Hello all, I know I am late with this. Things have been very busy and time has been in very short supply. I am in San Francisco for training, which is nicely discounted as part of the VMworld event. I am definitely looking forward to VMworld and it is close! I know some of you … Continue reading Newsletter: August 27, 2015
Month: August 2015
Why I like VMware Infrastructure Navigator so much
Hi there, I mentioned that VMware Infrastructure Navigator (VIN) was part of the vRealize family and that I liked it, and someone asked me why. I never got to demo for him why but I realized that I have been asked this before and that VIN is not nearly as common as it should be. … Continue reading Why I like VMware Infrastructure Navigator so much
What’s New in DataGravity Discovery Series V2?
Hello all, I was rereading my article from yesterday on the Log Insight Content Pack and of course I realized that the requirement of DataGravity array firmware v2 had nothing public on exactly what it was. I had done a vExpert webinar on that subject which I have shared out the video and slides here. … Continue reading What’s New in DataGravity Discovery Series V2?
August 5 vExpert Webinar details
Hello all, On August 5 DataGravity and I hosted a private vExpert briefing on DataGravity Storage Array version 2. On the 11th of August it went GA and so now I can share with everyone what we talked about. Here is the video, and here is the vExpert Webinar 080315_Final deck. If you have questions … Continue reading August 5 vExpert Webinar details
Interesting Scam - ALERT
Hi there, I just fumbled typing icloud.com in my browser and all of a sudden a women is talking to me. And I see this. And the OK leads you to a loop. Thank goodness I use Chrome as they add a check-box to block them from keeping me in the loop. They are pretty … Continue reading Interesting Scam - ALERT
My very weird lab issue - a not fun lab story
This is one of the weirder issues I have had to deal with (and if we ever drink together I can share some really weird issues - some problems involving steel, and some salt in fact). Things are working again, but I do not have a true root cause. I am sharing my story in … Continue reading My very weird lab issue - a not fun lab story
Introducing the DataGravity Content Pack v1.0 for Log Insight
Hello there, I am very happy to share with you today the DataGravity Content Pack for Log Insight. It is working its way through VMware Certification but it should be out soon and so I wanted to share with you what it is (update - it is now available). We should start with what is … Continue reading Introducing the DataGravity Content Pack v1.0 for Log Insight
Newsletter: August 15, 2015
Hello there, I hope everyone is well today. We have had a week of very hot weather and late afternoon yesterday it finally broke and started to cool, and then rain. Still raining now and a very nice 10 degrees C. A tough week, with lots of indecision, and plans changing, and pushing the envelope. … Continue reading Newsletter: August 15, 2015
Applications don’t start after OSX 10.10.5 upgrade?
Hi there, A quick note on this. I did a 10.10.5 upgrade last night on two machines. One worked fine. The other did not. It was my primary work machine. Yahoo. My issue was that after it was all done there was the standard error reporter saying Pages was corrupted and delete it and restore … Continue reading Applications don’t start after OSX 10.10.5 upgrade?
Use Active Directory to install an MSI that needs a transform
Hello there, I showed you how to distribute an MSI file to computers via AD in this article. In that case it was to install the DataGravity Intelligence Service. That was an application that had no real choices as part of the install so it worked well. The outlined process would work with other software … Continue reading Use Active Directory to install an MSI that needs a transform