Category Archives: administration

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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My Fun with the VMware Enterprise Administration and Design Exams

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Jon Owings

Sorry I have been missing for a few weeks. I know many were quite worried why I hadn’t blogged for a couple weeks (not really). Back in February I sat for the Enterprise Administration Exam at PEX in Las Vegas. … Continue reading →

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VMware View – User Profile Options

Posted on March 14, 2010 by Jon Owings

All the technology and gadgets for managing desktops are worthless if your users complain about their experience with the desktop. Something I learned administering Citrix Presentation Server. Differing methods exist to keep the technical presentation of the desktop usable, for … Continue reading →

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VMware View and Xsigo

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Jon Owings

*Disclaimer – I work for a Xsigo and VMware partner. I was in the VMware View Design and Best practices class a couple weeks ago. Much of the class is built on the VMware View Reference Architecture. The picture below … Continue reading →

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Storage Design and VDI

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Jon Owings

Recently I have spent time re-thinking certain configuration scenarios and asking myself, “Why?” If there is something I do day to day during installs is this still true when it comes to vSphere? or will it still be true when … Continue reading →

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ESX Commands – Summary

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Jon Owings

It took just about a year. Which shows I need more consistency with my blog (should have been about 1 month). I finally finished a brief explanation of each esxcfg command. My little self study for the VCDX, this is … Continue reading →

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ESX Commands: esxcfg-vswif

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Jon Owings

The esxcfg-vswif command allows you to create and modify Service Console ports and their IP information. Many times I have to change stuff after the install process is complete and the only place is via the direct service console because … Continue reading →

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ESX Commands: esxcfg-vswitch

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Jon Owings

This is a command I use the most often. It is big when I configure Equalogic and MPIO in vSphere. Additionally, many times I show up on site and the network is not configured prior to my arrival. Even if … Continue reading →

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Central Syslog Host for ESX – Syslog-ng

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Jon Owings

Someone may have already written all this, but oh well. 1. Install something free like Ubuntu Server. 2. I use Ubuntu because I like Debian and apt-get. So run: #apt-get install syslog-ng Running Syslog-ng gives you more than the standard … Continue reading →

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