Virtualization, Cloud, Infrastructure and all that stuff in-between
My ramblings on the stuff that holds it all together
UK School Holidays and the 21st century
Posted by on October 9, 2011
I am a parent of a 5 and 2 year old, the eldest has just started her 2nd year of primary school here in the UK. One thing we found quite quickly last year is that it’s now pretty impossible to take a family holiday once one of the children have started school as you [...]
Get to VMworld Europe at an EMC discounted price
Posted by on October 5, 2011
You can register for VMworld EMEA at the early bird discount price now using the link in this article https://community.emc.com/community/connect/everything_vmware/blog/2011/09/14/get-the-early-bird-discount-for-vmworld-europe–even-at-the-last-minute You can still get this ticket at a discounted price courtesy of EMC… travel isn’t too bad at present either, there still seems to be good availability of both official and non-conference hotels in [...]
HP ML115 G5 fans noisy following firmware upgrade
Posted by on October 4, 2011
As part of my UK VMUG tour preparation I am rebuilding the vTARDIS to the GA build of vSphere, part of this required updating the firmware of my ML115 G5 server. You can download the latest BIOS upgrade here (I had to use the USB key method) as I don’t have a compatible OS [...]
vTARDIS 5 at a VMUG near you…
Posted by on October 3, 2011
I am pleased to announce that I will be giving a session on my updated vTARDIS 5 home lab environment at two upcoming VMUGs in the UK (for more background vTARDIS 5 page here) Dates and links for registration as follows if you want to come an see it in action, I’ll be doing plenty [...]
Peer to Peer VCDX Defense Workshop at UK VMUG
Posted by on September 1, 2011
I have an idea for a side-workshop/session at the upcoming UK VMUG in November for people that are actively following the VCDX4/5 track thus I am polling for interest via this post… The format would be that participants get a 15-20min slot to present their design defence to a “panel” comprising of other VMUG members. [...]
Cannot login to WordPress and password reset mail not working
Posted by on August 30, 2011
I have had a problem recently which has prevented me from accessing the admin pages on this blog, or indeed posting anything – which is a shame as it’s VMworld week and I’m “sure” you all want to know what I think . This blog is hosted on wordpress.com – the free online service, [...]
Exchange Outlook Feature Request: Where’s Waldo?
Posted by on August 18, 2011
There was recently some discussion at a customer about the use of Outlook/Exchange’s calendaring functionality, this is a commonly deployed solution in businesses yet few people seem to “get” how useful the calendaring functionality can be or how to use it properly. I almost see it as a democratic process for keeping control of [...]
Apologies for the radio silence
Posted by on August 12, 2011
Apologies to my regular readers for the lack of content recently, this is going to be one of those “I’ve been really busy so not had time to blog” type of posts I’m afraid. Since leaving VMware’s cloud practice earlier this year my freelance career has taken off nicely and I’m currently engaged with [...]
Register for VMworld sessions ASAP or miss out
Posted by on July 20, 2011
This year VMware are enforcing session registration for VMworld, my understanding is that if you don’t register and a session is full, you wont get in!! this is a good thing IMHO, in previous years there have been long queues (although I hope they have better badge-scanners than in the past, otherwise there are mad [...]
OS X Lion can’t connect to Iomega IX4 NAS workaround
Posted by on July 20, 2011
Today a received my new Mac Book Pro, it shipped with OS X Snow Leopard but by coincidence it arrived on the day Lion was released in the App Store so being an early adopter (read gadget freak) I upgraded it immediately to Lion – which took ~15mins on my Mac which has an [...]
