A set of links with
some brief notes – and perhaps even images – of interesting tech things
happened upon since the 23rd December Tech Round Up, which are well
worth a look if you get the time! With stuff from: Condusiv, Dell, Microsoft,
NetApp,
Veeam,
Vladan, VMware!
## Condusiv Technologies ##
25% Faster VMs or
the Software is FREE!
## Dell ##
Configuring iSCSI Connectivity with VMware
vSphere 5 and Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage
*PDF download
## Microsoft ##
Microsoft Test Lab Guides
## NetApp ##
NetApp - A Look Back at 2012
- by Larry Freeman
"A Little Bit of Flash Goes a Long
Way...": Bye-Bye Automated Storage Tiering
- by Cesaro
How to configure LIF failover destinations
in Data ONTAP 8.0 Cluster-Mode
SnapManager for Exchange snapshots are
unusually large
“The following are
the possible causes:
- Misalignment would cause up to 2x
larger snapshots, but not more than 2x.
- Automated maintenance schedule”
Troubleshooting Workflow: SnapMirror
Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is not met
How to find the volume fsid, directory ID,
inode and file name from a packet trace on file handle
## Veeam ##
Patches released
just before Christmas:
## Vladan ##
Top 10 on ESX Virtualization in 2012
## VMware ##
Technical Marketing Update 2012 – Week 50
Installing vCenter Server 5.1 best practices
Upgrading to vCloud Networking and Security
5.1.2 best practices
Commands to monitor snapshot deletion in ESX
2.5/3.x/4.x and ESXi 3.x.x/4.x.x/5.x
Issues known to occur after upgrading
vSphere 5.0 Update 2 to vSphere 5.1
ESXCLI Basics: Setup SNMP on ESXi 5.x
Very easy to do:
esxcli system snmp set –t ip_or_fqdn@port/community
esxcli system snmp set –e yes
Business Speak: Talking the Talk to Get
Dream Tech Projects Funded
- by Chris Westphal
“One way to think
about it is to consider how the
investment is going to help your company:
- Make money
- Save money
- Protect you from losing money
- Do something that
they couldn’t do before”
“An executive summary can be a written
document, but consider a short presentation. Slides that can be covered in
15–20 minutes will give you enough time to present your business case and leave
time for Q&A in a 30-minute meeting. Here’s a sample outline of the
information that you might consider including in your deck:
1. Problem — What is the issue we are
trying to solve?
2. Current risk — What is the risk if we
don’t put a solution in place?
3. Proposal — What is the proposed
solution?
4. Total cost of ownership (TCO) — What is
the cost of the solution including HW, SW, licensing, recurring, people,
support, etc.?
5. Return on investment (ROI) — What is
the expected result from implementing the proposed solution and when do you
expect to realize it? (money saved, business protected, etc.)
6. Project risks — What are the
dependencies? What are the things that you control and what are the things out
of your control that may create a challenge for the project?
7. Next steps — What is the action that
you’re asking the approver to take, and what are the recommended next steps for
the project?”
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