configuration
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Virtualization
Installing the vSphere 6 Replication Appliance
The vSphere Replication functionality which used to reside exclusively in VMware’s SRM product, is currently a standalone appliance now which gives virtualization administrators the replication functionality piece for free in any licensed version of vSphere. The appliance is a small…
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Networking
Extreme Summit XOS Basic Initial Switch Configuration
Those who are familiar with Enterasys switches know that the Extreme XOS CLI is vastly different from the Enterasys line of products however the XOS CLI is the way forward for the future of Extreme, so we might as well…
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Networking
Enable SNMPv3 on Summit XOS Switch configured with enhanced security
Recently, I ran into an issue connected an XOS switch to Netsight monitoring. After looking at Netsight, the console simply said the status was “Contact Lost.” From within Netsight however, I could ping the switch (simply right click the switch listed…
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Virtualization
Check Equalogic SAN hard drives for errors
Many use and love Equalogic SANs in their virtual environments. I wanted to write up a quick post on how to see if any of your hard drives inside your Equalogic have experienced or are experiencing drive errors. This can…
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Networking
Dell NSeries Switch Basic configuration cheat sheet
In working recently with a few Dell NSeries switches on the bench and in production, I have created a simple cheat sheet for myself with configuration commands I find myself needing most in tweaking and configuring the Dell switches. I…
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Networking
Basic Dell Powerconnect Nseries iSCSI switch configuration
Recently, I got my hands on a couple of Dell PowerConnect 8132f switches for a client to configure for iSCSI traffic for a 3-node VMware cluster that was being implemented for server consolidation, etc. I stepped through the basic configuration for…
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vSphere 6
Change vRealize Operations Manager 6.01 appliance IP Address
Recently in upgrading a production vSphere 5.5 environment to 6.0, I have been working through the individual infrastructure pieces left over to upgrade. I spun up a new vRealize Operations Manager Appliance to take the place of the current vCenter…
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vSphere 6
Lightweight DNS Server for VMware Lab
For those of you who are building and working with your own VMware labs and using either physical home lab hardware or maybe using VMware workstation to setup your nested VMware lab, you most likely will be in need of…
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SQL
Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster SQL 2012 SSL configuration
A project recently had me working on Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster SQL 2012 SSL configuration for an international company who had recently provisioned this new Windows cluster to replace an aging cluster already in place. There are a lot of…
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Deduplication Real World Test
Having been running Windows Server 2012 R2 in many environments for quite some time now, I still as of yet haven’t had a real world test of data deduplication to see how the storage savings would be shown after turning…
