HomeLab Part 8: Cooling and AirFlow
In my last post I had a problem with the onboard 10GBit NICs. My assumption is that they were overheated and therefor failed. I read some blog posts of other blogger and some of them...
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HomeLab Part 7: SuperMicro X9SRH-7TF & 10Gbit onboard NIC Problem
After running the new homelab for several month now I encounter a really annoying problem with the onboard 10GBit NICs (TX540-A2). I had the problem that an application was not correctly syncing across the direct...
Backup Interoperability Matrix Major Update
Yesterday I did a major update of my Backup Interoperability Matrix including the following backup software: VMware vSphere Data Protection Symantec BackupExec 15 Symantec NetBackup HP Data Protector EMC Avamar EMC Networker CommVault Simpana...
Things you should know (TYSK) – VMware Backup & VDDK
During my inquires which backup software will support vSphere 6.0 I came across BackupExec 2015 where I saw that vSphere 5.0 was no longer supported. This made me little bit confused because vSphere 5.0...
Cisco Nexus 1000V – What should you know before an Update/Upgrade
As a Technical Account Manager, in my case at VMware, you came across a variety of customers and 3 of my 5 current customers running Cisco Nexus 1000V. Because two of my previous customers, when...
PernixData stops working after upgrade to vSphere 5.5 U2 Patch ESXi550-201505002
During a hardware maintenance task I decided to do update my ESXi hosts to the newest available patch. In my case it was patch ESXi550-201505002 which is the replacement for Patch 5 (ESXi550-201504002). After both hosts where updated...
Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) v8 – Exam experience
After attending the Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) version 7 course and passing the VMCE v7 exam last year I needed to update the VMCE to version 8 during the grace period which is 120 days...
VMware Certified Professional 6 Datacenter (VCP6-DCV) Delta Beta Exam Experience
On March 31, 2015 VMware announced the availability of VMware Certified Professional 6 – Datacenter Virtualization exam. This announcement was for the Beta version of the exam. Because I would never do VCPs anymore, I’m a...
Things you should know (TYSK) – VCSA and AD Authentication
Since I started using the Virtual Center Server Appliance (VCSA) I noticed a strange behaviour which I didn’t understand in the beginning. When using the WebClient or the C# Client and selected “Use Windows session...
Things you should know (TYSK) – vSphere 5.5 and VMDKs larger than 2TB
I had a recent conversation with one of my ex-colleague discussing about a problem he saw on a NFS datastore with VMDKs when he tries to extend it online beyond 2TB. I told him that...