Author Archives: james

VirtualDesignMaster – Challenge 2

VirtualDesignMaster Challenge 2 I know that the competitors have not been released for #vDM. I am really lucky to be one of these competitors. The challenge 2 design requirements: vDM Challenge 02 The hardest part of this design was deciding on a cloud solution. I have never attempted a design utilizing the public cloud. At least there… Read More »

VirtualDesignMaster – Challenge 1

VirtualDesignMaster Challenge 1 I know that the competitors have not been released for #vDM. I am really lucky to be one of these competitors. The challenge 1 design requirements are here. I think the hardest part of this first design was the lack of time.  The first design was through the US Independence holiday. I had… Read More »

Vendor Partnership – What is it

Vendor Partnership I need to explain why this post is important. So many companies today are having a hard time knowing the difference between a partnership with a vendor and using a reseller/solution partner. Lets start with a reseller. These IT companies want your company to sell products. They have dedicated staff that has been… Read More »

Netscaler Software upgrade

Upgrade the Citrix Netscaler from the command line After the install of the Citrix Netscaler 10.5-54 I had issues with the guest locking up with high traffic volumes and when I enable HA the only way to access the system was through command line. For everyone that has this same issue here is my solution.… Read More »

Office 365 on-premises

Warning user’s on-premises mailbox hasn’t been migrated to Exchange Online I have been working with Office 365 for the last three days.  This error provided hours of enjoyment. There is no on-premise exchange server.  So WTF! After many hours of troubleshooting I have a resolution. Remove the synchronization of the attribute msExchMailboxGuid to Office 365 We… Read More »

Reduce Sharepoint services 3.0 log files

Reduce SharePoint 3.0 log files I resent had a SharePoint server with a 80 GB hard drive that was running out of space. When I was called to look at the system, the free space was a total of 100 MB. You can solve this problem by using “Shrink” command in the MS SQL Server… Read More »

Add disk to 2003 Server

Add a disk to Windows 2003 Server through the command line I worked with a Windows server that had less than 200 MB of storage left on a single partition will the OS and applications.  As you know SharePoint and SQL, even though they are WSS and express, require more space than 200 MB to maintain… Read More »

Workspace 2.1.1 Install

View Horizon Workspace 2.1.1 install This will be the second time I have installed Workspace.  The first time was version 2.0.  You can read that post here. The good thing is that the install has changed.  The PhD in rocket science is no longer required. Step One Download the View Horizon Workspace OVF file.  If… Read More »

Upcoming VCAP-DCA

Upcoming VCAP-DCA Test I am starting to become a little un-easy with my VCAP-DCA test less than two weeks away.  I am scrambling to study as much as possible. I have deadlines to meet and I really want to have the DCA passed!  The next step will be even worse.  Preparing my design to defend… Read More »

NetApp and Imprivata Part 2

NetApp and Imprivata Part 2 I owe it to NetApp and Imprivata to post a status update. NetApp Part 2 NetApp contacted me hours after the blog was posted.  Within 12 hours they had a fix and were working on hot fixes for the current version(s) of their software. Great Job! Imprivata Part 2 Imprivata… Read More »