Update: This hybrid lab box has been transformed to physical Nexenta build now. This mini box runs now for a couple of days (weeks) in my lab, where I run a DC and vCenter out from a local storage, plus the Nexenta VSA which had been setup with RDMs to mix of SSDs and SATA […]
How to find inactive computer accounts in Active Directory
From time to time you might need to clean up the Active Directory from computer accounts which are no longer active. Computers that has been reinstalled, replaced with new ones, old VMs. In many of those case you’ll might just end up with active directory full of computer objects that are obsolete. In fact those […]
Windows Server 2012 Core or GUI – Some Tips
Windows Server 2012 Core or GUI? It depends of the usage scenarios and possibilities, because not all the roles works in the core version and not everyone like working with the Core only system. Windows Server 2012 when installed as a core (default option), has not only smaller footprint, but also needs less patching. For […]
VMware Horizon Mirage Video – Migrating XP to Win 7
This is almost step by step video from VMware showing the seamless migration of Windows XP system by using VMware Mirage. VMware Mirage 4 has introduced layered approach to migration and management of data across AD management infrastructures. Is possible to create a layer with different set of applications, and apply this layer to a group of users or […]
vCenter Certificate Automation Tool 1.0
Update: You might want to follow the How to use VMware Certificate Automation Tool, my recent article where I’m using the tool to replace SSL certificates in my lab. Managing certificates through vCenter components is a pain. VMware reacts (finally) and released a command line tool called vCenter Certificate Automation Tool 1.0 which enables you to automate the […]
FVP – Server Storage Pooled Flash by PernixDATA
Imagine you have the possibility to plugin a single (or multiple) SSDs to each of your host of you cluster running VMware vSphere, and create a very fast redundant storage tier based on flash. In addition, no existing network or storage changes are necessary. Pure fiction? Not really. PernixData is new startup company, which works on […]
vCenter Server Heartbeat Installation Video
vCenter Server Heartbeat is a product that allows the protection of vCenter server. You’ll find many good tips on designing the solution and there are many links to documentation and online help explained as well. This post shows the vCenter Server Heartbeat Installation Video. The deployment showed in this video is as virtual-virtual. You’ll find about […]
Fix 3 Warning Messages when deploying ESXi hosts in a lab
Recently deploying another ESXi host which does shared storage for the whole lab at the same time pointed out the usual warning messages. Most of you usually know all of them, but for the new people which are trying to learn, this post might be useful. When working in my lab, installing ESXi hosts which runs […]
Homelab Nexenta on ESXi – as a VM
Homelab Nexenta on ESXi. In the article I wrote few days back I was building a NAS box for my lab and was going to use it not only as a pure storage box, but also as an ESXi host. At the same time I was going to explore the ZFS possibilities with L2ARC and ZIL […]
Building NAS Box With SoftNAS
I’ve recently bought some parts to replace my old NAS build to get more power and more IOPS. This NAS box will be used for lab only. I also recovered some parts from the old box, but added some SSD’s. The Mini-NAS will be used also as an ESXi box. While the Mini-ITX boards are […]
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