Initial Configuration of SSP (Self Service Portal) Note You must import users and groups from an AD that has been configured in Prism. If no AD is configured in Prism, you must create a new AD connection from the initial SSP configuration page. You will also designate an AD user or group to administer SSP.… Read More »
Remove Metro Availability Before you remove Metro Availability: Make sure to migrate all VMs off metro storage Make sure there are no local snapshot on the metro storage Remove Metro Login to the primary site and disable metro availability by clicking Disable. WARNING BOX: Disable Metro Availability on * ? Please update the DRS rules to… Read More »
Cross Hypervisor DR Cross hypervisor disaster recovery provides an ability to migrate the VMs from one hypervisor to another (ESXi to AHV or AHV to ESXi) by using the protection domains. To perform these operations, you need to install and configure NGT on all the VMs. Notes: This can only be done on Nutanix Hardware… Read More »
Where did all my space go on my Fusion Linux Guest VM? After fighting this issue for the second time and not find any google search results, I have decided to write a short blog. VMware KB articles point to the /tmp/VMwareDND/ folder. Tried that without any luck. So going back to my short-lived Linux… Read More »
Migrations I am going to start a new series on Migrations. I know Artur Krzywdzinski at vmwaremine.com has written about migrations for a couple of years. Artur is a good friend. I am going to write my own migration processes without coping his original blog posts. It is about time that I start writing about the migration I… Read More »
Nutanix Christmas has arrived for Xpress customers Nutanix and Lenovo have teamed up and are giving away hyperconverged software and gear! For a limited time, New SMB customers can enter the Ultimate Hyperconverged Contest for a chance to win a Nutanix Xpress platform that’s fully loaded with 1 year of support and software license. But wait, there’s… Read More »
vCenter Server 6.5 The vCenter Server Appliance took center stage in this release. The installer has gotten a facelift with a new look and feel. Linux and Mac users can rejoice because the installer is now supported. If that isn’t enough out of the box change, the vCenter Server Appliance now has features that are exclusive: Migration Improved Management… Read More »
My Experience as a vCIO I had the opportunity to become a vCIO for a medium sized company. I saw the opportunity as a challenge. I have had management training and have been considered a lead technical employee for over six year. What could be so hard… With that said I learned a lot. I… Read More »
Nutanix File Services Setup When this post was written, the File Services feature was in tech preview A couple weeks ago I helped a client setup file services on a POC (Proof of Concept) cluster. Below is the walkthrough. For this post PRISM has already been completely configured and domain authentication has been setup and… Read More »
VMworld 2016 Day 1 To answer my first question, What did we learn… Not much. It was a hugely anti-climatic Keynote speak. First we were enlightened, then we were told “On-Premise” and “Cloud” are the future. What, no year of VDI??? I have worked in the healthcare and credit card industry fields for many year. Cloud… Read More »