conference on Microsoft Office 365. We were considering trying it out until the notes below were passed around. We’re going to wait a while to see how all this shakes out. For… Read More ›
VMworld Update- NSX Certification, EVOlution and New Names for Everything
San Francisco has been overrun. The sidewalks, alleyways and BART stations are packed with virtual geeks and nerds in physical form, congesting an already confined traffic system, confusing the city populace and most likely, annoying the hell out of them…. Read More ›
Geek Sleep: 5 Steps for healthy slumber
Sleep isn’t easy. Most sleep studies show that most of us don’t get enough of it. Health pros agree we need 7-8 hours of sleep per night to make life longer, more enjoyable and avoid physical and mental breakdown. Yet… Read More ›
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