I've always been uncomfortable asking personal questions to people I trust, let alone people I don't know. As I've worked harder in this area, there's still things I'd like information on but I'm not comfortable asking my wife, family, or even close friends. At work, we have a Mental Health & Wellness Slack channel. The... Continue Reading →
We are implementing vSphere Encryption on top of vSAN encryption in a specific solution area. The basic setup is a vSAN cluster in each of 10 data centers. The templates are in one data center and cloned to the clusters in each of the other data centers. We created the new storage policy called "VSAN-RAID5-FTT1-Encryption"... Continue Reading →
IT Burnout… In my first 15 years of working in IT I heard the term a handful of times. IT Burnout was kicked around for a short time after someone in OUR IT community committed suicide, but was never talked about otherwise. It was so far gone from my thoughts that I had no idea... Continue Reading →
One of my favorite places to sleep when growing up was in a fan-tunnel. I've slept in one soo many times it probably led to some of my sinus issues as I've gotten older. It was worth it!! I've built a fan-tunnel to read in with my daughters a couple times a year and thought... Continue Reading →
This year my schedule at VMworld is pretty jam packed. I have been asked to present a couple times, attend CTAB and be in a video. The following is a synopsis of my schedule and what I'm looking forward to. I'll will be chatting with vendors and peers between sessions as well. Saturday, August 26... Continue Reading →
Part of my current job is to design and coordinate the integration of back-end IT systems when we acquire companies. To successfully do this I am in A LOT of meetings with other major departments such as Finance, Enterprise Services Applications, Audit, Facilities, the Business Unit purchasing the company, Marketing, Sales, HR and even the... Continue Reading →
Let me start by stating that I have no official training in either the psychological or physical disciplines. This is nearly a blog about me. I'm not sure when it may have started but the first time I noticed it was late summer of 2007. Or, rather, my wife noticed it. We would be sitting... Continue Reading →
One of my favorite topics lately that I've heard on a few podcasts is about job changes and career choices. There is so much to take into account in looking for a new job or evaluating an opportunity that you weren't looking for. It's been fun to hear people help others realize their potential and... Continue Reading →
Tuesday keynote at VMworld included the announcement that VMworld 2016 will be in Las Vegas. I personally like this as hotels are cheaper (unless my wife comes and we stay at the Cosmopolitan), lunches always include a hot option (instead of cold boxed lunches we've had in San Francisco), and the WiFi in the conference... Continue Reading →
Day number 2 is in the books for me at VMworld 2015. I'm not huge on details coming out while I'm here as there's way to much content to make complete rational decisions, YET. Here's what I found interesting and will be ready to investigate further: Need to look into REAL use cases for Photon... Continue Reading →
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