If your going to the Western PA VMUG UserCon on March 8th, and I am not sure why you would miss it. Why try and fight the traffic when you can socialize, make a new friend, all while enjoying your favorite beer or cocktail at the Sharp Edge Bistro on Penn. This place has 36 beers on tap and it’s just a short walk from the convention center. The event will be sponsored by Rubrik and Zerto,... »
Let me show you how easy it is to get started with Rubrik, you may see a common theme here (Simplicity). Let’s log into the Rubrik HTML 5 interface, what no Java 🙂 You can also log into any node in the cluster, like I said, easy. After we successfully log in, we are presented with a nicely laid out dashboard with some very useful information. Now lets add a vCenter server to the Rubrik Clust... »
Almost 12 years ago to the day, I accepted the position of “Network Administrator” at CENTRIA. Over that time frame I have enhanced my skills and I am very grateful for all the company has done for me. Whenever I asked to go to a training class or a conference, the answer was always yes. I will miss the people at CENTRIA and the great friendships that were formed over the years. I am a... »
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Target had 40 million credit card numbers stolen, Ashley Madison website had 37 million “cheaters” information stolen and posted online, and the IRS had 100 thousand users tax returns stolen. That is just a small sampling size of some of the security breaches that have happened. Our information is valuable and hackers are out to get as much information and data as possible, with the le... »
Looking back on this past year, man has it been an interesting ride! The privately owned company I work for got purchased by a public company, the “vBrisket” community got started and continues to evolve, and I made a commitment to focus on making a change in my career path. Career goals were never much of a concern of mine before, I always just thought of myself as an IT guy working i... »
A few weeks ago the Western PA VMUG leaders decided to get together and talk about our local group and things that we each were concerned about. The leadership team consists of Eric Kubla, David Hewett, Thomas Higgins, Eric Pond and myself with Alex Musicante being our primary contact with VMware (he was also a a very dedicated leader before working for VMware). We needed to discuss the upcoming ... »
One of the most impressive things about Veeam is they do not rest on their laurels. They continue to advance their offerings and V9 is no exception. EMC VNX / VNXe snapshot integration and Veeam Explorer for snapshot integration Cloud Connect with Replication – support 600 service providers, SSL encryption and fully integrate Primary storage integration Direct NFS access – Veea... »
In case you haven’t noticed, VMware is not the only game in town anymore in the hypervisor space. Take it from me, I was all VMware all the time, but I think it is time for me to take a step back and look at the competition. Microsoft and Hyper-V are making a push and it is now a viable solution with more enterprises running it in a production environment. This led me to watch a Hyper-V cou... »
While preparing for VMworld this year I had a checklist of activities and events on my calendar that I was looking forward to attending. My VMworld week started Sunday with the 5K Fun Run that started on the north side of the Golden Gate Bridge and it ended in Crissy Field. 36 minutes later you can see my friend Dave Hicks and I finishing when they were taking the picture, were the 2 brigh... »