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Yet another way to create peer keepalive link between Nexus 5ks
During two previous implementations, I’ve configured the peer keepalive between two Nexus 5020s as most folks have seen it done: each mgmt0 interface connected to a management network, passing both...
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Share your VDI opinions to enter contest and win VMware View Train Signal DVDs
Manlio Frizzi over at VirtualAleph.blogspot.com has asked me to help spread the word about a contest he’s holding on his blog. It’s actually a great way to start good conversations about Virtual...
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Deploy a VM from template with PowerCLI
Now that I have a small VM for my test lab, I converted it to a template and looked for a cool way to deploy several VMs from this template with PowerCLI. Turns out it’s actually really easy,...
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Where am I? It’s dark and I’ve lost my network settings! How innocuous...
So I was performing an initial configuration of a FAS3270 the other day when I changed the interface group information via PuTTY. Specifically, I deleted and recreated the interface groups manually...
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Performance Analysis for a SQL Cluster
I was recently asked to pull the performance metrics for a new SQL cluster at work. In an effort to finally get back to blogging, I thought I’d share my results and how someone else may be able to look...
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Delete hidden vNIC, the Eric Siebert way
A funny thing happened this afternoon. Usually, when you know there’s a hidden NIC in a VM, you simply run the command, set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1. Then you’ll see the hidden device in Device...
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Scheduled task to run a PowerCLI script (and delete a named snapshot)
I had occasion recently to delete a snapshot at a certain time. It’s easy enough to schedule the snapshot using the vSphere Client and built-in functions, but then, how to delete it on a schedule?...
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My NCDA preparation experience
I’d like to share quick note about my experience in studying for and taking the NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator exam for Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode, NS0-154. Perhaps someone out there will...
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VMware Converter ColdClone ISOs
I just wanted to document where to find a copy of the VMware Converter ColdClone ISO. This is a useful tool that I wish was still around, but for now, our vFriend over at WhiteboardNinja (@timantz) has...
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Dell Management Plug-in with DNS Aliases
A tricky configuration piece of the Dell Management Plug-in that I discovered the hard way was that you must log in to vCenter via the vSphere Client with the same name or IP address with which you...
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One note about discovery of ESXi 5.0 servers with Dell OpenManage Essentials
Even though we’re using the Dell Management Plug-in for vCenter, we use Dell’s OpenManage Essentials (OME) for physical boxes. I want to be able to view ESXi server info from OME, as well, though....
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Auditing a Virtual Infrastructure: What they ask for
Good day my friends! Good day it is, indeed! What makes it a good day, you ask? Well, for one, I’m being audited for the first time in my life. No, this isn’t an IRS audit (although I’m sure that would...
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Typical ESXi host-facing switchport configs
I was troubleshooting a production issue a couple days ago that led me to request the switchport configs from our Networking team of our ESXi 5.0 hosts that pass virtual machine traffic. Here’s a...
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Having problems with DVD Store 2.1? Perhaps this will help.
Oh…my…goodness. This caused me such a big headache. I’m using DVD Store as a placeholder for a production database in the lab. We’re in the middle of a proof-of-concept of SRM and we’re getting close...
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vPodcast Episode 1 – DVD Store exploits and ESXi host-facing switchport configs
In this episode, I introduced myself, my blog, VirtuallyMikeBrown.com, and talked about My DVD Store exploits ESXi Host-facing switchport configs Right click here to download the full podcast Don’t...
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2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 36,000 views in 2012....
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Fun with Vyatta and home routing!
Good day my Internet friends! Let me say that I feel accomplished – and not just because I got out of bed this morning, although that is a big win for me. No, instead I’ve actually been quite...
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Book review: VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials
Last December I was fortunate enough to win a free copy of Peter Björk’s ThinApp Essentials book through a contest on Duncan Epping’s blog (http://bit.ly/V5QiZ2). Thanks to Duncan’s world-class...
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What’s the (SnapMirror) syntax, Kenneth?
I had the opportunity to configure SnapMirror for a client today and it gave me a bit of a headache. I did what I thought was my due diligence: reading the relevant vendor documentation for SnapMirorr...
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Of showers and sysstat
I was asked by a client yesterday in passing how to check CPU utilization on one of their NetApp filers. I didn’t immediately know where to go and we quickly moved on to something else. So as I was...
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