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Applying the TSHOOT methodology to everything

Last exam of the year The past few months I’ve forced my head into revision for the three CCNP exams, with two down, I have TSHOOT left to do, and I’m aiming to pass before Christmas Day. Which is a nice goal to have, but when I have to recertify next year, It’ll be around … Continue reading Applying the TSHOOT methodology to everything

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Veeam v8 – Active Directory Restore Wizard in action

So lets look at one of the best features brought to us in Veeam 8, Active Directory Restore Wizard. 1. Open up the restore, select application items, and then Microsoft Active Directory 2. Select your VM that you want to pull the data back from, and then your restore point for that VM. Note: I … Continue reading Veeam v8 – Active Directory Restore Wizard in action

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Embracing Social Media in the IT world

So this domain name was purchased in April 2014, and the blog created at the same time. I used to teach CompTIA courses, and therefore my main idea, which I haven’t forgotten about, is to create materials (E-books) which are affordable and accessible for those who are getting into the world of IT. Until I … Continue reading Embracing Social Media in the IT world

Cisco CCNP Training Course – Day 8 – SWITCH

So day 8 essentially was the last day of the bootcamp, with Day 9 + 10 being left for TSHOOT, of which there is very little documented, as its……. troubleshooting a broken system. So Day 8, let’s get to it. Here’s whats covered; HSRP Continued….. comparison between HSRP and VRRP GLBP – Gateway Load Balancing … Continue reading Cisco CCNP Training Course – Day 8 – SWITCH

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Major bug in VMware’s CBT function. KB2090639 (Causes data corruption for backups)

Updated 29.01.15 – Please see this new post for the patch fix So on twitter I found out that VMware CBT has a bit of a fault, the tweet linked me to reddit here. Basically CBT has a fault where if you are using CBT on a VMDK file thats <128GB, and then increase this … Continue reading Major bug in VMware’s CBT function. KB2090639 (Causes data corruption for backups)