Interesting tech stuff that was
filling my inbox. With
stuff from Arista,
Cisco,
Citrix,
Datacore
Software,
EMC,
FCoE,
Hitachi,
HP,
Juniper
Networks,
Microsoft,
NetApp,
Veeam,
VMware,
and WolframAlpha!
##
Arista ##
Designing Network
Architectures for Big Data/Hadopp
##
Cisco ##
Using SNMP Config Management to Fix
Screw-Ups on a Remote Device
“... if you have set an SNMP
read-write string, you can use that to manage device configs on your
Cisco gear ...”
AAA – what it means to you?
Multiple
Fabrics – how many?
Those Bits Have To Go Somewhere: My
CCNP Experience
##
Citrix ##
XenDesktop
Service Checker
CloudGateway
2 is available! Check out what’s new
Announcing availability of StoreFront
1.2!
XenDesktop support for the new
Microsoft Lync
“ … Citrix’s Optimization Pack
for Lync 2010, introduced last month with Feature Pack 1 for
XenDesktop, XenApp and the Citrix Receiver.
The VDI plugin just announced by
Microsoft supports this optimized architecture when delivering Lync
2013 …”
NetScaler HA: Managing Tagged versus
Untagged Traffic
Apply Citrix XenServer patches using
CLI
Citrix Personal
vDisk 5.6.5 Administrator's Guide
Why does Personal vDisk use static
pooled desktops?
IMA
Helper Tool
“IMA Helper is designed to
facilitate the process of running DSMAINT CONFIG on XenApp servers.
The tool provides a Graphical User Interface for DSMAINT CONFIG to
the XenApp Administrator.”
NetScaler
GSLB: Parent-Child Sites
Branch Repeater QoS vs. Router QoS:
Consider the possibilities…..
## DataCore Software ##
DataCore: How to Virtualize the Storage
(SANsymphony-V now at V9.0!)
##
EMC ##
EMC VNXe
Tutorials
EMC CLARiiON
Support
## FCoE ##
Multihop FCoE – Why Vendors /
Customers are still notoriously resilient to it ?
## Hitachi ##
Bob Plankers (@plankers)
“Did you know that Hitachi USP-V*
arrays don't support VAAI with replication enabled? Yeah.”
##
HP ##
HP 3PAR gets a boost with SSD
http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/Around-the-Storage-Block-Blog/HP-3PAR-gets-a-boost-with-SSD/ba-p/118691
“.. an all-solid
state drive (SSD) configuration for 3PAR
... supports up to 512 SSDs
per array … lowers cost per IOPS by 70% ... all SSD 3PAR P10000
reduces cost per kilowatt hour by more than 80%”
Peer
Motion on HP LeftHand
Storage
“How to Perform a Volume
Migration”
“How to Perform a Cluster
Swap”
## Juniper Networks ##
Rack full of Juniper MX's and SRX's
##
Microsoft ##
RemoteFX
Dual Remote Screens displayed on a 3
Monitor workstation!?
Release: Microsoft App-V
5.0 Beta 2
Exchange
2010 Solution Reviewed Program (ESRP) – Storage v3.0
##
Microsoft Customer Study ##
Engineering Firm Virtualizes Field
Servers, Saves $3.2 Million, with Switch to Hyper-V
“... wanted a more cost-effective
virtualization solution than VMware,
which was too expensive to extend
to field offices.”
##
NetApp ##
NetApp E-5460
E5400 Technical Specifications
E5460: 60 drives of up to 3TB -
that's 180TB - in 4U (45TB/U)!
NetApp provides Lustre Filesystem for
Sequoia: announced as number one of the top 500 supercomputers at
ISC’12
Disk Shelves for FAS and V-Series
Systems
Check out the new DS4486
with 48 LFF drives in 4U.
##
NetApp Customer Stories ##
Raven Industries
Industry: Manufacturing
Products and Services:
NetApp FAS2000
series storage
NetApp Snapshot
and SnapRestore technologies
NetApp SnapManager
for Virtual Infrastructure
NetApp SnapMirror
technology
NetApp deduplication
##
Veeam ##
Backup Academy Videos
Backing Up vCentre
Using Veeam 6.1
##
VMware ##
VMware vSphere 5 Host
NIC Network Design Layout and vSwitch Configuration [Major
Update]
It's Raining vCenter
Orchestrator Plug-ins!
VMware will beat Microsoft on releasing
a new version of virtualization platform?
“... the management software
needed to manage Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V, System Center Virtual
Machine Manager 2012 SP1 (SCVMM
2012), is still in a pre-beta
phase!”
System Center 2012 Service Pack 1
CTP2
Date published: 6/15/2012
“... is for evaluation purposes
only and not to be used in production ...”
VMware Labs - Flings
Includes: Auto Deploy GUI, ESX
System Analyzer, I/O Analyzer, InventorySnapshot, IOBlazer, Thinapped
vSphere Client
Detecting ESXi Remote Syslog Connection
Error Using a vCenter Alarm
Removing
“Eject VMware Virtual disk SCSI
Disk Device”
Part 1: VM Properties
devices.hotplug = "false"
Part 2:Batch file to run as a
computer startup script
:: Disable eject hard disk
:: Original value: 6
reg.exe add
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0054&SUBSYS_197615AD&REV_01\4&1f16fef7&0&00A8"
/v Capabilities /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f
:: Disable eject network card
:: Original value: 6
reg.exe add
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_100F&SUBSYS_075015AD&REV_01\4&3ad87e0a&0&0088"
/v Capabilities /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f
NetApp and IBM both vMSC (vSphere
Metro Storage Cluster) certified...
“Implementing vSphere Metro
Storage Cluster using IBM System
Storage SAN Volume Controller
“vSphere 5.0 support with NetApp
MetroCluster
“Implementing vSphere Metro
Storage Cluster (vMSC) using EMC
VPLEX
“Implementing vSphere Metro
Storage Cluster using HP LeftHand
Multi-Site”
Storage
DRS enables SIOC on
datastores only if I/O load
balancing is
enabled
vCloud
Ecosystem Monitoring with vCenter
Operations and vFabric
Hyperic
VMware
and Cisco UCS Integration
Shadow
a VMware View desktop
session
vCloud
Basics for IT Admins: Key Features
VMware vCloud
Director 1.5 Performance and Best Practices
Admission control: "used
slots" exceeds "total slots"
“How can you have 66 slots used
and only 16 total slots available in your cluster? There are two
possible explanations:
1. Admission
Control is disabled
2. A
reservation was set on a virtual machine after all virtual
machines were powered on, skewing the numbers”
Tool Update - VMware
WSX July Tech Preview Release
"... enables users to access
the console of their shared virtual
machines via a web browser without installing any plug-ins or
web controls."
What is VMware
Switch?
“... provides an introduction to
using VMware Horizon Mobile on your device.”
Lag
When Dragging a Window Between Monitors in VMware
View
SRM
and SwapFiles
## WolframAlpha ##
Computational Knowledge Engine
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