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: July 20, 2014

Hello all, I hope everyone had a better week then I did. It was a whirlwind, and I did not get done any of the very important things I committed too. So working all weekend and no end in sight. So I am taking a break to get this newsletter out to everyone. There is … Continue reading Newsletter: July 20, 2014 →

Newsletter: June 7, 2014

Hello all, I hope everyone had an interesting week - I did and of course it makes things more fun! Had a wonderful dinner last night on the best balcony of the city, and at one of the best restaurants too - called River Cafe. Highly recommended. Finally figured out Win2K12 templates but have not … Continue reading Newsletter: June 7, 2014 →

Newsletter: May 18, 2014

Hello all, I have had a pretty good - and hard - week at the HQ. Our product is taking shape and that is quite exciting. I had a purchase approved so we are going to build out a realistic customer type lab and so that is quite exciting indeed. I have some good stuff … Continue reading Newsletter: May 18, 2014 →

How to grow a virtual machine disk bigger?

Hello there, I was talking with a customer very recently who used a very old and less than ideal method to grow a virtual machine disk. I realized that something I have done for a long time and take for granted that everyone knows is not actually known by everyone. So here we are and … Continue reading How to grow a virtual machine disk bigger? →

Newsletter: April 26, 2014

Hello all, My second week on the road and working in HQ. Pretty good week, and lots of working with engineers which I really like. But also some fun work building out a realistic lab for demos. Should be fun in the future - it may be the one I use for videos in the … Continue reading Newsletter: April 26, 2014 →

Newsletter: April 20, 2014

Hello all, I had another good week working in the lab, trying to improve our product, which is always fun, but also working with developers and engineers. So a pretty good week. In the background has been the NFS issues where ESXi is dropping connections and Heartbleed (general and VMware). So not only do I … Continue reading Newsletter: April 20, 2014 →

Alert – vSphere 5.5 Update 1 and NFS – dropped connections

Hello all, I started to see comments about this on Twitter yesterday afternoon - NFS hosts losing connections to ESXi hosts. I saw it from VMware, and NetApp people / customers first. I heard from guys I knew who said to not upgrade, and to downgrade if I had. It was suggested it was an … Continue reading Alert – vSphere 5.5 Update 1 and NFS – dropped connections →

Newsletter: April 12, 2014

Hello all, I have had a busy week, and this weekend I head back to the DataGravity HQ which should be a lot of fun. But this is one of those odd weekends with a full day of travel tomorrow, and a night out tonight. So I am starting this newsletter today (Saturday), and hopefully … Continue reading Newsletter: April 12, 2014 →

Newsletter: April 5, 2013

Hello all, I hope everyone is well? Winter may be starting to break here but I am not sure. It should have broke quite some time ago but this has been a tough winter. I had a fun week in the lab and I am happy to say thing are starting to take shape! I … Continue reading Newsletter: April 5, 2013 →