The other day (Nov 16, 2011 to be exact), my fellow nerd and Tech Field Day delegate, Tom Hollingsworth crafted a great blog post on the new movement in IT, and business in general… Bring Your Own (Apple) Device to work. If you have not read the post yet… you gotta check it out. This is … [Read more...]
ESXi 5.0–1.5 Hour Boot Time During Upgrade
December 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment
I have to say, I am quite shocked that I am on the tail end of waiting 1.5 hours for an ESXi 5.0 upgrade to complete booting. Seriously… 1.5 hours. I have been waiting for some time to get some ESXi 5.0 awesomeness going on in my environment. vCenter has been sitting on v5 for some time and I … [Read more...]
vSphere 5–PXE Installation Using vCenter Virtual Appliance
September 27, 2011 by 2 Comments
The release of vSphere 5 has a lot of little gems. One of which is the availability of a SLES-based vCenter virtual appliance. So, while that is really cool, there is another little nugget of joy waiting for you in the vCenter virtual appliance (‘VCVA’ for all the hip kids)… specifically, your … [Read more...]
VMware vCenter Operations–Standard Edition
September 20, 2011 by Leave a Comment
All of us “Virtualization Admins” are always looking for more information about the performance of our environment. As VMware ESX products have progressed, more and more performance metrics have been gathered and presented to us… and we appreciate it oh so much. However, one of the largest … [Read more...]
I/O Virtualization Redux (c/o Virtensys)
September 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Alright… back in the day, I posted an article regarding a startup in San Jose, Aprius. You can find that post here: http://virtualbill.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/tech-field-dayaprius-high-bandwidth-ethernet-allowing-for-virtual-pcie/ Without reciting everything in the post, the single sentence … [Read more...]
Who Knew VMware Would Be Such A Good Farmer?!
September 14, 2011 by 1 Comment
Start with a plot of land, plow it up, drop some seeds, water, care, and in no time flat, you have a viable farm. Alright… any farmer out there knows there is much more to it than that. Early mornings, mechanical break downs, pests, critters, varmints, etc… But, when everything is said and done … [Read more...]
VMware Fling–PXE Manager for vCenter–How To Setup And Get Installing
September 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
VMware employees are encouraged to work on pet projects during their spare time. Sometimes, these projects are posted online for the world to enjoy. These projects are called Flings… and they can be found at labs.vmware.com/flings. If you are not too hip to them, you should totally check them out. … [Read more...]
IT and End Users: Becoming Corporate Partners
September 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
In my day to day work routine, I make a point to catch up on some technical sites. Sure, it is fun seeing what is going on in technology-land on a daily basis. However, keeping abreast of trends and issues in technology-land is super important. This morning, I came across a very interesting … [Read more...]
Growing Pains: Network Scaling And Maturation
September 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment
When I signed up with my current employer around 8 years ago, the world was a different place. We did not have much of a budget, so we relied on some creative thinking and duct tape to get the job done. The network was a much simpler place too. Every office had their own local servers and WAN … [Read more...]
Virtual Bill’s Tech Field Day 5 Review
May 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Woah… figures that when I get back home from Tech Field Day #5, I am completely slammed at work and home and I have barely found the time for the usual things, let alone blogging. So, while I have been away from the Virtual Bill blog, the other delegates from TFD5 have produces some amazing … [Read more...]