I've been very impressed with Nimble Storage since using a CS220 for a project last May and running performance tests against it. We purchased a CS240G shortly after. If you haven't checked out what they're doing with SSD I highly recommend you do. We just purchased a CS220G to compliment our CS240G and I decided... Continue Reading →
vCD Expired VM Cleanup Fails
While renewing a vApp from Expired Items in an Organization I decided to cleanup a couple vApps which expired over 4 months ago. I deleted them and didn't think much of them until I was working in vCenter an hour later. I noticed recurring tasks trying to power off the VM's that belonged to these... Continue Reading →
“Fence” vApps or use Internal vApp Networks
Over a year ago we started looking at vCloud Director as it was slated to replace Lab Manager. The beauty of Lab Manager for us was we could clone the same VM's thousands of times and have them "fenced" from each other for software development, training, automated testing, and supporting clients. We could do this... Continue Reading →
A New Year is Here
I took some time over the holidays to reflect on where my career has gone over the past year and I really enjoyed the ride. I was able to speak at VMworld for the first time, was very active on the communities forums, beta tested some exciting new products, became a VMware Certified Professional, and... Continue Reading →
vApp Template not capturing NIC’s “IP POOL” address setting
*** UPDATE *** The fix has been added to the 5.1.2 release that is now GA. Read the release notes for other fixes here... https://www.vmware.com/support/vcd/doc/rel_notes_vcloud_director_512.html While setting up and testing a couple new vApp Templates for a new organization I noticed an issues when capturing to the catalog and using IP Pool for IP addressing... Continue Reading →
I'm taking a step into a new world I've strayed from since college, for good reasons. I do recall that I enjoyed writing when it was about something I liked and really disliked it when I had no control. My other issue is spelling, as a couple good friends who were tired of me asking... Continue Reading →
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