Tag: emc

  • VxRack Nodes

    VxRack Nodes

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    I’ve been asked quite a bit lately on VxRack node types and options so I wanted to go over what is available and some of the options. First lets start off with the VxRack 1000 Flex options. At a high level there are 3 vxrack node types that can be configured in a VxRack solution;…

  • EMC VSPEX BLUE KEYNOTE RECAP

    EMC VSPEX BLUE KEYNOTE RECAP

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    Incase you missed the EMC VSPEX BLUE announcement earlier today, you can still access the launch presentation here. The VSPEX BLUE offering is a hyper-converged infrastructure appliance that integrates VMware’s EVO: Rail software stack with EMC’s management software. In  keeping with the EVO:Rail reference architecture, each VSPEX Blue appliance has four server nodes in a 2U rackmount…

  • EMC Avamar SSL Cert Generation

    EMC Avamar SSL Cert Generation

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    After completing a successful root to root Avamar migration I noticed that the old SSL certs were still being used. Through some digging I finally found a very simple and easy command to update it. The gen-ssl-cert command installs a temporary Apache web server SSL cert and restarts the web server. gen-ssl-cert [–debug] [–help] [–verbose] Note: You…

  • The Coolest Storage: EMC vFridge

    The Coolest Storage: EMC vFridge

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    If you went to EMCworld last year and watched Brian Gallagher’s keynote on Transforming Enterprise Storage to Create Business Value, you were one of the many that got a sneak peak of the prototype of the EMC vFridge. (If you didn’t watch it, here it is… skip to 38 minutes in) Watch on youtube The vFridge was…

  • XtremIO Interface Deep Dive

    XtremIO Interface Deep Dive

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    Miroslav Klivansky from the XtremIO Technical Marketing team gives a guided tour through the XtremIO GUI and shows how simple the array is to use as well as its  powerful monitoring capabilities.

  • EMC World 2013 Blueprints and Recap

    EMC World 2013 Blueprints and Recap

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    I’ll be typing up all of my notes from EMC World later today but for now here is a nice visual look back on the EMC Blueprints incase you missed anything. Softwared-Defined Storage In the software-defined data center of tomorrow, horizontal infrastructure management – not vertical – is the way of the future. Open, horizontal…

  • EMC and PSY Gangnam Style ?

    EMC and PSY Gangnam Style ?

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    LOL

  • Reference Architecture Design for 5000 Seat Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

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    Great Citrix XenDesktop, Cisco UCS, and EMC VNX solution overview for deploying 5000 virtual desktops. Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 Feature Pack Built on Cisco Unified ComputingSystem and EMX VNX LINK: Reference Architecture-Based Design for 5000 Seat Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Cisco Unified Computing System, Nexus 5500, Nexus 1000V, EMC VNX7500, and VMware ESXi 5

  • Avamar Backup of a Windows VM fails with the error: Protocol error from VMX

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    Recently on a new install of Avamar version 6.1; I had a VMware Image based backup fail with error 10007. Upon further investigation of the backup job log I noticed that the snapshot failed with: A general system error occured: Protocol error from VMX. This is a good example of two very vague errors on…

  • The New #EMC #Networker

    The New #EMC #Networker

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    Today EMC is announcing the new Networker 8 via a webcast, so I decided that I will be blogging about it as I watch it so I’ll be posting some highlights and new features as I go ! It is Networker’s 22nd Anniversary and for the announcement EMC has done a racing themed webcast that…