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Zambia

Zambia Update #1 – 30 days till takeoff

June 8, 2014December 23, 2020vcdx71

Well we’re about 30 days away from heading off on our mission trip to Zambia South Africa. I just wanted to drop you all a quick note and fill you…Continue readingZambia Update #1 – 30 days till takeoff

Zambia

My chance to serve!

April 20, 2014December 23, 2020vcdx71

For as long as I can remember I was what you could call a non-believer or agnostic. As some of you know that changed for me around 6 months ago. It’s been…Continue readingMy chance to serve!

VMware

Making a Move

September 4, 2013December 23, 2020vcdx71

For the past 18 months I’ve been a Senior Consultant with the Cloud Infrastructure Management Professional Services Organization here inside of VMware. It’s been a great year and half and…Continue readingMaking a Move

VMworld

VMworld 2013 Session Voting is Now Open!

April 23, 2013December 23, 2020vcdx71

It’s that time of the year again, the difference this time for me is I’m looking to make my first appearance. Help me out by voting for my session, 4841…Continue readingVMworld 2013 Session Voting is Now Open!

VMware, vSphere 5.1

vCenter 5.1, Multisite SSO, Linked Mode, Custom SSL certificates, protected by vCenter HeartBeat. Part 3

April 4, 2013December 23, 2020vcdx71

I’ve been a bit distracted lately and wasn’t able to get this written up as soon as I would have liked, but in any case here is the final part…Continue readingvCenter 5.1, Multisite SSO, Linked Mode, Custom SSL certificates, protected by vCenter HeartBeat. Part 3

SRM, VMware

Script to use with SRM to clone a Domain Controller

March 26, 2013December 23, 2020vcdx71

Every time I go into a Site Recovery Manager engagement and we start talking about how the test functionality works I always get the question of how to make a…Continue readingScript to use with SRM to clone a Domain Controller

VMware, vSphere 5.0

vCenter 4.1 to 5.0 Update 2 database upgrade failure

March 19, 2013December 23, 2020vcdx71

I’ve been working with a pretty big client the last couple weeks planning and upgrading around 20 vCenter 4.1 servers to 5.0 Update 2. This client runs all their databases…Continue readingvCenter 4.1 to 5.0 Update 2 database upgrade failure

VMware, vSphere 5.1

vCenter 5.1, Multisite SSO, Linked Mode, Custom SSL certificates, protected by vCenter HeartBeat. Part 2

March 14, 2013December 23, 2020vcdx71

In my previous post I talked about the requirements this customer had and the high level architecture and products used to fulfill their requirements. In this post I’ll walk through…Continue readingvCenter 5.1, Multisite SSO, Linked Mode, Custom SSL certificates, protected by vCenter HeartBeat. Part 2

VMware, vSphere 5.1

vCenter 5.1, Multisite SSO, Linked Mode, Custom SSL certificates, protected by vCenter HeartBeat. Part 1

March 11, 2013December 23, 2020vcdx71

Over the past couple of weeks I got to work with a client who generally would have not used PSO for a vCenter upgrade but because of the new features,…Continue readingvCenter 5.1, Multisite SSO, Linked Mode, Custom SSL certificates, protected by vCenter HeartBeat. Part 1

VMware, vSphere 5.0, vSphere 5.1

Windows 2008 R2 Templates / Customization Specification / Local Administrator Password

December 24, 2012December 23, 2020vcdx71

I haven’t done much with templates in quite a while. Last week a client requested I assist with creating a Windows 2008 R2 template. We installed the base OS, did…Continue readingWindows 2008 R2 Templates / Customization Specification / Local Administrator Password

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