Author Archives: Jon Owings

All out of HA Slots

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Jon Owings

A few weeks a go I was moving a customer from an old set of ESX servers (not HA clustered) to a new infrastructure of Clustered ESX hosts. After building, testing and verifying the hosts we started moving the VM’s. … Continue reading →

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Some Xsigo Links

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Jon Owings

*Disclaimer I work for a Xsigo Partner, but I also think it is cool stuff. I do not get any compensation from any vendor for any blog post. My opinions are my own, unless I am copying them from someone. … Continue reading →

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The Mini ESXi 4 Portable Server

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Jon Owings

Special thanks to Kevin Miller (@kevin_miller), for making sure I didn’t burn up anything and running out to Fry’s to get a new CPU when the orginal we ordered turned out to be not compatible. List of the material used … Continue reading →

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View Open Client 4.5 Beta 1.1 Now Out

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Jon Owings

I usually don’t just make announcements on this site. There are plenty of good news sites that let you know what is new and whatnot. I don’t remember if I saw this but I am behind on my reader feeds … Continue reading →

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vExpert 2010 – a High Five from VMware

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Jon Owings

Last Friday night I received an email from John Troyer at VMware inviting me to the vExpert 2010 program. It is an honor to be included with such a great list of people. I never know how to respond to be complimented. … Continue reading →

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Update Manager and Isolated ESX Service Console Networks

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Jon Owings

Sometimes you may be required to run your vCenter server that has two network interfaces. One in the network it can be reached for remote desktop access and the other where it has access to the ESX servers in order … Continue reading →

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B.Y.O.P – The Alternative Vblock

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Jon Owings

In college I often would be invited to a get together that could often include the letters BYOB, Bring Your Own Beer. Sometimes a cookout would be BYOM, Bring Your Own Meat (or meat alternative for the vegetarians). So today … Continue reading →

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You might be a vDiva if…

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Jon Owings

I am avoiding a post where I have to think really hard about a topic. That makes me procrastinate and come up with even crazier ideas. I am writing this one down now. Most of these apply to me so … Continue reading →

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VMworld 2010 voting – Check out this VDI Session

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Jon Owings

I try to not “self promote” too much. A co-worker and I submitted a topic in the Desktop Virtualization track and I am giving in and spreading the word: Thinning Down to Scale Out Abstract: Desktop Virtualization provides the ability … Continue reading →

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Operational Readiness

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Jon Owings

One thing I am thinking about due to the VCDX application is operational readiness. What does it mean to pronounce this project or solution good-to-go? In my world it would be to test that each feature does exactly what it … Continue reading →

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