Hello all, A week in HQ is always powerful. I sit among the support organization and it is exciting and fun. I even get to help sometimes. Plus working with engineering architects is fun too! But in the last bit of the week I am working on testing migration tools and that has been a … Continue reading Newsletter: December 12, 2015
Tag: ESXi
My vSphere 6 Lab Upgrade Checklist
Hi there, I used this to upgrade my lab to a variety of new versions - LI 3.0, VCSA 6.00 U1, VUM 6.00 U1, vR Ops 6.1, ESXi 6.00 U1, VMware Tools, and PowerCLI 6.0 R2. The order is important too (KB 2109760). This outline does not take into account any outside dependencies. In my … Continue reading My vSphere 6 Lab Upgrade Checklist
Newsletter: October 5, 2014
Hi all, I have missed the last couple of these things. Life interrupted! I had a nice trip with my wife to Niagara Falls - on the Canadian side. Very much fun. But I now have a big collection of things to share so lets get to it. The last week of this month I … Continue reading Newsletter: October 5, 2014
Newsletter: September 7, 2014
Hello all, I hope everyone is doing well today? Had my first tornado warning yesterday - interesting sound it made on my iPhone. I looked but did not see any tornadoes though. This was another fun week working with developers and QA on making sure our product is delivered in the best quality, and on … Continue reading Newsletter: September 7, 2014
Newsletter: August 16, 2014
Hello all,I hope that everyone is doing well today? I had a hard and long week working with developers and team leads and it was fun. We got a lot done and that is always good. Plus time in the lab too so it was a very busy week. I have a good range of … Continue reading Newsletter: August 16, 2014
Newsletter: August 10, 2014
Hi all, I know I missed last weekend and I do apologize for that. I had a long weekend off and that doesn't happen often - plus I made it home to be with my wife. So I had to take advantage of it and then travel back to Nashua so not a lot of … Continue reading Newsletter: August 10, 2014
Newsletter: July 11, 2014
Hello all, I am very late with this. I have not done last weekends yet! Very sorry about that, but this is part of my excuse. But also I am part of a start-up that is trying to do a very complex product, and it is Calgary Stampede time too. So time has been very … Continue reading Newsletter: July 11, 2014
Newsletter: June 29, 2014
Hello all, Time for another newsletter! I am at home once again and quite happy to be here! I was gone for quite a while, and while it is very important to be close to developers when you are a start-up, it is very good to be home too. I have some interesting lab work … Continue reading Newsletter: June 29, 2014
Newsletter: June 15, 2014
Hello all, I am a week in at the DG HQ and it has been a lot of fun, but also overwhelming. Start-up life is hard, and busy. As a result I did not blog a lot this week - except for yesterday and today that is. My employer has provided a corporate apartment for … Continue reading Newsletter: June 15, 2014
Alert – NFS APD issue has patch now
Hello all, I am a few days late on this. VMware released a patch for the 5.5 U1 NFS APD issue that I reported to you some time ago (April 19th in fact). The original KB article is here but you just need to use VUM to update your hosts and you will have protected … Continue reading Alert – NFS APD issue has patch now