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Tag Archives: VMware
VCE Announces New Vblock Offerings
Today, VCE announced new additions to their Vblock converged infrastructure product line. The offerings announced include the Vblock Model 340, two new specialized configurations for high-IO workloads, and version 2.5 the VCE Vision Intelligent Operations management software.
Posted in VCE
Tagged Announcement, Cisco, EMC, UCS, Vblock, VCE, Vision, VMware, VNX, vSphere5.5, XtremIO, XtremSW
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The Great Community Experiment, While Successful, Draws to a Close
If you follow me on Twitter, or have received email from my personal account, you’ve seen my tagline: “Social Media Mad Scientist”. I do think of myself that way. I really enjoy experimenting with it, trying new things to find … Continue reading
EMC Announces Updates to BRS Line (Data Domain, Avamar, NetWorker), Part Two
Today, EMC announced updates across their entire BRS (Backup and Recovery Solutions) line of products, adding new data protection features. Due to size, I’ve split my analysis of this announcement into two parts, as follows: Part One: What Was Announced … Continue reading
Posted in Avamar, Data Domain
Tagged Announcement, Avamar, Backup, BRS, Data Domain, EMC, Isilon, Mozy, NetWorker, VMware
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EMC Announces Updates to BRS Line (Data Domain, Avamar, NetWorker), Part One
Today, EMC announced updates across their entire BRS (Backup and Recovery Solutions) line of products, adding new data protection features. Due to size, I’ve split my analysis of this announcement into two parts, as follows: Part One: What Was Announced … Continue reading
Posted in Avamar, Data Domain
Tagged Announcement, Avamar, Backup, BRS, Data Domain, EMC, Isilon, Mozy, NetWorker, VMware
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2013 VMware vExperts Announced
Yesterday, VMware announced the vExpert 2013 awardees. The vExpert program is one that recognizes those members of the VMware community who “have demonstrated significant contributions to the community and a willingness to share their expertise with others.” One of the … Continue reading
Off to VMware Partner Exchange…
Next week, I’ll be in Las Vegas for VMware Partner Exchange (PEX) 2013. This is a conference where VMware focuses on their partners. It’ll be a great chance for me to hear VMware’s plans for the next year first-hand, and … Continue reading
Use Your Windows Laptop to Make a Bootable USB Key for vSphere Installations
Have you ever wanted to install ESXi on a host that doesn’t have a CD-ROM drive? Maybe you also don’t have a TFTP server, so installing over the network isn’t an option either. I came across this situation at a … Continue reading
Posted in VMware
Tagged ESXi, Installation, Nonquam Non Paratus, Preparation, USB, VMware, vSphere
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January EMC Solutions for VMware Webcasts
The New Year is here, and that means it’s time for another year’s worth of weekly webcasts from EMC. I’m curious to see how it goes. For the third year in a row, the same topic, “The Value of VMware … Continue reading
2012: The GeekFluent Year in Review
I’ve been thinking that I really need to be taking a more deliberate approach to this blog and make sure I’m posting more regularly. Looking around, all of the big names in blogging seem to put out a year-end post. … Continue reading
December EMC Solutions for VMware Webcasts
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. With it past, we head into the home stretch of 2012, and with that we have the last webcasts of the year. One of the great things about this series is that every … Continue reading
