Newsletter: January 27, 2018

Hello all, I should mention that I apologize for the late delivery of the newsletter last week. I was traveling and I used a new tool to write and publish. But the publish did not work. When someone mentioned to me where was the newsletter (thanks again) I looked and saw even though I published … Continue reading Newsletter: January 27, 2018 →

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iOS 11.2.5 now GA

This recent update is quite big for some users if you are interested in the HomePod or use Siri. I have updated an older iPad with no issues and that was done over the air (OTA). I have done an iPhone 8 and iPad Pro 10.5 via iTunes with no issues. It is unfortunate that … Continue reading iOS 11.2.5 now GA →

Solving some Active Directory issues

I am working on upgrading my lab AD to Win2K16. I am also writing an article about it too. First time it did not work, but I was able to restore everything - thanks goodness I backed up both DC's. And this time doing a dcdiag before I do the upgrade and it has shown … Continue reading Solving some Active Directory issues →

Newsletter: January 20, 2018

Hi all, An interesting week for me at my employers EMEA Sales Kick off, and then some wonderful meetings in R&D. We are working on some very cool stuff for the future and it is always nice to work on that sort of thing! I also picked up some good tidbits that will turn into … Continue reading Newsletter: January 20, 2018 →

PowerCLI Series - Getting Started - 2018 edition

Hello all, I want to help everyone get more out of PowerCLI. So I am going to work through a short series on getting started with it, and doing a number of different things with it. This is more about being a consumer, rather than a developer. But it will get you going. I did … Continue reading PowerCLI Series - Getting Started - 2018 edition →

Newsletter: January 13, 2018

Hello all, I trust that everyone had a good week? Busy if you are in IT with all the Spectre and Meltdown stuff. I did a lot of work on that myself, and I used this article to keep track of the useful info. I have updated that article a lot. It covers off a … Continue reading Newsletter: January 13, 2018 →

In a Veeam backup job when you enable Indexing on Linux VMs it fails

I am working on an amazing technical white paper about doing vRealize Automation with Veeam and SovLabs. And wow does it work great. I cannot wait to write it up for everyone to see. But, to test out the portal based restore of files, it did not quite work. And the workaround - which I … Continue reading In a Veeam backup job when you enable Indexing on Linux VMs it fails →

Newsletter: January 6, 2018

Hi all, I hope everyone is doing well? Good New Years celebrations I hope? Things very good here. Home for almost a week and that is nice. I have a bunch of stuff for you today but also something new. I am going to add each week a short software review that I think significant. … Continue reading Newsletter: January 6, 2018 →

People tried to bring their hand luggage

There was another airplane crash in Canada. I thought at first a minor one. Two airplanes - one empty, and one full of passengers - bumped on the ground at the airport. The empty one burst into flames and the one full of passengers did not. This should have been an easy thing to deal … Continue reading People tried to bring their hand luggage →

Meltdown and Spectre - what you need to know!

Hi all, I was going to mention this topic in my newsletter this weekend. But things got sort of crazy and now there is so much info it is confusing out there so I thought I would treat this as a separate subject rather than as part of my newsletter. Here is an article by … Continue reading Meltdown and Spectre - what you need to know! →