Why you need to use vendor specific drivers with ESXi (and keep them up-to-date)
I wanted to take a moment and talk about the importance of using vendor specific drivers with your ESXi hosts (and bare metal for that matter). Recently, I have had to diagnose and repair problems...
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Achievement unlocked: vExpert 2014
On April 1st (no joke!) VMware announced the 2014 class of vExperts. I am deeply honored to have made the list this year! While this is a great personal honor, I can honestly say that this is not...
View ArticleDon’t blame the hypervisor first — part 1 — (ARP corruption)
Overview I have been an IT professional long enough to know that folks love to have a “go-to” that allows them to point a finger and place blame onto a particular technological component. Shoot, I am...
View ArticleBook review: VCP5-DCV Study Guide for vSphere 5.5
I recently finished reading the book, VMware Certified Professional — Data Center Virtualization on vSphere 5.5 Study Guide (by Brian Atkinson), and would like to share my thoughts on it. I had...
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Achievement unlocked: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
I am very pleased to have received my certificate designating me as an Amazon Web Services Certified Solutions Architect at the Professional level! I passed the exam during its beta phase and let me...
View ArticleMy VMworld 2014 Schedule
In continuing a tradition that I started at VMworld last year, I found it very beneficial to have my conference schedule posted online in a single location. This not only helped me stay on track with...
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Wait, it’s 2015?
2014 is now over — what a blur! With 2015 firmly upon us I wanted to take a moment to update everyone with some of my recent accomplishments, as well as my pursuit of VCDX certification and other...
View ArticleHow to set Round Robin PSP’s default iops limit to 1 for EMC Symmetrix arrays
Quick fix I’ll be brief with this one. I recently had to find a way to override the Round Robin path selection policy’s (PSP) default iops setting to comply with an EMC standard in order to get...
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EVALExperience License Breakdown — What do you really get?
02/03/2015 — Update (see below) I am very happy to see VMware and the VMUG community working together to bring us the EVALExperience program! It brings back fond memories of the former VMTN...
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ATS Miscompare Issue with EMC VMAX — Updated 05/06/2015
Note: See 05/06/2015 update below! It seems that the ATS Miscompare bug referenced by Comac Hogan’s blog post (found here) is also impacting some EMC VMAX arrays. This discovery was made in a large...
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