Hello all, Here are some details on my home lab. four Supermicro SYS-5028D two Netgear 8 port 10 GB switcch (XS708E) two Dell R710 one Synology DS1813+ The Supermicro are my ESXi hosts, and one of the 10 GB switches is for my storage network (and vMotion), and one for management. The two Dell are … Continue reading My Home Lab
Author: Michael White
I am Michael White. I started out in this industry with professional services at a Canadian partner a very long time ago. It was a great time and I learned a lot. I started with VMware products there as well. I joined VMware in January of 2007 and left in December of 2013. I finished with Integration Engineering in R&D which is the customer[0] organization that tries to build and test like customers to find issues before customers do. In late 2007 I started a Notes from VMware private newsletter. In 2013 when I left VMware there was approximately 1400 people on that list. That newsletter has turned into this web site. The goal of this web site, like the newsletter, is to share technology ideas and thoughts and make technology more accessible.
In January of 2014 I started with a start-up by the name of DataGravity that I think will do great things! You can see more about that here. On February 3rd 2016 I left DataGravity and on April 18th 2016 I joined Veeam as a Global Technical Evangelist in the Global Marketing organization. I will be working on a yet to be released product by the name of Veeam Availability Orchestrator (VOA). In June of 2017 I became a product manager at Veeam. Very exciting.
Newsletter: January 25, 2020
Hello, I hope everyone had a good week, mine was pretty good. And the severe cold broke and things are much more comfortable now. It was another week in the lab so that is good. Another week in the lab and I head out to Vancouver to visit customers. I am still trying to get … Continue reading Newsletter: January 25, 2020
Building Infrastructure as Code with AWS Cloudformation
Another guest author article! Image Source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is gaining attention as a method for improving the resilience, consistency, and scalability of IT infrastructure. IaC enables you to configure infrastructure in the form of a code file. Since it is just text, you can easily copy, edit and distribute the file. When … Continue reading Building Infrastructure as Code with AWS Cloudformation
Newsletter: January 18, 2020
Hello, I hope this finds everyone good? This week has been amazing here in Calgary. I think the whole week had an extreme cold warning. Really difficult actually. But it is going to start to break on Saturday and be normal on Sunday so that is good. So no grilling this weekend probably. I spent … Continue reading Newsletter: January 18, 2020
Making vRA 8 useful
Hello all, this was a difficult journey but we have vRA working now (see this article). But we need to make it useful. For me that means provisioning virtual machines by non admin users. Connect to your vRA server. You need to log in as your configuration user. Mine was config. The password is the … Continue reading Making vRA 8 useful
Kubernetes as a Service: Amazon EKS vs Google Kubernetes Engine
Another guest author and post today. Image Source Kubernetes makes the management and deployment of containers much easier. However, maintaining the platform can be complicated and expensive so many companies opt to use managed Kubernetes services. This article provides an overview of Kubernetes as a Service (KaaS) and compares two of the top providers: Google … Continue reading Kubernetes as a Service: Amazon EKS vs Google Kubernetes Engine
When / why / how to use paravirtualized adapters
Someone asked me about this (paravirtualized adapters) and it sort of distracted me. I had not worked with them for a long time. So here we go. You should make an actual decision to use paravirtualized storage adapter since it will require OS support. If you have a need - such as a very busy … Continue reading When / why / how to use paravirtualized adapters
