Category Archives: vsphere
Lab Gear Review: Synology DS212+
If you read my lab posts or talk to my about lab gear it’s no secret that I’m a fan of Synology NAS boxes and for good reason. I personally bought two, a DS1010+ for my vSphere lab and a DS1511+ for lab, media, and home storage/backup. They have both been nothing but reliable…true workhorses. [...]
vSphere 5 Home Lab: Part 2 – Newegg Ordering Goodness (Node 1 – Mulder)
I love Newegg for decent prices…. After much debate I decided to go ahead and get started on Node 1 in which I will name “Mulder”. ”Scully” is going to have to wait a couple weeks until after my Thanksgiving … Continue reading →
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vSphere 5 Home Lab: Part 1 : Storage and Blue Lights!
Inspiration! It what brings us together to achieve great things. Home Labs! Great way to use resources and gain lab time on products while working on my own schedule! At Varrow yesterday we were given the inspiration and support to … Continue reading →
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Bring Back VMTN! For Us and You VMware.
Several years ago VMware had a program called VMware Technology Network, or VMTN for short. If you’re familiar with TechNet it was very similar. You paid a subscription fee and had access to products and licenses for testing, evaluation, etc. It was a good program…and it was a program that VMware killed back in early [...]
Triad VMUG vSphere Security Presentation
Yeah, I’m late getting this posted but here it is! Last week I did a session at the Triad VMUG in Greensboro, NC on vSphere security. It was a combination of a lot of things put in to one fast moving slide deck. Parts came from my vSphere Security course…parts were new…parts were from other [...]
My VMworld 2011 Presentation Decks & Videos
You couldn’t tell by my blog but last week was VMworld. I’m finally recovering from a crazy week and should have my post-VMworld recap post up tomorrow. But I was asked by a few people to post my presentation decks from my sessions (VSP2757 & VSP3111) so here you go. These do contain the video [...]
EMC VNXe Array Series: The Beginning…
Hey, what’s that in the box right there? Well, the big box on the bottom is an EMC VNXe 3300 array. The boxes on top, unfortunately, weren’t mine. They contained some solid state drives and another tray of disks…but oh well… Over the next several weeks I will be doing a series of posts on [...]
VMware vCenter 4.1 Upgrade/Migration Gotchas
I have recently been doing vCenter 2.5/4.0 to vCenter 4.1 upgrades and migrations for our clients. Upgrades to 4.1 have been more difficult than doing upgrades to 4.0 because vCenter 4.1 requires an x64 version of Windows. Most of our … Continue reading →
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In Support of the Home Lab….the Varrow way.