A collection of nerdy things done in nerdy ways to break, fix, and learn technology
When a software company has a large number of products, it can be difficult to find exactly what you need. So how do you navigate the sea of KBs, blogs, documentation, and other helpful items when it comes to VMware stuff? At first, it seems overwhelming. But if you know where to look, the answers…
The presentation featured in this post is from the October 2018 Dallas VMUG UserCon and is the extended edition of an idea born from a vBrownBag presentation at VMworld 2017. After giving that presentation in 2017, I quickly realized there was enough content to make it a full session. As I allude to in the…
Perhaps you’ve heard some buzz about Wavefront but don’t quite know what it is or how it can be used. I was in the same boat for a while, but then I saw a demo that blew my mind. Imagine a platform that could ingest time series data (or metrics) from various sources, retain all data…
Picture yourself in front of a rack of VxRail appliances. Ah, the bright shine of freshly racked and cabled new gear! The network team has VLANs ready. The operations team has picked out naming conventions for host names and virtual machines. Storage capacity will be more than enough to support growth efforts for the next…
When is the last time you remember having a dream of some sort of achievement? Maybe it was what you wanted to be when you grew up as of Kindergarten graduation, or perhaps it was something else. Are the young the only ones who dream? Are they the only ones who would pursue a dream? …
I remember attending the VMUG UserCon in Dallas / Fort Worth for the first time back in 2013 and hearing Damian Karlson speak about vBrownBag. At the time I had never heard of vBrownBag, but one thing that really hit me was his mention of community. When he said “the community” he meant the virtualization…
After finding out I was approved to attend VMworld this year, I signed up to present a vBrownBag Tech Talk on VMware vSAN. Just a few weeks before the conference, I was lucky to secure an official slot on the agenda for Thursday afternoon. The idea for the talk was pretty simple. If vSAN powered…
I’ve seen a number of blogs lately recommending sessions to attend for this year’s VMworld. And then there are a number of blogs people have written for the first time attendee which have been extremely helpful. Since I seem to be deriving a ton of value from various podcasts lately, I thought I would post…
I recently had a flashback to my days as a high school math teacher. Every once in a while I would have a student tell me he / she spent a lot of time studying for a test and somehow managed to not perform well. I used to ask them what and how they studied….
What do you do when one of your most critical applications isn’t supported by your backup vendor? Do you find a new backup vendor, change applications, figure out a different solution, or cry silently in the fetal position on the server room floor? This, like any other problem, needed a solution, and this post is…