Refreshed myvmware Portal Support Page
Its been a little bit since I have had to log a support case with GSS. When I logged in I was greeted with the new support page interface. I am digging it for sure so far, its pretty streamlined. …
Cisco Case Study with MacStadium
I just wanted to point out that my good friend Khoa Tran got his case study with Cisco and MacStadium published on cisco.com front page! We are making use of a significant bgp-evpn vxlan network here at MacStadium that ive …
Allow Diagnostic CoreDump on USB Drive
Here is a quick rundown on how to disable the coredump warning or to use the USB drive as noted to be supported in 7.0 per KB2077516 Here, now, lets setup coredumps using USB drives inside our hosts. References:virtuallyghettoVMWare KB …
Installing Cisco UCS PowerTool
This is is just a quick rundown of installing the UCS PowerTool. Interestingly enough, ive only now been playing with this, as ive spent the last few months focused on python and ansible.
Virtually Speaking Podcast – Mac In the Data Center
I recently had the honor of of being the guest of William Lam (Virtual Ghetto) on the top virtualization podcast. Virtually Speaking, hosted by Pete Flecha and John Nicholson. We discussed a bit about MacStadium, where I am a technical …
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VMware Release Announcement for Feature Rich vSphere 7
Today we all heard/will hear (depending on timing of release 🙂 ) the official announcement of the VMware vSphere 7 product. One focus of todays announcement, that caught my eye, was the focus of being the center of the modern cloud/hybrid cloud. …
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2020 – New Year, New Start, New Fun
Well 2020 has been going pretty good so far. I’ve got a good list of things to accomplish this year, from a larger NSX-T deployment, ACI build-out, a few UCS deployments, as well as some ansible and python. Ive also …
It’s the Little Stuff – vSphere Shares, Reservations, and Limits
Here is just a quick rundown of some resource allocation settings that one would find. As many well know, messing with these settings without a plan can cause havoc in a virtual environment, so of course use caution. Shares: Shares …
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It’s the Little Stuff – Notes on Cisco UCS Backups
Backup Procedures Take snapshots of the system configuration Export file to local device pre-config change Export to network store on regular basis UCS Backup Types Full state capture Full binary backup of the data base All configuration captured All run …
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VMware DRS 2.0 – Coming Soon to a Hypervisor Near You
As per usual, VMware comes out with some really neat upgrades and new iterations on its previously existing technology. One piece of which caught my eye was the well known distributed resource scheduler, also known as DRS, in this case …
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