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Configuring VASA with EMC Storage

Recently, Craig Stewart of the vSpecialist team posted a thorough blog entry on how to configure VASA (VMware APIs for Storage Awareness) with EMC storage.  As you may recall, this feature allows VMware administrators to set up policies for how … Continue reading

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Volunteering for the NCSA

So, I just finished a couple mornings of volunteering at the local middle school for the NCSA National Cyber Security Awareness campaign.  Every October is National Cyber Security Awareness month, promoted by the NCSA (which is in turn funded by … Continue reading

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Best Flight Attendant Ever…

Had to share this… with all our travel, the routine can become very mundane.  I had the best flight attendant on a commuter flight from Richmond, VA to Charlotte, NC today, and I had to share the experience.  Her name … Continue reading

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A Must-Have Tool for Every VMware Customer!

http://nickapedia.com/2011/11/03/straighten-up-with-a-new-uber-tool-presenting-uberalign/ If you are not already aware, VMware shops have been challenged for some time now (several years, in fact) with partition alignment problems in the guest file system…  VMware has been aware of this for years, and has offered … Continue reading

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VMworld 2011 Session BCA1230 – Best practices for virtualizing Java

This is a live update from VMworld! These are just my notes during the session, please forgive the grammatical errors, I am sure I missed parts of the lecture as I am taking notes… Be sure to check out the … Continue reading

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