Let’s Talk about Chromebooks
It’s all about purpose. This is the most important thing to keep in mind when you’re attempting to compare or judge something on how useful something is. What do you look to accomplish with a coupe...
View ArticleOn Brown Bags
I’m a part of professionalvmware.com‘s vBrownBag team. I work with awesome people to bring in experts a broad range of topics, from virtualization, networking, datacenter technology, and more. They...
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vSphere CPU ready time
Bored, nothing to do, and checking out your performance metrics? First off, use VMware vRealize Operations (vROps, formerly vCOps), and take up a new hobby in all your spare time; thank me later....
View ArticleWI-VMUG UserCon 2015 – Must-Have VMware Administration Tools
As seen at the Wisconsin VMUG Meeting, March 24, 2015 and condensed at Wisconsin VMUG UserCon 2015.
View ArticleVMware to retire the “thick-client”
VMware has announced it will finally not be releasing a thick client (C# client) for the next version of vSphere. The last few releases have lacked new features for the aging thick-client, while new...
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Almost Ready for VMworld 2017
VMworld 2017 is coming in just a few short days! I am planning to be a lot more active with blogging and live tweeting (@anthonyrhook) – so check it out while I’m there. There’s also 3 relevant posts...
View Article#VMworld Announcements – Day 1
While VMware made some cool announcements today, I have a feeling there’s more to come. I think I’ve covered most of the important details, feel free to comment if I missed something. Today’s...
View ArticleThe Human Factor
This is the first of [?] posts, participating in Blogtober in the virtualization community. Sometimes the most difficult things to navigate in the IT industry aren’t which knobs to turn, buttons to...
View ArticleQuick and Dirty With vCheck
This is the second of [?] posts, participating in Blogtober in the virtualization community. So, maybe you’ve heard how cool vCheck is, but you’re just not sure where to get started. If you aren’t sure...
View ArticleBuild Day Live with SuperMicro
First off, let me give you a quick rundown of what Build Day Live is. The vBrownBag crew takes a product or piece of equipment, and does a real-life day-1 build. It doesn’t always go right, there’s...
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Clean VMware Update Manager on VCSA 6.5
Update Manager on VCSA 6.5 Conflicting VIBs during patching? Changing server vendors? Want to get rid of an old repository? All of the above? I just ran into this scenario again, where a customer is...
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