I’m proud and very excited to be announced I have been selected as a #VeeamVanguard 2017! Let me start by telling you a story. Many years ago, when I was a little ESX admin, I used to support a global environment. We used a backup solution that required an in-guest backup agent. Any idea what …
This year, I’ll be heading to #NetAppInsight Las Vegas for the first time as a presenter. NetApp Insight is where the original Vanna White FlexPod pose originated back in 2012, if you’ve been keeping track of those. Little did I know back then that I would be attending NetApp Insight as a presenter on the Converged …
This article provides an overview of how to use the UCS Platform Emulator. It describes initial configuration and use, as well as a few tips and tricks I have picked up along the way. You also may see this referred to as the Cisco UCS Emulator or UCSPE. Why would you want to use the …
Anyone who knows me knows I love to write, from blogging, to proposals, to novels, I love it all. If I was to break my career thus far into chapters, I think it would look something like this. Chapter 1 – First, I read it. Earlier in my career, I did a number of things. …
This year, I became a #CiscoChampion for the first time. My first exposure to Cisco was of course, way before this. When I was in high school I took classes at night at a local community college. After my first Intro to Networking class, I went through the Cisco Networking Academy. This experience has served …
My time with Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, or VDI started in 2007. We deployed VMware’s Virtual Desktop Manager for a couple of test projects, including desktops for the help desk, and desktops with admin tools for certain groups within our IT organization. This was before linked clones existed, and we had a hard time justifying the …