Iomega IX4-200D drive failure
The reconstruct time on the IX4-200D was over 24 hours. When it finally finished the array detected a fault again and restarted the reconstruction. I have a spare ordered. I […]
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It’s Alive!
So, after some fiddling. I got everything to power on. At first I thought one of the whiteboxes had a failed PSU. But then I saw that neither of them […]
Visio attribute to keep object text right-side up.
Before I forget this again… Here is the Visio attribute to keep object text right-side up. No more inverted line text. Should be default behavior. TxtAngle = GRAVITY(Angle,-90 deg,90 deg)
vLab Behind the Scenes: EMC World 2013 Hands on Labs
Going The Distance A staggering amount of work goes into planning, building and supporting Hands on Labs (HOL) for a large event. I estimate that we prepare for over 2000 […]
VMWorld 2012 Hands On Labs
Despite some minor hiccups with the brand new code line this year, Hands on Labs were better than ever; the scale is enormous and the content was well written. Best […]
INF-NET3457 – Nicira and the Future of Software Defined Networking
Martin Casado, Nicira, CTO Martin gave his talk on his third day with VMware, so it contains no roadmap info. About Nicira From inception, Nicira’s mission was to virtualize the […]
INF-STO1198 – vSphere Storage Features & Enhancements
For the presentation, click here. (Requires VMworld 2012 Socialcast login) Cormac Hogan, VMware, Inc., Snr. Technical Marketing Architect – Storage VMFS-5 VMFS scalability improved from VMFS-3 to VMFS-5. What happened […]
GS01 – IT Transformation as the Enabler of Business Transformation
Below is a summary of the General Session, Day One. For the video stream, look here. Rick Jackson, CMO Rick gave the weekly agenda overview and advertised VMUGS. Paul […]
INF-NET2162 – VXLAN Deep Dive
For the presentation, click here. (Requires VMworld 2012 Socialcast login) Arun Goel, VMware, Inc., Sr Product Manager Kenneth Duda, Arista Networks, CTO Arun Goel Why Overlays (VXLAN)? Arun began the […]