So I’m in the middle of an upgrade of environment that has; 2 x Hosts on ESX 4.0 SAN using SAS connections to Hosts No resources available for failover and testing Limited network ports I’m installing; 3 x Hosts on ESXi 5.5 Nimble SAN – iSCSI So to move all the virtual machines from the … Continue reading Back to the Future – Configure ESX 4.0 iSCSI Multipathing
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
Part 1 – The foundation of any IT infrastructure Part 2 – Rack and Server Diagrams Part 3 – Network IP’s & Interfaces Part 4 – Diagraming a network Part 5 – Diagraming your (Veeam) Backups Oh No, that word…. Documentation is like a dirty word in a technicians mouth, we all hate producing it and we … Continue reading How to produce good documentation – Part 1 – The foundation of any IT infrastructure
On twitter Rick Vanover posted this link, which intrigued me, giving your Veeam Server access to the VMware VMFS volumes for quicker backups. Sounds dangerous, or maybe it isn’t! So I tried it, and I managed to cut my test backup times from 24 minutes to 12 minutes! Also the snapshots are removed from the … Continue reading How to setup Veeam Direct SAN Backup over iSCSI – Unleash the Speed!
So the last time I used a Nimble Device, I had to configure it (quite easily) using the CLI first due to connectivity constraints at the customers site. However here is how to configure a Nimble in 4 easy steps ready for production use. So unbox, rack and cable up your Nimble device to the … Continue reading Nimble Storage – How to configure a device in 4 steps (Using the GUI Tool)