2019-03-08 17:14
I’ve become quite the minimalist in my environments, mostly because I’ve been doing a lot of compliance & security work. Speaking generally, most hardware management tools do… Read More
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2019-02-15 17:08
There’s a lot of talk lately about the terrible, horrible, sexist, racist, misogynist, and generally unconstructive feedback that presenters get at conferences: This is on top of feedb… Read More
2019-02-03 19:31
Every once in a while I get asked why I don’t have an out-of-office message for my email or voice mail. Truth is, I’ll often monitor my email even when I’m out, though I of… Read More
2019-01-25 00:06
I’ve found that things that are free of charge are often not a good deal. TANSTAAFL, or “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.” You’re always paying in som… Read More
2018-11-26 18:21
I was setting up VMware vRealize Automation’s Active Directory connections the other day and I needed the public SSL certificate for the AD DCs to authenticate correctly. You can use O… Read More
2018-11-21 21:35
I just got a new iPhone Xs Max. I had an iPhone 6s which I liked a lot, but it’s been a few years and with more travel I thought I’d enjoy having a better device with me. There a… Read More
2018-11-06 17:42
“You spent $150 on a keyboard?” – My wife There are two kinds of people in technology: those with an opinion about their keyboard, and everybody else. I happen to be one of… Read More
2018-11-02 16:02
“We changed again, and yet again, and it was now too late and too far to go back, and I went on. And the mists had all solemnly risen now, and the world lay spread before me.” &n&hell…Read More
2018-07-06 21:34
X11 forwarding over SSH not working? Not setting $DISPLAY correctly in your shell? Having problems with X11 and sudo? Yeah, me too. Total pain in the duff. Here’s what I do to fix it… Read More
2018-07-02 21:07
Every once in a while I struggle a little to add a new Veeam Backup & Replication hot-add proxy. If you’re like me and seeing proxy install errors maybe some of these will fix you… Read More
2018-05-24 15:12
“Hey Bob, I tried installing vSphere 6.7 on my lab servers and it doesn’t work right. You tried using it yet? Been beating my head against a wall here.” “Yeah, I real… Read More
2018-05-23 14:54
Midnight is a poor choice for scheduling anything. Midnight belongs to tomorrow. It’s 0000 on the clock, which is the beginning of the next day. That’s not how humans think, thou… Read More
2018-03-14 17:26
I find it interesting, as I’m taking my first real steps into the world of VMware NSX, that there is no Cisco equipment supported as a VMware NSX hardware gateway (VTEP). Accordin… Read More
2018-03-01 16:55
My post on Intel X710 NICs being awful has triggered a lot of emotion and commentary from my readers. One of the common questions has been: so I have X710 NICs, what do I do? How do I troubl… Read More
2018-02-28 21:29
(I’m grumpy this week and I’m giving myself permission to return to my blogging roots and complain about stuff. Deal with it.) In the not so distant past we were growing a VMware… Read More
2018-02-27 04:19
(I’m grumpy this week and I’m giving myself permission to return to my blogging roots and complain about stuff. Deal with it.) Several bloggers have written about the Runecast An… Read More
2018-01-23 19:32
The default Microsoft Windows IPv6 implementation has privacy extensions enabled, where IPv6 temporary addresses are used for client activities. The idea is that IPv6 has so many addres… Read More
2018-01-03 22:14
As a followup to yesterday’s post, I’ve been asked: should we panic about the KPTI/KAISER/F*CKWIT Intel CPU design flaw? My answer was: it depends on a lot of unknowns. Ther… Read More
2018-01-02 21:26
I was just taking a break and reading some tech news and I saw a wonderfully detailed post from El Reg (link below) about an Intel CPU design flaw and impending crisis-level security updates… Read More
2017-12-29 18:22
Yesterday Apple issued an apology for the intentional slowing of iPhones because of aging in the iPhone battery. As part of that they announced a number of changes, like a $29 battery replac… Read More
2017-12-22 04:03
“You’re asking me how a watch works. For now, let’s just keep an eye on the time.” – Alejandro, Sicario I’ve enjoyed the eclectic roles Benicio del T… Read More
2017-12-14 21:10
I’ve used Veeam Backup & Replication for a long time now, and when we restructure storage, redeploy VMs, or change our replication jobs we sometimes get situations where we get the… Read More
2017-12-05 07:39
For us IT types it is important to maintain a good balance between work and our lives. Just as they say that good fences make good neighbors, I’ve found that a good delineation between… Read More
2017-10-25 17:43
Ever heard someone tell you “consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds?” They’re misquoting Ralph Waldo Emerson by leaving out an important word: foolish. That’s l… Read More
2017-10-17 15:59
VMware has a KB article out (linked below) about the Adobe Flash crashes that happen if you’re running the latest version of Flash (27.0.0.170). A lot of us were caught off guard recen… Read More
2017-10-05 16:35
If you didn’t catch this on Twitter: If you use Google Chrome, go to chrome://flags/#autoplay-policy and set it to “Document user activation is required.” Boom: no more aut… Read More
2017-09-27 06:39
I’m sitting here watching my iPhone update to iOS 11.0.1. Apple says that there are just a couple of fixes: some security updates and a fix for the Exchange email problems. The update… Read More
2017-09-21 03:38
When I build a new computer one of the things I do as part of the setup is calibrate the color of the monitors. It’s actually pretty amazing how much better things look after just a fe… Read More
