In my VCAP-DCA Post, I talked about how unprepared I was for the DCA. The only thing that really saved me was some solid real-world experience. For the VCAP-DCD I really don’t have as much time either, but I figured I would compile and review what I could within my time constraints. Here I will… Read More »
It seems like when people in the blog-o-sphere pass a VCAP test, there is a requirement to post their prep steps and their exam experience. I have been debating whether I should even post anything. Sure I passed the exam but BARELY! I feel quite ashamed sometimes, some people I follow on twitter really seem… Read More »
HP has been fast and furious in it’s release of Service Packs and supplemental (yet critical) patches. I work in a very heavy blade environment (G6 through Gen8v2) and have developed a mechanism for deploying the service packs through the Smart Start Scripting Toolkit (more on that at a later date). Due to various… Read More »
When deciding to setup this blog I had a few choices: 1) What domain do I use? I have been hoarding a few us domains at WordPress.org, do I use one of those or look for a new domain with my name? What registrar do I use if needed? I already had been using GoDaddy… Read More »
In a previous post , I discussed how SRM maps IP addresses. In this post I will describe how you can view the NFS IP address mappings and make changes as needed. Note the following procedure is totally NOT SUPPORTED and is for educational purposes only The IP address mappings are typically not done on the… Read More »
I have been working on a project at work to implement Site Recovery Manager (SRM) within our environment. We use primarily Netapp storage and our currently converting to cluster mode/CMODE/clustered data ontap/CDOT. Netapp has a great document that describes some best practices. One of the best practices for clustered data on tap serving NFS is… Read More »
I have been thinking about starting a blog for the past three years, just to share some of the random solutions that I either find or develop. It’s odd that I start now, three years ago I didn’t have any kids and was livin’ it up. Now I have two beautiful kids (twin girl and… Read More »