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Lenovo EMC PX2-300d VMware Performance – NFS vs iSCSI
I recently purchased a Lenovo EMC PX2-300d 2-bay NAS and wanted to establish a performance baseline for future troubleshooting. For details on the configuration and performance tests I conducted...
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Installing vSphere ESXi 5.5 on an Intel NUC D54250WYK
I recently purchased an Intel D54250WYK Next Unit of Computing (NUC) Kit with the intention of using it as a Windows Server for a small business customer in Massachusetts. The office currently...
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Quick Fix: Lost QNAP Key for Hard Drive Tray
I was called out to a “small business” customer location on Monday to replace a failed disk drive in a QNAP TS-239 Pro II 2-bay NAS Server. When I arrived onsite I noticed that the drive bay had been...
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HP Proliant ML110 G6 Server Maximum Memory Configuration – 32GB
One of the most frequently reported drawbacks to using the ML110 G6 Xeon Processor X3430 based servers in a lab environment is the limited amount of memory supported. HP states “Up to 8GB of memory is...
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HP Proliant ML110 G6 Does Not Recognize a USB Keyboard
I have a HP ML110 G6 server that I use in my lab environment, upon initial configuration I found that this server would not recognize my Logitech K120 USB keyboard. This prevented me from entering the...
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Domestic Water Heater Replacement
My cousin Michael is a plumber in New England and has done his fair share of water heater repairs. Anytime someone asks him to fix their hot water heater, he says “Surely it must be broken, why would...
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Comparing VMware Home Lab Solutions: HP’s Microserver, Intel’s NUC, and...
In preparation for the release of a new book I wanted to setup a local lab environment that I could use to capture screenshots and Adobe Captivate videos from. I had set the following goals for my new...
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Part 1 – Nissan Leaf Diary – Replacing the Grocery Getter with a Nissan Leaf
This will be the beginning of a series of bLOG posts related to my Nissan Leaf. Ever since I purchased an Acura NSX I have always owned a second vehicle which has been affectionately known as the GG...
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Unable to format USB Flash Drive, “device media write protected”
One of my favorite USB Flash Drive formatting utilities has been the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool. It has been available online in the past, however since the URL continues to change I would...
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Building a Cisco UCS Director (UCSD) Test Lab Environment
Many of the customers I work with own VCE Vblock, NetApp Flexpod, and/or EMC VSPEX solutions. Over the last few months several of my customers have asked if Cisco UCSD would make it easier to manage...
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Comparing VMware Home Lab Solutions: HP ProLiant Microserver Gen8 vs HP...
My lab environment is regularly revised with new lab equipment to demonstrate and test different products. The one thing that has remained constant is my use of VMware ESXi. When considering new...
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Recording Voicemail from an iPhone to an Apple MacBook Pro 13″
This past summer I lost my Mom and shortly thereafter in the fall my Grandmother passed away. I spoke to both of them often and on the few occasions when they were unable to reach me they always left...
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Comparing VMware Home Lab Solutions: Cisco UCS C220-M3 Rack Server vs HP...
My experience with the HP ProLiant DL320e has been short-lived, the maximum memory support of 32GB isn’t enough to support the large number of VMware virtual machines that I am using in my test lab...
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Accessing a Microsoft VPN (PPTP) server using a client behind a Cisco ASA...
I recently had to connect to a customers network to troubleshoot an EMC storage array. The customer created a user name and password for me on a Windows Server and requested that I connect to their...
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Call “HostStorageSystem.ComputeDiskPartitionInfo” for object “storageSystem”...
I recently installed a Samsung SSD in a vSphere ESXi 5.5u1 host. The previously owned drive was removed from a DELL laptop that was running Windows 7. When I attempted to use the vSphere client to Add...
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Your Next Career – Network Virtualization
Learn more about VMware NSX and Network Virtualization Careers from Chris McCain, Director, Technical Certification, NSBU in the video Chris McCain Network Virtualization Careers.
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VMware NSX Technical Overview with Labs Announced Today
Are you interested and getting more experience with VMware NSX? Well, you are in luck! Just today VMware Certification and Blogs released information on the new self-paced eLearning class titled...
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HP Proliant ML110 G6 Does Not Recognize a USB Keyboard
I have a HP ML110 G6 server that I use in my lab environment, upon initial configuration I found that this server would not recognize my Logitech K120 USB keyboard. This prevented me from entering the...
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Microsoft Office 365 Cost Savings for a Small Business
I work with a customer that generates $25 million dollars per year in revenue with an office staff of ten. For the last six years they have used Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 installed on a...
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VMware NSX with Cisco UCS and Nexus 7000 Design Guide Released
Today Brad Hedlund released details on the VMware NSX with Cisco UCS and Nexus 7000 design guide.
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