2017-09-19 05:01
Have you been watching this whole dustup with the Equifax CISO, and how people are saying that she is unqualified because, instead of a Computer Science degree, she had an MFA in music compo… Read More
2017-09-08 17:56
I know all you nerds have a few minutes to help me crowd source the solution to a problem. I’m also willing to offer $50 in the form of an Amazon gift card to someone with the right so… Read More
2017-08-10 19:58
My team manages a lot of Dell hardware. We’ve run into situations enough times now where we have to replace the system board on a host. The system board’s management interface, i… Read More
2017-07-11 05:58
There are some real, tangible dangers to having experts write documentation. Experts have the perfect tools, skip steps, know where things are based on experience, use jargon, have spare par… Read More
2017-04-28 20:26
A few weeks ago Intel started releasing their Optane product, a commercialization of the 3D Xpoint (Crosspoint) technology they’ve been talking about for a few years. Predictably, ther… Read More
2017-04-01 04:07
Trying to install VMware vCenter in appliance/VCSA form straight to a new ESXi host? Having a problem where it isn’t listing any networks, and it’s telling you that “Non-ep… Read More
2017-03-16 21:23
I’m starting to update all my 6.x vCenters and vROPS, pending patches being released. You should be doing this, too, since they’re vulnerable to the Apache Struts 2 critical secu… Read More
2017-03-07 05:08
I’ve thought a lot lately about Michael Thomas, a moron who caused criminal amounts of damage to his former employer in the process of quitting. From The Register[0]: As well as d… Read More
2017-01-02 05:45
As the holiday season has progressed I’ve spent a bunch of time in the car, traveling three hours at a crack to see friends and family in various parts of Midwestern USA. Much of that… Read More
2016-05-27 17:43
So I’ve got a VMware ESXi 6.0 host that’s been causing me pain lately. It had some storage issues, and now it won’t let VMware Update Manager scan it, throwing the error: T… Read More
2016-03-04 05:16
I’m just going to lay it out there: sysadmins should use Microsoft Excel more. I probably will be labeled a traitor and a heathen for this post. It’s okay, I have years… Read More
2016-03-01 05:49
I was making a few changes today when I ran across this snippet of code. It bothers me. /bin/mkdir /var/lib/docker /bin/mount /dev/Volume00/docker_lv /var/lib/docker echo "/dev/Volume00/dock… Read More
2015-08-14 02:58
Deploying a bunch of machines all at once? Know your way around for loops in shell scripts, or Excel enough to do some basic text functions & autofill? You, too, can set up a few hundred… Read More
2015-08-08 09:43
Ten years ago I wrote the first post on this blog. 3:43 AM. I’m a late night kinda guy, I guess. Actually, I probably came home from a bar, installed WordPress 1.5.1, and started writi… Read More
2015-08-07 06:12
I’ve watched the recent dustup between VMware and Nutanix carefully. It’s very instructive to watch how companies war with each other in public, and as a potential customer in th… Read More
2015-08-07 06:12
I’ve watched the recent dustup between VMware and Nutanix carefully. It’s very instructive to watch how companies war with each other in public, and as a potential customer in th… Read More
2015-04-18 05:38
I’ve been asked a few times about when I’m planning to upgrade to VMware vSphere 6. Truth is, I don’t know. A Magic 8 Ball would say “reply hazy, try again.” So… Read More
2015-02-02 21:00
vSphere 6.0, finally. It’s been in beta for what seems like an eternity. Betas are like Fight Club, where the first rule of participation is that you may not talk about your participat… Read More
2015-02-01 22:02
Transparent Page Sharing is a technology from VMware that essentially deduplicates memory. Instead of having 100 copies of the same memory segment it keeps just one, and returns the savings… Read More
2015-01-25 21:01
I like CrashPlan. They support a wider range of operating systems than some of their competitors, they have a simple pricing model, unlimited storage & retention, and a nice local, mobil… Read More
2015-01-25 00:24
I’ve had four interactions now regarding my post on replacing a failed SD card in one of my servers. They’ve ranged from inquisitive: @plankers why would you use an SD card in a… Read More
2015-01-16 19:27
We use the Dell Internal Dual SD module (IDSDM) for our VMware ESXi hosts. It works great, and saves us a bunch of money per server in that we don’t need RAID controllers, spinning dis… Read More
2015-01-15 20:35
It’s probably sad that I see this and think about deduplication & WORM. This fellow achieved a 27% deduplication rate, though. Think of all the extra letters he could tattoo on his… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
My coworkers and I recently undertook the task of upgrading our vSphere 5.1 environment to version 5.5. While upgrades of these nature aren’t really newsworthy we did something of incr… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
“Whether you work with outside clients or whether you’re part of an internal team your job is always, always going to include having to convince someone of something. Because you… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Earlier today I posted “VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.5.0 Has An Insecure NTP Server.” One of the reasons I like VMware is that they’re responsive to customer issu… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Update: I have updated this article to reflect some new information provided by VMware. I have also published new notes and discussion as a separate blog post. On January 10, 2014 a vulnerab… Read More
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