Category Archives: Virtualization

SRM with vSphere Replication & the not so detailed exception

Posted on July 16, 2012 by brian.wuchner

I have been working on an SRM lab for the Indianapolis VMUG Demo Day event — which is on Thursday July 26th. If you are going to be in the area you should check out this free event (please register … Continue reading →

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VMware View 5.1 and Windows 7

Posted on July 3, 2012 by brian.wuchner

I have been working on a VMware View lab environment for the Indianapolis VMUG Demo Day event. If you are going to be in the Indianapolis Indiana area on Thursday, July 26th 2012, you should stop by and check out … Continue reading →

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Cisco UCS and Default Authentication Domains

Posted on May 22, 2012 by brian.wuchner

I’ve recently been working with Cisco UCS — and more specifically the UCS Powertool (the powershell management component). Initially, my scripts were using a local account in UCSM for authentication. However, after changing the “Default Authentication Realm” from Local to … Continue reading →

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Finding VMs that will boot into the BIOS screen

Posted on May 15, 2012 by brian.wuchner

A few months ago, after a round of Windows OS patching on development servers, a server admin notified me that their server did not come back online after the patch initiated reboot. Looking at the VM console he noted that … Continue reading →

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VMware Certified Professional 5

Posted on May 9, 2012 by brian.wuchner

I recently completed the requirements for the VMware Certified Professional 5 certification. Achieving certifications isn’t a priority for my current employer (a VMware customer) and as such it had been over 10 years since I last attempted an IT certification. … Continue reading →

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