In this article, we continue from our previous discussion, The Science of VDM: The Plan. VDM, or Virtual Design Master, is a technology contest in which contestants must create a technology design based on a fictional backstory, and then implement as much of that design as they can. The current fictional backstory involves a zombie apocalypse. The …
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vSphere 6.7 has come out, and while this release includes some very interesting security updates (virtual TPM, Credential Guard Support, etc.), my main concern at the moment is how to upgrade.
Virtual Design Master (VDM) is a technology contest in which contestants must create a technology design and then implement as much of that design as they can. Goals are given every week, and every week there is an elimination. Sometimes two people are eliminated, sometimes just one. Many self-eliminate, as it is a large amount …
As you may know, I have been having air-conditioning problems that, tied to system failure, led to some issues to address on a regular basis, at least until the AC is fixed properly. That seems to be a protracted affair. Time passes… My AC is fixed finally! Apparently, ductless AC units can be tricky.
It was time to upgrade my storage network from 1 G switching to 10 G switching. Actually, this was to upgrade the external connections to my virtual environment. The internal connections run at 20 G, as they use the back plane of my blade chassis. The goal was to add my Synology as a 10 …
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I recently decided to disable my very hot, very expensive to cool spinning disk Fibre Channel SAN. It was also the slowest thing on my storage network. It had only 4 GB controllers. Upgrading it would be too expensive at the moment. Instead, I upgraded my HPE StoreVirtual VSAs to have more disk space. As …
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