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Architecture or Marketecture

March 11, 2015 in Tech

As you know a couple of weeks ago I had the chance to participate in a #syschat via twitter and a webinar put on by SolarWinds and my good friend Kong Yang. The main topic was around Hybrid Cloud, Software Defined Data Center, Containers, and Converged Infrastructure. You can find some interesting predictions from Kong and SolarWinds HeadGeeks on these topics here. One of the questions I found interesting was “Are these architecture or marketecture?” One of my favorite quotes was from Christopher Kusek “The constructs being Architecture vs Marketecture really depends upon […]

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How Will IT Pros Adapt and Evolve

March 6, 2015 in Tech

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Updating Dell Server With No OS

October 3, 2014 in Tech

While trying to set up a Dell T610 I scored on craigslist, I noticed that the firmware and bios were way out of date. I currently have no OS installed so I had search through the Dell support site for ways to update with no OS. Surprisingly this was not easy to find so I decided to document my process here for others to find. I can help just one person my job here is done :). Switch your BIOS to BIOS boot manager not UEFI Download Dell SBUU (System […]

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TrainSignal IT Survival Kit Giveaway

July 17, 2013 in Events, Tech

If you have been living under a rock and are not familiar with TrainSignal, they are a training company that solves the problem of subpar training. As an IT professional there is surely a course that would meet your needs. One of things I love about TrainSignal is how supportive they are of the community. They showed that support again this year and awarded each of the vExperts a year of free training! I am really excited about this and plan to take full advantage of this offer. One thing […]

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Hyper-V Live Migration with the Dell PowerEdge VRTX

July 10, 2013 in Tech, Virtualization

As most of you know we recently launched one of the most exciting products of the year (I think), the Dell PowerEdge VRTX. Upon launch of VRTX there were a lot of questions that we saw online. One of the questions we heard most was “Does it truly have “Shared Storage”. To answer this Lance and I sat down in the lab and set up a Microsoft Hyper-V cluster to see how the unit would perform during a live migration. In the coming weeks you can look for more detailed […]

Tags: Dell VRTX, failover, hyper-v, virtualization, VRTX
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Setting Up Windows Azure

May 2, 2013 in Tech, Virtualization

I have been working on setting up a mobile lab using VMware workstation for a while now (it’s an ongoing process). But I came across the Windows Azure free trial and thought “why not?” so here we go. After clicking “try it for free” and signing into your account You are presented with a 3 step process to get going. First step is letting you know what you’ll get and what you need to proceed. Notice that your 10 web sites and mobile services stay free after the trial period. The next […]

Tags: Azure features, cloud, cloud compute, cloud platform, cloud storage, how to set up windows azure, setting up windows azure, Windows Azure, Windows Azure free trail, windows cloud
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Issues with Time Warner Motorola SBG6580

April 24, 2013 in Networking, Tech

After a few days of getting frustrated trying to find out why I could not access my home storage outside of my network, I decided to do a little research. I knew I had setup everything correctly on my router (Cisco E4200), but for some reason the ports weren’t open. Turns out this was because of the initial TW modem setup by their tech. Basically I just need this to be a “dumb” modem and not a modem/router. So following these steps I was able to accomplish that. Unplug coaxial […]

Tags: Motorola SBG6580, SBG 6580, SBG6580, Time Warner, Time Warner Modem, Time Warner NATP
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Join Our Elite Group Of Rock Stars!

March 8, 2013 in Tech

The Dell TechCenter community for IT professionals wants to recognize you for special contributions to the community and for promoting Dell solutions online. Each year, through our Dell TechCenter Rockstars program we show appreciation to those who participate in Dell related conversations on TechCenter or other IT communities, give feedback to Dell teams, help other TechCenter members, create / update technical content about Dell solutions, or promote the DellTechCenter.com community. We need your help identifying and rewarding these individuals! If you or someone you know should be a TechCenter Rockstar, […]

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Mobile vSphere Lab – Template edition

February 28, 2013 in Tech, Virtualization

So in my last post, we went over what hardware I would be using for my mobile lab. In this post we’re going to go over creating a base template. Now I know this is redundant not necessary for some people, but it’s always good to document right . So let’s start by creating a base template for our VMs. I am going create a 2008 R2 and a Server 2012, but for this blog we’re going to cover the 2008 R2. First we are going click on create a […]

Tags: home lab, mobile lab, VM Template, VMware Workstation 9, workstation 9
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