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NSX
Change VMware NSX IP Pools after creating
In working with VMware NSX, one of the obscure little things you may run into after setting up IP Pools within the NSX configuration screens is changing a particular IP Pool. Static IP Pools are created if you want to…
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Computers
Nakivo Backup and Replication v7 released with new features
For those who were extremely excited for the news of the Nakivo Backup & Replication v7 beta release will be even more excited as the official v7 release is now available! This new release of Nakivo moves the NBR product…
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Networking
Installing and Configuring Thousandeyes Enterprise Agents
For those that haven’t heard of Thousandeyes, it is a cloud based service that helps to quickly and easily track down network issues that for so long were impossible to track down due to the lack of visibility into ISP networks.…
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Computers
Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Cluster Not Enough Storage Space Available
I wanted to write up a quick end of the week post that had me scratching my head for a bit in a Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V cluster lab I had built up. When powering up a virtual machine in…
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Computers
Three lesser known ways to test SQL connectivity
In troubleshooting a SQL connectivity issue recently, I tried multiple tests in connecting to SQL to help troubleshoot the issue. In this post, let’s take a look at three lesser known ways to test SQL connectivity including ODBC, a UDL…
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home lab
Configure vCenter Operations Manager Gmail Email Alerts
For those running a Home Lab at their house on commodity consumer Internet connections, many ISPs block port 25 outbound for obvious reasons. However, what if you are running vSphere Operations Manager in your home lab environment and would like…
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Windows Server 2016
Add iSCSI target Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Core
Working with Windows Server 2016 Server Core is a bit more difficult than working with the GUI enabled version of Windows Server. Also, with Windows Server 2016 Microsoft has removed the ability to go back from GUI to Server Core,…
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VMware
Four ways to upload files to VMware vSphere datastore
Uploading files whether it be ISO’s, VMX config files, or VMDKs is a necessary task for most VMware administrators in various situations. When looking to upload files to your VMware vSphere environment, there are multiple ways to skin a cat…
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Resources
MSDN Visual Studio Enterprise subscription additional benefits
If you are an MSDN, now Visual Studio Enterprise subscriber, there are a number of benefits outside of getting Microsoft products and licensing for development that are great benefits to take advantage of. Let’s take a look at MSDN Visual…
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vSphere 6.5
VMware Disk Consolidation unable to access file since it is locked
I wanted to write up a quick post concerning an error I received recently with consolidating disks on a few VMs. Disk consolidation is needed when snapshot disks fail to compact after a Delete or Delete All operation or if…
