Over the last two weeks I have been hit by the same UCS bug, though by different means, twice and as such I would like…
vWYNTK: vSphere Storage Appliance 1.0
With the announcement of vSphere 5.0 VMware also announced the first edition of the vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA). This new product is targeted toward SMBs…
Introducing vStuff!
I have added a new menu item called vStuff. Over the next several months, I plan on posting VMware specific information under this header for…
WARNING: CpuSched: XXXX: processor apparently halted for XXXX ms
While I have seen people discuss this error message and solution, I figured it would be a good idea to discuss in terms of specific…
Logrotate Limitations
I having been working on a syslog architecture and one key component to the architect was leveraging log rotate for all log files. One section…
ESXi LUN ID Maximum
The VMware Configuration Maximums document is something I reference quite often. One configuration maximum that became relevant for me this week was under ESXi Host…
Cisco UCS B230 M2 Caveats
The latest half-width Cisco UCS B-series servers are beautiful pieces of machinery. In such a small footprint it is possible to get two processors each…
Frequent Flyer Part 5: Car Rental
I do not really have much to say about car rental companies other than to find one and stick with them. Most are identical in…
Frequent Flyer Part 4: Airlines
Your choice of airline really matters and because you are going to marry one be sure to do your homework to prevent a bitter divorce.…
vSphere 5.0 and Cloud Infrastructure Suite Announced!
As I am sure you have heard by now, VMware announced yesterday the next step for the company in the cloud space. I would like…